Dance

Includes 5 performances in the Power Center and Detroit Opera House

Please note: Due to COVID-19 impacted changes to the Fall 2020/21 season, this season ticket package is no longer available for sale. You may instead customize your own Series:You package of 3 or more events across the season — with a 10% savings and the ultimate flexibility for the months ahead.

Canceled: Paul Taylor Dance Company

• PTDC has had to cancel all of its fall engagements, including our Ann Arbor performances.
• In its place, UMS will offer a free digital presentation of select Paul Taylor works, available for a 10-day period in September and including interviews and a live chat with artistic director Michael Novak and U-M Professor and Paul Taylor historian Angela Kane.

Friday, September 11, 2020 // 8:00 PM
Saturday, September 12, 2020 // 8:00 PM
Power Center

Two performances featuring Paul Taylor’s choreography are part of an international celebration of his legacy and vision for the future of modern dance.

Friday Program

Images (1977, Music by Claude Debussy)
Runes (1975, Music by Gerald Busby)
Offenbach Overtures (1995, Music by Jacques Offenbach)

Saturday Program

Polaris (1976, Music by Donald York)
Piazzolla Caldera (1997, Music by Astor Piazzolla and Jerzy Peterburshsky)
Brandenburgs (1988, Music by J.S. Bach)

Canceled: Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan

• Cloud Gate has canceled its US tour. UMS is working with the company to showcase a special dance-on-camera viewing of one of the company’s signature creations. Further details will be forthcoming.

Tuesday, November 17, 2020 // 7:30 PM
Power Center

Cloud Gate Dance Theater of Taiwan returns with two pieces — Dust and 13 Tongues — representing the past and future of the company, choreographed by founder Lin Hwai-min and new artistic director Cheng Tsung-lung.

Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble

Saturday, January 23, 2021 // 8:00 PM
Power Center

In The Four Journeys, the Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble examines the confluence of culture in Mexico, from its diverse, indigenous heritage to more recent global infusions.

Swing 2020
Caleb Teicher Swing Company

Friday, February 12, 2021 // 8:00 PM
Saturday, February 13, 2021 // 8:00 PM
Power Center

Acclaimed choreographer Caleb Teicher brings 12 dance champions and the very best of the swing dance world to the concert stage, accompanied by Eyal Vilner’s Big Band.

Dance Theatre of Harlem

Saturday, February 27, 2021 // 7:30 PM
Sunday, February 28, 2021 // 2:30 PM
Detroit Opera House

The internationally renowned company returns to the Detroit Opera House with repertoire of George Balanchine, choreographer Robert Garland, and contemporary works that celebrate African American culture.