Complexions Contemporary Ballet To Perform STAR DUST: From Bach to Bowie At Palace Theatre

CAPA will host contemporary dance ensemble Complexions Contemporary Ballet at the Palace Theatre (34 W. Broad St.) on Wednesday, February 7, 2024, with its hit program STAR DUST: From Bach to Bowie, which Billboard Magazine acclaimed as “Spellbinding.”

Tickets start at $34 and may be purchased beginning at 10 am Friday, November 17, at the CBUSArts Ticket Center at the Ohio Theatre (39 E. State St.), online at www.capa.com or www.CBUSArts.com, and by phone at (614) 469-0939.

Led by dance icons Dwight Rhoden and Desmond Richardson, Complexions Contemporary Ballet has awakened audiences to a new, exciting genre with their singular approach of reinventing dance and contemporary ballet. Armed with a rich Alvin Ailey lineage and a cadre of 16 stunning dancers, Complexions has been hailed as a “matchless American dance company” by the Philadelphia Inquirer and “game changing” by London's The Guardian.

The company's foremost innovation is that dance should be about removing boundaries, not reinforcing them. Whether it be the limiting traditions of a single style, period, venue, or culture, Complexions transcends them all, creating an open, continually evolving form of dance that reflects the movement of our world—and all its constituent cultures—as an interrelated whole.

Together, Rhoden and Richardson have created in Complexions an institution that embodies its historical moment, a sanctuary where those passionate about dance can celebrate its past while simultaneously building its future. In the 29 years since its inception, the company has born witness to a world that is becoming more fluid, more changeable, and more culturally interconnected than ever before—in other words, a world that is becoming more and more like Complexions itself.

CALENDAR LISTING

Complexions

Wednesday, February 7, 2024

Palace Theatre

$34-$69

Complexions Contemporary Ballet presents its hit program STAR DUST: From Bach to Bowie Complexions was founded in 1994 by Master Choreographer Dwight Rhoden and the legendary Desmond Richardson with a singular approach to reinventing dance through a groundbreaking mix of methods, styles, and cultures. For tickets, visit www.capa.com or www.CBUSArts.com.

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About Complexions Contemporary Ballet

Hailed as “game changing” by London's The Guardian and a “matchless American dance company” by the Philadelphia Inquirer, Complexions transcends dance tradition through a groundbreaking approach to the art. Founded in 1994 by Master Choreographer Dwight Rhoden and the legendary dancer Desmond Richardson, Complexions blends methods, styles and cultures by fusing classical and contemporary ballet, hip-hop, jazz, and modern techniques, resulting in a continually evolving form of dance that reflects the movement of our world — and all its cultures — as an interrelated whole.

 

The company has performed at every major venue and many festivals throughout the United States and across the globe, in total over 22 countries on 6 continents. These include Australia, Bermuda, Brazil, Egypt, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Mexico, New Zealand, Russia, Serbia, Spain, Switzerland, and Ukraine.

About CAPA

Owner/operator of downtown Columbus' magnificent historic theatres (Ohio Theatre, Palace Theatre, Southern Theatre) and manager of the Riffe Center Theatre Complex, Lincoln Theatre, Drexel Theatre, Jeanne B. McCoy Community Center for the Arts (New Albany, OH), and the Shubert Theatre (New Haven, CT), CAPA is a non-profit, award-winning presenter of national and international performing arts and entertainment. For more information, visit www.capa.com.

The Ohio Arts Council, which receives support from the State of Ohio and the National Endowment for the Arts, helped fund CAPA's 2023-24 season with state tax dollars to encourage economic growth, education excellence, and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans. CAPA also appreciates the generous support of the Greater Columbus Arts Council and The Columbus Foundation's Gladys H. Goodwin Fund, Jane H. Zimmerman Arts Fund, and W.W. Williams Family Field of Interest Fund, with the assistance of the Ingram-White Castle Foundation.

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