Northrop auditorium has announced a globe-hopping 2017-18 dance season that kicks off with the Minnesota debut of Cuba's Malpaso Dance Company.
The Havana-based troupe will enlist Twin Cities company Zenon Dance in its Oct. 10 show. The two groups share a number of ties — Malpaso founder Osnel Delgado was an artist in residence with Zenon, which toured to Cuba in January 2016 and has performed his baseball-inspired piece "Coming Home."
New York City Ballet Moves — 25 performers from fabled City Ballet — follows with a mix of classic and contemporary works, including Jerome Robbins' "In the Night" (Oct. 28).
ODC/Dance, an innovative contemporary company based in San Francisco, will make its Northrop debut with "Boulders and Bones," an acclaimed nature-themed show in sculptural environments inspired by British artist Andy Goldsworthy and accompanied by cellist Zoë Keating (Nov. 2). The troupe also will stage a family-friendly performance of "The Velveteen Rabbit" with live music (Nov. 4).
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago will telescope its 40-year history by doing highlights of repertoire by the likes of Twyla Tharp, William Forsythe and founder Lou Conte (Jan. 27).
Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo will make its Minnesota debut, performing French choreographer Jean-Christophe Maillot's "Romeo and Juliet" with a company of 50 dancers (Feb. 27-28).
Wang Ramirez, a French troupe founded by ballerina Honji Wang and b-boy Sébastien Ramirez, fuses such influences as hip-hop and acrobatics, and incorporates aerial work into its dreamlike piece "Borderline" (March 3).
Houston Ballet will re-create artistic director Stanton Welch's "Swan Lake" with a live orchestra (April 7-8).
