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EXPERIENCE
DANCE THAT
BREAKS
BOUNDARIES
A COMPELLING NEW DANCE SEASON
Featuring both renowned and emerging choreographers, The Music
Center’s dance season challenges the preconceived notions of classical
ballet and explores the realm of contemporary expression.
For subscriptions, single tickets and information, please contact
(213) 972-0711 or visit musiccenter.org.
San Francisco Ballet’s Carlo Di Lanno and Sofiane Sylve in Forsythe’s Pas/Parts 2016. Photo by Erik Tomasson.
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Left: San Francisco Ballet’s Jennifer Stahl and Wei Wang in Forsythe’s Pas/Parts 2016. Photo by Erik Tomasson. Right: Connor Walsh in Forsythe’s In the middle, somewhat elevated. Photo by Amitava Sarkar.
SAN FR ANCISCO BALLE T
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“Brilliant, inscrutable and
wildly entertaining by turns,
[Forsythe] is at once a
ballet purist and the high
priest of post-structural
contemporary dance.”
— THE GUARDIAN
CELEBRATE
FORSYTHE
T HE MUSIC CEN T ER ’ S
DOROTHY CHANDLER PAVILION
OCTOBER 21– 23, 2016
T hree major U. S . balle t companie s
— Hous ton B alle t , Paci f ic Nor t hw e s t
B al le t an d S an Fr ancis co B alle t— share
t he s t age in a never-b e fore - s e en
appro ach p er for ming a dis t inc t i ve
program devoted ent irely to t he work of
accl aimed A mer ic an chore o g r apher,
W illiam For s y t he . W idely v ie w ed a s t he
g reate s t innov ator in his f ield since
G e or ge B al anchine , For s y t he ha s
revolutionized classical ballet with his
bold contemporar y work s . The t riple bill
includes Pa s/Par t s 2016 , The Ver tiginous
Thrill of E xac t itude and Ar t ifac t Suite.
HOUS TON BALLE T
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“Remarkably dynamic...
terrifyingly beautiful.”
— SEATTLE WEEKLY
JESSICA LANG
DANCE
T HE MUSIC CEN T ER ’ S
A HM A NS ON T HE AT RE
F EB RUA RY 17–19, 2017
Ne w Yor k-b a s ed Je s sic a L ang Dance make s
i t s Music Cen ter debu t w i t h a rep er toire r ich
w i t h s t unning movemen t , comp elling v isual s
and b eau t i f ul cinemat ic comp o si t ion t hat
w ill leave you breat hle s s . Je s sic a L ang ha s
created more t han 9 0 w or k s on comp anie s
w or ld w ide . E x p er ience her aw ard-w inning
chore o g r aphy t hat t r an s for m s cl a s sic al
b alle t l ang uage in to ar t f ully cr af ted and
emo t ionally eng ag ing con temp or ar y w or k .
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Left: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s Jacqueline Green and Jamar Roberts. Right: Glenn Allen Sims. Photos by Andrew Eccles.
ALVIN AILEY®
AMERICAN
DANCE THEATER
T HE MUSIC CEN T ER ’ S
DOROTHY CHANDLER PAVILION
MARCH 8– 12, 2017
Power and grace. Tenderness and
s treng th. Precision and passion. For more
than half a centur y, Alvin Ailey American
Dance Theater has embodied these
complexities and contradic tions of
t he human condition with per formances
that uplif t and trans form, making the
company one of the world’s mos t beloved.
Celebrated not only for it s exquisite
per formance of treasured classic s, but
al so for a commitment to bold new dance
s t yles, the company will per form three
elec trif ying programs, each of which will
culminate with the soulful American
mas terpiece Revelations.
“The crowd starts cheering
before the curtain goes up.”
— THE NEW YORK TIMES
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SCOTTISH
BALLET
A STREETCAR
NAMED DESIRE
Original play by Tennessee Williams
T HE MUSIC CEN T ER ’ S
DOROTHY CHANDLER PAVILION
M AY 19 – 21, 2017
S cot t ish B alle t ’s v ibr ant adap t at ion
of t he cl a s sic Tenne s s ee W illiams t ale,
A St ree tcar Named De sire make s i t s
Wes t Coa s t premiere at The Music Center.
T he Puli t zer Pr ize -winning dr ama is
trans formed into a power ful and emotional
balle t t hat bot h e xci te s and enhance s
t he s tor y ’s suspens e f ul t ake on lus t ,
temptation and betrayal . In collaboration
w i t h dire c tor Nanc y Me ck ler and
chore o g r apher A nnab elle Lop e z O cho a ,
t he produc t ion pushe s t he boundar ie s
o f nar r at i ve b alle t w i t h cinemat ic and
t heat r ic al elemen t s . Accomp anied by a
sp e cially- commis sioned ja z z-in spired
score by Peter Salem that accentuates the
sensualit y of the dancer s , Scot tish Ballet ’s
A Stree tcar Named Desire is a unique t ake
on an American trea sure.
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“Heartbreakingly
beautiful.”
— THE TELEGRAPH
Left: Thomas Edwards as Alan’s Lover and Victor Zarallo as Alan in Scottish Ballet’s A Streetcar Named Desire.
Photo by Andy Ross. Direction: Nancy Meckler. Choreography: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa. Music and Sound: Peter Salem.
Presented through special arrangement with The University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee.
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Photos by Evgeny Matveev.
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“Mr. Eifman has molded his
dancers into performers of
explosive expressiveness.”
— THE NEW YORK TIMES
EIFMAN
BALLET OF
ST. PETERSBURG
TCHAIKOVSKY
T HE MUSIC CEN T ER ’ S
DOROTHY CHANDLER PAVILION
JUNE 23– 25, 2017
Tchaikov sk y ’s music ha s g i ven us
some of the greatest ballet s of all time.
Now, Eifman B allet of St . Peter sbur g
returns to The Music Center wit h
Tchaikov sky, a g rand ar t is t ic ballet
exploring t he int rig uing composer ’s
life and creat ive drive. Boris Eifman’s
enig mat ic contemporar y choreog raphy
hig hlig ht s Tchaikov sk y ’s complic ated
sexualit y and t he composer ’s journey
t hroug h t he creat ive proces s . Set to
Tchaikov sk y ’s mos t popular pieces ,
t he ballet features demons , fairies ,
and ot her fant a s t ic al charac ter s ,
pushing and pulling him from torment
to t he brink of ec s t a s y.
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“Peck is the most musical dancer
of our time. Daring, beautiful,
and high-spirited, she has
seemingly limitless range.”
— VANITY FAIR
THE MUSIC
CENTER’S
BALLETNOW™
T HE MUSIC CEN T ER ’ S
DOROTHY CHANDLER PAVILION
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Gues t curator and international
ballerina Tiler Peck leads an exciting
ros ter of dance super s t ar s for three
dis tinc t per formances . Peck bring s
exquisite grace, energ y and unmatched
ar tis tr y from her Southern C alifornia
beginning s to her meteoric rise a s one
of the younges t principal dancer s of the
New York Cit y Ballet . She will be joined
by Rober t Fairchild, New York Cit y Ballet
principal dancer and Tony-nominated
original s t ar of the Broadway produc tion,
An American in Paris, among many other
dance super s t ar s from around the world.
Don’t mis s this new chapter of BalletNow
as renowned dancers push the boundaries
in a mix of iconic and contemporar y
ballet s by some of the mos t
revered choreographer s .
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Tiler Peck and Robert Fairchild. Photos courtesy of NYC Dance Project.
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Jessica Lang dancer K. Kimura performing The Calling (excerpt from Splendid Isolation II). Photo by Sharen Bradford.
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latest on dance in L. A . with exclusive features, information on special
event s, special of fers and ever y thing you need to know about what ’s
happening in the dance world. Make sure you include your email
address when booking your package.
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A SEASON NOT
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DA NCE AT THE
MUSIC CENTER
2016/2017 S E A S O N
C EL EB R AT E FO R S Y T HE
O C T O B E R 2 1 –2 3 , 2 0 1 6
JESSICA LANG DANCE
F E B R U A R Y 1 7 – 1 9, 2 0 1 7
A L V I N A I L E Y®
A M E R I C A N D A N C E T H E AT E R
M A RC H 8–12 , 2017
SCOT TISH BALLET
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
M AY 1 9 –2 1 , 2 0 1 7
E I F M A N B A L L E T O F S T. P E T E R S B U R G
TCHAIKOVSK Y
J U N E 2 3 –2 5 , 2 0 1 7
THE MUSIC CENTER’S BALLETNOW™
J U LY 2 8 –3 0 , 2 0 1 7
FRONT COVER: Pacific Northwest Ballet Principal Dancer Lindsi Dec
in a costume designed by Stephen Galloway from William Forsythe’s
The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude. Photo © Angela Sterling.
THIS PAGE: Pacific Northwest Ballet soloists Leta Biasucci and
Margaret Mullin in William Forsythe’s The Vertiginous Thrill of
Exactitude. Photo © Angela Sterling.