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Dance: 2011-2012 Season

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Past Events

  • [Beijing Dance Theater.] Beijing Dance Theater

    Oct. 26 - 27, 2011
    China's contemporary troupe fuses ballet and modern dance with traditional dance in its Kennedy Center debut with Haze, performed on a modified stage where the dancers fight to stay afoot, a metaphor linking pollution with spiritual confusion.

  • [Merce Cunningham Dance Company.] Merce Cunningham Dance Company

    Dec. 2 - 3, 2011
    The late Kennedy Center Honoree and legendary choreographer Merce Cunningham's namesake company returns for the final time on its Legacy Tour with a program presented to live music, including Antic Meet, Squaregame, and Sounddance.

  • [Mark Morris Dance Group: <i>L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato</i>.] Mark Morris Dance Group: L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato

    Jan. 26 - 28, 2012
    The innovative Mark Morris Dance Group performs L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato to music by Handel accompanied by the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra, The Washington Bach Consort, and four vocalists.

  • [Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.] Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

    Feb. 7 - 12, 2012
    America's cultural ambassador to the world, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater returns for its annual engagement with electrifying new works and a compilation of classics, including the iconic Revelations on every program.

  • [KEIGWIN + COMPANY.] KEIGWIN + COMPANY

    Mar. 2 - 3, 2012
    Known for provocative, witty, and engaging dances, KEIGWIN + COMPANY returns with a program that includes Megalopolis, a fun and serious blend of formalism and pop performed to a mash-up of music by Steve Reich and M.I.A.

  • [Kabuki Dance by Bando Kotoji.] Kabuki Dance by Bando Kotoji

    Fri., Mar. 23, 2012, 7:30 PM

  • [Ballet Preljocaj.] Ballet Preljocaj

    Mar. 30 - Apr. 1, 2012
    Angelin Preljocaj's French dance company performs Snow White ("Blanche Neige"), a contemporary romantic ballet based on the popular Grimm Brothers tale with costumes by Jean-Paul Gaultier set to a selection of Mahler's symphonies.

  • [Jo Kanamori/Dance Company Noism.] Jo Kanamori/Dance Company Noism

    Apr. 26 - 27, 2012
    Japan's imaginative leading contemporary dance company, last seen at the Kennedy Center's JAPAN: culture + hyperculture festival, returns for the 100th anniversary of Japan's gift of cherry trees to the People of the United States.

All programs are subject to change. List of all Dance Performances

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