Minnesota Dance Theatre & the Dance Institute

Dance That Dares

 

 

 

Under the Sun

(World Premiere)

Caroline Beach/John Adams

Draws on the repetitive nature of life with rhythmic loops that express emotion and show contrast and counter point.

Duets...with Love, Elvis!

(World Premiere)

Mariusz Olszewski/Elvis PresleyTimeless feelings, timeless styles and timeless music.

Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux

George Balanchine/

Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Display of ballet bravura and technique.

Featuring MDT alumni and current New York City Ballet dancers Charles Askegard and Kaitlyn Gilliland

A Stair Dance

Eliot feld/Steve Reich

Subtly sexy to the athletically ambitious.

 

 

September 18, 19, 20, 2009

 

 

Carmina Burana

Loyce Houlton/Carl Orff

under the direction of Lise Houlton and Dominique Serrand with acclaimed vocalists Bradley Greenwald,

Jennifer Baldwin Peden, Justin Madel and the Minnesota Chorale.

 

A portrayal of love and lust, desire and longing, with raucous and bawdy good fun.

 

 

 

 

 

November 5-8, 2009

 

 

MDT at the

STATE THEATRE

 

Loyce Houlton's

Nutcracker Fantasy

Loyce Houlton/Pyotr Tchaikovsky with a 44-piece symphony orchestra conducted by Philip Brunelle.

Voted "Best Nutcracker" in the Twin Cities by Mpls. St. Paul Magazine and holding the distinction as being the longest running arts event in Minnesota history.

(more information)

 

December 18-20, 2009

 

 

 

Upturned Jewel

Wynn fricke/Toby Twining

Unites shifting, kaleidoscopic patterns

and whimsical formations in an architectural fun-house.

White Jacket Only

(World Premiere)

Justin Leaf/Various Artists

From the sublime to the insane,

from the pure to the profane, our Psychedelic Sounds Nightclub is hosting

a formal affair, white jacket only.

Eight Seasons

Danny Buraczeski/Astor Piazzolla

Eclectic jazz from the master

who ignites the stage.

 

 

 

 

April 16-18 and 23-25, 2010

 

 

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