Preview the Program HERE.

Fiftieth Anniversary. John Zorn provides the show’s vibrant introductory Fanfare, followed by Preludes and Fugues. Radiating with Tharp’s generous spirit and humanity, the dance is set to J.S. Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier. The wild and raucous humor that Tharp locates in the jazz of Steve Bernstein and MSU alumnus Henry Butler runs rampant through Yowzie, the second new dance. With their immaculate technique and joy, her fierce band of dancers brings the choreography to life. In each premiere, Tharp turns her decades of experience – dances for Hollywood films, television, and the Broadway stage, ballets, modern dances – into living proof that time is her partner as she continues to deepen and expand the singular imagination which makes her one of the century’s most treasured artists.

“In her amazing ability to tap into the very core of the American spirit through dance, Twyla Tharp stands unchallenged as the supreme choreographer of her time.” –Chicago Tribune

“Nonstop, fierce bravura, delivered with mind-boggling stamina.” –The New York Times

Read the The New York Times Review HERE.

Performance Run Time: 2 hours which includes a 20 minute intermission.
Ideal for ages 12 and up.

 
There will be an Insight Preview before the performance. 
Insight Preview Speaker: Artistic Director of Eisenhower Dance, Laurie Eisenhower & Deb Siegel, Dance Historian
Time: 6:45pm
Location: Stoddard Grand Tier Lounge

 
There will be an After Chat following the performance. 

Sponsored by the Arts Midwest Touring Fund, a program of Arts Midwest that is funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, with additional contributions from Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, the Crane Group and General Mills Foundation, Richard McLellan Law Offices PLLC, and TraveLuxe Wired.com.