John Felix Arnold + Michelle Dorrance + Byron Tittle Echoes: From Here WORLD PREMIERE: JUNE 2022 A multidisciplinary collaboration between visual artist John Felix Arnold, MacArthur fellow Michelle Dorrance and …
Chris Pattishall Zodiac WORLD PREMIERE: FRI, NOV 5 & SAT, NOV 6, 2021 GRAMMY-nominated pianist Chris Pattishall, a Durham native and rising star in the New York jazz scene, has …
American Ballet Theatre Studio Company & Stefanie Batten Bland monuMEnts WORLD PREMIERE: SUN, JAN 27, 2019; SUN, JAN 26, 2020; SAT, FEB 15 & SUN, FEB 16, 2020 For two …
Imani Winds New Works by Jeff Scott and David Kirkland Garner WORLD PREMIERE: OCTOBER 2023 Since its founding in 1997, GRAMMY-nominated Imani Winds has been tirelessly dedicated to expanding the …
Bijayini Satpathy ABHIPSAA — a seeking WORLD PREMIERE: FRI, DECEMBER 10 – SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2021 Hailed by The New Yorker as “a performer of exquisite grace and technique,” Bijayini …
Eighth Blackbird + David Lang + Anne Bogart composition as explanation WORLD PREMIERE: FRI, FEB 25 – SUN, FEB 27, 2022 In February 2022, Eighth Blackbird will perform the world …
Torry Bend & Howard L. Craft Dreaming WORLD PREMIERE: FRI, NOV 22 – SUN, NOV 24, 2019 Award-winning puppet artist and Associate Professor of Theater Studies at Duke, Torry Bend, …
Leyla McCalla Breaking the Thermometer to Hide the Fever WORLD PREMIERE: WED, MARCH 4 – FRI, MARCH 6, 2020 Breaking the Thermometer to Hide the Fever is a multidisciplinary performance …
Urban Bush Women Walking with ‘Trane DUKE PERFORMANCES PREMIERE: FRI, FEB 7 & SAT, FEB 8, 2014 In 2014, Urban Bush Women celebrated thirty years as an unstoppable force in …
Shen Wei Dance Arts Re- (Part II & III) DUKE PERFORMANCES PREMIERE: MON, JAN 12-SAT, JAN 24, 2009 During his unprecedented two-week residency at Duke in January 2009, the polymathic …
Simon Shaheen & The Arab Orchestra, Ibrahim Azzam, Sonia M’barek, Khalil Abonula, Rima Khcheich ASWAT (Voices) DUKE PERFORMANCES PREMIERE: THU, MAR 5, 2009 On Thursday, March 5, 2009, in Duke …
Rude Mechs Now Now Oh Now DUKE PERFORMANCES PREMIERE: WED, SEP 24 – SUN, SEP 27, 2014 Internationally celebrated Austin, Texas theater collective Rude Mechs have been delighting audiences with …
Malpaso Dance Company, Arturo O’Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble Dreaming of Lions DUKE PERFORMANCES PREMIERE: FRI, FEB 24 & SAT, FEB 25, 2017 Thanks to thawing relations between …
Fiasco Theater Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure DUKE PERFORMANCES PREMIERE: TUE, JAN 31-SUN, FEB 19, 2012 Founded in 2007, this six-person company, the Fiasco Theater, is renowned for its dynamic, actor-focused …
Ronald K. Brown / Evidence Dance Company, Jasonn Moran & The Bandwagon The Subtle One DUKE PERFORMANCES PREMIERE: FRI, FEB 20 & SAT, FEB 21, 2015 In this collaboration, celebrated …
Meredith Monk & The House Foundation On Behalf of Nature DUKE PERFORMANCES PREMIERE: FRI, NOV 2 & SAT, NOV 3, 2012 “Well before just about every choreographer on the planet …
Lee Breuer & Mabou Mines The Glass Menagerie DUKE PERFORMANCES PREMIERE: SUN, FEB 27, 2011 The “most incendiary” experimental theater company of the past half-century (The New York Times), Mabou …
Alarm Will Sound 1969 DUKE PERFORMANCES PREMIERE: FRI, FEB 13, 2009 “Nonchalantly virtuosic” and “Überhip” (New York Magazine, Entertainment Weekly), the 20-member contemporary classical powerhouse ensemble Alarm Will Sound descended …
William Tyler Corduroy Roads DUKE PERFORMANCES PREMIERE: THU, NOV 20 – SUN, NOV 23, 2014 For its 2014/2015 season, Duke Performances commissioned guitar virtuoso William Tyler — who occupies the …
Pam Tanowitz Dance & Simone Dinnerstein Goldberg Variations WORLD PREMIERE: FRI, OCT 6 & SAT, OCT 7, 2017 When pianist Simone Dinnerstein and choreographer Pam Tanowitz began discussing an evening-length …
John Supko, Bill Seaman, Jim Findlay & Lorelei Ensemble the_oper& WORLD PREMIERE: THU, MAR 8 – SAT, MAR 10, 2018 Is technology making or breaking our world? That question is …
Nick Sanborn Lend Me Your Voice DUKE PERFORMANCES PREMIERE: FRI, NOV 1 & SAT, NOV 2, 2013 Durham is becoming a magnet for great musicians from all over, and Wisconsin …
Jason Moran In My Mind: Monk @ Town Hall 1959 DUKE PERFORMANCES PREMIERE: SAT, OCT 27, 2007 In this world-premiere performance, piano prodigy, gifted composer, and heir to the Monk …
Tift Merritt & Simone Dinnerstein Night DUKE PERFORMANCES PREMIERE: FRI, JAN 21 & SAT, JAN 22, 2011 In this two-night world premiere commissioned by Duke Performances, an “angelic,” NC-born country-folk …