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“Trajal Harrell can turn a stage into a living, breathing painting”—New York Times

Offering one of the most emotional and critically acclaimed works of his career, dance artist Trajal Harrell returns to the Walker for a rare U.S. appearance. Draped in black, Harrell and seven dancers release their energy on stage in response to Keith Jarrett’s best-selling jazz piano recording, The Köln Concert. This personal and entrancing work set to Jarrett’s soul-baring, gospel-fused improvisations is introduced by four songs of intimate vulnerability from Joni Mitchell’s masterpiece Blue. Together, the music and dancing synthesize Harrell’s influences, ranging from voguing and post-modern dance to ancient Greek mythology and Japanese Butoh dance.

Tonight!
Wednesday, November 8 at 8:00pm
Tickets start at $20. No additional fees.

M-SHE Productions will bring to life the raw magic of classic female Dark Legends like Bellatrix Lestrange and Morticia Addams.

Through theatrical dance and music that the audience will feel to the bone, M-SHE will celebrate timeless icons that we have come to adore from the page to the screen.

Dive into their stories with us and take a look at what lies beneath the black and white images.

Please join us for our one-hour performance.
Saturday, November 11
2:00pm and
7:00pm

Please join Noelle Awadallah, Dienae “D” Hunter, and Río Saúl García Ramírez for a sharing of their work along with a reflection of their time in residency, moderated by me, José A. Luis.

This free sharing will be held at MOVO at the Ivy Arts Building.

Friday, November 17
6:30-7:30pm
Street parking and elevator accessible. If there are any other accessibility requests or questions, please let us know and RSVP using this link.

The “Solo Perspectives” residency emerged from my experiences in residencies and trying to find new ways to re-inform them, trajectory in solo work and the desire to highlight its significance with community, and a desire to uplift the historically marginalized communities I am a part of.

Off-Leash Area presents its second annual Off-Kilter Cabaret, an ongoing community program designed to highlight and support artists with disabilities in the creation of original performance work. The 2023 Off-Kilter Cabaret explores the theme “Inside, Outside, Inside-Out,” which asks artists to center a performance work around their hidden self and perception of their personal identity in the larger world, and which will showcase seven unique artists from a range of artistic disciplines including dance, comedy, puppetry, musical composition, spoken word, and storytelling.

This year’s cabaret, curated by the Off-Kilter Leadership Team, includes returning artists Braille, Scott Sorensen, and Young Dance and features AJ Isaacson-Zvidzwa, Desdamona, Houa Moua, and Tessa Longshore for their Off-Kilter debuts. It will be emceed by returning artist Amy Salloway.

Off-Kilter Cabaret will occur November 17, 18, and 19 at the fully accessible TEK BOX Theater in the Cowles Center for Dance. The event includes accessibility accommodations such as American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation, Audio Description, and Live Captioning.
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Off-Leash Area, under co-artistic directors Jennifer Ilse and Paul Herwig, has a 24-year history of presenting original interdisciplinary performance work. The Off-Kilter Advisory Group and Selection Panel from the disability community also include writer and storyteller Amy Salloway, multidisciplinary artist Gabriel Rodreick, arts accessibility consultant Jon Skaalen, and Sam Jasmine, host of the Disability and Progress program on KFAI. Off-Leash Area is excited to continue our partnership with Young Dance, whose mission is “transforming lives through movement.”

November 17, 7:30pm
November 18, 7:30pm
November 19, 2:00pm

Price: Suggested donation of $5-30

Hallucinations is a hybrid sculpture and dance performance, similar to the format of my past project Restriction, Perfection.

Through sculpture and dance, Hallucinations shows alternative views of living with mental illness; revealing the beauty, tragedy, and everything in between; challenging stigmas; shifting perspectives; and so much more.

The sculptures and the performance were influenced by true stories collected from people living with mental illness. Thank you to each of the people involved for trusting me to weave their stories in metal and movement to create a work that will show a new side of mental illness.

See it all come to life November 17 and 18 at the Center for Performing Arts!
Doors open at 7:00pm. Performance begins at 7:30pm.
The Saturday, November 18 performance will be followed by a Q&A.

In-person tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at the door.
A limited number of Pay-As-You’re-Able tickets will be available at the door each night.
In-person and livestream tickets are available here.

Project Collaborators include:
Music: Brady Custis
Dance: Annika Johannson, Hannah MacKenzie-Margulies, and Julie Marie Muskat
Photography: Melissa Hesse
Video: Faye & Voelker

Join Concerto Dance for Swingin’ it Forward, November 18-19 at the Bloomington Center for the Arts.

Featuring a one-hour performance of our favorite jazz dance works including a preview of our newest work On Our Way premiering in March and a Duke Ellington swingin’ holiday classic! Event also includes a dessert reception with “prohibition” mock-tails, a 30-minute swing dance lesson, and a social hour featuring a live jazz vocalist. Come enjoy a special night of dancing with us and help Concerto Dance swing into the new season!

100% of ticket sales go toward supporting our dance artists and our upcoming performance season.

Performance features Concerto Dance Artists:  Hunter Batterson, Malia Craft, Peter Hoffman, Doug Hooker, Lydia Kantor, Sara Karimi, Helena Magalhaes, Corey Mills, Shannon Mulcahy, Jake Nehrbass and Betsy Nelson!

Saturday, November 18, 7:00-9:00pm
Includes performance and fundraiser event – swing dance lesson, dessert reception, and social dancing!
Tickets: $50.

Sunday, November 19, 2:00-3:00pm
Encore performance only
Tickets: $25

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