Works by three prominent Black American composers — Carlos Simon, Rhiannon Giddens and Jessie Montgomery — trace an arc from the time of slavery to the Jim Crow era to the present day. New choreography by Spectrum Dance Theater’s Donald Byrd enhances Montgomery’s Source Code, built on motifs from Black American spirituals. A world premiere from Portuguese composer Luis Tinoco about the “Crypto-Jews” forced by… Read More »Identity
Spectrum Dance Theater Presents A World Premiere by Donald Byrd Localities/An Odyssey Pt. 1 is inspired by Donald Byrd’s unpublished memoir. It is a series of abstract and evocative dances, a kaleidoscopic voyage inspired by the places that Byrd has lived or spent extended time.
Spectrum Dance Theater Presents A World Premiere by Donald Byrd Localities/An Odyssey Pt. 1 is inspired by Donald Byrd’s unpublished memoir. It is a series of abstract and evocative dances, a kaleidoscopic voyage inspired by the places that Byrd has lived or spent extended time.
Spectrum Dance Theater Presents A World Premiere by Donald Byrd Localities/An Odyssey Pt. 1 is inspired by Donald Byrd’s unpublished memoir. It is a series of abstract and evocative dances, a kaleidoscopic voyage inspired by the places that Byrd has lived or spent extended time.
Spectrum Dance Theater Presents A World Premiere by Donald Byrd Localities/An Odyssey Pt. 1 is inspired by Donald Byrd’s unpublished memoir. It is a series of abstract and evocative dances, a kaleidoscopic voyage inspired by the places that Byrd has lived or spent extended time.
Spectrum Dance Theater Presents A World Premiere by Donald Byrd Localities/An Odyssey Pt. 1 is inspired by Donald Byrd’s unpublished memoir. It is a series of abstract and evocative dances, a kaleidoscopic voyage inspired by the places that Byrd has lived or spent extended time.
Voices of the French resistance Concert Highlights: The spirit of Josephine Baker with chanteuse Jacqueline Tabor World Premiere Dance Commission Darius Milhaud, La création du monde Donald Byrd, Spectrum Dance Theater Darius Milhaud’s La Création du Monde was inspired by the composer’s trip to Harlem. For this daring ballet work, he drew on a blend of jazz and… Read More »Echoes of Conscience
The centerpiece of the season will be the complete Insidious Trilogy. The Trilogy contemplates Jim Crow, its history, and its contemporary manifestations; it confronts America’s history of racial violence, systemic oppression, and deliberate forgetting. It is not merely a series of dances—it is a cultural intervention. The three works that make up the trilogy are Strange Fruit, Grief, and… Read More »The Insidious Trilogy: A THEATRICAL EVENT
The centerpiece of the season will be the complete Insidious Trilogy. The Trilogy contemplates Jim Crow, its history, and its contemporary manifestations; it confronts America’s history of racial violence, systemic oppression, and deliberate forgetting. It is not merely a series of dances—it is a cultural intervention. The three works that make up the trilogy are Strange Fruit, Grief, and… Read More »The Insidious Trilogy: A THEATRICAL EVENT
The centerpiece of the season will be the complete Insidious Trilogy. The Trilogy contemplates Jim Crow, its history, and its contemporary manifestations; it confronts America’s history of racial violence, systemic oppression, and deliberate forgetting. It is not merely a series of dances—it is a cultural intervention. The three works that make up the trilogy are Strange Fruit, Grief, and… Read More »The Insidious Trilogy: A THEATRICAL EVENT