SMU Spring Dance Concert Presents Three World Premieres

The 2019 Spring Dance Concert at SMU’s Meadows School of the Arts will showcase three world premieres by internationally acclaimed choreographers, each set to a well-known twentieth-century musical work, from March 21 to 24.

The Meadows Dance Ensemble will present Takehiro Ueyama’s “Heroes,” set to John Adams’ “The Chairman Dances;” Broadway choreographer Alexander Sanchez’s interpretation of George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue;” and Dwight Rhoden’s vibrant ballet “Stellar Matter,” set to an orchestral suite from Gustav Holst’s “The Planets.”

The Spring Dance Concert takes place in the Bob Hope Theatre in SMU’s Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Blvd., Dallas 75205. Performance times are 8 p.m. Thursday, Friday, and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday.

Tickets are $14 for adults, $11 for seniors and $8 for students, SMU faculty and staff. Free parking is available in the Meadows School parking lot at Hillcrest and Binkley avenues or in the garage under the Meadows Museum.

For more information or to purchase tickets, call 214-768-2787.

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