DANCE
October 27, 2022 at 8 PM
Dance Theatre of Harlem
Admission: $8+
Dance Theatre of Harlem is a leading dance institution of unparalleled global acclaim, encompassing a professional touring company, a leading studio school, and a national and international education and community outreach program. Each component of Dance Theatre of Harlem carries a solid commitment towards enriching the lives of young people and adults around the world through the arts. Founded in 1969 by Arthur Mitchell and Karel Shook, Dance Theatre of Harlem is considered “one of ballet’s most exciting undertakings” (The New York Times). Shortly after the assassination of The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Mitchell was inspired to start a school that would offer children — especially those in Harlem, the community in which he was born — the opportunity to learn about dance and the allied arts. Now in its sixth decade, Dance Theatre of Harlem has grown into a multi-cultural dance institution with an extraordinary legacy of providing opportunities for creative expression and artistic excellence that continues to set standards in the performing arts. Dance Theatre of Harlem has achieved unprecedented success, bringing innovative and bold new forms of artistic expression to audiences in New York City, across the country and around the world.
The Carolina Theatre of Durham
309 West Morgan St, Durham, NC
(919) 560-3030
www.carolinatheatre.org
October 28 - 29, 2022 at 8 PM
Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company: What Problem?
Admission: $10
For the problem of the Twentieth Century is the problem of the color-line . . . the relation of the darker to the lighter races of men . . . And yet, being a problem is a strange experience, — peculiar even for one who has never been anything else.” – W.E.B. Du Bois, “The Souls of Black Folk” (1903). Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company’s latest work, What Problem?, provokes the tension between belonging to a community and feelings of isolation that many feel during these divisive political times. Adapted for proscenium stages from the massive work, Deep Blue Sea (2021), Jones conceived of this highly personal work in pursuit of the elusive “we,” including a cast of local community members, a deconstructed text from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech and Herman Melville’s “Moby Dick”. Jones reflects on King’s immortal words “we shall overcome” mixed with the scripture of our democracy as formed and shaped by “We the People.”
Carolina Performing Arts
Memorial Hall
114 E Cameron Ave, Chapel Hill, NC 27514
(919) 843-3333
carolinaperformingart.org
December 23, 2022 at 7:30 PM
The Hip Hop Nutcracker with Special Guest MC Kurtis Blow
Admission: $35
A unique and joyful holiday mash-up for the whole family, THE HIP HOP NUTCRACKER is a contemporary dance spectacle set to Tchaikovsky’s timeless music. Directed and choreographed by Jennifer Weber, the production is performed by a supercharged cast of a dozen all-star dancers, a DJ, a violinist, and MC Kurtis Blow, one of Hip Hop’s founding fathers. Through this remixed and reimagined version of the classic, the dynamic performers of THE HIP HOP NUTCRACKER take audiences on a journey that celebrates love, community, and the magic of the holiday season.
Durham Performing Arts Center
123 Vivian Street, Durham, NC
(919) 680-2787
www.dpacnc.com
October 27, 2022 at 8 PM
Dance Theatre of Harlem
Admission: $8+
Dance Theatre of Harlem is a leading dance institution of unparalleled global acclaim, encompassing a professional touring company, a leading studio school, and a national and international education and community outreach program. Each component of Dance Theatre of Harlem carries a solid commitment towards enriching the lives of young people and adults around the world through the arts. Founded in 1969 by Arthur Mitchell and Karel Shook, Dance Theatre of Harlem is considered “one of ballet’s most exciting undertakings” (The New York Times). Shortly after the assassination of The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Mitchell was inspired to start a school that would offer children — especially those in Harlem, the community in which he was born — the opportunity to learn about dance and the allied arts. Now in its sixth decade, Dance Theatre of Harlem has grown into a multi-cultural dance institution with an extraordinary legacy of providing opportunities for creative expression and artistic excellence that continues to set standards in the performing arts. Dance Theatre of Harlem has achieved unprecedented success, bringing innovative and bold new forms of artistic expression to audiences in New York City, across the country and around the world.
The Carolina Theatre of Durham
309 West Morgan St, Durham, NC
(919) 560-3030
www.carolinatheatre.org
October 28 - 29, 2022 at 8 PM
Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company: What Problem?
Admission: $10
For the problem of the Twentieth Century is the problem of the color-line . . . the relation of the darker to the lighter races of men . . . And yet, being a problem is a strange experience, — peculiar even for one who has never been anything else.” – W.E.B. Du Bois, “The Souls of Black Folk” (1903). Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company’s latest work, What Problem?, provokes the tension between belonging to a community and feelings of isolation that many feel during these divisive political times. Adapted for proscenium stages from the massive work, Deep Blue Sea (2021), Jones conceived of this highly personal work in pursuit of the elusive “we,” including a cast of local community members, a deconstructed text from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech and Herman Melville’s “Moby Dick”. Jones reflects on King’s immortal words “we shall overcome” mixed with the scripture of our democracy as formed and shaped by “We the People.”
Carolina Performing Arts
Memorial Hall
114 E Cameron Ave, Chapel Hill, NC 27514
(919) 843-3333
carolinaperformingart.org
December 23, 2022 at 7:30 PM
The Hip Hop Nutcracker with Special Guest MC Kurtis Blow
Admission: $35
A unique and joyful holiday mash-up for the whole family, THE HIP HOP NUTCRACKER is a contemporary dance spectacle set to Tchaikovsky’s timeless music. Directed and choreographed by Jennifer Weber, the production is performed by a supercharged cast of a dozen all-star dancers, a DJ, a violinist, and MC Kurtis Blow, one of Hip Hop’s founding fathers. Through this remixed and reimagined version of the classic, the dynamic performers of THE HIP HOP NUTCRACKER take audiences on a journey that celebrates love, community, and the magic of the holiday season.
Durham Performing Arts Center
123 Vivian Street, Durham, NC
(919) 680-2787
www.dpacnc.com