Virginia Arts Festival Presents Dance Theatre of Harlem’s Evocative, Challenging World Premiere of “Passage”

Opening Night with Rebecca Weinstein

English - May 11, 2019 15:00 - 4 minutes - 11.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 rating
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Last weekend, Virginia Arts Festival brought us a world premiere and a weekend of spectacular dance at Norfolk’s Chrysler Hall. Dance Theatre of Harlem was born 50 years ago as the first African American classical ballet company. In this engagement at Virginia Arts Festival, Dance Theatre of Harlem performed the pieces “Valse Fantaisie,” “Adagietto,” and “Dougla,” in addition to the world premiere of “Passage,” choreographed by Claudia Schreier with music by Jessie Montgomery.