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Dance: 2008-2009 Season

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  • [Limón Dance Company.] Limón Dance Company

    Jan 16 - 17, 2009 | Buy Now
    Marking the 100th anniversary of Limón's birth, the company presents a program of his seminal works--The Traitor, Psalm, Suite from A Choreographic Offering--as part of Modern Masters, the Center's celebration of American modern dance.

  • [Mark Morris Dance Group.] Mark Morris Dance Group

    Jan 29 - 31, 2009 | Buy Now
    Returning to the Kennedy Center for the first time since 1999, the groundbreaking company performs Mozart Dances with live orchestra as part of Modern Masters, the Center's celebration of American modern dance.

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

    Feb 3 - 8, 2009 | Buy Now
    This globally renowned company celebrates its 50th anniversary with a collection of classics plus their highly anticipated new collaboration with Sweet Honey In The Rock as part of Modern Masters, the Center's celebration of American modern dance.

  • [Cie2k_far Dance Company with Khalid Benghrib.] Cie2k_far Dance Company with Khalid Benghrib

    Feb 24, 2009 at 7:30 PM | Buy Now
    Moroccan choreographer Khalid Benghrib leads his all-male contemporary dance company in its American premiere.

  • [Karima Mansour & MA'AT for Contemporary Dance: <i>Temporament</i>.] Karima Mansour & MA'AT for Contemporary Dance: Temporament

    Mar 4, 2009 at 7:30 PM | Buy Now
    Egyptian dancer and choreographer Karima Mansour makes her North American debut. "Mansour's drive and enthusiasm, her unyielding energy, are infectious" (Al-Ahram).

  • [Compagnie Thor: <i>D'ORIENT</i>.] Compagnie Thor: D'ORIENT

    Mar 10 - 11, 2009 | Buy Now
    Belgium's Compagnie Thor makes its DC debut with Artistic Director and choreographer Thierry Smits's D'ORIENT, born out of his passion for the Middle East.

  • [Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company.] Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company

    Mar 24 - 25, 2009 | Buy Now
    This eloquent company, known for its choreographic infusion of energy and dynamic technical virtuosity, performs their new full-length work A Quarreling Pair as part of Modern Masters, the Center's celebration of American modern dance.

  • [Paul Taylor Dance Company.] Paul Taylor Dance Company

    Mar 27 - 28, 2009 | Buy Now
    The company returns to perform three new works in a program chosen by Taylor: De Sueños, De Sueños que se Repiten, and Beloved Renegade as part of Modern Masters, the Center's celebration of American modern dance.

Past Events

  • [Bangarra Dance Theatre.] Bangarra Dance Theatre

    Oct 16 - 17, 2008
    This dynamic company, renowned for its fusion of Australian indigenous culture with gestures of modern dance, brings one of its newest works, Awakenings.

  • [Shen Wei Dance Arts.] Shen Wei Dance Arts

    Oct 29 - 30, 2008
    This resident company of the Kennedy Center presents acclaimed works Map and Re-, fusing dance, theater, painting, sculpture, and Western and Eastern cultures, as part of Modern Masters, the Center's celebration of American modern dance.

  • [Martha Graham Dance Company.] Martha Graham Dance Company

    Dec 9 - 10, 2008
    America's oldest contemporary dance company returns to perform Graham's full-length Clytemnestra with live orchestra as part of Modern Masters, the Center's celebration of American modern dance.

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

    Dec 12 - 13, 2008
    The Kennedy Center Honoree and legendary choreographer returns with his company for a program of DC premieres of Cunningham repertory--eyeSpace, Crises, XOVER--as part of Modern Masters, the Center's celebration of American modern dance.

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