ABOUT
The mission of Dallas Black Dance Theatre is to create and produce contemporary modern dance at its highest level of artistic excellence through performances and educational programs that bridge cultures and reach diverse communities.
The vision of Dallas Black Dance Theatre is to fulfill its mission through performance and educational programs that bridge cultures, reach diverse communities and encompass ever-expanding national audiences.
PRESS RELEASES
MAKING HISTORY
Represented the USA at Expo ’92 in Seville, Spain
Dallas Black Dance Theatre performs for 1996 Olympic Festival in Atlanta, Georgia being the first and only Texas arts organization to ever be invited to be an Olympic Cultural Olympiad participant.
Designated an “American Masterpiece Touring Artist” by the National Endowment for the Arts.
2008 celebrated the opening of Dallas Black Dance Theatre’s new headquarters in Dallas’ downtown Arts District.
Dallas Black Dance Theatre receives 1998 invitation from South Africa’s Minister of Arts, Culture and Sports as featured guest for South Africa’s largest festival and to perform educational programs in the cities of Johannesburg, Capetown, Pretoria and Soweto.
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Dance Women/Living Legends
New York City 1997Olympic Arts Festival
1992. 1996 & 2012Commissioning for the Gershwin Centennial
Kennedy Center 1998, Texas, Montana, Utah, Washington (state), New York, Pennsylvania, AustriaLincoln Center Out of Doors Festival
New York City 1997 & 2004Commissioning by the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities (based upon Dallas’ Nasher Sculpture Center)
Dallas and nationally 2004Masters of African-American Choreography
Kennedy Center 2005Commissioning collaboration with Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Dallas 2006Nasher Sculpture Center George Segal Seascapes Exhibit
Dallas 2008
