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SUMMARY:Mutual Dance Theatre in Modern Mix '27
DESCRIPTION:Mutual Dance Theatre in MODERN MIX '26 PRICES: Starting at $29.$5 Early Bird Discount for tickets purchased by September 8.Seniors/Students discounts available with valid ID at box office at 650 Walnut St.This tour de force is Cincinnati's best-kept secretModern Mix closes Mutual Dance Theatre's 55th anniversary season on the Aronoff Center's Jarson-Kaplan Theater mainstage: four very different choreographers, four choreographies, one tour de force of dance.Modern Mix is an annual series that connects our immensely talented resident company with national guests and our own resident creations. Each attention-demanding iteration creates surprising juxtapositions and rising popularity.This 2027 program reprises two seminal works created in-house: Steven P. Evans, a former Mutual Dance Theatre company director, returns with Petrichor (2023). Named for the scent of rain after a long dry spell, dancers move beneath relief made visible: an ascending and descending canopy of lightbulbs. Artistic Director Jeanne Mam-Luft's /SHIFT/ (2014) is a beloved, powerful work depicting a society after a catastrophic event that led to changes in power. /SHIFT/ holds the Mutual Dance Theatre record for juried festivals across the country and returns to the stage where it began.Hana Delong's choreographic chops were first noticed by Mutual Dance Theatre director Jeanne Mam-Luft when presented here in 2023. A member of Dallas Black Dance Theatre for many years and a furniture maker (!), Delong trained at the Ailey School and has performed in works by such greats as Martha Graham, Doug Varone, Matthew Rushing, Alvin Ailey, Hope Boykin, and many others, gracing the stages of Jacob's Pillow, Lincoln Center, and The Joyce.Rodrigo Almarales makes his Mutual Dance Theatre premiere with a new commission. A former dancer with Cincinnati Ballet, Almarales was born into ballet: both of his parents were principal dancers with Cuba's National Ballet. Almarales trained at Cuba's National School of Art, Canada's National Ballet School, and the Hamburg Ballet School before dancing with Deutsche Oper am Rhein and Boston Ballet.For more information, visit mutualdance.org/modernmix27. ADDITIONAL EVENTS:Friday, April 30, 2027: Post-show Q&A with the cast.Saturday, May 1, 2027, 12-1:30pm: Steven P. Evans will lead a masterclass in Modern Technique and teach part of Petrichor at Mutual Dance Theatre's studio in Hartwell.Saturday, May 1, 2026, 7pm: Pre-show interview with select choreographers and Artistic Director Jeanne Mam-Luft on-stage.Saturday, May 1, 2026: American Sign Language interpretation provided at the performance.
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