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Home › News & Events › News › UA Dance’s ‘Premium Blend’ offers Lang US debut, Balanchine work

UA Dance’s ‘Premium Blend’ offers Lang US debut, Balanchine work

November 12, 2019

By Gerald M. Gay Arizona Daily Star | Nov 7, 2019

A dance created by choreographer Jessica Lang for the National Ballet of Japan in 2014 will make its stateside debut at the University of Arizona’s Stevie Eller Dance Theatre next Wednesday as part of its “Premium Blend” program.

“Escaping the Weight of Darkness” finds dancers moving in the dark amid sculptural lanterns, “left to navigate a great divide,” according to UA press materials.

Read the full article on Tucson.com

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