Presenting Sponsor
Tribute originally premiered in 2016 by Dallas Black Dance Theatre with support from the TACA Donna Wilhelm Family New Works Fund.
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Legacy Performance and Dancemaker’s Discussion
TRIBUTE
Saturday, October 24, 2020
VIRTUAL EVENT
7:00 pm CDT / 8:00 pm EDT
$20 per Household
Experience a Century of African American Dance… DANCESTORS!
Dallas Black Dance Theatre dancers take you back in time through 100 years of African American dance masters like Katherine Dunham and Alvin Ailey in Tribute. It’s a multimedia dance theatre set to jazz and Negro spirituals choreographed by Matthew Rushing, Associate Artistic Director of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre. Tribute originally premiered in Dallas in 2016 with support from the TACA Donna Wilhelm Family New Works Fund.
This event has completed. Join our mailing list for upcoming performances and events.
Legacy Performance and Dancemaker’s Discussion
TRIBUTE
Saturday, October 24, 2020
VIRTUAL EVENT
7:00 pm CDT / 8:00 pm EDT
$20 per Household
Experience a Century of African American Dance… DANCESTORS!
Dallas Black Dance Theatre dancers take you back in time through 100 years of African American dance masters like Katherine Dunham and Alvin Ailey in Tribute. It’s a multimedia dance theatre set to jazz and Negro spirituals choreographed by Matthew Rushing, Associate Artistic Director of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre. Tribute originally premiered in Dallas in 2016 with support from the TACA Donna Wilhelm Family New Works Fund.
Presenting Sponsor
Tribute originally premiered in 2016 by Dallas Black Dance Theatre with support from the TACA Donna Wilhelm Family New Works Fund.
Experience Dallas Black Dance Theatre dancers using additional talents in “Tribute” as they take us through a century of dance styles that have been influenced by African American dance masters. This includes Sean J. Smith tap dancing and Claude Alexander III singing in this extraordinary work by Matthew Rushing, Associate Artistic Director of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre.
Sometimes you just got to get your dance on! It just makes you happy. Take a minute to listen to Dallas Black Dance Theatre dancers Xavier Mack and McKinley Willis as they talk about how African American dance masters impacted dance in America and inspired them to dance.
Photography by: Sharen Bradford – The Dancing Image