Tickets are now on sale for the Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at The Music Center’s 2022 Season which features the West Coast Premiere of Hamburg Ballet’s Bernstein Dances with a live orchestra, return of the unparalleled Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, the West Coast Premiere of The Joyce Theater’s SW!NG OUT directed by Caleb Teicher, and the highly acclaimed Pacific Northwest Ballet.
Karen Azatyan, Christopher Evans, Ensemble
The Hamburg Ballet John Neumeier is considered one of Germany’s most important cultural ambassadors. John Neumeier has been the Artistic Director and Chief Choreographer since the company premiered in 1973 with productions of “Divertimento No. 15”, “Allegro Brillante”, “Désir”, “Jeu de cartes”. The Hamburg Ballet will present the West Coast premiere of Bernstein Dances, artistic director John Neumeier’s homage to his home country and the great American composer Leonard Bernstein. Bernstein Dances will be performed to a live orchestra.
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in Aszure Barton’s “Busk” – Photo by Paul Kolnik
Making its annual return to Dance at The Music Center April 6 – 10, 2022, New York based and world treasure, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will perform a mix of new works and fan favorites. Under the leadership of Robert Battle the company continues Ailey’s mission by presenting important works of the past and commissioning new ones that “ignite rapturous responses and rouse the public to its feet out of sheer joy” (Washington Post). Additional repertoire will be announced at a later date.
Additionally, The Music Center and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will host educational residency programs at four local middle schools. Ailey Master Teachers will lead these curriculum-based workshops using Ailey’s Revelations as the inspirational framework for an in-depth study of language arts and social studies while learning choreography from the famous dance work.
SW!NG OUT – Caleb Teicher, Nathan Bugh, Eyal Vilner, LaTasha Barnes, Evita Arce – Photo by Em Watson
Dance party SW!NG OUT, led by New York based tap artist Caleb Teicher, will have its West Coast premiere June 24–26, 2022 on the stage of the Ahmanson Theatre and Jerry Moss Plaza where audiences are invited to join Lindy Hop champions out on the dance floor. The high-energy SW!NG OUT features 12 Lindy Hop champions and the 10-piece Eyal Vilner Big Band.
Caleb Teicher, who specializes in musically-driven dance traditions and interdisciplinary collaboration, was a founding member of Michelle Dorrance’s celebrated company, Dorrance Dance. He is also a freelancing dancer working with contemporary dance companies The Chase Brock Experience and The Bang Group. He has worked with Syncopated City Dance Company and was a part of the West Side Story International Tour. In 2015, Teicher founded Caleb Teicher & Company as a creative home for incubating new concert dance works from Teicher’s unique perspective. He is the recipient of many awards including a 2019 New York City Center Choreographic Fellowship, two Bessie Awards, a 2019 Harkness Promise Award, the 2020 Gross Family Prize, and a 2019 NEFA National Dance Project Production Grant.
Pacific Northwest Ballet company dancers in Crystal Pites “Plot Point” – Photo © Angela Sterling
The Dance at the Music Center 2022 season concludes with the Pacific Northwest Ballet (PNB) and Pacific Northwest Ballet Orchestra marking the company’s 50th anniversary season with a mixed program of modern classics by Twyla Tharp, Alejandro Cerrudo and Crystal Pite. Touring nationally and internationally, PNB was founded in 1972 led by artistic directors Kent Stowell and Francia Russell until 2005 when Peter Boal took over that position. PNB is regarded as one of the finest ballet companies in the U.S. with a company of nearly fifty dancers.
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Dance at the Music Center March – July, 2022
Hamburg Ballet John Neumeier
Bernstein Dances
Friday, March 11, 2022, at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, March 13, 2022, at 2:00 p.m.
Saturday, March 19, 2022, at 7:30 p.m.
The Music Center’s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
Live orchestra
Choreography: John Neumeier
Music: Leonard Bernstein
Debut performance at The Music Center
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Alvin Ailey® American Dance Theater
Wednesday, April 6, 2022, at 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, April 7, 2022, at 7:30 p.m.
Friday, April 8, 2022, at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 9, 2022, at 2:00 p.m.
Saturday, April 9, 2022, at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, April 10, 2022, at 2:00 p.m.
Mixed repertoire
The Music Center’s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
Recorded music
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SW!NG OUT
A Joyce Theater Production
Directed by Caleb Teicher
Friday, June 24, 2022, at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, June 25, 2022, at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, June 26, 2022, at 2:00 p.m.
The Music Center’s Ahmanson Theatre and Jerry Moss Plaza
Live music: Eyal Vilner Big Band
Debut performance at The Music Center
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Pacific Northwest Ballet & Pacific Northwest Ballet Orchestra
Mixed repertoire
Friday, July 15, 2022, at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, July 16, 2022, at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, July 17, 2022, at 2:00 p.m.
The Music Center’s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
Live orchestra: Pacific Northwest Ballet Orchestra
Last company appearance at The Music Center: 2016
*Programs and artists subject to change.
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Season subscriptions for the Dance at The Music Center 2022 season are on sale now. Single tickets will be available for purchase on December 17, 2021. For tickets and information, call (213) 972-0711 or visit musiccenter.org. The Music Center’s Ticket Buyer Assurance Program protects all advance ticket purchases for dance presentations through 2022. Ticketed patrons will receive, at their request, a full refund or a credit for a future performance if Los Angeles County or the State of California elects to restrict or prohibit large gathering events at venues, resulting in the cancellation of dance performances due to COVID-19-related conditions. If an event is postponed or rescheduled, ticketed patrons will be moved automatically to the new performance date; however, patrons may request a refund or credit for the future. All changes must be handled prior to the purchaser’s scheduled performance date.
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Written by Jeff Slayton for LA Dance Chronicle.
Featured image: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in Ailey’s Revelations – Photo by Christopher Duggan
