Dallas Black Dance Theatre Marks Third Return Performance to TAMIU
The renowned Dallas Black Dance Theatre (DBDT) will mark its third return performance to Texas A&M International University (TAMIU) Friday, April 8 at the TAMIU Center for the Fine and Performing Arts Theatre at 7:30 p.m.
The performance is free of charge and open to the public. It is hosted by TAMIU’s College of Arts and Sciences. Donations in support of student dance scholarships will be graciously accepted.
DBDT, founded in 1976, is the oldest, continuously operating professional dance company in Dallas. The ensemble, a contemporary modern dance company, is comprised of 14 professional, full-time dancers performing a mixed repertory of modern, jazz, ethnic and spiritual works by nationally and internationally-known choreographers.
TAMIU dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Dr. Claudia San Miguel, said this third visit to TAMIU will once again affirm DBDT’s commitment to the highest level of artistic excellence.
“DBDT’s performances here in 2013 and 2014 were truly electrifying and popular with audiences that spanned all ages. Their guiding mission is to create and produce contemporary modern dance at its highest level of artistic excellence through both performances and educational programs. We are truly looking forward to sharing this performance with our University community and our community at large,” Dr. San Miguel explained.
The April 8 performance will present a bold and creative blend of modern jazz and African spiritual dance. Members of the Company will also be meeting with TAMIU students and providing a master class during their visit, San Miguel noted.
Throughout its history, DBDT has performed for over 4 million arts patrons and 2.6 million children worldwide, some 40,000 annually for youth grades K–12.
DBDT has been designated as an American Masterpiece Touring Artist by the National Endowment for the Arts and is the recipient of the coveted Texas Cultural Trust’s Texas Medal of Arts Award for opening doors for artistic and educational opportunity for Texans of all ages.
In August 2021, DBDT made its Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival debut. LIKE WATER, by the award-winning choreographer Darrell Grand Moultrie, was commissioned by Jacob’s Pillow as the inaugural recipient of the Joan B. Hunter New Work Commission.
Dallas Black Dance Theatre is a resident company member of the AT&T Performing Arts Center, Dee, and Charles Wyly Theatre. The artistic director of the DBDT is Melissa M. Young, a Honduran-American raised in Santa Ana, CA. She is celebrating her 28th season with the DBDT.
For more about the fine and performing arts at TAMIU, including scheduled concerts, exhibits, performances, recitals, a calendar of events, and profiles on degree programs, visit tamiu.edu/coas/fpa Recorded information is also available from the TAMIU Fine and Performing Arts Events Hotline at 956.326.3044.
For more on the Dallas Black Dance Theatre, visit online at Dallas Black Dance Theatre
