PROGRAM

• Rasa by Alonzo King

  Musician Zakir Hussain’s collaborations with choreographer Alonzo King renew classical forms in innovative ways. ...MORE Musician Zakir Hussain’s collaborations with choreographer Alonzo King renew classical forms in innovative ways. Tabla music began as dancing music in the early 1700s, in the courts of northern India. Its hypnotic intensity and complex rhythms compel movement in listeners. Thus Rasa both deepens a time-honored tradition — the interdependence of dance and tabla music as art forms — and extends the global visions of two wholly contemporary artists.  LESS

• Little mortal jump by Alejandro Cerrudo

  Resident Choreographer Alejandro Cerrudo’s tenth piece for Hubbard Street is a bubbling blend of different genres...MORE Resident Choreographer Alejandro Cerrudo’s tenth piece for Hubbard Street is a bubbling blend of different genres distilled into a fluid, cohesive whole. Compositionally intricate and highly technical, it features overtly theatricalized stage action and relationships shot through with dark humor. As an experience, Cerrudo aims to transport his audience, he says, to “make them forget what they did today, and what they will do tomorrow.” The work is set among objects that are at times frames, at other times obstructions.  LESS

• AZIMUTH by Alonzo King

  An azimuth is one of three coordinates identifying a point on a sphere, relative to its center. For example, by kno...MORE An azimuth is one of three coordinates identifying a point on a sphere, relative to its center. For example, by knowing its azimuth, altitude and distance, the location of a heavenly body can be recorded by an astronomer. An azimuth is crucial to the navigation of space. A dancer is both navigator and heavenly body. Featuring choreography by Alonzo King, original music by Ben Juodvalkis, lighting by Axel Morgenthaler, costumes by LINES Ballet creative director Robert Rosenwasser, and visual effects by Jim Doyle.  LESS