Mitzi Adams, Artistic Director of Adams Company Dance, will present “Behind the Lens,” a 90-minute film screening of a compendium of their abstract dance film shorts. From the Baryshnikov Arts Center to the shores of Silver Sands State Park in CT and everywhere in between, Adams and her filmmakers weave dancers into their unique settings to create film shorts that are visually stunning, whimsical and emotionally stirring. https://mitziadams.com/category/mitzis-blog/

David Parsons fuses the discipline and precision of classical dance with the gesture and movement of the modern dance vocabulary to create contemporary dance that is at once sexy, athletic, exuberant and joyous! Stunning works, like the iconic Caught, exemplify this company’s innovation and huge audience appeal. This internationally renowned company was founded in 1985 by Artistic Director David Parsons and Tony Award-winning lighting designer Howell Binkley.

JDPP will celebrate thirty years of “boldly and bravely” using dance, spoken word, song, and visual arts to take on social justice issues and effect change with the premiere of a freshly-conceived, “She Speaks Her Peace.” The performance is the culminating event of JDPP’s 30th anniversary celebration and a commemoration of the JDPP Ensemble’s three decades of harnessing the arts to innovate, inspire, educate and build community to overcome the barriers of race, economic opportunity, and culture.