The Harris Theater for Music and Dance has announced the exciting performances that will celebrate its first decade. The Theater’s inaugural performance was held on November 8, 2003. Today, nearly 10 years later, the Harris will reflect on its past, present, and future with the 2013-2014 Harris Theater Presents series. The season is comprised of important premieres and debuts, along with returning favorites. The Theater’s more than 35 diverse resident companies will also shine in the spotlight with a dazzling array of performances throughout the entire season.
Take a lunchtime break and come see the Harris Theater’s presentation of The Seldoms on May 1 in a special 45-minute performance filled with exciting contemporary dance. The Seldoms will perform an excerpt from Exit Disclaimer: Science and Fiction Ahead.
Director, writer, actor, and originator of the Hairspray dynasty John Waters returns to the Harris Theater on May 21 to perform his critically acclaimed one-man show, This Filthy World. Updated and expanded from the original film version by the same name, the man affectionately knows as “The Pope of Trash” presents this hilarious evening focusing on his early negative influences, fascination with true crime, exploitation films, fashion lunacy, extremes of the art world, Catholicism, sexual deviancy, and his love of reading.
In a special joint presentation bringing together two of the most renowned dance companies in the United States, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago + Alonzo King LINES Ballet will give the highly anticipated Chicago premiere of AZIMUTH at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance on March 14 – 17, 2013. AZIMUTH, a brand-new work created by LINES Ballet’s founder, director and award-winning choreographer Alonzo King, was commissioned by the Harris Theater to commemorate its upcoming 10th anniversary.
Philip Glass’ The Fall of the House of Usher, a gothic horror story which blurs the line between the real world and the supernatural, opens Chicago Opera Theater’s 2013 Season, titled “Power of Love, Love of Power." This is Andreas Mitisek’s inaugural season as General Director of Chicago Opera Theater since assuming the position in June 2012. Glass’ haunting 1987 score for Edgar Allan Poe’s macabre masterpiece, with lyrics by Arthur Yorinks, provides the perfect backdrop for this nightmarish journey to the edge of madness.
Spend Valentine’s Day at the Harris Theater when it presents DanceWorks Chicago as they take the stage for a special 45-minute lunchtime performance on Thursday, February 14 at noon. Guests can buy lunch from some of Chicago’s best and most eclectic food trucks (Babycakes, Tamale Spaceship and Bombay Wraps) or bring a bag lunch. In honor of the holiday, champagne will also be available for purchase – 2 glasses for $10.
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Just back from their historic performance at the Presidential Inauguration, Walt Whitman’s Soul Children of Chicago take the stage at the Harris Theater on February 9 at 2 p.m. to celebrate Black History Month. Walt Whitman’s Soul Children of Chicago will sing a selection of songs performed at the Inauguration. The choir’s concert is part of the Harris Theater’s popular Family Series, which was created to help children explore their own creativity and imagination through music and dance.
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The Hamburg Ballet – widely considered to be one of the world’s greatest dance companies – will begin its U.S. tour at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance on Feb. 1 and 2, 2013 at 7:30 p.m. The two-performance engagement at Chicago’s Harris Theater marks the esteemed classical ballet company’s Chicago debut and the Windy City premiere of the ballet’s iconic work, “Nijinsky." “Nijinsky” is the dark and dramatic creation of accomplished Milwaukee-born ballet dancer, director and choreographer John Neumeier, who has led the Hamburg Ballet for the past 40 years. The ballet is based on the life and legend of one of the most exceptional dancers and artists of our century – Vaslav Nijinsky.
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