Dance Theatre of Harlem returns to the Pillow for its 55th Anniversary Season celebrating both newly-named Artistic Director, former principal dancer, and longtime company choreographer Robert Garland, as well as the 90th birthday of the Company’s legendary late founder Arthur Mitchell. The program includes Robert Garland’s Higher Ground (set to music by Stevie Wonder), Robert Bondara’s Take Me With You (set to music by Radiohead), George Balanchine’s Allegro Brillante (set to music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky), and William Forsythe’s exhilarating Blake Works IV (The Barre Project), set to music by James Blake.
Program: Higher Ground. Choreography: Robert Garland. Music: Stevie Wonder
New Bach. Choreography: Robert Garland. Music J.S. Bach
Take Me with You. Choreography: Robert Bondara. Music: Radiohead
Return. Choreography: Robert Garland. Music: James Brown; Aretha Franklin
Blake Works IV (The Barre Project) Choreography: William Forsythe. Music: James Blake