Great Performances at Mason
Doug Varone and Dancers
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Featuring the Mason Dance Company
Doug Varone and Dancers returns to the Center, bringing a program brimming with the vitality of highly charged choreography which also touches the human heart. The program will feature Somewhere (2019), Short Story (2001), Aperture (1994), and Double Octet (2021). Somewhere is set to the orchestral score of Leonard Bernstein’s timeless West Side Story but the well-known story is stripped away. What is left is pure choreographic vibrancy with emotional heft generated by the musical structure. Short Story, with music by Rachmaninoff and Aperture with music by Schubert, together create a piano suite that reveals the intimate landscape of Varone’s choreographic brilliance. Double Octet, the finale of the program, will leave you breathless as the explosive energy of the combined forces of the talented dancers from the Mason School of Dance and the company take command of the stage.
Program:
Somewhere
Aperture/Short Story
Double Octet
Prices: $48, $41, $29, half-price for youth through Grade 12
The program for this performance will be available the week of the event. View the digital program.
A pre-performance discussion will take place in Monson Grand Tier, which is located on the third level of the Center for the Arts Lobby, 45 minutes prior to curtain.
Doug Varone will participate in a post-performance discussion from the stage.
A limited quantity of free student tickets will be available for each event. Learn more.