360 Emergence Movement Meditation + Dance w. Sarah Sampson
2024-04-25 19:30 - 21:30 (America/New_York) | Sammons Center for the Arts, 3630 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, TX, 75219, United States
Movement + Ceremony
Empowerment + Vision
Ritual + Rest
The 360 Emergence is a guided embodiment practice that is an excellent space for those looking for more support + guidance in their journey.
Designed for all levels, The 360 Emergence offers a movement map that is a journey of discovery, healing, and actualization.
Our time on the dance floor will be fertile ground to be introduced to The 360 Emergence mapping for somatic discovery, exploration and a deepening of new and ancient modalities. We are here to open our physical lens of awareness somatically and energetically.
We practice embodied congruence as a pathway home.
The study will nourish, heal and educate.
Location | The Sammons Center for the Arts
Schedule | Thursday 7:30pm-9:00P
ADMISSION |
Tickets Available Online + at the door
$20 :: w. 5 dance pass
$25 :: in advance
$30 :: at the door
$40 :: supporter ticket (buy one, give one to our scholarship fund)
What is The 360 Emergence?
The 360 Emergence is an embodiment, free-form, spirit-driven movement practice motivated by an ethic of care and justice that bridges dance and personal growth, rigor and freedom, individuality and the global collective.
We are evolutionary movement artists in service to the emergence of each person who shows up in our laboratories.
We curate sonic movement journeys and containers that weave the ever changing human into becoming accountable and fluid, leader-full and in-sight full.
We are heart activists animating our inside education of the ancient future.
Learn more, https://the360emergence.com/
The 360 awakens its 10,000 eyes to see from every perspective, to walk the worlds between ordinary and nonordinary reality. We invite you to join this movement.
Lab Etiquette:
1.) Doors close 20 minutes after the start of each class to create a safe-held container.
2.) No children under 13.
3.) Newcomers are always welcome.
4.) Please enter the journey space in silence.
5.) The dance floor is a talk-free zone.
6.) This is a drug-free and alcohol-free space.
7.) No phones, shazam, or recording devices – no photography or video allowed – and please turn off all notifications and ringers.
8.) We kindly request participants to refrain from wearing clothing or jewelry that makes sound and to avoid wearing perfumes. Please wear clothes that are loose and comfortable and layers are recommended.
9.) Please wear a soft shoe or barefoot – no outside shoes on the dance floor.
10.) Please bring enough water with you for the entirety of the session and as few personal belongings as possible.
Contact | sarah@dallasmovementcollective.com
Full dance schedule + passes available here | dallasmovementcollective.com/schedule

Transformation Dance Residency Festival
2024-04-27 14:30 | Thomas C. Marsh Preparatory Academy, 3838 Crown Shore Dr, Dallas, TX, 75244, United States
This dance residency program features students from 13 Middle and High Schools across North Texas, some of whom will be performing live at this festival! These talented young participants paired real life stories of the things they see most affecting their communities with our professional choreographers to create dance and movement pieces to reflect the challenges and champions they wish to express.
Participating Schools:

Adamson High School
Bryan Adams High School
Classical Center at Vial Elementary
Creekview High School
Hillcrest High School
Leonard Leadership Academy
Molina High School
Pinkston High School
Plano West Senior High School
Rosemont Upper Middle School
Shepton High School
Thomas C. Marsh Preparatory Academy
W.T. White High School

Space is limited! RSVP to secure a ticket!

Swing on a String
2024-04-27 18:00 | Sammons Center for the Arts, 3630 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, TX, 75219, United States
WORKSHOPS ARE BACK!!!
Weekly workshops run from 6-8pm in the main ballroom. Intermediate and Advanced Workshops have not yet resumed, but hopefully will return soon. Topics of these workshops and their instructors change from month to month. For more information, please click on a particular week’s event page.
Beginner 6-Count Basic (Newcomer) Lessons run from 8-9pm in the main ballroom. The content of this lesson is the same every single week, and we recommend attending several of these lessons to get the basics down before attending additional workshops, etc.
Open dancing runs from 9pm-11:30pm in the main ballroom. There is a short break in the music around 10:15pm for announcements, birthday dances, and the shim sham. instructors, and are subject to their discretion.

Roots Revival | BIPOC Ecstatic Dance w. DJ Gracen Lee
2024-04-27 19:00 | Arts Mission Oak Cliff, 410 South Windomere Ave, Dallas, TX, 75208, United States
Embrace the Rhythms of Your Roots
This gathering is a heartfelt invitation for individuals who identify as Black, Indigenous, and People Of Color in the DFW area to celebrate the wisdom and innate need for expression within your bodies, all within a nurturing and secure space. Together, let’s co-create a sanctuary and playground on the dance floor!
LOCATION | Arts Mission Oak Cliff
SCHEDULE |
DJ warm up 7:00
Opening circle | 7:30
Ecstatic dance wave until 9P
ADMISSION |
Tickets Available Online + at the door
$15 tier 1
$20 tier 2
$25 at the door
Allies who wish to support this dance can gift the price of admission.
About the Dallas Movement Collective |
We are a vibrant and inclusive community organization that hosts ecstatic dance and movement practices that support learning through the innate wisdom of the body. We believe natural expression ignites the possibility for healing, individually and collectively. Learn more at dallasmovementcollective.com
Agreements |
We hold a barefoot, sober, and consent-based space to support the healing potential of the full freedom of expression.
Learn more about our agreements here, dallasmovementcollective.com/ecstatic-dance
Everything will be explained in Opening Circle!
Contact | rootsrevivaldance@gmail.com

Sunday Ecstatic Dance w. Brian Aldridge
2024-04-28 16:00 - 19:00 | Owenwood Farm & Neighborhood Space, 1451 John West Rd, Dallas, TX, 75228, United States
Sunday Ecstatic Dance :: A weekly soulful gathering of intention in motion, hosted in the beautiful Owenwood farm sanctuary space.
What is Ecstatic Dance?
Ecstatic dance is a free-form movement practice. No choreography, no steps to follow. We invite you to discover your own intuitive movement and meet your body’s natural wisdom.
We hold an intentional space that allows you to fully express yourself in a supportive community container.
SCHEDULE |
4p | LIVE Music Warm Up (you won’t want to miss this!)
4:30p | Opening Circle + Intention Setting w. Sarah Sampson
4:45p | Ecstatic Dance Journey w. Brian Aldridge
6:00 | Sound Bath + Closing Circle
We have a open rental in this space, so we won’t ever have to rush out. Envision sunset picnics in the garden, potlucks, and other additions to our experience on Sunday evenings. This will be a Sunday destination space for us all.
LOCATION |
Owenwood Farm + Neighborhood Space
1451 John West Rd, Dallas, TX 75228
ADMISSION |
Tickets Available Online + at the door
$20 :: w. 5 dance pass
$25 :: in advance
$30 :: at the door
$40 :: supporter ticket (buy one, give one to our scholarship fund)
About the Dallas Movement Collective |
We are a vibrant and inclusive community organization that hosts ecstatic dance and movement practices that support learning through the innate wisdom of the body. We believe natural expression ignites the possibility for healing, individually and collectively. Learn more at dallasmovementcollective.com
Agreements |
We hold a barefoot, sober, and consent based space to support the healing potential of the full freedom of expression.
Learn more about our agreements here, dallasmovementcollective.com/ecstatic-dance
Everything will be explained in Opening Circle!
Contact | sarah@dallasmovementcollective.com
Full dance schedule + passes available here | dallasmovementcollective.com/schedule

Snow White
2024-05-03 19:00, 2024-05-04 14:00, 2024-05-04 19:00 | Moody Performance Hall, 2520 Flora St., Dallas, TX, 75201, United States
Find yourself transported into a storybook world of Grimm’s fairy tales with magic mirrors, malicious queens, and one of the most famous stories of all time.
Journey with these classic characters as they prove that real beauty comes from within and celebrate the power of friendship and love with this family-friendly ballet. Featuring a Tchaikovsky score and charming sets and costumes, this is Avant Chamber Ballet at its best: bringing together world-class dance and live orchestra with enchanting family entertainment.

Wind Symphony, Flute Choir, and Clarinet Choir
2024-05-05 14:30 | Moody Performance Hall, 2520 Flora St., Dallas, TX, 75201, United States
Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra presents the Wind Symphony, Flute Choir, and Clarinet Choir.

Jazz Combo and Jazz Orchestra
2024-05-05 14:30 | Moody Performance Hall, 2520 Flora St., Dallas, TX, 75201, United States
Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra presents the Jazz Combo and Jazz Orchestra

Brooklyn Rider
2024-05-06 19:30 | Caruth Auditorium at SMU, 6101 Bishop Blvd., Dallas, TX, 75205, United States
Our season finale features the incredible Brooklyn Rider -a string quartet pushing the genre’s boundaries.
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BROOKLYN RIDER
Johnny Gandelsman, violin
Colin Jacobsen, violin
Nicholas Cords, viola
Michael Nicolas, cello
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PROGRAM – THE SANDBOX OF INVENTION
Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in C Major; Op. 20 No. 2
The Brooklyn Rider Alamanac: Selections from Book II (Clarice Assad; Tyshawn Sorey; Giovanni Sollima; Gabriel Kahane)
Sofia Gubaidulina: Reflections on the Theme B-A-C-H
Robert Schumann: String Quartet in A minor, Op. 41 No. 1
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“They are four classical musicians performing with the energy of young rock stars jamming on their guitars, a Beethoven-goes-indie foray into making classical music accessible but also celebrating why it was good in the first place.” —Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
With their gripping performance style and unquenchable appetite for musical adventure, Brooklyn Rider has carved a singular space in the world of string quartets over their fifteen-plus year history. Defining the string quartet as a medium with deep historic roots and endless possibility for invention, they find equal inspiration in musical languages ranging from late Beethoven to Persian classical music to American roots music to the endlessly varied voices of living composers. Claiming no allegiance to either end of the historical spectrum, Brooklyn Rider most comfortably operates within the long arc of the tradition, seeking to illuminate works of the past with fresh insight while coaxing the malleable genre into the future through an inclusive programming vision, deep-rooted collaborations with a wide range of global tradition bearers, and the creation of thoughtful and relevant frames for commissioning projects.
The upcoming concert season is strongly illustrative of the intrepid musical appetite of Brooklyn Rider. This fall, they began unveiling a major new commissioning and programmatic venture called The Four Elements; an exploration of the four classical elements (earth, air, water, and fire) as metaphor for both the complex inner world of the string quartet and the current health of planet Earth. Featuring new commissions – each based on an element – by Andreia Pinto Correia, Conrad Tao, Dan Trueman, and Akshaya Tucker, this project also features existing works from the repertoire including Shostakovich’s 8th String Quartet, Dutilleux’s Ainsi la nuit, Golijov’s Tenebrae, and American folk music collected by Ruth Crawford, newly arranged by Brooklyn Rider’s own Colin Jacobsen. This winter, the quartet will also release The Wanderer, their first ever live concert recording, made at Paliesius Manor in eastern Lithuania while on tour last spring. The album consists of two works written recently for Brooklyn Rider: Gonzalo Grau’s Aroma a distancia and Osvaldo Golijov’s Um Dia bom. Also featured is Brooklyn Rider’s signature interpretation of Schubert’s iconic “Death and the Maiden” string quartet. This season also sees the quartet reuniting with Magos Herrera across the U.S. for their Dreamers project. Looking further into the future, they will expand work already underway with Syrian clarinetist Kinan Azmah, including the future release of a collaborative album.
Brooklyn Rider has remained steadfast in their commitment to generate new music for string quartet at nearly every phase of their history. To kick off the 2017-18 season, Brooklyn Rider released Spontaneous Symbols (In a Circle Records), featuring new commissions by Tyondai Braxton, Evan Ziporyn, Paula Matthusen, Kyle Sanna, and Colin Jacobsen. In the 2015-16 season, the group celebrated its tenth anniversary with the groundbreaking multi-disciplinary project The Brooklyn Rider Almanac, for which it recorded and toured 15 specially commissioned works by musicians from the worlds of folk, jazz, and indie rock, each inspired by a different artistic muse. The Fiction Issue, with singer-songwriter Gabriel Kahane, featured his composition which was premiered in 2012 at Carnegie Hall by Kahane, Brooklyn Rider, and Shara Nova. Additionally, Brooklyn Rider has enjoyed a long-standing relationship with the music of the iconic American composer Philip Glass, which began with 2011’s much-praised recording Brooklyn Rider Plays Philip Glass and continued with two subsequent installments of Glass’s works for string quartet, all released on the composer’s label Orange Mountain Music.
Numerous other collaborations have helped give rise to NPR Music’s observation that Brooklyn Rider is “recreating the 300-year-old form of string quartet as a vital and creative 21st-century ensemble.” During the 2016-17 season, Brooklyn Rider released an album entitled So Many Things on Naïve Records with Swedish mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter, comprising music by Colin Jacobsen, Caroline Shaw, John Adams, Nico Muhly, Björk, Sting, Kate Bush and Elvis Costello, among others. Some Of A Thousand Words, an evening-length program with choreographer Brian Brooks and former New York City Ballet prima ballerina Wendy Whelan, was an intimate series of duets and solos in which the quartet’s live onstage music is a dynamic and central creative component. Some Of A Thousand Words was featured at the 2016 Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, before two U.S. tours, including a week-long run at New York City’s Joyce Theater. A collaboration with Dance Heginbotham with music written by Colin Jacobsen resulted in Chalk And Soot, an evening-length work presented by Lincoln Center’s White Lights Festival in 2014. Brooklyn Rider has also frequently teamed up with banjoist Béla Fleck, with whom they appeared on two different albums, 2017’s Juno Concerto and 2013’s The Impostor. And in one of their longest-standing musical friendships to date, Brooklyn Rider and Iranian kamancheh player Kayhan Kalhor released the highly praised recording Silent City (World Village) in 2008, still touring the project to this day.

Classical Open Mic Dallas
2024-05-07 20:00, 2024-05-21 20:00 | The Wine Therapist, 1909 Skillman St., Dallas, TX, 75206, United States
Every 1st and 3rd Tuesday at The Wine Therapist in Lakewood.
Classical Open Mic is a free and open weekly event, where professional and amateur classical musicians can play anything they desire related to classical music. From violin solos to opera arias to string quartets and horn concertos, musicians of all levels are welcomed to share their talents with the friendly and appreciative cafe audience.
A professional pianist is available to accompany you on opera arias, flute sonatas, cello concertos, you name it! They will sightread your piece, which means there are likely to be some mistakes, but it’s part of the fun of making music on the spot.
The Wine Therapist has wonderful high quality wine and beer selections. While they don’t serve food, you can order food to be delivered from any of the nearby restaurants or carry in.
How can I play?
Everybody who plays classical music is welcome to join. Click the sign up link below to grab your slot.
All skill levels are welcomed and encouraged. There are always professional musicians who perform, as well as amateurs and students. Musicians of all levels enjoy this unique opportunity to have fun making music in front of a welcoming, receptive audience. Our goal is to provide a fun atmosphere where all can share their talents and not be afraid to be harshly judged. Mistakes are pretty common and part of the open mic experience.

Rough Magic | 5Rhythms Ritual Dance + Theatre Lab with Lorca Simons
2024-05-11 11:00 - 17:00 | Hip Pocket Theatre, 1950 Silver Crk Rd, Dallas, TX, 76108, United States
Join us for a day devoted to the healing power of expression.
Hosted at the historic Hip Pocket Theatre, this deeply rooted exploration of embodied poetry + creative investigation will take place under a vast open Texas sky.
“An eruption of soul straight from the heart, fueling your spirit & ripping edges wide. The magic of theatre begins here.” — Lorca Simons
No experience required, all bodies + voices are welcome.
Come expand your imagination, magnify your curiosity and illuminate your breath in the beat.
Awaken and sharpen those places in yourself that need rewiring, recharging and realigning back to what is most original and true.
Let’s dance, utilizing the poetry of the body as our spring board for theatrical expression. Illuminate language, uncover gesture and free the mind, expanding into an ensemble of limitless possibility.
In response to Gabrielle Roth’s investigation into what it means to be an authentic human being, Lorca is dedicated to the creation of physical theatre that is both interactive and transformative. Offering labs rooted in a visionary and rigorous technique for people to become true “athletes of the heart.” Live Wire ritual theatre expands the imagination through curiosity, breath, physical gesture and space. Performance art in the raw, rooted in the real.
Curiosity. Commitment. Soul.
We will meet you there. — Lorca Simons
– This is a substance-free event.
DATE | May 11th, 2023
SCHEDULE | Saturday: 11a – 5p
INVESTMENT |
Tier One :: $150 ((first 10 sign ups))
Tier Two :: $175 ((until May 1))
Tier Three :: $200 ((after May 1))
* Limited scholarships and specific discounts available upon request. Contact producer :: sarah@dallasmovementcollective.com
ABOUT LORCA SIMONS | Lorca is a certified 5Rhythms facilitator dedicated to the creation of physical theatre that is both interactive and transformative.
She was born and raised in Texas where she grew up in her father’s experimental theatre company Hip Pocket Theatre. As Producing Artistic Director she has been involved in the creation of original works for 47 years. A graduate of The University of North Carolina School of the Arts theatre conservatory. Educated in both experimental and traditional theatre. She has blazed through productions in New York City from Off Broadway to fringe, as well as television and film.
Lorca followed her instincts to the unique directing vibration known as Gabrielle Roth and a 19 year creative collaboration bloomed. She studied and trained with Gabrielle from the mid-90’s and was a co-founder and a co-director of 5RT, the experimental theatre wing of the 5Rhythms world, a place she stepped into with her expansive Texan feet, collaborating on numerous original productions and international workshops. In response to Gabrielle Roth’s investigation into what it means to be an authentic human being Lorca created Live Wire 5Rhythms Theatre which is dedicated to the creation of physical theater that is both interactive and transformative. Live Wire labs: Breath in Motion, Roots, Electric Landscapes, Silhouette, Wing Span, Soul Threading, On The Verge and Soul Revival are rooted in a visionary and rigorous technique for people to become true “athletes of the heart” exploring and investigating the depths of the human spirit.
She is committed to scattering the seeds of this transformative process.
Learn more about Lorca: https://www.lorcasimons.com/
CONTACT |
Sarah Sampson, Producer
Email >>> sarah@dallasmovementcollective.com
ABOUT HIP POCKET THEATRE |
Magical. Raw. Beautiful Texas Grit.
Hip Pocket Theatre opens its historic gates to host + hold this deeply rooted exploration of embodied poetry + creative investigation under a vast open sky.
Hip Pocket Theatre, as both experimental playhouse and environmental visual installation, has a long-standing outreach program comprising community based events and enriching healing arts programming. It is dedicated now, as always, to bringing guest artists from around the globe and throughout Fort Worth to collaborate on projects each season.
Hip Pocket Theatre has been a vital part of the performing arts in Texas since 1976, when founders Johnny Simons, Diane Simons, and Douglas Balentine first staged their interdisciplinary plays under the stars in Fort Worth. Since its founding, the theater has grown its global reach and capacity for genre-defying programming, while staying true to the bold, playful, and magical.
Hip Pocket incorporates dance, mime, music, masks, and puppetry to create a universal language that can tell stories at once childlike and urgent. The scripts, the stage, and the performers at Hip Pocket build on a lexicon unique to its pioneering roots, and each performance is an homage to what it means to create a space for theater.
Hip Pocket honors the new vision of each artistic generation as an unfolding of time. Johnny and Diane’s daughters, Lorca and Lake, now carry the theater’s vision forward with their new directorship. They embody Hip Pocket’s evolving vocabulary of storytelling and movement, and as veteran creators for its stage, look to expand its legacy of original, boundary-bending works. As Lorca and Lake bring with them lifelong careers and experience in the arts, they conscientiously seek to prioritize the theater’s accessibility, inclusivity, and international reach.
Learn more about HPT: www.hippocket.org

YPO, DSE, Sinfonietta and Philharmonic
2024-05-18 14:30 | Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center, 2301 Flora St., Dallas, TX, 75201, United States
Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra presents the YPO, DSE, Sinfonietta, and Philharmonic.

Future Filmmakers Festival 2024
2024-05-19 15:00 | Texas Theatre, 231 Jefferson Blvd, Dallas, TX, 75208, United States
Join Junior Players for our 2024 Future Filmmakers Festival featuring the work from 4 different North Texas Schools! Students from these schools have worked with local professionals to combine writing informative narratives with filming and editing. Through this program these young artists have created cohesive narratives exploring visions of peace and detailing the challenges and champions they see in their communities.
This film festival includes a 1-hour screening of film projects followed by a 30 minute Q&A with our participants.
Fill out the RSVP form to join us at the Texas Theatre for a live screening of their hard work! Space is limited so don’t delay! (Form found in link below)

Platinum: Pictures
2024-05-19 15:00 - 17:00 | Moody Performance Hall, 2520 Flora St., Dallas, TX, 75201, United States
Pictures, the final performance of our 20th Anniversary PLATINUM Season, gathers inspiration from the visual arts.

Program

Valerie Coleman, Umoja

Nancy Van de Vate, Concerto for Harp featuring Rebecca Scherschell

Mussorgsky-Ravel, Pictures at an Exhibition

Pages
2024-05-19 18:00 | Northaven United Methodist Church, 11211 Preston Rd, Dallas, TX, 75230, United States
Pages will celebrate not only literature, but address the backlash experienced in this country on books that challenge notions, ideas, and history that some might find objectionable.
Our four ensembles will deliver a diverse and powerful program to educate, inspire, and celebrate the books that have made us who we are and warn us of the dangers of banning books we may not like.

Dallas Pride Festival
2024-06-01 11:00, 2024-06-02 11:00 | Fair Park, 1300 Robert B Cullum Boulevard, Dallas, TX, 75210, United States
Dallas Pride returns June 1-2, 2024 to celebrate love and inclusion. Pride weekend kicks off with the Dallas Pride Music Festival on Saturday, followed by Dallas Pride’s Alan Ross Texas Freedom Parade on Sunday. Bring the whole family to these all-ages events, which make for a weekend of fun honoring the LGBTQ+ community, its allies, sponsors and supporters.
Find more information at dallaspride.org

Classical Open Mic Dallas
2024-06-04 20:00 | The Wine Therapist, 1909 Skillman St., Dallas, TX, 75206, United States
Every 1st and 3rd Tuesday at The Wine Therapist in Lakewood.
Classical Open Mic is a free and open weekly event, where professional and amateur classical musicians can play anything they desire related to classical music. From violin solos to opera arias to string quartets and horn concertos, musicians of all levels are welcomed to share their talents with the friendly and appreciative cafe audience.
A professional pianist is available to accompany you on opera arias, flute sonatas, cello concertos, you name it! They will sightread your piece, which means there are likely to be some mistakes, but it’s part of the fun of making music on the spot.
The Wine Therapist has wonderful high quality wine and beer selections. While they don’t serve food, you can order food to be delivered from any of the nearby restaurants or carry in.
How can I play?
Everybody who plays classical music is welcome to join. Click the sign up link on our wesbite to grab your slot.
All skill levels are welcomed and encouraged. There are always professional musicians who perform, as well as amateurs and students. Musicians of all levels enjoy this unique opportunity to have fun making music in front of a welcoming, receptive audience. Our goal is to provide a fun atmosphere where all can share their talents and not be afraid to be harshly judged. Mistakes are pretty common and part of the open mic experience.

Radiance
2024-06-07 20:00, 2024-06-08 20:00, 2024-06-09 14:00 | Moody Performance Hall, 2520 Flora St., Dallas, TX, 75201, United States
Experience the grand finale of Bruce Wood’s 14th season with Radiance, an unforgettable showcase featuring three captivating and emotionally powerful dance performances.
​Immerse yourself in the fiery passion of Boléro by Founder Bruce Wood, the exhilaration of the world premiere, Smile, by Artistic Director/Resident Choreographer Joy Bollinger, and the world–renowned Nine Sinatra Songs by legendary Choreographer Twyla Tharp.
​Set to Ravel’s passionate score, Boléro ignites the stage with its smoldering and sophisticated allure. Praised as “outrageously haughty and downright sexy” by Victoria Looseleaf of the Los Angeles Times, this iconic dance has become a timeless classic.
​Amplifying the excitement is Bollinger’s playful and sultry world premiere, Smile, set to the soulful tunes of Jon Batiste’s acclaimed album, Hollywood Africans. Bollinger weaves a radiant tribute to the vitality of life, drawing inspiration from ragtime, boogie–woogie, and classical music.
​Twyla Tharp’s romantic, tender, playful, and exuberant Nine Sinatra Songs brings the season to a spectacular close. Decked out in costumes by Oscar de la Renta, dancers swing, swirl, tango, and cha–cha through a glittering ballroom while tracing an arc of romantic relationships. Elizabeth Kendall of The New York Times said, “Nine Sinatra Songs struck me as something rare: An American masterpiece.”
​Radiance guarantees an electrifying performance that will captivate and uplift your spirits.
​Join us for the post–performance Curtain Chat, where you can engage with the artists and share your insights on this spellbinding experience.

Swing on a String
2024-06-08 18:00 | Sammons Center for the Arts, 3630 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, TX, 75219, United States
WORKSHOPS ARE BACK!!!
Weekly workshops run from 6-8pm in the main ballroom. Intermediate and Advanced Workshops have not yet resumed, but hopefully will return soon. Topics of these workshops and their instructors change from month to month. For more information, please click on a particular week’s event page.
Beginner 6-Count Basic (Newcomer) Lessons run from 8-9pm in the main ballroom. The content of this lesson is the same every single week, and we recommend attending several of these lessons to get the basics down before attending additional workshops, etc.
Open dancing runs from 9pm-11:30pm in the main ballroom. There is a short break in the music around 10:15pm for announcements, birthday dances, and the shim sham. instructors, and are subject to their discretion.
Pricing

Weekly workshops, Free for Members, $5 for Non-Members.
Beginner 6-Count Basic (Newcomer) Lessons, Free with admission to the dance.
Social Dance, $9 of Members, $12 for Non-Members.

The Odyssey by Mary Zimmerman
2024-06-12 20:30, 2024-06-13 20:30, 2024-06-14 20:30 | Samuell-Grand Amphitheatre, 1500 Tenison Parkway, Dallas, TX, 75223, United States
This dramatic adaptation of Homer’s myth begins with a modern young woman who is struggling to understand Robert Fitzgerald’s translation of The Odyssey. A classical muse appears, and the young woman becomes the goddess Athena–a tireless advocate for Odysseus in his struggle to get home. With her trademark irreverent and witty twist on classic works, Zimmerman brings to life the story of Odysseus’s ten-year journey, depicting his encounters with characters such as Circe, the Cyclops, Poseidon, Calypso, the Sirens, and others.
Run time for is approximately 1.5 hours and will include a 10-minute intermission.
Patrons are welcome to bring in chairs, blankets, picnic baskets, food, beer, and wine.
TICKETS AND ADMISSION:
Tickets will be emailed to you upon purchase. Please present your ticket barcode to the Front of House attendants for scanning when you arrive. Tickets may be purchased online up until the beginning of the performance (encouraged) or at the front gate.
Lost your ticket? Click on “resend confirmation” at the top of the page to have a copy of your ticket emailed to you. We encourage you to create an account so you can always access your tickets.
PARKING:
Please purchase parking when you purchase your tickets. A separate parking barcode will be included in your ticket purchase confirmation email. Cash will also be accepted at the parking lot entrance. Parking is $7 per performance or a season parking pass may be purchased for $20.

Thunder Knocking On The Door
2024-06-13 19:30, 2024-06-14 19:30 | The Undermain Theatre, 3200 Main Street, Dallas, TX, 75226, United States
Written by Keith Glover
Directed by Guinea Bennett-Price
Thunder Knocking on the Door, a “bluesical” deemed by critics as “the tastiest, bluesiest score in recent memory,” is written by Keith Glover with music by Keb’ Mo’. The piece takes place at the crossroads of “here and there.” In the mythical tale, Marvell Thunder, a mysterious shapeshifter, challenges Glory, a blind songstress, to a magical duel on the Delta Blues guitar. This delightful new musical will run in June 2024 at The Undermain Theater. Play off the Page’s Mary Aalgaard says

This blusical has everything: family dynamic, a love story, a mythical character, soul-searching, and some of the best music I’ve ever heard.

Keith Glover is from Bessemer, Ala. He is a member of The New Dramatist Playwrights Organization and a recipient of a Pew Charitable Fellowship grant in 1996. His first plays include Dancing on Moonlight (New York Shakespeare Festival, 1995), Coming of the Hurricane (Denver Center Theatre Company, 1994, Penumbra Theatre Company, 1995, Arena Stage in Washington, D.C., 1996) and Thunder Knocking on the Door, a blusical tale of rhythm and blues, was produced by the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Baltimore’s Center Stage, The Dallas Theatre Center and Yale Repertory Theatre during the 1996-97 season.
