"One of the big success stories in American modern dance, an art form that supposedly flourishes best in New York, is Ohio's very own Dayton Contemporary Dance Company."
-The New York Times

The Flight Project
Dayton Contemporary Dance Company

VENUE
BAM Harvey Theater

DATE/ TIME
Program A
Dec 9, 11, & 13 at 7:30pm
Program B
Dec 10 & 12 at 7:30pm

TICKETS
$20, 30, 45

BAMdialogue with Kevin Ward and guest choreographers
Dec 9 at 6pm

DESCRIPTION
One hundred years ago, Orville and Wilbur Wright designed, built, and actually flew the first controlled, powered flight to go beyond the glorified kites that had been sent aloft during the previous century. Their plane had controls that allowed the airborne craft to tilt up, down, and shift from side to side, a wondrous development that made it possible to fly from one place to another.

Who better to celebrate the glory of flight than a dancer? On this, the centennial of the Wright Brothers' maiden flight, the internationally acclaimed Dayton Contemporary Dance Company presents the New York premiere of The Flight Project, two programs of new works by Bill T. Jones, Bebe Miller, Dwight Rhoden, Warren Spears, Doug Varone, and Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, six choreographers with distinctly original methods of getting from here to there.

Their dances, culturally astute explorations of the myriad ramifications of invention and flight on our world today, are performed by one of America's premier dance troupes. Since its founding in 1968 by the late Jeraldyne Blunden, DCDC not only has amassed the world's largest repertory of works by African-American choreographers, it has cultivated a roster of magnificent dancers capable of navigating a huge range of styles, no matter how complex the flight patterns.

Program A
Dec 9, 11, & 13 at 7:30pm
Eurydice's Flight
Choreographed by
Jawole Willa Jo Zollar
Music by Miles Davis
and before...
Choreographed by Bill T. Jones
Music by J. S. Bach
On the Wings of Angels
Choreographed by
Warren Spears
Music by John Adams &
Steve Reich

Program B
Dec 10 & 12 at 7:30pm
Sky Garden
Choreographed by
Dwight Rhoden
Music by Antonio Carlos Scott
Aerodigm
Choreographed by Bebe Miller
Music by Giovanni Solima,
Jurgen Kneiper, and Laurie Anderson

The Beating of Wings
Choreographed by Doug Varone
Music by Igor Stravinsky

Co- commissioned by New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Lied Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and American Dance Festival.