MDT to Present FIERCE/FEMNINE: DANCE BY WOMEN CHOREOGRAPHERS, 5/16-19

Minnesota Dance Theatre will shine the spotlight in a one-of-a-kind performance creating bold, breathtaking works for the stage in
Fierce/Feminine: Dance by Women Choreographers.

Emery LeCrone, rising star and fresh artistic voice -.. a primetime knockout ...

World Premiere - Sonata No. 5 in D Major
Emery LeCrone/Beethoven
Aria
Emery LeCrone/Balanescu Quartet
featuring guest dancer Kaitlyn Gilliland

Joanie Smith, 2012 Sage Award recipient for "Outstanding Choreography," brings her international reputation for "virtuosity, substance, craft, and pure abandonment" to the repertory concert of Fierce/Feminine.

Kaitlyn, Katie & Sam
Joanie Smith & Danial Shapiro/Scott Killian·

Loyce Houlton, Minnesota Dance Theatre founder (1962) embraced 34 years of creating, teaching, and producing dance. Renowned for her "Nutcracker Fantasy", Houlton was one of the ?rst American women to gain national and international recognition through her distinct aestheticand a lasting legacy of trademark repertory. Knoxville is "...one of her personal favorites".

Knoxville, Summer of 1915
Loyce Houlton/Samuel Barber
featuring soprano Jennifer Baldwin Peden and pianist Barbara Brooks

Performances take place at The Cowles Center, 528 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, MN. The show runs Thursday, May 16, at 8pm; Friday, May 17, at 8pm*; Saturday, May 18, at 8pm; and Sunday, May 19, at 2pm. *Friday's performance includes: Meet the Company: Talk Back Series. Adults $26-$32; Students $20. Get your tickets today! Call 612.306.3600 or Click Here.

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