the performance calendar for Aug-Oct 2016
September 16-18 Carmen&Danse àGrande Vitesse
TexasBalletTheater, in co-productionwithTheRoyalBallet and QueenslandBallet, presents aU.S. premiere ofCarlosAcosta’s Carmenwithmusic byGeorgeBizet, adapted byMartinYates. “With its Latin flair, Carmen is the ultimate tale of passion, seduction, and deceit!”—CarlosAcosta.Danse àGrandeVitesse, a TBT premiere, is choreographed by TonyAward-winner of AnAmerican in Paris— ChristopherWheeldon. Themusic forWheeldon’swork, composed byMichaelNyman,was commissioned to celebrate the inauguration of the Train àGrandeVitesse high-speed train line in France.Miguel Harth-Bedoya directs the FortWorthSymphonyOrchestra for these performances. September 16-17, 2016 at 8:00 pmand September 17-18 at 2:00 pmat theWinspearOperaHouse, 2403 Flora St.,Dallas, TX75201. Season subscriptions available now. 877-828-9200.
www.tickets.texasballettheater.org/
NewYork;AlishaArmstrong,Collective ForceDanceCompany, FortWorth, Texas; JordanFuchs, JordanFuchsDanceCompany, Denton, Texas;AdrianAguirre,Dallas, Texas;AlexCole,Denton, Texas;OliviaChacon,A’lante Flamenco,Austin, Texas; and Jesus Acosta,Houston, Texas.October 1, 2016 at 5:00 &7:00 pm and October 2 at 2:00 pmat theWacoConventionCenter,BrazosRoom North, 100WashingtonAve.,Waco, TX76701. Free.
www.outonalimbdance.com/home-of-254-dance-fest.html/
Pictured: Shelter by TheBellHouse. Photo by: Lynn Lane
October 3-7 SMUMeadows FallBrownBagDance Series The SMUMeadowsDivisionofDance presents lunchtime perform- ances of 10-15 original, student-choreographed ballet,modern and jazz works.October 3-7, 2016 at 12 pmMWF&12:30 pmTTh in theBob Hope Lobby,OwenArtsCenter, SouthernMethodistUniversity, 6101BishopBlvd.,Dallas, TX75205. Free. 214-768-2787.
October 6 The SleepingBeauty RussianGrandBallet presents the classicRussian nineteenth centu- ry ballet—The
SleepingBeauty.ComposerPyotr IlyichTchaikovsky, togetherwith choreographerMariusPetipa, raised both balletmusic and dance as an art formto newheightswith this piece.October 6, 2016 at 7:00 pmin theHill PerformanceHall,EisemannCenter, 2351 PerformanceDr,Richardson, TX75082. $17-$100. 972-744-4650.
www.eisemanncenter.com/
Pictured: LeticiaOliveira and Carl Coomer. Photo by: StevenVisneau
October 1-2 {254}DANCE-FEST2016
OutOnaLimbDanceCompany presents {254}DANCE-FEST—a professionalmodern dance festival inCentral Texas. The line up for the festival includes: JoshuaPeugh,DarkCirclesContemporary Dance,Dallas, Texas;Amanda Jackson,BigRigDanceCollective, FortWorth, Texas;
L.Brooke Schlecte,OutOnaLimbDance Company,Waco, Texas;ErikaRecord,OutOnaLimbDance Company,Waco, Texas;DanielleGeorgiou,DanielleGeorgiou DanceGroup,Dallas, Texas;ChristieNelson,GridArts,Dallas, Texas;Heather vonReichbauer,Bones andMemoryDance, Houston, Texas;EricaGionfriddo,ARCOSDance,Austin, Texas;
BrandyM.Niccolai-Belfi andAmy Sleigh,Dallas, Texas; Jennifer Mabus,Houston, Texas;RachelBruce Johnson,TheBellHouse, TulsaOklahoma;AliciaChesser&RachelBruce Johnson, Tulsa, Oklahoma; ShaunaDavis, ShaunaDavisDance,NewYork,
DANCE!NORTHTEXAS a publication of the dance council of north texas vol. 19 • no. 3
www.thedancecouncil.org Pictured: The SleepingBeauty
Performance Calendar continued on page 8. August-October 2016
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