Performance Season

2012-2013 Season

End Times November 2-4, 2012 Overture Center for the Arts, 201 State St, Madison, WI 53703 Kanopy Dance Company Fri: 7:30pm Buy Tickets Sat: 7pm Buy Tickets Sat: 9pm Buy Tickets Sun: 2:30pm Buy Tickets Our November performance explores the noir regions of dance in 4 works: Robert E. Cleary's "End Times" is a dark reading of apocalyptic poetry and music, Lisa Thurrell's "Cassandra's Cry" charts a journey of the soul, Kerry Parker's "Pithos" choreographs the "vessel" Pandora unleashed upon the world, and guest Choreographer Martin Lofsnes' "What was, still Is" depicts a man looking back on his path. Tickets: www.overturecenter.com, 608.258.4141

Yggdrasil February 8-10, 2013 Overture Center for the Arts, 201 State St, Madison, WI 53703 Kanopy Dance Company Fri: 7:30pm Buy Tickets Sat: 7pm Buy Tickets Sat: 9pm Buy Tickets Sun: 2:30pm Buy Tickets Our February performance is sunlight for shorter days in 6 works: Lisa Thurrell�s �Yggdrasil,� a romantic take on the Norse �Tree of Life,� Yuko Sakata�s �If, on the other hand,� set to Arvo P�rt's �Fratres,� Kerry Parker�s �Sofia� inspired by mystic Sofia�s �shining light,� Juan Carlos Diaz Velez� ��de planta, punta y tac�n� blends modern and flamenco, and �The Dove,� by guest artist Sandra Kaufmann. Special Treat: Kanopy will dance an excerpt from Graham�s iconic �Appalachian Spring� an American dance of grace and expansive hope. Tickets: www.overturecenter.com, 608.258.4141

Antigone April 5-7, 2013 Overture Center for the Arts, 201 State St, Madison, WI 53703 Kanopy Dance Company Fri: 7:30pm Buy Tickets Sat: 7pm Buy Tickets Sat: 9pm Buy Tickets Sun: 2:30pm Buy Tickets Our April performance heralds spring with 5 eclectic works: Lisa Thurrell�s �Antigone� a retelling of the Greek tragedy set to music by Vicky Tzoumerka Knoedler, �Water Music� is a sweeping dance by Robert E. Cleary set to the glorious music of Handel. Dedicated to Cleary's late mentor, David Voss, it is a joyous beautiful requiem... dance and hope eternal, where one dancer is lifted up with the swirling of the dancers around him. Yuko Sakata offers �The (Possible) Ending� which contemplates a possible ending to a narrative we each create and recreate out of our lives, Guest Choreographer Maureen Janson has created a new work for five dancers, and Tiana Maslanka's Madison premier of �GraceFall� is inspired by Milton's Paradise Lost and Gustav Dore's illustrations of the poem. Tickets: www.overturecenter.com, 608.258.4141

2011-2012 Season

Ticket Prices: $24/general, $14/students, children

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