by aspeng | Sep 8, 2021
With nine tap dancers and one acoustic bass player, Michelle Dorrance’s SOUNDspace strips tap dance down to its most raw basics—movement as pure music. SOUNDspace invites the audience to experience tap dancing with a fresh pair of eyes and ears, with both an...
by aspeng | Sep 8, 2021
Small Island Big Song celebrates 5,000 years of Pacific Islander culture. From Taiwan to Aotearoa/New Zealand – Madagascar to Rapa Nui/Easter Island. Islanders who share an ancient seafaring ancestry and language. Over three years, Small Island Big Song evolved from...
by aspeng | Sep 8, 2021
…THEIR EXPRESSIVENESS WAS AS MOVING AS IT WAS BREATHTAKING -THE WALL STREET JOURNAL Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring has inspired dances and ballets for over 100 years, but never circus – until now. See the bodies of 10 fearless acrobats – highlighted by a technically...
by aspeng | Sep 8, 2021
One of the best-known musicians of his generation, virtuoso pianist, singer, bandleader, educator, and television personality Jon Batiste has spent his career bringing music back to where it started — with the people. Born into Louisiana’s legendarily musical Batiste...
by aspeng | Sep 8, 2021
Kronos Quartet is a string quartet based in San Francisco consisting of David Harrington, John Sherba, Hank Dutt, and Sunny Yang. David Harrington founded the quartet and performed for the first time in November 1973. Since playing, they have completed over 900 pieces...