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PriceFest 2021: A New Black Renaissance

PriceFest 2021: A New Black Renaissance is presented by the International Florence Price Festival and sponsored by the University of Maryland School of Music with many events being livestreamed from The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. Now in its second year, PriceFest 2021 continues to elevate the work of trailblazing composer Florence Price alongside historic and new works by more Black composers. The festival will feature more than twelve hours of diverse content including:

Brooklyn Rider: Healing Modes • IN-PERSON

From the ancient Greeks to modern American neuroscientists, people have long recognized the healing properties of music. In string quartet Brooklyn Rider’s stirring program Healing Modes, we hear a profound exploration of the power of music to help society recover from tumult and suffering. The program features gripping works by trailblazing living composers Caroline Shaw, Gabriela Lena Frank and Reena Esmail along with Ludwig van Beethoven’s fifteenth string quartet—all creating a sonoric testament to resilience and deliverance. 

Elijah Jamal Balbed presents The Karma Suite featuring Warren Wolf • LIVESTREAM

Equal parts meditation and call-to-action, The Karma Suite is a blend of vocal interludes, instrumental jazz and percussive dances that comment on the social upheaval experienced in the United States in recent years. The piece, by Washington, D.C.-based multi-instrumentalist, composer and educator Elijah Jamal Balbed, was originally written in response to the threat of unrest brought by the 2016 election results and includes interrogations of voting inequity, gerrymandering and the separation of families at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Fall M.F.A. Dance Thesis Concert

Risk of Play by Amber Daniels

In Risk of Play, Daniels invites the audience to partner in the storytelling process. This gripping hybrid of performance, dance theater and play generates a full-bodied experience that thwarts expectations of conventional storytelling. Each performance results in a different outcome, creating a charge of spontaneity and raw performance that is crafted in the moment by performers and audiences together. Chance is the name of the game and, in this work, everybody wins.

Experimental Performance Series: Shared Graduate Dance Concert

Join us in person at The Clarice! Please note that this performance will not be livestreamed.

Featuring provocative choreography by M.F.A. Dance students, this concert is a collection of eclectic new works, serving as an unguarded exploration of these diverse artists' talents and interests.

TDPS Experimental Performance Series

Please note that this performance will not be livestreamed.

Efflorescence by Greta Cover

In Efflorescence, Cover stages mirrors to explore how we navigate the discovery of multiple versions of our personalities throughout our lives and who we choose to identify with to construct our truest self. This work prompts audiences to ask how one’s identity impacts others and how all of our lives are interconnected.

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Far From The Norm: BLKDOG - CANCELLED

In a world of eight billion people, where every individual has their own priorities, how can a person maintain  their sense of self and personal sovereignty? Is it possible to stay sane in an era of increasing chaos? And, how can people stay motivated and relevant as they age? These are among the questions British dance iconoclast Botis Seva and a cast of seven from his company Far From The Norm address in the Olivier-award-winning and cutting-edge BLKDOG.

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