2016International Contemporary Dance Series

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September 30, 2015 marks the 25th anniversary of Irvine Barclay Theatre’s public opening. The anniversary season that follows, including this spectacular dance series, calls attention to what has made the Barclay special in Orange County. Each company in the 2015-16 season could headline a series.

A rising star in the New York scene, Jessica Lang Dance makes its Orange County debut with its latest work. A U.S. premiere of the extraordinary pairing of Akram Khan and Israel Galvan, Torobaka is the highly acclaimed Sadler’s Wells production. In honor of the 25th anniversary and the company’s long friendship with the Barclay, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago performs a repertory program hand-picked by its artistic director, Glenn Edgerton. Finally, LA’s Diavolo does the Barclay the honor of presenting the world premiere of L.O.S.T., a sequence of dances in development for nearly two years.

Come help us celebrate the 25th in style!

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is sponsored by an anonymous fund of theOrange County Community Foundation

JESSICA LANG DANCE

Dance Magazine hails her as “a master of visual composition.” Jessica Lang seamlessly incorporates striking design elements and classical ballet vocabulary into artfully crafted, emotionally riveting contemporary works.

Formerly a member of Twyla Tharp’s company, Lang has created more than 80 works for companies worldwide. Since creating her own company in 2011, she has enjoyed rapid success performing at renowned venues and festivals including Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Next Wave Festival, Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, New York City Center’s Fall for Dance Festival, the Kennedy Center, and the revered Joyce Theater in New York City.

She is quite simply a choreographer whose time has come.

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Akram Khan is known for his wildly imaginative full-evening productions including Desh, Gnosis, and Vertical Road, which was presented at the Barclay in 2012.

Israel Galvan, a cross-over artist from the avant garde of flamenco, was featured in the Barclay’s New World Flamenco Festival in 2003.

Concert Sponsor: MICHAEL KERR

Torobaka is a unique, genre-bending creative collaboration between two master choreographers and dancers. The Irvine concert will be the first of only four engagements in the U.S. of this London-based, Sadler’s Wells’ production.

The name of the production is taken from a Maori-inspired phonetic poem by Tristan Tzara. The bull (toro) and the cow (vaca) are sacred animals in the dancers’ respective Spanish and Indian traditions.

The dancers are accompanied live by an extraordinary ensemble of musicians.

AKRAM KHAN &ISRAEL GALVAN

U.S. PREMIERETOROBAKA

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First presented by the Barclay nearly 25 years ago under the direction of its founder, Lou Conte, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago has become one of America’s most influential contemporary dance

companies. The company is known now for its eclectic, international repertory and for its impeccable dancers.

Hubbard Street has been a friend of the Barclay since its opening in 1990. Glenn Edgerton, the current artistic director and company

visionary, will curate a special program in honor of the Barclay’s 25th anniversary season.

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MAY 14 AT 8PMDIAVOLO WORLD PREMIERE OF L.O.S.T.

Jacques Heim is trained in architecture. He is fascinated by the built environment and how humans interact with it. Heim’s works often incorporate elaborate structures that support and inform the trademark physicality of his dancers.

Closing the theatre’s 25th anniversary dance series, Diavolo will present the world premiere of L.O.S.T., a dramatic full evening of dance designed in two sections. The first, Cubicle, was work-shopped at the Barclay in January 2015. It is a rapidly moving reflection on the cramped routine of mid-century America. The second finale section is under development. How it unites the evening in typical Diavolo bravado will be a surprise to us all.

ARCHITECTURE IN MOTION

Recognized by Joyce SoHo in NYC as one of seven emerging dance companies to watch, Orange County’s own Backhausdance has an eclectic and dynamic vocabulary with a wonderful sense of fluidity and strength.

The concert will feature a world premiere of a new work exploring the concepts of journey, risk and the re-imagination of self, set to an original score by Los Angeles-based electronic band, Fol Chen. Also on the program is Artistic Director Jennifer Backhaus’ critically-acclaimed The Elasticity of the Almost.

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Cover photos: Hubbard Street dancers Kevin J. Shannon and Emilie Leriche. Photos by Quinn B Wharton

Feb 19 Jessica Lang DanceMar 15 Akram Khan and Israel GalvanApr 28 Hubbard Street Dance ChicagoMay 14 Diavolo

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