Dance Six Ways at The Performing Arts Center Purchase

Ryan Smith Posted OnAugust 7, 2019

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Dance Six Ways at The Performing Arts Center Purchase: PAC’s 2019-2010 season features six afternoons and nights of cutting edge dance inspired by tap, hip hop, break dancing, classical ballet and modern dance.

Dorrance Dance, Performing Arts Center, Sun, 11/10: 3pm: Artistic Director Michelle Dorrance’s Bessie Award-winning troupe begs the question what is tap? Is it once? Or is it music? Michelle is a 2015 Macarthur Fellow and a 201
8 Doris Duke Artist Award-winner. Her choreography blends traditional technique with cutting-edge choreography and inventive rhythms. Here they perform three pieces inclulding Jungle Blues, set to music by Branford Marsalis Quartet; Three to One,
techno dance music by Apex Twin; and Myelination set to original live music. (735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase; www.artscenter.org)

A.I.M. An Untitled Love, Performing Arts Center, Fri, 12/13: 8pm: Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award-winning choreographer and Purchase grad, Kyle Abraham, draws on his roots in hip hop, classical music and visual arts to present this avant premi
ere of An Untitled Love. This full length work is set to the music of Grammy Award-winning R&B legend D’Angelo’s 1994 debut album Brown Sugar. Abraham is a Macarthur “Genius” Fellow and a Doris Duke Award-winner. (735 Anderson Hill Rd.
, Purchase; www.artscenter.org)

Paul Tayl
or Dance Company, Performing Arts Center, Fri, 2/14: 8pm: Dance maker Paul Taylor first presented his choreography with five other dancers in Manhattan on May 30, 1954. That modest performance marked the beginning of 64 years of unrivaled creativit
y, and, in the decades that followed, Mr. Taylor became a cultural icon and one of American history’s most celebrated artists, hailed as part of the pantheon that created American modern dance. (735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase; www.artscenter.org)

Doug Varrone a
nd Dancers, Performing Arts Center, Sat, 3/28: 8pm: Award-winning choreographer, director, Purchase alum, and faculty member Doug Varone works in dance, theatre, opera, film, and fashion. He is a passionate educator and articulate advocate for danc
e. By any measure, his work is extraordinary for its emotional range, kinetic breadth, and the many arenas in which he works. Here he presents the world premiere of a new work, commissioned by The PAC. (735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase; www.artscenter.org)

RUBBERBand Danc
e Group, Ever So Slightly, Performing Arts Center, Sat, 4/18: 8pm: The explosive Montreal-based RUBBERBANDance Group has a style all its own, creating innovative, high-energy works inspired by breakdancing, classical ballet, and dance thea
tre. Their new evening length work, Ever So Slightly, explores the behavioral mechanisms and reﬂexes we develop to confront crisis. Ten dancers and a live DJ provide high voltage movement in a quest to ﬁnd tranquility within chaos. (735 Anderson Hill R
d., Purchase; www.artscenter.org)

Tania Pérez-Salas Compañía de Danza, Performing Arts Ce
nter, Tues, 5/5: 8pm: Award-winning choreographer and company director Tania Pérez-Salas draws from her personal experiences, and her love for literature, cinema, philosophy, and the visual arts, to create works that make powerful emotional connecti
ons. Adhering relentlessly to an artistic core grounded in precise technique, and multiculturalism, the company is well-recognized with a portfolio of performances at the major cultural capitals of North America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. (735 Ande
rson Hill Rd., Purchase; www.artscenter.org)