Dance Performance | The 41st Annual Battery Dance Festival (in-person and online)

Dallas Black Dance Theatre, Face What's Facing You!
Choreographed by company dancer Claude Alexander III, the piece is an honest, soul-stirring work addressing the facing of life's challenges.

LaneCoArts, Swerve
"Swerve" explores society's deviating, swerving away from the foundational principles of nature. Society in conflict is manifested first in social upheaval followed by environmental unraveling.

Dos Proposiciones Dance Theatre, Pacto de Fuga, Spain - U.S. Premiere
"Pacto de fuga" is the answer to the choreographer's concern for exploring the coexistence between contemporary dance and urban landscape. The creation process was based on the three dancers' research and immersion in a concrete public venue: a popular traditional square in Seville, Spain.

i KADA Contemporary Dance Company, Unfolding
Choreographer Ae-Soon Kim's cultural roots and life journey on three continents weave together the people, places and things encountered to compose the soul.


Battery Dance Company, Hoffman Dances
"Hofmann Dances," is a trio of new dance works inspired by Hans Hofmann, one of the 20th century's most influential painters and teachers. Guest choreographers Saeed Hani, Tsai Hsi Hung, and Christopher "Unpezverde" Nunez explore Hofmann's poetic imagery, groundbreaking painting techniques and use of brilliant color. Together their three works embody Hofmann's legacy of imagination and abstract expression.

Compagnie Virginie Brunelle, Les Corps Avales, Canada - U.S. Premiere
Against a backdrop of resilience and hope, "Les Corps Avales" explores power relations, inequalities and social upheaval. Mastering the delicate balance between expressiveness and the vigorous physicality of her choreographic language, Brunelle directs seven dancers in a portrayal of a vulnerable humanity in search of gentleness and community.