Dark Circles Contemporary Dance Presents PETE: A NEW DANCE MUSICAL

The nonprofit AT&T Performing Arts Center and Dark Circles Contemporary Dance announced today that tickets for Pete: A New Dance Musical are ON SALE NOW! Conceived and choreographed by internationally award-winning choreographer and founder of Dark Circles Joshua L. Peugh and inspired by J.M. Barrie's iconic novel Peter Pan, Pete: A New Dance Musical will run from September 12 through September 15, 2019 in Hamon Hall located in the Winspear Opera House in the downtown Dallas Arts District.

In addition to the world premiere in Dallas, the show will tour to Houston, Texas where the company will headline The Houston Fringe Festival for two performances on October 26 at MATCH.

Dallas ticket prices for Pete: A New Dance Musical are $29 and can be purchased online at www.attpac.org, by phone at 214-880-0202 or in person at the AT&T Performing Arts Center Winspear Opera House Box Office at 2403 Flora Street. The Box Office is open 10:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and before performances - closed Saturdays and Sundays.

Dark Circles Contemporary Dance (DCCDUSA) will celebrate the opening of their 2019-20 Season with its most ambitious work to date: Pete: A New Dance Musical. With this new work, Dark Circles will take an enormous leap, expanding the artistic world to include theatre as well as dance. Believing they have only begun to scratch the surface of what they are artistically capable of, and are ready for a new level of risk, investigation, and production.

Conceived and choreographed by internationally award-winning choreographer and founder of DCCDUSA Joshua L. Peugh, this original 90-minute dance musical is inspired by J. M. Barrie's iconic novel Peter Pan. Responding to the narrative of the classic story, Pete: A New Dance Musical takes an adventurous, playful, and creative approach to not only explore the intersecting themes of childhood, freedom, and mortality, but to reflect on issues of race, gender, sexually, and privilege. The production will inspire genuine, uninhibited, and productive conversations about the concept of race, the political impulse to define it, and the systemic inequities that, as a result of this definition, affect the way we perceive and experience the world.

An original musical score for the work will be commissioned from composer and SMU Meadows School of the Arts alumnus Brandon Carson and will feature lyrics by award-winning Soul and R&B singer-songwriter and Dallas-native Kierra Gray. The production will also feature lighting and scenic designs by H. Bart McGeehon, projections by new media artist Mona Kasra, and costume designs by Susan Austin. The cast includes Brittanee Bailey, Kierra Gray, Kyle Igneczi, Jori Jackson, Quintin Jones, Jr. and Cordell Weathersbee II. In addition to the world premiere in Dallas, DCCDUSA will tour Pete: A New Dance Musical to Houston, TX to headline The Houston Fringe Festival in October.

The show, set in the present reality of an urban playground, will transform into the fantasy world of the Neverland. Pete: A New Dance Musical's arena-style seating surrounds the stage, connecting audience members to the work and each other.

The plot and structure of Barrie's novel-along with the mythology of Peter Pan-frames this musical. The writings of Darnell L. Moore (No Ashes in the Fire: Coming of Age Black and Free in America), Claudia Rankine, and Robin Diangelo (White Fragility) also influence the work. As with any piece created by an ensemble, form is content.

Dark Circles believes Pete: A New Dance Musical will dazzle the audience with its explosive music and technically impeccable dancing, while also provoking meaningful dialogue within the community; a dialogue that encourages mutual respect for and understanding of the diverse views and beliefs of all people and groups in our fast-growing city.

For more information, visit DCCDUSA.com.

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