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Visceral Dance Chicago to Present CARMEN.MAQUIA at the Museum of Contemporary Art

Visceral Dance Chicago will present CARMEN.MAQUIA at the Museum of Contemporary Art in June. Learn more about the performance and see how to purchase tickets.
MoonJune Music Festival Toledo 2023 Featuring Soft Machine, Diego Amador, & More

Featured artists include Soft Machine (UK), Paqueando with Diego Amador & José María Bandera (Spain), Anchor & Burden (Germany, Israel), Dwiki Dharmawan World Peace Band (Indonesia, Israel, Mexico) with special guest Dewa Budjana (Indonesia), Israel Varela Musica Pintada (Mexico), Heledo & His Friends (Uruguay, Israel, Belgium), and more.
Local Couple Commissions A New Ballet To Music Of Franz Schubert

Verb, “Ohio Contemporary Ballet” returns to the Breen Center for the Performing Arts with three scheduled productions this season. For its first fall performance, the company will present Schubert Melodies on October 15, 2022, at 7:30pm.
Robert Fripp Announces 'Exposures' 32-Disc Box Set

The 32-disc boxed set of Robert Fripp in the studio and in concert 1977-1983. The set will feature many previously unreleased tracks, outtakes and rarities as well as numbers tracks becoming on CD for the first time. The largest in the series, “Exposures” is the ninth boxset release collecting King Crimson / Robert Fripp material from 1969 to 2008.
King Crimson's THE ELEMENTS 2020 TOUR BOX 2CD Now Available For Pre-Order

King Crimson's The Elements 2020 Tour Box 2CD is now available for pre-order, and it will be released on September 4, 2020.
Sonar with David Torn Announce TRANCEPORTATION (VOLUME 1)

Swiss band Sonar announces Tranceportation (Volume 1), their fifth studio album and the second by them to feature American avant-guitarist legend, David Torn. 
Jazz Ensemble Akku Quintet To Release Fourth Album 'Depart'

The Akku Quintet was founded by drummer and composer Manuel Pasquinelli. Says renown writer Sid Smith, “Best-known for his work in Swiss post-rock minimalist outfit, SONAR, Pasquinelli's writing contains an almost cinematic dimension that encompasses bittersweet moods and moments of unfolding drama.” The band is based in Switzerland, from where they dispense a minimalistic jazz groove to great effect.
Photo Flash: Ruth Page Center for the Arts Honors Alvin Ailey Dance Theater, Robert Battle, & Chicago Dance History Project

Venetia Stifler, executive and artistic director of the Ruth Page Center for the Arts, on behalf of the 2019 Ruth Page Award Committee, awarded the 2019 Ruth Page Awards to Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and its Artistic Director Robert Battle and Chicago Dance History Project and its Artistic and Executive Director Jenai Cutcher. The special event took place Friday, March 8 before the sold-out performance of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater celebrating its 60th anniversary as a company and the 50th anniversary of performing at the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University, 50 E. Ida B. Wells Dr. 
Soft Machine Announce New Album Hidden & World Tour Dates, with First North American Dates Since 1974

In support of their forthcoming new album, British music legends Soft Machine will embark on their first North American tour since 1974 in October 2018, followed by the second North-American leg of the tour in January/February 2019. In concert, their set list will include material from all parts of the band's repertoire from 1970 onwards, but this is emphatically not a nostalgia act resting on its laurels. Last weekend Soft Machine played their first two shows in North America since 1974 (it was in 1974 they toured USA and Canada during the Bundles/Allan Holdsworth era). Both shows, at the Montreal Jazz Festival and Quebec City, were exceptionally well received by the enthusiastic audience and local press.
King Crimson's The Elements Tour Box 2018 2CD Set Now Available

The Elements Tour Box was originally devised specifically as a one-off edition for the 2014 King Crimson tour but has since become an in-demand series with subsequent editions in 2015, 16 & 17 becoming firm sellers.
Chris Squire's FISH OUT OF WATER Limited Edition Boxed Set & 2CD Set To Be Released April 27

Esoteric Recordings are proud to announce the release of an official limited edition deluxe boxed set of Yes founder CHRIS SQUIRE's legendary 1975 solo album FISH OUT OF WATER. Recorded in the late Spring and Summer of 1975 whilst Yes was on hiatus as members recorded their respective solo albums, FISH OUT OF WATER was a breath-taking work, and equal in standard to any Yes album in terms of sheer invention and creativity. The album was essentially a collaboration between Chris Squire and his friend Andrew Pryce Jackman, a gifted arranger who had been a member of The Syn, Squire's pre-Yes group. The sessions saw contributions from former Yes drummer BILL BRUFORD, Yes keyboard player PATRICK MORAZ and noted musicians MEL COLLINS and JIMMY HASTINGS. Released in November 1975, FISH OUT OF WATER was a Top 30 chart hit in the UK and made the US Billboard Top 75 album chart, going on to sell nearly 500,000 copies worldwide.
King Crimson To Release 'Earthbound - 40th Anniversary Edition' Expanded CD & DVD

King Crimson's Earthbound - 40th Anniversary Edition expanded CD & DVD is now available for pre-order and wll be released on November 17, 2017! Earthbound, originally released in 1972, was one of the earliest (if not the first) official bootleg released by a major rock band, consisting of a series of deliberately lo-fi live recordings of King Crimson's Islands era line-up on tour in the USA.
King Crimson to Release 'Official Bootleg: Live in Chicago, June 28th, 2017'

King Crimson's Official Bootleg: Live in Chicago, June 28th, 2017, a two CD set, taken from the band's most recent US tour, will be released on October 13, 2017.
Longwood Players Announce A BRIGHT ROOM CALLED DAY & Auditions for NEXT TO NORMAL

Tickets are now on sale for Longwood Players' A Bright Room Called Day, their first full-length production in the black box at Chelsea Theatre Works, and auditions have been announced for their spring musical, Next to Normal. Read on for information about Longwood's fall calendar of events.
Dorrance Dance's 2017-18 Season Includes Performances Across the U.S., Germany, France & More

Tap dance company Dorrance Dance, founded by Artistic Director and 2015 MacArthur Fellow Michelle Dorrance, announces New York City performance dates, new works, and tour schedule for the 2017-2018 season. The season will include performances at renowned venues across the United States and in Canada, Germany, and France.
Drum Legend and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductee Bill Bruford Releases Definitive Box Set

Drum legend and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Bill Bruford, best known for his work with YES, King Crimson, Genesis and his prolific solo career, is releasing the definitive boxed set “Bruford 1977-1980: Seems Like A Lifetime Ago.”
King Crimson To Tour The US Fall 2017!

Now in their 48th year, King Crimson will be returning to America in the Fall of 2017! The new dates see the group performing in some states and cities that have not been visited in a while.
Metropolitan Ballet Company Presents VARIATIONS/COLLABORATIONS Tonight

Jenkintown, PA—Metropolitan Ballet Company (MBC) announces that tickets are now on sale for its annual performance, Variations/Collaborations: An Evening of Music and Dance, presented with Settlement Music School at 7:00 pm tonight, March 12, 2016 at Kurtz Center of the William Penn Charter School, 3000 West School House Lane, Philadelphia.
Metropolitan Ballet Company to Present VARIATIONS/COLLABORATIONS, 3/12

Jenkintown, PA—Metropolitan Ballet Company (MBC) announces that tickets are now on sale for its annual performance, Variations/Collaborations: An Evening of Music and Dance, presented with Settlement Music School at 7:00 pm on Saturday, March 12, 2016 at Kurtz Center of the William Penn Charter School, 3000 West School House Lane, Philadelphia. Tickets are $15 in advance at www.metropolitanballetcompany.org or $20 at the door.
Daniel Ulbricht & Stars of American Ballet Set for Jacob's Pillow This Weekend

Following last season's popular BALLET 2014 engagement, New York City Ballet principal dancer Daniel Ulbricht returns with a topflight ensemble in remarkable works by a variety of acclaimed choreographers, performed to live music, this weekend, July 29-August 2 in the Ted Shawn Theatre.

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