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Following Dallas’s successful completion of multiple new venues for the arts – including stages and galleries for music, opera, theater, dance, and the visual arts – our leading cultural institutions are offering compelling and challenging fare
and attracting favorable notice from other cultural capitals nationally and internationally.
As chairman of the Dallas Arts District Foundation and the Eugene McDermott Director of the Dallas Museum of Art, I am honored to serve as our city’s Ambassador to the Arts, and to champion the contributions of organizations large and small, along with performers and artists who call our region home or are here to share their gifts.
Please use this guide to choose from among the exciting array of cultural experiences on offer in Dallas, and indulge with abandon!
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Max AndersonEugene McDermott Director, Dallas Museum of Art
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Contents
Ambassador’s Note
4 Sponsors
6 Publisher’s Note
10 Dallas Black Dance Theatre
14 Dallas Center for Contemporary Art
18 Dallas Museum of Art
28 Dallas Opera
34 Dallas Symphony Orchestra
42 Dallas Theater Center
50 Nasher Sculpture Center
54 Perot Museum of Nature and Science
56 Texas Ballet Theater
60 Turtle Creek Chorale
62 Contact Information
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Dallas Black Dance Theatre
FOUNDED IN 1976 by Ann Williams to inspire minority boys and girls to appreciate dance as an art form and to realize the possibility of dance as a means to express their creativity, Dallas Black Dance Theatre now offers dance opportunities for the entire population, regardless of race, age or circumstance, through professional dance concert performances, arts-in-education programs, community outreach activities, and dance training classes. DBDT has grown from a community-based, semi-professional organization to a fully-professional dance company that is renowned in the U.S. and noted for its rich cultural diversity, history of inclusion, and high-level of artistic excellence in contemporary modern dance and educational programs. The professional company, DBDT, consists of 12 full-time dancers performing a mixed repertory of modern, jazz, ethnic and spiritual works by nationally and internationally recognized choreographers.
Michelle Zada of Dallas Black Dance Theatre.
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FEBRUARY 20 – 22, 2015Wyly TheatreCULTURAL AWARENESS
CELEBRATE AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH with the DBDT as it explores the rich, culturally diverse works of its repertory. Classic modern choreography from renowned choreographers Talley Beatty, Alvin Ailey, and a contemporary company work by Troy Powell will captivate you. Resident choreographer Richard A. Freeman, Jr. has created a stunningly beautiful new spiritual work that you will not want to miss!
APRIL 10 & 11, 2015Dallas City Performance HallSPRING FIESTA
DBDT II CONTINUES TO prove its place and rank amongst Dallas’s professional dance companies. Come and experience the performances that audiences have deemed “exquisite” and “absolutely breathtaking.” With special guests, Dallas Black Dance Academy’s Allegro Performing ensemble, you will be stunned by this performance.
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DBDT’s Allegro Performing ensemble. Photo: Steven Ray
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MAY 15 – 17, 2015Wyly TheatreSPRING CELEBRATION SERIES
DBDT CLOSES THE SEASON with imaginative and innovative works that push boundaries. Premiering in this series will be a new commissioned work by master choreographer, Jamal Story and the return of Monologues by Sean J. Smith.
TICKETS & CONTACTDallas Black Dance Theatre2700 Flora StreetDallas, TX 75201(214) 871-2842www.dbdt.com
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DALLAS CONTEMPORARY IS a non-collecting art museum presenting new and challenging ideas from regional, national, and international artists. The institution is committed to engaging the public through exhibitions, lectures, educational programs, and events.
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LORIS GRÉAUDJANUARY 28 – MARCH 21, 2015
GRÉAUD HAS ONE WORD for the upcoming exhibition: binary. “There is only black or white for this show,” he says. “No gray. It will be a really challenging show… It will definitely not be ‘safe’.” Gréaud has already amassed a stratospheric pedigree, with installations at the Louvre, the Centre Pompidou, the Venice biennale, and a host of other venues. The artist’s meteoric success lies in his works, which are best described as grand installations. Ultimately, what is smart about them is their uncanny ability to create a kind of secular temple. He challenges us to reimagine how we experience film, sound, space, and physical constructs.
TICKETS & CONTACTDallas Center for Contemporary Art161 Glass StreetDallas, TX 75207(214) 821-2522www.dallascontemporary.org
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Loris Gréaud installing his Cellar Door project at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris.
Photo: Valerio Mezzanotti/The New York Times
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ESTABLISHED IN 1903, the Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) ranks among the leading art institutions in the country and is distinguished by its innovative exhibitions and groundbreaking educational programs. At the heart of the Museum and its programs is its global collection, which encompasses more than 22,000 works and spans 5,000 years of history, representing a full range of world cultures. Located in the vibrant Arts District of downtown Dallas, the Museum welcomes more than half a million visitors annually and acts as a catalyst for community creativity, engaging people of all ages and backgrounds with a diverse spectrum of programming, from exhibitions and lectures to concerts, literary events, and dramatic and dance presentations. In January 2013, the DMA returned to a free general admission policy and launched DMA Friends, the first free museum membership program in the country.
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Dallas Museum of Art exterior. Photo: Douglas Newby
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BOUQUETS: FRENCH STILL-LIFE PAINTING FROM CHARDIN TO MATISSEOCTOBER 26, 2014 – FEBRUARY 8, 2015
THE FIRST MAJOR AMERICAN exhibition to consider the French floral still life across the 19th century premiered at the DMA in October 2014. Bouquets: French Still-Life Painting from Chardin to Matisse, co-organized by the DMA and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, showcases approximately 60 floral still lifes from painters such as Eugène Delacroix, Gustave Courbet, Henri Fantin-Latour, Édouard Manet, and Paul Cézanne to, highlight the well-established painting genre in France during the 1800s.
SMALL WORLDS: EDOUARD VUILLARD AND THE INTIMATE ART OF THE NABISNOVEMBER 21, 2014 – APRIL 19, 2015
SMALL WORLDS: EDOUARD VUILLARD AND THE INTIMATE ART OF THE NABIS explores works in the DMA’s collection created by Nabis artists, including Edouard Vuillard, Paul Bonnard, Maurice Denis, and Félix Vallotton. In the years following the final impressionist exhibition in 1886, a variety of avant-garde groups were formed in Paris by young artists eager to propose a new kind of modernist painting. One of these was begun around 1888 by a handful of students at a private art
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Edouard Vuillard, Interior (Madame Vuillard and Grand-Mère Roussel at L’Étang-la-Ville), c. 1900–
01, Oil on cardboard, 21 x 27 1/2 inches. Dallas Museum of Art, gift of the Meadows Foundation, Inc. © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP,
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school known as the Académie Julian. Calling themselves the Nabis, a Hebrew word meaning “prophets,” these young artists forged a new relationship to many of the same subjects that had fascinated the impressionists a generation before: the modern city, its streets and public spaces, and the status of the private self in relation to this public sphere.
ROCK CRYSTAL EWER FROM THE KEIR COLLECTIONMAY 27, 2014 – SEPTEMBER 27, 2015
THE CARVED ROCK crystal ewer from late 10th- to 11th-century Fatimid Egypt (969–1171), the first work of art from the rarely shown Keir Collection to arrive at the DMA, is considered one of the wonders of Islamic art. Rock crystal is a pure form of the silica mineral quartz, prized for its transparency and flawless structure. Used as a gemstone and in ornamental carvings, large crystals are rare. Only seven rock crystal ewers of this caliber from the entire medieval Islamic world are known, and this ewer is the only one of its type in the United States. Its style reflects that of a ewer inscribed with the name of the Fatimid Caliph al-Aziz (r. 975–996) in the treasury of the Basilica of San Marco in Venice.
MODERN OPULENCE IN VIENNA: THE WITTGENSTEIN VITRINENOVEMBER 15, 2014 – OCTOBER 18, 2015
IN DECEMBER 2013, the Dallas Museum of Art announced the acquisition of one of the most significant additions to its collection to date: an exceptional silver vitrine originally owned by the Wittgenstein family of Vienna and designed by Carl Otto Czeschka (1878–1960) of the Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshops). The Wittgenstein Vitrine stands over five feet tall and is made of solid silver encrusted with enamel, pearls, opals, moonstones, and other semiprecious stones. This masterpiece, unique in the production of the Werkstätte, is one of the most important objects of the 20th century, marking the apogee of ornamental richness in Viennese Secessionist art and
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questioning the very direction of early modern design. Since its arrival in Dallas, the vitrine has been the subject of an intensive research and conservation program. The exhibition, Modern Opulence in Vienna: The Wittgenstein Vitrine, will reveal these results by exploring the conservation effort and charting the context and history of this masterwork’s design and fabrication, iconography, and provenance. The exhibition will also present new perspectives on designer Carl Otto Czeschka, his work for the Wiener Werkstätte, and the important patronage of the Wittgenstein family.
ADD TO, TAKE AWAY: ARTISTRY AND INNOVATION IN AFRICAN TEXTILESNOVEMBER 8, 2014 – DECEMBER 6, 2015
“ADD TO” AND “TAKE AWAY” refer to basic techniques African textile artists use to decorate cloth. “Add to” techniques include embroidery and appliqué. “Take away” refers to the removal of threads from cloth to create intricate patterns. Decorated cloth is often a powerful expressive medium in African life, a kind of visual language that can be read by those familiar with it. This installation of cloths drawn primarily from the DMA’s collection explores these techniques as they have been – and still are –
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Carl Otto Czeschka, Wittgenstein Vitrine (for the 1908 Kunstschau), Silver, moonstone, opal, lapis lazuli,
mother-of-pearl, baroque pearls, onyx, ivory, enamel, glass, and ebony veneers, 66 1/4 x 24 x 12 5/8.
Dallas Museum of Art, The Eugene and Margaret McDermott Art Fund, Inc.
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practiced in Mali, Republic of Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, and Ethiopia.
FORM/UNFORMED: DESIGN FROM 1960 TO THE PRESENTDECEMBER 19, 2010 – DECEMBER 31, 2015
INCLUDING OVER THIRTY works drawn largely from the Museum’s collection dating from the 1960s to the present, this exhibition reveals the transformation of ideology and forms that have shaped international design of the last half century. From the technological and formal ideals of modernism to the influence of the handmade object, the works reflect increasingly complex and vibrant relationships between concepts of function, aesthetics, and material expression. Featured are designs by Verner Panton, Frank Gehry, Aldo Rossi, Ettore Sottsass, Robert Venturi, Donald Judd, Zaha Hadid, Louise Campbell, and Fernando and Humberto Campana.
BETWEEN ACTION AND THE UNKNOWN: THE ART OF KAZUO SHIRAGA AND SADAMASA MOTONAGAFEBRUARY 8 – JULY 19, 2015
BETWEEN ACTION AND THE UNKNOWN: THE ART OF KAZUO SHIRAGA AND SADAMASA MOTONAGA will examine the full arcs of the artists’ careers, from their early works to their 18-year engagement with the Gutai Art Association – the leading avant-garde
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Kazuo Shiraga, Tenshosei Botsuusen, 1960, Oil on canvas, 70 7/8 x 108 1/4 inches. The Rachofsky Collection
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group of postwar Japanese artists – to their later masterworks created in the 1980s, 90s, and early 2000s. Drawing from among the best collections in Japan, the exhibition will include paintings, drawings, photographs, films, small-scale sculpture, Gutai-related ephemera, and re-creations of outdoor installations – many of which have never been exhibited in the United States. Organized by the Dallas Museum of Art and the Japan Foundation in Tokyo, the exhibition highlights the experimental and innovative quality of Shiraga’s and Motonaga’s creative production through nearly 60 works of art and historical materials.
FRANK BOWLING: MAP PAINTINGSFEBRUARY 20 – AUGUST 2, 2015
FRANK BOWLING: MAP PAINTINGS will highlight the DMA’s acquisition of its first painting by the seminal artist Frank Bowling, Marcia H Travels (1970), in an installation with three additional works from private collections from the artist’s influential “Map Paintings” series. Bowling, the Guyanese-born British painter widely celebrated for his contributions to the field of abstraction and his advocacy of black artists internationally, created a number of paintings in the 1970s, characterized by his use of world maps as organizational tools to explore color as its own subject – a recurring theme in his work. Frank Bowling: Map Paintings will explore the development of the series and Bowling’s influences as he forged his artistic path. The exhibition also marks the first time in nearly 45 years that these “Map Paintings” will be brought together since their debut at the Whitney Museum of American Art in 1971.
CONCENTRATIONS 58: CHOSIL KILFEBRUARY 20 – AUGUST 8, 2015
IN HER FIRST U.S. museum solo show, London-based artist Chosil Kil continues her exploration of the liminal space between interior and exterior; material and immaterial; object and performance. These binaries are considered through
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references to the artist’s own body, with works such as helium-filled balloons or canvases made of leather/lambskin purposefully hung at the artist’s height. These floating objects and wall works double as bodies in space that beckon to the viewer, insisting their presence be acknowledged. The artist is also keenly aware of how objects occupy and manipulate space and sound, playing with concepts of volume and resonance. For Concentrations 58: Chosil Kil, the artist will present a new site-specific installation in the DMA’s Stoffel Quadrant gallery including a group of new wall works.
MICHAËL BORREMANS: AS SWEET AS IT GETSMARCH 15 – JULY 5, 2015
THE U.S. PREMIERE of the international traveling exhibition on the work of contemporary Belgian artist Michaël Borremans opens at the DMA in March 2015. Co-organized by the DMA and Center for Fine Arts, Brussels (BOZAR) and curated by Jeffrey Grove, the DMA’s Senior Curator of Special Projects & Research, Michaël Borremans: As sweet as it gets is the first to
bring together the artist’s paintings, drawings, and films from over the last fourteen years in a single survey. The exhibition is comprised of well-known and rarely exhibited works from private and
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Michaël Borremans, The Devil’s Dress, 2011, Oil on canvas, Dallas Museum of Art, DMA/amfAR Benefit Auction Fund, Courtesy Zeno X Gallery Antwerp and David Zwirner New York/London. © Photographer Ron Amstutz
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public collections in Europe and the United States, including 50 paintings, 40 drawings, and five films.
INCA: CONQUESTS OF THE ANDES/ LOS INCAS Y LAS CONQUISTAS DE LOS ANDESMAY 15 – NOVEMBER 15, 2015
INCA: CONQUESTS OF THE ANDES explores the dynamic nature of state expansion and imperial conquest on Andean visual arts. The Inca Empire developed through the 15th and early 16th centuries, encompassing the central Andes of South America. Before and after the Inca Empire, political expansions by local states or foreign empires continually transformed the Andean coast and highlands. The visual arts of these periods reflect the dynamism of such cultural convergence. The exhibition presents more than 70 works exclusively drawn from the DMA’s collection, many of which are on view for the first time. The Inca and their imperial impact are framed by pre-Inca cultures, such as the Wari (Huari), and the successive early Spanish colonial period. The exhibition reflects the traditional media of Andean visual arts, from ceramic and wood to gold, silver, feather, and textile objects. They convey the richness and dynamism of over 1,000 years of Andean cultural history.
INTERNATIONAL POPOCTOBER 11, 2015 – JANUARY 17, 2016
INTERNATIONAL POP, ORGANIZED by the Walker Art Center, chronicles the global emergence of Pop in the 1960s and early 1970s. While previous exhibitions and prevailing scholarship have primarily focused on the dominance of Pop activity in New York and London during this time, this exhibition examines work from artists across the globe who were confronting many of the same radical developments, laying the foundation of the emergence of an art form that embraced figuration, media strategies, and mechanical processes with a new spirit of urgency and/or exuberance. This groundbreaking exhibition follows the trajectories of Pop and its critical points of contact
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with global developments in art such as Nouveau Réalisme (France), Concretism and Neo-Concretism (Brazil), The Art of Things (Argentina), Anti-Art (Japan), Capitalist Realism (Germany), Happenings, and Neo-Dada.
JACKSON POLLOCK: BLIND SPOTSNOVEMBER 15, 2015 – MARCH 20, 2016
IN NOVEMBER 2015, the Dallas Museum of Art will become the exclusive American venue for a new exhibition of works by Jackson Pollock, the first in over three decades to survey a phase of work known as his Black Pourings. Jackson Pollock: Blind Spots will illuminate this underexplored but pivotal part
of the artist’s practice. The exhibition will explore the Pollock’s practice via a selection of paintings made between 1947 and 1949; these works will serve to contextualize the radical departure
represented by the Black Pourings, a series of black enamel and oil paintings that
Pollock created between 1951 and 1953. Exhibiting works from the height of the artist’s celebrity set against his lesser known paintings will offer the opportunity to appreciate Pollock’s broader ambitions as an artist, and to better understand the importance of the ‘blind spots’ in his practice.
TICKETS & CONTACTDallas Museum of Art1717 North HarwoodDallas, TX 75201(214) 922-1200 (General)(214) 922-1803 (Tickets)www.dallasmuseumofart.org
Jackson Pollock, Number 14, 1951, Oil on canvas. © The Pollock-Krasner Foundation ARS, NY and DACS, London 2014
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SINCE ITS GLITTERING 1957 inaugural concert with the legendary Maria Callas, the Dallas Opera has made a national and international name for itself by discovering new world-class talents and enhancing the careers of important artists, directors, and designers. The future has never looked brighter. The current leadership has plans to guide the company through another exciting season in our new home: the Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House at the AT&T Performing Arts Center.
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JANUARY 30 – FEBRUARY 7, 2015LA WALLY/EVERESTLA WALLY By ALFREDO CATALANIConducted by ANTHONY BARRESEDirected by CANDACE EVANSFeaturing LATONIA MOORE & CARL TANNER
SET HIGH IN the Austrian Alps, the first half of this exciting double bill is the climactic final act of an opera about a free-spirited and fiercely passionate young woman who realizes, too late, that love delayed isn’t always love denied. Soprano Latonia Moore, the star of our 2012 production of Aida, makes a triumphant return to the Dallas Opera stage as the strong-minded heroine of this Alpine romance. Tenor Carl Tanner makes his company debut as her beloved Hagenbach in this brand-new abridged production staged by director Candace Evans and conducted by Anthony Barrese.
EVERESTBy JOBY TALBOTConducted by NICOLE PAIEMENTDirected by LEONARD FOGLIAFeaturing ANDREW BIDLACK, SASHA COOKE, KEVIN BURDETTE & CRAIG VERM
ON THE SLOPES of Mount Everest, luck and the weather can turn with equal ferocity and swiftness, and dreams die even for the most valiant of men. British composer Joby Talbot’s first opera – a Dallas Opera world premiere
Latonia Moore stars in La Wally. Photo: Dallas Kilponen
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with a libretto by Gene Scheer (Moby-Dick) – confronts the tragic events surrounding an ill-fated Everest expedition with a cast that includes tenor Andrew Bidlack, mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke, bass Kevin Burdette, and baritone Craig Verm. This eagerly anticipated Dallas Opera world premiere will be conducted by Nicole Paiement and staged by Moby-Dick director Leonard Foglia, with stunning visuals designed by Elaine J. McCarthy.
MARCH 15 – 29, 2015LA BOHÈMEBy GIACOMO PUCCINIConducted by RICCARDO FRIZZADirected by PETER KAZARASFeaturing ANA MARÍA MARTÍNEZ, BRYAN HYMEL, DAVINIA RODRIGUEZ & JONATHAN BEYER
HIGH IN A PARIS garret, a candle sputters out. And, as two strangers fumble in the dark, the spark of love is unexpectedly ignited. Puccini’s passionate and timeless masterpiece is presented in a beloved period production by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle and Peter J. Hall. Starring soprano Ana María Martínez as Mimi and tenor Bryan Hymel as Rodolfo at the head of an all-star international cast, this witty and romantic celebration of life lived “on the fringe” will be staged by Peter Kazaras and conducted by
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Bryan Hymel stars in La Bohème. Photo: Dario Acosta
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APRIL 10 – 18, 2015IOLANTABy PIOTR I. TCHAIKOVSKYConducted by EMMANUEL VILLAUMEDirected by CHRISTIAN RÄTHFeaturing EKATERINA SCHERBACHENKO, SERGEI SKOROKHODOV, JOANNA MONGIARDO & LAUREN MCNEESE
THIS RARELY-PERFORMED Tchaikovsky gem, set in medieval Provence, tells the story of a kind-hearted young princess sheltered from the truth about herself – she was born blind. One day a stranger enters her private garden where, entranced by her beauty, he asks for a token to remember her by: a red rose. Through this simple request, many lives are changed forever. Love and duty, deception and faith collide in this gentle fairytale romance performed by a superb Russian/American ensemble, staged by German director Christian Räth (Tristan & Isolde), and featuring a gorgeous and lushly romantic score conducted by Dallas Opera Music Director Emmanuel Villaume.
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Ekaterina Scherbachenko stars in Iolanta. Photo: IMG Artists
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TICKETS & CONTACTDallas OperaMargot and Bill Winspear Opera House2403 Flora Street, Suite 500Dallas, TX 75201(214) 443-1043 (General)(214) 443-1000 (Tickets)www.dallasopera.org
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THE DALLAS SYMPHONY’S mission is to entertain, inspire, and change lives through musical excellence. Since 1900, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra has grown from a 40-person ensemble to a nationally recognized orchestra performing in one of the world’s finest concert halls. The DSO named Jaap van Zweden as its new music director in February 2007. The 2014–2015 season marks van Zweden’s seventh with the orchestra. Dallas Symphony performances conducted by Jaap van Zweden are regularly hailed by The Dallas Morning News as “exhilarating,” “revelatory,” “intensely dramatic,” and “as electrifying as you’ll hear anywhere.”
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Exterior of the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center.
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JANUARY 8 – 11, 2015PAGANINIJAAP VAN ZWEDEN, ConductorCONRAD TAO, PianoMASON BATES, ElectronicaCHÁVEZ, Sinfonia IndiaRACHMANINOFF, Rhapsody on a Theme of PaganiniMASON BATES, Liquid InterfaceDVORÁK, Symphony No. 7
JANUARY 16 & 17, 2015REMIX: APPALACHIAN SPRINGCASE SCAGLIONE, ConductorCOPLAND, Appalachian Spring: SuiteJOHN ADAMS, Grand Pianola Music
JANUARY 17, 2015CAMERON CARPENTER
JANUARY 22 – 25, 2015BEETHOVEN’S FIRSTNICHOLAS MCGEGAN, ConductorDAVID COOPER, HornNICHOLAS PHAN, TenorBACH, Brandenburg Concerto No. 1
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BRITTEN, Serenade for Tenor, Horn, and StringsBEETHOVEN, Symphony No. 1
JANUARY 29 – FEBRUARY 1, 2015SERKIN PERFORMS MOZARTJAMES GAFFIGAN, ConductorPETER SERKIN, PianoPROKOFIEV, Symphony No. 3MOZART, Piano Concerto No. 19RIMSKY-KORSAKOV, Capriccio espagnol
FEBRUARY 12 – 15, 2015BRAHMS PIANO CONCERTO NO. 1JAAP VAN ZWEDEN, ConductorYEFIM BRONFMAN, PianoBRAHMS, Piano Concerto No. 1R. STRAUSS, Ein Heldenleben
FEBRUARY 20 – 22, 2015DISNEY IN CONCERTRICHARD KAUFMAN, ConductorFeaturing music from Aladdin, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, and more.
FEBRUARY 26 – MARCH 1, 2015WINTER DREAMSLAWRENCE FOSTER, ConductorALEXANDER KERR, ViolinENESCO, Rumanian Rhapsody No. 2BARBER, Violin ConcertoTCHAIKOVSKY, Symphony No. 1, “Winter Dreams”
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Peter Serkin. Photo: Christopher Gregory
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MARCH 6 – 8, 2015ELLIS HALL PLAYS RAY CHARLESJEFF TYZIK, ConductorELLIS HALL, Piano/Vocals
MARCH 12 – 15, 2015ROMEO AND JULIETCASE SCAGLIONE, ConductorLUCILLE CHUNG, PianoTCHAIKOVSKY, Romeo and JulietCHASE DOBSON, Piano Concerto No. 1SCHUMANN, Symphony No. 2
MARCH 16, 2015 TANGO BUENOS AIRES
MARCH 20 – 22, 2015GIL SHAHAM PERFORMS BACH JAAP VAN ZWEDEN, ConductorGIL SHAHAM, Violin
BACH, Violin Concerto No. 1BACH, Violin Concerto No. 2BRUCKNER, Symphony No. 4, “Romantic”
MARCH 26 – 29, 2015SYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUEJAAP VAN ZWEDEN, ConductorDANIIL TRIFONOV, PianoRACHMANINOFF, Piano Concerto No. 1BERLIOZ, Symphonie fantastique
APRIL 9 – 12, 2015BEETHOVEN PIANO CONCERTO NO. 4
Ellis Hall plays Ray Charles. Photo: Peter Arthur
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JOSHUA WEILERSTEIN, ConductorGARRICK OHLSSON, PianoROUSE, IscariotBEETHOVEN, Piano Concerto No. 4MENDELSSOHN, Symphony No. 3, “Scottish”
APRIL 16 – 19, 2015MOZART REQUIEMJAAP VAN ZWEDEN, ConductorTRIO JEAN PAULJOELLE HARVEY, SopranoJOSEPH KAISER, TenorDALLAS SYMPHONY CHORUSRIHM, Triple ConcertoMOZART, Requiem
APRIL 25, 2015LEO VAN DOESELAAR
MAY 1 – 3, 2015CALLAWAY SINGS STREISANDLAWRENCE LOH, ConductorANN HAMPTON CALLAWAY, Vocals
MAY 7, 2015RACHMANINOFF & KORNGOLDAMERNET STRING QUARTETMUSICIANS OF THE DALLAS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRARACHMANINOFF, String Quartet No. 1KORNGOLD, Piano QuintetENESCU, String Octet
Ann Hampton Callaway sings Streisand.
Photo: James Estrin/The New York Times
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MAY 8 & 9, 2015REMIX: HOLLYWOOD EXILEKARINA CANELLAKIS, ConductorCONRAD TAO, PianoKORNGOLD, The Sea Hawk OvertureSTRAVINSKY, Scherzo à la RusseSCHOENBERG, Accompaniment to a Cinematographic SceneROZSA, Andante for String OrchestraROZSA, Spellbound Concerto
MAY 9, 2015COPLAND & BARTÓKCONRAD TAO, PianoNATHAN OLSON, ViolinGREGORY RADEN, ClarinetCOPLAND, Piano SonataRACHMANINOFF, VocaliseBARTÓK, ContrastsRACHMANINOFF, Three Etudes-Tableaux
MAY 14 & 16, 2015BERNSTEIN 3JAAP VAN ZWEDEN, ConductorLIZA FERSCHTMAN, ViolinDALLAS SYMPHONY CHORUSBERNSTEIN, SerenadeBERNSTEIN, Symphony No. 3, “Kaddish”
Liza Ferschtman. Photo: Marco Borggreve
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MAY 21 – 23, 2015MAHLER 3JAAP VAN ZWEDEN, ConductorALICE COOTE, Mezzo-SopranoWOMEN OF THE DALLAS SYMPHONY CHORUSCHILDREN’S CHORUS OF GREATER DALLASMAHLER, Symphony No. 3
MAY 29 – 31, 2015ON BROADWAY!JEFF TYZIK, ConductorSYLVIA MCNAIR, Vocals
TICKETS & CONTACTDallas SymphonyMorton H. Meyerson Symphony Center2301 Flora StreetDallas, TX 75201(214) 692-0203www.dallassymphony.com
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ONE OF THE LEADING regional theaters in the country, Dallas Theater Center (DTC) performs to an audience of more than 90,000 North Texas residents annually. Founded in 1959, DTC is now a resident company of the AT&T Performing Arts Center and presents its mainstage season at the Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre. DTC also presents at its original home, the Kalita Humphreys Theater, the only freestanding theater designed and built by Frank Lloyd Wright. DTC engages, entertains, and inspires a diverse community by creating experiences that stimulate new ways of thinking and living by consistently producing plays, educational programs, and community initiatives that are of the highest quality and reach the broadest possible constituency.
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The Dallas Theatre Center (or officially the “Kalita Humphreys Theater”) was opened
in 1959 and designed by legendary architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
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JANUARY 1 – FEBRUARY 1, 2015Kalita Humphreys TheaterTHE BOOK CLUB PLAYBy KAREN ZACARIASDirected by MEREDITH MCDONOUGH
LOADS OF LAUGHTER and literature collide in this smart comedy about books and the people who love them. Ana lives in a letter-perfect world with an adoring husband, the perfect job, and her greatest passion: book club. But when her book club becomes the subject of a film documentary, their discussions about life and literature take a hilarious turn. Add a club-crashing newcomer along with some provocative book titles and the club’s long-intertwined group dynamics begin to unravel as the friends start to read between the lines.
JANUARY 21 – FEBRUARY 15, 2015Wyly TheatreSTAGGER LEEBook and Lyrics by WILL POWERMusic by WILL POWER AND JUSTIN ELLINGTONDirected by PATRICIA MCGREGOR
A HIGHLIGHT THIS season is the world premiere of Stagger Lee, a musical that takes its title from the century-old folk song that became a Number One R&B hit for Lloyd
Price in 1959. The story spans the 20th
Century, tracing mythical characters in their quest to achieve the American Dream. The deep-seated themes of racism and the raw power of human will are sure to give you chills. And the
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music – from Joplin-inspired tunes to R&B and hip-hop – will definitely get your feet moving.
FEBRUARY 19 – MARCH 29, 2015Kalita Humphreys TheaterMEDEABy EURIPEDESAdapted by ROBINSON JEFFERSDirected by KEVIN MORIARTY
THE SECOND PRODUCTION in DTC’s Classical Theater initiative, Medea is a 2500-year-old classic that still resonates today with its modern-day complexities of power, marriage, families, and politics. Produced in Down Center Stage, the intimate basement theater space carved out of the Kalita Humphreys Theater, Medea will plunge the audience into the midst of an intense domestic dispute that quickly accelerates to its horrifying climax of violence, revenge, and mutual destruction. With emotionally honest acting and a starkly beautiful, poetic text, Medea will be an unforgettable theatrical experience.
FEBRUARY 20 – MARCH 29, 2015Kalita Humphreys TheaterTHE SCHOOL FOR WIVESBy MOLIÈREDirected by KEVIN MORIARTY
DTC LAUNCHES A new multi-year Classical Theater initiative with this sublime comedy, in a high-energy production directed by Kevin Moriarty. Combining Molière’s razor-sharp observations about love, marriage, and desire with hilarious physical comedy and joyful contemporary music, The School for Wives tells the story of Arnolphe, who believes he has shrewdly concocted the perfect plan to woo a much younger woman to be his wife. (Spoiler alert: Arnolphe isn’t all that shrewd). As his plan goes horribly wrong and the complications add up, this fast-paced French farce will keep you on the edge of your seat,
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wondering what you may have missed while you were rolling in the aisle laughing.
APRIL 2 – MAY 3, 2015Wyly TheatreCOLOSSALBy ANDREW HINDERAKERDirected by KEVIN MORIARTY
WINNER OF THE Kennedy Center’s Jean Kennedy Smith Playwriting Award, Colossal is an epic theatrical event. With the flexible Wyly Theatre transformed into a football field, director Kevin Moriarty will create an intensely physical production of this spectacular and deeply moving new play. Featuring full contact choreography and a drumline, the play centers on a University of Texas football player, struggling to move forward in the wake of a catastrophic spinal injury. A play about love, ability, and extraordinary feats of strength, Colossal is both a celebration and critical examination of our nation’s most popular form of theater.
APRIL 23 – MAY 24, 2015Kalita Humphreys TheaterSENSE AND SENSIBILITYBased on the Novel by JANE AUSTENAdapted by KATE HAMILLDirected by SARAH RASMUSSEN
SCANDALOUS SECRETS, SHOCKING betrayals, dashing suitors, and devious rivals are brought to glorious life in a period-perfect adaptation of Jane Austen’s beloved novel. At the emotional
Andrew Hinderaker’s Colossal comes to the DTC. Photo: Josh Rasmussen
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heart of this classic romantic comedy are the marital hopes, unpredictable misadventures, and sincere sisterly bonds of Elinor and Marianne Dashwood. Will Elinor’s common sense or Marianne’s impulsive passion be the key to marriage and happiness? Come experience the production that is certain to become an instant treasure for Austen aficionados of all ages.
TICKETS & CONTACTDallas Theater Center2400 Flora StreetDallas, TX 75201(214) 526-8210 (General)(214) 880-0202 (Tickets)www.dallastheatercenter.org
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DEDICATED TO THE development and preservation of the American musical, Lyric Stage is Dallas County’s only locally produced, professional musical theater company. Under the leadership of Founding Producer Steven Jones, it has become North Texas’s most honored theater, winning 35 Dallas Theatre League Leon Rabin Awards and a special citation from the Dallas Theater Critics Forum for excellence and innovation. Lyric Stage has produced 17 world premiere musicals and two Off-Broadway productions.
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Lyric Stage performing Maury Yeston’s Nine at the Dallas City
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JANUARY 22 – 25, 2015ANNIE GET YOUR GUNDirected by ANN NIEMANConducted by JAY DIASFeaturing DARON COCKERELL
LYRIC STAGE’S CONCERT performances will feature the 38-piece Lyric Stage orchestra under the baton of Lyric Stage Music Director Jay Dias playing Robert Russell Bennett and Ruth Anderson’s orchestrations. Ann Nieman will direct and choreograph the production.
APRIL 24 – MAY 3, 2015LADY IN THE DARK
JUNE 12 – 21, 2015SOUTH PACIFIC
TICKETS & CONTACTIrving Arts Center3333 North MacArthur BoulevardIrving, TX 75062(972) 252-2787 www.lyricstage.org
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OPEN TO THE public since October 20, 2003, the Nasher Sculpture Center is one of the few institutions in the world devoted to the exhibition, study, and preservation of modern sculpture. Conceived as a serene urban retreat for the enjoyment of modern art, the Sculpture Center is the new home of the renowned Raymond and Patsy Nasher Collection of modern and contemporary sculpture. The collection – which numbers more than three hundred sculptures together with twentieth-century paintings and drawings – rotate in thematic installations throughout the Center’s seamless blend of indoor and outdoor exhibition spaces: an elegant, light-filled 55,000ft2
building designed by Renzo Piano and a spacious garden created by Peter Walker.
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SIGHTINGS: ANNA-BELLA PAPPOCTOBER 14, 2014 – JANUARY 18, 2015
ANNA-BELLA PAPP makes exquisitely restrained works in unfired clay. Occupying tabletops or mounted to walls, the sculpted reliefs are intimate in scale yet suggest objects and spaces many times their scale. Many of the works recall low-relief architectural models or site plans for minimalist earthworks. They also call to mind modernist reliefs by artists as diverse as Jean Arp, Alberto Giacometti, and Ben Nicholson. Although relatively flat, the works are resolutely sculptural, often worked on both faces and even at times their edges. In this spare, rectangular format, subtle inflections and minor surface articulations take on surprising power. Papp harnesses this extraordinary economy of means to moving effect. Born in Romania in 1988 and currently living and working in Rome, Papp’s Sightings exhibition at the Nasher Sculpture Center will be the first museum presentation of her work in the United States.
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Anna-Bella Papp, Untitled, 2012, Clay, 11 3/4 x 15 1/4 x 1 1/8 inches.
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MELVIN EDWARDS: FIVE DECADESJANUARY 31 – MAY 10, 2015
IN JANUARY 2015, the Nasher Sculpture Center will present Melvin
Edwards: Five Decades, a retrospective of the renowned American sculptor Melvin Edwards.
Working primarily in welded steel, Edwards is perhaps best known for his Lynch Fragments, an ongoing series of small-scale reliefs born out of the social and political turmoil of the civil rights movement. Incorporating tools and other familiar objects, such as chains, locks, and ax heads, Edwards’s Lynch Fragments are abstract yet evocative, summoning a range of artistic, cultural, and historical references.
TICKETS & CONTACTNasher Sculpture Center2001 Flora StreetDallas, TX 75201(214) 242-5100www.nashersculpturecenter.org
Melvin Edwards, Chaino, 1964, Welded steel, 62 x 102 x 26 inches. Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Massachusetts. © 2015 Melvin Edwards/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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THE PEROT MUSEUM of Nature and Science located in Victory Park, near Downtown Dallas is said to be a “world of wonder” by The Dallas Morning News. Passing the test of school children, inspiring curiosity in all ages, and boasting as a living science lesson, this new Museum opened its doors to the public on December 1, 2012. Get ready to amaze your brain through hands-on learning experiences. The Museum reminds us that the universe is grander than ourselves, older than we can fathom, and that the world actually revolves around the sun, and not us. It inspires our community through exhibits, marvels and presentations. It exhilarates and entertains visitors of all ages...because after all, it’s never too late to learn.
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Perot Museum of Nature and Science. Photo: Iwan Baan
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TICKETS & CONTACTPerot Museum of Nature and Science2201 N. Field StreetDallas, TX 75201(214) 428-5555www.perotmuseum.org
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TEXAS BALLET THEATER brings world-class ballet to North Texas to engage our community, contribute to the cultural knowledge and inspire an appreciation for the art of dance. While educating and training the next generation of outstanding dancers, we encourage creativity, collaboration, and expression, and seek to create a nationally recognized environment for dancers and choreographers to develop and showcase their talents.
As the only fully professional, classical ballet company of the region, our Company consists of 42 dancers and two ballet academies serving a total of 365 students. Texas Ballet Theater truly is a vibrant component among North Texas’s diverse arts offerings. Texas Ballet Theater sets the standard for ballet productions in this region. In addition to presenting superlative ballet productions, Texas Ballet Theater’s mission also focuses on broadening dance education in the community with inventive and creative programs, while honoring the traditional teaching principles integral to the art form.
Lucas Priolo and Betsy McBride in TBT’s production of Peer Gynt.
Photo: Ellen Appel
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TBT performs George Balanchine’s Rubies as part of their 2014–15 season.
Photo: Paul Kolnik
FEBRUARY 6 – 8, 2015Bass Performance HallTHE MERRY WIDOW
FOR THE SECOND time in the 2014–2015 season, Texas Ballet Theater will be joined by the Fort Worth Sympony Orchestra for The Merry Widow. When a wealthy widow attends a ball where she is to be courted by a suitor, she becomes mixed up in a whirlwind of romantic confusion. Adapted from the operetta of the same name, this is a production that you will not want to miss.
APRIL 17 – 19, 2015Dallas City Performance HallMASTERWORKS
Rubies is a “crisp and witty” collaboration between choreographer George Balanchine and composer Igor Stravinsky in which dancers race like lightening across the stage to an upbeat jazz-inflected score. Petite Mort is an intense piece that juxatposes pleasure and death. Set to movements composed by Mozart, this is a breathtaking work that showcases the unique vision of Jiri Kylian, including demanding choreography that features foils as dance partners. Five
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Poems is a serene neoclassical ballet that is set to Richard Wagner’s Wesendonck Songs, a score based on five poems written by his lover. This delicate ballet, with choreography by Artistic Director Ben Stevenson, also features sets and costumes designed by actress Jane Seymour.
MAY 29 – 31, 2015Bass Performance HallARTISTIC DIRECTOR’S CHOICE
IN ADDITION TO Balanchine’s Rubies and Kylian’s Petite Mort, Texas Ballet Theater is pleased to present a world premiere by Jonathan Watkins, commissioned specifically for our dancers. Watkins is an internationally recognized choreographer and a former company member of The Royal Ballet.
TICKETS & CONTACTFort Worth Office & School1540 Mall CircleFort Worth, TX 76116(817) 763-0207www.texasballettheater.org
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Turtle Creek ChoralePhoto: Michael McGary
Turtle Creek Chorale
THE LEGENDARY TURTLE CREEK Chorale was founded in 1980 and includes more than 200 singing members who perform a full concert series at the Meyerson Symphony Center and Dallas City Performance Hall, as well as many outreach performances each year. The mission of the TCC is to create extraordinary musical experiences. All members of the Chorale are dues-paying volunteers who donate over 100,000 hours to rehearsals, service projects, and as many as 50 benefit performances annually. The TCC currently has four sub groups: Chamber Chorus, SoundBytes, Voices of Eight, and Camerata.
FEBRUARY 7, 2015, 7:30 P.M.Dallas City Performance Hall35TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT
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APRIL 23 – 25, 2015Dallas City Performance HallBRITTEN, BEATLES & BOND TCC PRESENTS SELECTIONS from our favorite friends from “across the pond”: The Beatles, Elton John, and even contemporary artists such as Adele, and yes, even the Spice Girls! We won’t forget our more “serious” British composers, with works by Benjamin Britten and Ralph Vaughan Williams.
MAY 1 & 2, 2015Latino Cultural CenterMUSICA DE MAYO
CHAMBER CHORUS AND members of TCC present a festive concert of sizzling music celebrating the Latino culture. This concert will feature choral music from Argentina, Venezuela, Brazil, Mexico, and Spain.
JUNE 12 – 14, 2015Dallas City Performance HallTURTLE-LY 80’S
JOIN US AS WE celebrate our founding decade of teased hair, baggy pants, and more! It’s also your chance to sing along with TCC for many of the songs! You know you’ll want to anyway!
TICKETS & CONTACTTurtle Creek ChoralePO Box 190137Dallas, TX 75219(214) 526-3214www.turtlecreek.org
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Contact Information
DALLAS BLACK DANCE THEATRE: (214) 871-2842
DALLAS CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART:
(214) 821-2522
DALLAS MUSEUM OF ART: (214) 922-1200
DALLAS OPERA: (214) 443-1043
DALLAS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: (214) 692-0203
DALLAS THEATER CENTER: (214) 526-8210
LYRIC STAGE: (972) 252-2787
NASHER SCULPTURE CENTER: (214) 242-5100
PEROT MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE:
(214) 428-5555
TEXAS BALLET THEATER: (817) 763-0207
TURTLE CREEK CHORALE: (214) 526-3214