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Contemporary Dance - Kennedy Center 2014-2015 Season Announcement

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Channel: The Kennedy Center · 2014 · Entertainment

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The Kennedy Center's 2014--2015 Contemporary Dance season features a host of American and international companies that are sure to please Washington audiences. Martha Clarke brings her interdisciplinary work, Chéri, an exciting fusion of theater, live music, and dance featuring American Ballet Theatre Principal Dancer Herman Cornejo, prima ballerina assoluta Alessandra Ferri, Academy Award®--nominated actress Amy Irving, and pianist Sarah Rothenberg. Dancer, choreographer, and actress Carmen de Lavallade guides audiences through her life's story with dance, film, and her personal writings in As I Remember It. Beijing Dance Theater returns to the Center with its newest work, Wild Grass, and the Tel Aviv, Israel--based Batsheva Dance Company brings its full-length production of Sadeh21. Audience favorite Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater makes its annual appearance in the Opera House with a program that includes its signature Revelations. A host of dance companies from the Spanish and Portuguese-speaking world will take part in the Kennedy Center's three week--long Iberian Suite: arts remix across continents, celebrating the best of Iberian culture and its vast influence on other cultures of the world. These companies include Spain's Ballet Flamenco Sara Baras, María Muñoz Mal Pelo, and Compañía María Pagés; Portugal's Companhia Portuguesa de Bailando Contemporâneo and Sofia Dias with Vítor Roriz, Mexico's Tania Pérez-Salas Compañía de Danza, and Brazil's Grupo Corpo. Repertoire for these companies, as well as additional performances of tango and flamenco dance will be announced at a later date. The Center's Local Dance Commissioning Project presents two programs from Washington, D.C. --area based choreographers Adriane Fang and Arturo Garcia, who have been awarded commissions for their works Grains and Here & Now, respectively. Please see the Contemporary Dance press release for additional information about the 2014--2105 season.

For more information, please visit:
http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/newseason/

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