6 p.m – Work-in-Progress Film Excerpt Screening & Talkback “Why We Dance: Ritual, Performance, and Healing in Post-War Sri Lanka” Nichols Theatre Filmmakers & Speakers: Susan A. Reed, Producer and Researcher Wilton Martinez, Director and Co-producer Sudesh Mantillake, Field Producer and Cultural Consultant This screening and talkback is open free to the public. Movement Rhizome: […]
Get ready to be dazzled by The Aluminum Show, a groundbreaking performance combining cutting edge technology, electrifying dance, and mind-blowing visual effects and puppetry, creating an experience like no other. Watch as aluminum tubes and foil come to life, transforming the stage into a futuristic world of adventure. This is not just a family show […]
Charlottesville Ballet: Swan Lake Act II & The Firebird
Join us for an incredible, family-friendly, professional, and organized regional dance competition! More details at www.inspirendc.com
For the last thirty two years, The Peking Acrobats have redefined audience perceptions of Chinese acrobatics. They perform daring maneuvers atop a precarious pagoda of chairs and display their technical prowess at such arts as trick-cycling, precision tumbling, juggling, somersaulting, and gymnastics. They push the limits of human ability, defying gravity with amazing displays of […]
MOMIX, the internationally acclaimed company of dancer-illusionists, brings audiences into a mesmerizing world of illusion, acrobatics, and artistry with ALICE, inspired by Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland. This visionary production, created by the company’s founder Moses Pendleton, transforms the familiar tale into a stunning journey of imagination and innovation.
Step into the jazzy world of the Roaring Twenties with this new production of the World Ballet Company. See the glitz, glamor, and tragic romance of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s timeless novel LIVE on stage, featuring a multinational cast of 40 professional ballet dancers, an all-star creative team, lustrous hand-crafted costumes, and lavish, groundbreaking sets. The […]
Students from our professional ballet program for youths 3 to 18 perform in our annual celebration of dance. CVB’s primary focus is the professional training of ballet technique and artistry from pre-ballet to pre-professional.
