Dance Dance Evolution

Tickets from $15 • Youth under 18 free with paid adult • Free Parking Considering tickets to more than one concert? Choose 3 concerts and you will save 20% on tickets. Click here to subscribe today. About this Program From The Nutcracker to today, explore the connection between music and dance! The New Haven Symphony Orchestra and Tia Russell Dance Studio present an afternoon of orchestral music and original choreography, with Perry So conducting. Guest artists include electric cellist Johnathan Moore, Ms. Hanan’s Dance and Beyond on West African drums, and Alisa’s House of Salsa, providing additional dance and choreography. Selections from Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker will share the program with Paul Desmond’s Take Five and Grupo Niche’s Cali Pachanguero. The program also includes Jessie Montgomery’s Coincident Dances, Jean-Philippe Rameau’s Les Sauvages, and J.S. Bach’s Ricercar, orchestrated by Anton Webern. Be sure to stay after the concert for the Lobby Dance Party with DJ Fire! NHSO first collaborated with Tia Russell Dance Studio on the 2024 Prometheus, a reimagining of Beethoven’s ballet The Creatures of Prometheus. Now, TRDS returns with choreography that invites audiences to see and hear music from across centuries of choreography and styles. On the Program Selected scenes from The Nutcracker: Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy; Dance of the Flowers; Spanish Dance (Chocolate); Arabian Dance (Coffee); Russian Dance (Trepak); Chinese Dance (Tea); Tarantella Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Coincident Dances Jessie Montgomery Take Five Paul Desmond Les Sauvages Jean-Philippe Rameau Ricercar J.S. Bach/Anton Webern Cali Pachanguero Grupo Niche Featured Performers New Haven Symphony Orchestra Perry So, Music Director Tia Russell Dance Studio Dancers & Choreography Johnathan Moore Electric Cello Ms. Hanan’s Dance and Beyond West African Drums Alisa’s House of Salsa Dance & Choreography Meet Tia Russell Dance Studio New Haven natives Tia and…