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Events on Friday, September 22, 2023

Friday, September 22, 2023

Friday, September 22 at 7:30 PM

7:30 PM
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a premiere evening-length by Toni Leago Valle

6 Degrees premieres POP DEMO a dance/theatre experience by Toni Leago Valle. POP DEMO is an imaginative blend of political commentary, offbeat theatre, aerial, contemporary dance, and visual projections, set in a stylistic Pop Art décor. POP DEMO is a historical perspective through political cartoons of how the ideas of popular democracy, extremism, and propaganda have shaped and warped American political and cultural beliefs, ultimately attempting to overthrow democracy.

Composer George Heathco’s original compositions are played live by a 5-piece ensemble, George Heathco and the Anti-Defamation Orchestra . Pop Art costume designs by Judy Masliyah and Toni Valle, and lighting design by Hudson Davis.Read more

Friday, September 22 at 7:30 PM

7:30 PM
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Celebrating Uptown Dance Centre's 23rd Season featuring 3 new premiers by Beth Gulledge-Brown, Andre Silva and Krissy Richmond.

TAKE~OFF with Uptown Dance Company , celebrating the 23rd season, featuring 3 new premiers including Artistic Director Beth Gulledge-Brown, Resident Choreographer Andre Silva principal dancer of Texas Ballet Theatre and Krissy Richmond former principal dancer of Houston Ballet.

Dance Infusion New Choreography by Beth Gulledge Brown and River Hemming.Read more

Friday, September 22 at 8:00 PM

8:00 PM
Matchbox 4

Music by Andy Akiho, Performed by Sandbox Percussion, Stage Direction and Lighting Design by Michael Joseph McQuilken

Hailed by The New York Times as “a lush, brooding celebration of noise,” Andy Akiho’s GRAMMY-nominated Seven Pillars is his most ambitious project to date. Performed by Sandbox Percussion, this dazzling evening-length work is the largest-scale chamber music work that Akiho has written, created over the span of an eight-year collaboration with the artists.Read more