April 2023
Student Matinee: Pilobolus Rules @ Play
Recommended for Grades 6-12 In-person / Livestream / On-demand through Apr 21 A lively, interactive show created specifically for a youth audience by one of the world’s most exciting dance companies. Throughout life, we all encounter rules, and we usually view them negatively. Rules @ Play explores how rules actually provide opportunities to solve problems and overcome challenges. They spark creativity, and in this case, give Pilobolus tools to make dances. Fun, engaging and accessible, Pilobolus dancers perform and analyze…
Find out more »January 2024
Student Matinee: Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
Get inside a world-class dance experience with one of the most original forces in contemporary dance! Since 1977, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago (HSDC) has brought artists, art, and audiences together in 19 different countries and across 44 US states. With their 46 years of history, you’ll see why “those dancers, the mighty Hubbard Streeters” (The Boston Globe) are renowned for their education program that enriches, engages, educates, and changes lives through the experience of dance. Sensory Friendly Lounge A Sensory…
Find out more »Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
As The New York Times recently noted, “audiences haven’t seen Hubbard Street quite like this.” After 46 years, and under the leadership of newly appointed Artistic Director Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell, Hubbard Street continues to be one of the most original forces in contemporary dance—reflecting today’s leading choreographic voices. Since 1977, Hubbard Street has brought artists, art, and audiences together in 19 countries and across 44 US states. Their expansive repertory program includes dances by Aszure Barton, Rena Butler, Lar Lubovitch, and…
Find out more »February 2024
Les Grands Ballets Canadiens Dancing Beethoven
Les Grands Ballets Canadiens returns to Northrop for the first time since 2006, dancing two monumental masterpieces. The iconic four-note opening of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony—said to represent “Fate knocking on Man’s door”—inspired American choreographer Garrett Smith’s Complete. The late Uwe Scholz's choreography for Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 is considered his masterwork—displaying inventiveness and exceptional musicality. As the music races along at an irrepressible pace, these gorgeous artists convey the sheer joy of dancing to one of the most perfect symphonies…
Find out more »Student Matinee: Manual Cinema: Ada/Ava Featuring Aaron David Miller, organist
“To describe Manual Cinema as just a shadow puppet show is to say Pixar makes cartoons” (Chicago Tribune). The collective imaginatively combines shadow puppetry, cinematic techniques, sound effects, and live organ music in a haunting performance like nothing you’ve ever seen. Bereaved of her twin sister Ava, septuagenarian Ada solitarily marks time until a carnival—and a visit to the mirror maze—plunges her into a gothic New England journey. The matinee will include a shadow puppetry Show & Tell and an…
Find out more »Manual Cinema: Ada/Ava Featuring Aaron David Miller, organist
Bereaved of her twin sister Ava, Ada marks time in the patterns of a life built for two, until a traveling carnival’s mirror maze plunges her—and you—into a journey set in the New England gothic landscape. “This Chicago troupe is conjuring phantasms to die for in an unclassifiable story of spectral beauty” raves The New York Times. Manual Cinema creates handspun cinema combining shadow puppetry, cinematic techniques, and innovative sound—all in plain view. Aaron David Miller adds to this magical…
Find out more »March 2024
Giselle starring Skylar Brandt & Daniil Simkin
A once in a lifetime opportunity to see world-renowned ballet luminaries, Daniil Simkin and Sklyar Brandt, perform live together in what is considered the most romantic ballet of all time. Giselle tells a sweeping tale of passion that transcends life and death. The romantic ballet will be performed March 23-24 at Northrop, University of Minnesota. Metropolitan Ballet celebrates 25 years of uniting the Twin Cities communities of dance, music and theater in staging high impact works in the performing art…
Find out more »Giselle starring Skylar Brandt & Daniil Simkin
A once in a lifetime opportunity to see world-renowned ballet luminaries, Daniil Simkin and Sklyar Brandt, perform live together in what is considered the most romantic ballet of all time. Giselle tells a sweeping tale of passion that transcends life and death. The romantic ballet will be performed March 23-24 at Northrop, University of Minnesota. Metropolitan Ballet celebrates 25 years of uniting the Twin Cities communities of dance, music and theater in staging high impact works in the performing art…
Find out more »Student Matinee: Pilobolus Rules @ Play
Recommended for Grades 6-12 In-person / Livestream / On-demand through Apr 21 A lively, interactive show created specifically for a youth audience by one of the world’s most exciting dance companies. Throughout life, we all encounter rules, and we usually view them negatively. Rules @ Play explores how rules actually provide opportunities to solve problems and overcome challenges. They spark creativity, and in this case, give Pilobolus tools to make dances. Fun, engaging and accessible, Pilobolus dancers perform and analyze…
Find out more »Giselle starring Skylar Brandt & Daniil Simkin
A once in a lifetime opportunity to see world-renowned ballet luminaries, Daniil Simkin and Sklyar Brandt, perform live together in what is considered the most romantic ballet of all time. Giselle tells a sweeping tale of passion that transcends life and death. The romantic ballet will be performed March 23-24 at Northrop, University of Minnesota. Metropolitan Ballet celebrates 25 years of uniting the Twin Cities communities of dance, music and theater in staging high impact works in the performing art…
Find out more »Giselle starring Skylar Brandt & Daniil Simkin
A once in a lifetime opportunity to see world-renowned ballet luminaries, Daniil Simkin and Sklyar Brandt, perform live together in what is considered the most romantic ballet of all time. Giselle tells a sweeping tale of passion that transcends life and death. The romantic ballet will be performed March 23-24 at Northrop, University of Minnesota. Metropolitan Ballet celebrates 25 years of uniting the Twin Cities communities of dance, music and theater in staging high impact works in the performing art…
Find out more »Student Matinee: Pilobolus Rules @ Play
Recommended for Grades 6-12 In-person / Livestream / On-demand through Apr 21 A lively, interactive show created specifically for a youth audience by one of the world’s most exciting dance companies. Throughout life, we all encounter rules, and we usually view them negatively. Rules @ Play explores how rules actually provide opportunities to solve problems and overcome challenges. They spark creativity, and in this case, give Pilobolus tools to make dances. Fun, engaging and accessible, Pilobolus dancers perform and analyze…
Find out more »Student Matinee: Pilobolus Rules @ Play
Recommended for Grades 6-12 In-person / Livestream / On-demand through Apr 21 A lively, interactive show created specifically for a youth audience by one of the world’s most exciting dance companies. Throughout life, we all encounter rules, and we usually view them negatively. Rules @ Play explores how rules actually provide opportunities to solve problems and overcome challenges. They spark creativity, and in this case, give Pilobolus tools to make dances. Fun, engaging and accessible, Pilobolus dancers perform and analyze…
Find out more »Student Matinee: Pilobolus Rules @ Play
Recommended for Grades 6-12 In-person / Livestream / On-demand through Apr 21 A lively, interactive show created specifically for a youth audience by one of the world’s most exciting dance companies. Throughout life, we all encounter rules, and we usually view them negatively. Rules @ Play explores how rules actually provide opportunities to solve problems and overcome challenges. They spark creativity, and in this case, give Pilobolus tools to make dances. Fun, engaging and accessible, Pilobolus dancers perform and analyze…
Find out more »Student Matinee: Pilobolus Rules @ Play
Recommended for Grades 6-12 In-person / Livestream / On-demand through Apr 21 A lively, interactive show created specifically for a youth audience by one of the world’s most exciting dance companies. Throughout life, we all encounter rules, and we usually view them negatively. Rules @ Play explores how rules actually provide opportunities to solve problems and overcome challenges. They spark creativity, and in this case, give Pilobolus tools to make dances. Fun, engaging and accessible, Pilobolus dancers perform and analyze…
Find out more »Student Matinee: Pilobolus Rules @ Play
Recommended for Grades 6-12 In-person / Livestream / On-demand through Apr 21 A lively, interactive show created specifically for a youth audience by one of the world’s most exciting dance companies. Throughout life, we all encounter rules, and we usually view them negatively. Rules @ Play explores how rules actually provide opportunities to solve problems and overcome challenges. They spark creativity, and in this case, give Pilobolus tools to make dances. Fun, engaging and accessible, Pilobolus dancers perform and analyze…
Find out more »Student Matinee: Pilobolus Rules @ Play
Recommended for Grades 6-12 In-person / Livestream / On-demand through Apr 21 A lively, interactive show created specifically for a youth audience by one of the world’s most exciting dance companies. Throughout life, we all encounter rules, and we usually view them negatively. Rules @ Play explores how rules actually provide opportunities to solve problems and overcome challenges. They spark creativity, and in this case, give Pilobolus tools to make dances. Fun, engaging and accessible, Pilobolus dancers perform and analyze…
Find out more »Student Matinee: Pilobolus Rules @ Play
Recommended for Grades 6-12 In-person / Livestream / On-demand through Apr 21 A lively, interactive show created specifically for a youth audience by one of the world’s most exciting dance companies. Throughout life, we all encounter rules, and we usually view them negatively. Rules @ Play explores how rules actually provide opportunities to solve problems and overcome challenges. They spark creativity, and in this case, give Pilobolus tools to make dances. Fun, engaging and accessible, Pilobolus dancers perform and analyze…
Find out more »April 2024
Student Matinee: Pilobolus Rules @ Play
Recommended for Grades 6-12 In-person / Livestream / On-demand through Apr 21 A lively, interactive show created specifically for a youth audience by one of the world’s most exciting dance companies. Throughout life, we all encounter rules, and we usually view them negatively. Rules @ Play explores how rules actually provide opportunities to solve problems and overcome challenges. They spark creativity, and in this case, give Pilobolus tools to make dances. Fun, engaging and accessible, Pilobolus dancers perform and analyze…
Find out more »Student Matinee: Pilobolus Rules @ Play
Recommended for Grades 6-12 In-person / Livestream / On-demand through Apr 21 A lively, interactive show created specifically for a youth audience by one of the world’s most exciting dance companies. Throughout life, we all encounter rules, and we usually view them negatively. Rules @ Play explores how rules actually provide opportunities to solve problems and overcome challenges. They spark creativity, and in this case, give Pilobolus tools to make dances. Fun, engaging and accessible, Pilobolus dancers perform and analyze…
Find out more »Anna Lapwood, Organ Recital
Organist of the Royal Albert Hall (London, UK), famous for her viral midnight rehearsals on TikTok, Lapwood brings humor and youthful joie de vivre to her instrument. Her program will include a suite from Hans Zimmer’s Interstellar and an exploration of the plethora of colors found on the Northrop organ—from the softest flutes in Debussy’s Clair de Lune to the most earth-shattering fortissimo in Philip Glass’s Mad Rush, plus Florence Price’s jazz-soaked organ music, masterpieces from Bach and Vierne, and…
Find out more »Student Matinee: Pilobolus Rules @ Play
Recommended for Grades 6-12 In-person / Livestream / On-demand through Apr 21 A lively, interactive show created specifically for a youth audience by one of the world’s most exciting dance companies. Throughout life, we all encounter rules, and we usually view them negatively. Rules @ Play explores how rules actually provide opportunities to solve problems and overcome challenges. They spark creativity, and in this case, give Pilobolus tools to make dances. Fun, engaging and accessible, Pilobolus dancers perform and analyze…
Find out more »Student Matinee: Pilobolus Rules @ Play
Recommended for Grades 6-12 In-person / Livestream / On-demand through Apr 21 A lively, interactive show created specifically for a youth audience by one of the world’s most exciting dance companies. Throughout life, we all encounter rules, and we usually view them negatively. Rules @ Play explores how rules actually provide opportunities to solve problems and overcome challenges. They spark creativity, and in this case, give Pilobolus tools to make dances. Fun, engaging and accessible, Pilobolus dancers perform and analyze…
Find out more »Student Matinee: Pilobolus Rules @ Play
Recommended for Grades 6-12 In-person / Livestream / On-demand through Apr 21 A lively, interactive show created specifically for a youth audience by one of the world’s most exciting dance companies. Throughout life, we all encounter rules, and we usually view them negatively. Rules @ Play explores how rules actually provide opportunities to solve problems and overcome challenges. They spark creativity, and in this case, give Pilobolus tools to make dances. Fun, engaging and accessible, Pilobolus dancers perform and analyze…
Find out more »Student Matinee: Pilobolus Rules @ Play
Recommended for Grades 6-12 In-person / Livestream / On-demand through Apr 21 A lively, interactive show created specifically for a youth audience by one of the world’s most exciting dance companies. Throughout life, we all encounter rules, and we usually view them negatively. Rules @ Play explores how rules actually provide opportunities to solve problems and overcome challenges. They spark creativity, and in this case, give Pilobolus tools to make dances. Fun, engaging and accessible, Pilobolus dancers perform and analyze…
Find out more »Student Matinee: Pilobolus Rules @ Play
Recommended for Grades 6-12 In-person / Livestream / On-demand through Apr 21 A lively, interactive show created specifically for a youth audience by one of the world’s most exciting dance companies. Throughout life, we all encounter rules, and we usually view them negatively. Rules @ Play explores how rules actually provide opportunities to solve problems and overcome challenges. They spark creativity, and in this case, give Pilobolus tools to make dances. Fun, engaging and accessible, Pilobolus dancers perform and analyze…
Find out more »Student Matinee: Pilobolus Rules @ Play
Recommended for Grades 6-12 In-person / Livestream / On-demand through Apr 21 A lively, interactive show created specifically for a youth audience by one of the world’s most exciting dance companies. Throughout life, we all encounter rules, and we usually view them negatively. Rules @ Play explores how rules actually provide opportunities to solve problems and overcome challenges. They spark creativity, and in this case, give Pilobolus tools to make dances. Fun, engaging and accessible, Pilobolus dancers perform and analyze…
Find out more »Student Matinee: Pilobolus Rules @ Play
Recommended for Grades 6-12 In-person / Livestream / On-demand through Apr 21 A lively, interactive show created specifically for a youth audience by one of the world’s most exciting dance companies. Throughout life, we all encounter rules, and we usually view them negatively. Rules @ Play explores how rules actually provide opportunities to solve problems and overcome challenges. They spark creativity, and in this case, give Pilobolus tools to make dances. Fun, engaging and accessible, Pilobolus dancers perform and analyze…
Find out more »Student Matinee: Pilobolus Rules @ Play
Recommended for Grades 6-12 In-person / Livestream / On-demand through Apr 21 A lively, interactive show created specifically for a youth audience by one of the world’s most exciting dance companies. Throughout life, we all encounter rules, and we usually view them negatively. Rules @ Play explores how rules actually provide opportunities to solve problems and overcome challenges. They spark creativity, and in this case, give Pilobolus tools to make dances. Fun, engaging and accessible, Pilobolus dancers perform and analyze…
Find out more »10,000 Dreams: A Celebration of Asian Choreography
A blossoming initiative to recognize and elevate Asian creatives working in ballet, this program of Asian and Asian American choreography—co-curated by Final Bow for Yellowface’s Phil Chan—features The Washington Ballet, BalletMet, and Oakland Ballet Company. These performances celebrate the 75th anniversary of Singaporean choreographer Choo San Goh (1948-1987) who brought The Washington Ballet international acclaim, plus works by BalletMet’s Edwaard Liang—the first Asian Artistic Director for a major American ballet company, Phil Chan and Caili Quan for Oakland Ballet Company,…
Find out more »10,000 Dreams: A Celebration of Asian Choreography
A blossoming initiative to recognize and elevate Asian creatives working in ballet, this program of Asian and Asian American choreography—co-curated by Final Bow for Yellowface’s Phil Chan—features The Washington Ballet, BalletMet, and Oakland Ballet Company. These performances celebrate the 75th anniversary of Singaporean choreographer Choo San Goh (1948-1987) who brought The Washington Ballet international acclaim, plus works by BalletMet’s Edwaard Liang—the first Asian Artistic Director for a major American ballet company, Phil Chan and Caili Quan for Oakland Ballet Company,…
Find out more »Encore Gala: Spring Cocktail Party with 10,000 Dreams: A Celebration of Asian Choreography
Tickets: $55 ($15 donation is included in your ticket price) Expand your 10,000 Dreams experience—purchase a ticket to Northrop’s Encore Gala, an insider post-show cocktail party with the performers! Mingle under the chandeliers with artists and dancers from The Washington Ballet, BalletMet, and Oakland Ballet Company following their matinee performance on the Northrop Stage. Enjoy sumptuous hors d'oeuvres, drinks, and live music. Proceeds from this fundraiser support the creation of new works by preeminent artists through the Northrop Centennial Commissions…
Find out more »Northrop and Liquid Music Present Sarah Davachi, solo organ
Composer and performer Sarah Davachi makes her Northrop debut with an evening of solo organ works featuring her signature textural and harmonic experimentation, taking full advantage of the remarkable Northrop Aeolian-Skinner Opus 892. Davachi's highly environmental music travels through physical space and slow-moving time to reveal aural complexities that are both intimate and expansive. A visionary talent at the organ, Davachi creates a transcendent experience in the live presentation of her ethereal work. "Sarah Davachi builds temples out of tone…every…
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