Artistic directors Dwight Rhoden and Desmond Richardson serve up thought-provoking and entertaining contemporary ballet performed by “utterly transfixing” (Billboard Magazine) dancers. Complexions will present the world premiere of Love Rocks set to music by the iconic GRAMMY Award-winning singer and songwriter, Lenny Kravitz. WOKE, a “galvanizing protest rally of a ballet” (Hyperallergic), features the music of Lil Wayne, Kendrick Lamar, and Logic. Rounding out the program, the athletic and celebratory Bach 25 and Essential Parts, a selection of audience favorites set to scores ranging from Chopin to U2, along with a new world premiere solo.
Curtain Chat: Wed, Jan 22
Family Matinee: Sat, Jan 25 at 2pm
Master Class: Fri, Jan 24
Program A
Tuesday, January 21 at 7:30pm; Wednesday, January 22 at 7:30pm; Friday, January 24 at 8pm; Saturday, January 25 at 8pm
BACH 25
World Premiere April 2018 - Arcata, CA
Choreography by: Dwight Rhoden
Music by: Johann Sebastian Bach & Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Lighting Design by: Michael Korsch
Costumes Design by: Christine Darch
Performed by: The Company
INTERMISSION
LOVE ROCKS
*World Premiere
Choreography by: Dwight Rhoden
Music by: Various
Lighting Design by: Michael Korsch
Costume Design by: Christine Darch
Sound Design by: Corey Folta
Performed by: The Company
Program B
Tuesday, January 28 at 7:30pm; Wednesday, January 29 at 7:30pm; Thursday, January 30 at 8pm; Friday, January 31at 8pm; Saturday, February 1 at 8pm
BACH 25
World Premiere April 2018 - Arcata, CA
Choreography by: Dwight Rhoden
Music by: Johann Sebastian Bach & Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Lighting Design by: Michael Korsch
Costumes Design by: Christine Darch
Performed by: The Company
INTERMISSION
WOKE
World Premiere February 2019/ New York, NY
Choreography by: Dwight Rhoden
Music by: Various
Lighting Design by: Michael Korsch
Costumes Design by: Christine Darch
Sound Design by: Corey Folta
Performed by: The Company
Program C
Saturday, January 25 at 2pm; Sunday, January 26 at 2pm; Saturday, February 1 at 2pm; Sunday, February 2 at 2pm
DEAR FREDERIC
Excerpt (2007)
Choreography by: Dwight Rhoden
Composer: Frédéric Chopin
Lighting Design by: Michael Korsch
Costumes Design by: DRSquared
Performed by: Jared Brunson, Jillian Davis, Craig Dionne, Larissa Gerszke, Brandon Gray, Tatiana Melendez, Simon Plant, Miguel Solano, Candy Tong, Megan Yamashita
TESTAMENT
Excerpt - Amazing Grace (2011)
Choreography by: Dwight Rhoden
Music by: Traditional
Lighting Design by: Michael Korsch
Costume Design by: Jae Man Joo
Performed by: Daniela O’Neil & Maxfield Haynes
BEETHOVEN
*World Premiere
Choreography by: Dwight Rhoden
Music by: Ludwig van Beethoven
Lighting Design by: Michael Korsch
Costume Design by: Christine Darch
Performed by: Jillian Davis
WOKE
Excerpt - World Premiere February 2019/ New York, NY
Choreography by: Dwight Rhoden
Music by: Various
Lighting Design by: Michael Korsch
Costumes Design by: Christine Darch
Sound Design by: Corey Folta
Performed by: The Company
WONDER - FULL
(1994)
Choreography by: Dwight Rhoden
Music by: Stevie Wonder; All in Love is Fair
Lighting Design by: Michael Korsch
Costume Design by: DRSquared
Performed by: Brandon Gray
Concerto in F
Excerpt from BACK 25 - World Premiere April 2018 - Arcata, CA
Choreography by: Dwight Rhoden
Music by: Johann Sebastian Bach & Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Lighting Design by: Michael Korsch Costumes
Design by: Christine Darch
Performed by: The Company
ON HOLIDAY
Excerpt - My Man (2010)
Choreography by: Dwight Rhoden
Music by: Maurice Yvain, Jacques Charles, Albert Willemetz; My Man (Mon Homme)
Lighting Design by: Michael Korsch
Costumes Design by: Christine Darch
Performed by: Jared Brunson & Larissa Gerszke
INTERMISSION
LOVE ROCKS
*World Premiere
Choreography by: Dwight Rhoden
Music by: Various
Lighting Design by: Michael Korsch
Costume Design by: Christine Darch
Sound Design by: Corey Folta
Performed by: The Company
