the performance calendar for Nov-Jan 2018


November 1-10 TheNutcracker


DallasBalletCompany’s annualNutcracker is the highlight of our year! This holiday season is our 31st annual performance of The Nutcracker. The journey beginswith the dreamof a young girl,Clara, and herNutcracker Prince. Through the battle scene of scurrying youngmice and soldiers, the victoriousNutcracker Prince takesClara through the SnowKingdomandKingdomof Sweetswhere they are greeted by the Sugar PlumFairy and tasty treats fromaround the world.Don’twait to buy tickets, as this event has traditionally sold out before the curtain opens at theGranvilleArtsCenter.December 1-3 and 8-10, various times |GarlandGranvilleArtsCenter, 5th&Austin in downtownGarland | dallasballetcompany.org


November 8-12 SMUFallDance Concert


Three contemporaryworks highlight the FallDance Concert.Associate ProfessorChristopherDolder’s newversion of Bolero is equal parts architectural art and biomechanical physics experiment. The interactive set and video-projected imagery compel the dancers to accelerate, ascend and literally vault in to space in feats of virtuosic toroidal motion.MoncellDurden’sDropMeOff inHarlem(1937) uses vernacular jazzmovement to recount the adventures of three ladies fromPennsylvania,who travel toNewYorkCity to dance at the famous SavoyBallroomandwatch the battle of the bands between BennyGoodman andChickWebb.November 8-11 at 8 pmand November 12 at 2 pm|$8-$14 |BobHope Theater, 6101Bishop Dallas, TX75205 | 214-768-2787 |www.smu.edu


November 9-11 TWUDanceUpClose Concert Series


November 9 at 4 pmandNovember 10-11 at 7 pm| $5; $10 |Dance Studio Theatre, 304AdministrationDr,Denton, TX76204 | www.twu.edu


November 10-12 DanceTCUFall Concert


GeneralAdmission $15; Studentswith TCUID$7.50 |Ed Landreth Hall andAuditorium– LAN, 2800 SouthUniversityDrive, FortWorth, TX 76109 | 817-257-7615 | https://finearts.tcu.edu/event/dancetcu-fall-concert/2017-11-10/


November 10-11 TitasPresentsCuba’sMalpaso


Havana,Cuba’sMalpasoDanceCompany has broughtCuban con- temporary dance into the 21stCentury. Founded in 2012, in only five short years theworld has fallen in lovewithCuba’sMalpaso!With a bold repertoire ofCuban andAmerican choreographicworks, this com- pany has captured the danceworld’s attention.Cuba takes center stage withMalpaso’sDallas debutwithTITASPresents.November 10-11 at 8 pm|Moody PerformanceHall, 2520 Flora StDallas, TX75201 | $25-$75 |www.tickets.attpac.org |www.titas.org


November 10-11 Dance Fusion


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FeaturingCollinDanceEnsemblewith StephenF.AustinState UniversityDanceProgram,TexasA&MUniversityDance Program,TexasWomen’sUniversityPrograminDance. November 10 at 8 PMandNovember 11 at 2 pmand 8 pm| $5 |CollinCollege SpringCreekCampus, JohnAnthony Theatre, 2800E. SpringCreek Parkway, Plano | https://www.collin.edu/department/dance/tickets.html November-January 2018


www.thedancecouncil.org Pictured:Avant ChamberBallet in “Nutcracker Short and Suite”


November 14-15, 21 BTWHSPVAEvening ofDance


November 14-15, 21 at 7 pm| $10-$15, students $5 |Montgomery Arts Theater, 2501 Flora StreetDallas, TX75201 |www.dallasisd.org


November 16 Nutcracker Short and Suite


AvantChamberBallet (ACB) returns to Southlakewith this one-act family-friendly production! It includes all your favorite characters and divertissement fromTheNutcrackerwith livemusic and professional dancers. For the fourth year,ACBwill be presented byApexArts Leaguewho brings top level arts group such as theDallas Symphony Orchestra and the FortWorth Symphony to the city of Southlake. Sponsored in part by theArtsCouncilNortheast.November 16 at 7:30 pm|WhitesChapel, 185 SWhiteChapelBlvd, Southlake, TX 76092 | $20Adult or $15 seniors, Students,ApexMembers | apex-arts.org | avantchamberballet.org


DANCE!NORTHTEXAS


a publication of the dance council of north texas


vol. 20 • no. 4


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