The Hopkins Center for the Arts has a packed agenda for the coming year and will be bringing in a variety of exciting performances from internationally acclaimed and innovative artists.
Fans of chamber and classical music will relish a highly-touted lineup that includes the Kronos Quartet a celebrated, Grammy Award-winning "chamber ensemble [with] the mind-set of a rock band."
Piotr Anderszewski and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, distinguished for exhilarating, "spine-tingling technique" (Los Angeles Times), will come to campus to perform the likes of Beethoven, Mozart and Mendelssohn.
Soloist, chamber musician and orchestra leader Joshua Bell will performing works by Beethoven, Kreisler and Schumann, and the Grammy-nominated Trio Medieval will perform the Worcester fragment a series of over 100 polyphonic compositions from the 13th and 14th centuries.
This fall will also feature concerts by the Hop's pianist-in-residence Sally Pinkas as well as live, high-definition simulcasts of the Metropolitan Opera.
The Hop will also show a variety of dazzling and innovative dance performances, including "The Lives of Giants" a groundbreaking homage to Cambodian dance and mythology coupled with contemporary politics led by choreographer Sophiline Cheam Shapiro.
The Armitage Gone! Dance's "Three Theories" will offer a unique, theatrical perspective on quantum physics the exotic.
Afro-Brazilian Bal Folclorico da Bahia will perform this fall, and "Tempest: Without a Body" by Samoan choreographer Lemi Ponifasio will feature compelling socioreligious commentary through Maori dance.
Also ahead is a mesmerizing array of theater troupes, ranging from classical to modern. The lineup will feature Arthur Miller's Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning "Death of a Salesman" with celebrated American actor Christopher Lloyd.
Young Jean Lee's "The Shipment" will take a sharp look at race in America, while Phil Soltanoff offers a surreal perspective of human nature in "LA Party".
SITI Company's Radio Macbeth will bring to campus a creative adaptation of Shakespeare's original production set in the prism of an abandoned theater circa 1940.
As usual, world-renowned jazz and rock artists will make their way to the Hop. The eclectic offering includes the Grammy Award-winning "dean of Latin jazz" ("The New York Times") Chucho Valds and his Afro-Cuban Messengers.
Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano, one of the world premier Mariachi bands; celebrated jazz saxophonist Charles Lloyd's "New Quartet" will also be featured.
The Hop will also be bringing in indie rock duo Dean & Britta, who will be performing against the backdrop of 13 Andy Warhol portraits in "13 Most Beautiful".
The Hop will also offer family events such as Theatreworks USA's "The Berenstain Bears Family Matters: The Musical", a musical adaptation of the celebrated children's book series and Corbian Visual Arts and Dance's black-light puppet-show "Darwin the Dinosaur".
Throughout the school year, the Hop will also host a wide array of Dartmouth student performing groups.
There will be a free public multi-media preview of the entire season at noon and 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 5, which will offer footage and commentary about the artists and information about advanced ticket purchases.
As usual, the Hop keeps events affordable, offering discounts to students, youth and "subscribers" who purchase tickets to six or more events.
