Title: Ballet Folklórico de Antioquia, Colombia Location: Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts Link out: Click here Description: Inspired by the vibrant culture of its native Colombia, this vivacious young dance company has won widespread praise around the world – including at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing – for its …

Title: Celtic Nights: Journey of Hope Location: Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts Link out: Click here Description: Celtic Nights expertly weaves together the lilting melodies and plaintive lyrics of the rich Celtic heritage to tell the story of a people who dared to dream and carve out a home …

Title: Stephen Petronio Dance Company: Underland Location: Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts Link out: Click here Description: Praised by audiences and critics alike, choreographer Stephen Petronio is widely regarded as one of the leading dance-makers of his generation. New music, visual art and fashion collide in his dances producing …

Title: Chunky Move: ConnectedLocation: Scottsdale Center for the Performing ArtsLink out: Click hereDescription: Australia’s Chunky Move has earned an enviable reputation for its distinct yet unpredictable brand of genre-defying dance. Highly imaginative and seductive, the company’s newest work, Connected, explores the movements of dancers tethered to undulating kinetic sculptures constructed …

Title: Mark Morris Dance Group & Music Ensemble Location: Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts Link out: Click here Description: Hailed as the most prodigiously gifted choreographer of the post-Balanchine era, Mark Morris has collaborated with Yo-Yo Ma and Baryshnikov and choreographed more than 100 works for American Ballet Theater, …

Title: Mark Morris Dance Group & Music Ensemble Location: Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts Link out: Click here Description: Hailed as the most prodigiously gifted choreographer of the post-Balanchine era, Mark Morris has collaborated with Yo-Yo Ma and Baryshnikov and choreographed more than 100 works for American Ballet Theater, …

Title: Philadanco Location: Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts Link out: Click here Description: In celebration of Philadanco’s 40th-anniversary season, a number of new works have been commissioned for the company, including one by Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, founder and artistic director of the Urban Bush Women, whose imaginative choreography …

Title: Paco Peña’s Flamenco Vivo Location: Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts Link out: Click here Description: Paco Peña embodies both authenticity and innovation in flamenco. As guitarist, composer, dramatist, producer and artistic mentor, he has transformed perceptions of this archetypal Spanish art form. Born in the Andalucian city of …

Title: Merce Cunningham Dance Company Location: Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts Link out: Click here Description: Andy Warhol, Sigur Ros, Roy Lichtenstein, Radiohead, Robert Rauschenberg and John Cage. These are just some of the major icons with whom Merce Cunningham collaborated in order to create his avant-garde dances inspired …

Title: Parsons Dance Company & East Village Opera CompanyLocation: Scottsdale Center for the Performing ArtsLink out: Click hereDescription: If you prefer Queen to Puccini, then Remember Me is for you, touching lightly on opera’s most popular vocal moments — including arias from La Bohème, Carmen, Rigoletto and Turandot. And all …