Upcoming Events
July 27, 2024
Art is Vital Fiesta
Celebrate the healing and unifying power of the arts in the community-led Art is Vital Fiesta premiering simultaneously in 18 cities nationwide. Presented at the Edward B. Berger Performing Arts Center.
Inspired by the inter-city Federal Theatre Project in 1936, the Arts for Everybody Project brings together people and communities to prove how the arts can lead to healthier people and communities. Cities nationwide will collectively answer the prompt “No Place Like Home” through large-scale participatory arts projects drawing on sounds, styles, and stories of their communities.
Tucson’s Art is Vital Fiesta will kick off with a concert reading of “Anita,” a new musical about the power of joy to create a sense of home and belonging. The experience will also feature live music by local award-winning mariachi bands, heritage food booths, art exhibits, interactive activities promoting the connection between arts participation and personal and collective wellbeing, and a special “Art is Vital” art contest winner presentation by Tucson Mayor Regina Romero.
September 19, 2024 - September 21, 2024
Relics and Their Humans
Explore a deeply intimate and human look into one Ohio family’s three-year odyssey with ALS using three family relics in Relics and Their Humans. Presented in Marroney Theatre.
Relics and Their Humans marks the second collaboration between writer, director, and performer Ain Gordon and composer, writer, and percussionist Josh Quillen (So Percussion). Explore a three-year journey after Quillen’s father is diagnosed with ALS, framed by three family relics: a recorded interview with Quillen’s mother sharing her perspective as caretaker, his father’s journal chronicling the arc of his disease, and his father’s 17-track playlist.
The playlist includes reimagined classics, from “One Less Bell to Answer” to “Free Bird,” utilizing phrases from Jerry’s journal. Gordon and Quillen’s spirited performances, together with playwright and director Talvin Wilks’s inventive dramaturgy and Jennifer Tipton’s evocative lighting design, transform these elements into a beautiful storytelling experience.
October 13, 2024
Spider-Man™: Across the Spider-Verse in Concert
Embark on an inter-dimensional journey across the multiverse with Miles Morales in Spider-Man™: Across the Spider-Verse in Concert.
Building on the success of the sold-out global shows of the first Oscar®-winning Spider-Man™ animated Spider-Verse film, comes the highly anticipated sequel, Spider-Man™: Across the Spider-Verse. Witness the return of Mile Morales as he embarks on an interdimensional journey across where he encounters the Spider Society.
Watch a full screening of this Oscar-winning film on a colossal HD screen complemented by a diverse ensemble of musicians performing the film’s iconic score and soundtrack live. This extraordinary experience features a full orchestra, a skilled scratch DJ on turntables, and percussion and electronic instrumentalists.
October 24, 2024
Coco: Live-to-Film Concert
An unforgettable live concert experience featuring Orquesta Folclórica Nacional de México performing alongside a screening of Disney Pixar’s Coco.
Catch a full screening of this beloved film as the 20-member Orquesta Folclórica Nacional de México performs Oscar®-winning composer Michael Giacchino’s musical score live. This family-friend experience also features “Remember Me” by Oscar-winning songwriters Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, and additional songs co-written by Germaine Franco and co-director and screenwriter Adrian Molina.
Orquesta Folclórica Nacional de México stands out for its ability to fuse pre-Hispanic instruments with instruments from the colonial era. Made up of expert musicians, the ensemble features traditional instruments dating back to colonial times from the “Huehuetl “and “Tepobaztli” to flutes, Ocarinas, guitars, violins, and more.
November 1, 2024
Frontera
Dana Gingras / Animals of Distinction
Ten dancers break through boundaries in the U.S. premiere of this visually striking spectacle featuring live music and mesmerizing lighting. Presented in Centennial Hall.
In an era where the advancing frontier of knowledge and control monitors our movements, defines our identities, and gathers our data, the human body has never been so visible. Increasingly, surveillance technologies blur the border between public and private in an attempt to orchestrate our place in the world.
In Frontera, choreographer Dana Gingras tackles these borders to answer the question: what space remains for the unruly, ungovernable body in a world consumed by monitoring technologies? Watch ten dancers navigate a spectacular world of light in a visual conversation between choreography, architecture, and live music by Fly Pan Am and field recordings by post-rock musician Dave Bryant (Godspeed You! Black Emperor).
November 24, 2024
Avatar: The Last Airbender in Concert
Avatar: The Last Airbender comes to Tucson featuring a two-hour series recap with original dialogue, sound effects, and live renditions of the beloved soundtrack.
Avatar: The Last Airbender In Concert presents a live orchestral rendition of the series’ iconic soundtrack by award-winning composer Jeremy Zuckerman. Enjoy a two-hour special recap of the animated series’ three seasons on a full-size cinema screen with original dialogue and sound effects. The result? A truly immersive and grandiose concert experience.
Just as Avatar: The Last Airbender masterfully blends Chinese culture with anime and American cartoon styles, an orchestra especially handpicked for this event will harmoniously combine Eastern and Western musical traditions. Watch as the ensemble faithfully reflects the signature sound of the Avatar saga with taiko drums, erhus, violins, clarinets, and more.
The performance will comprise an initial 80-minute segment, encompassing seasons 1 and 2 of the series, followed by a 40-minute presentation on season 3, and concluding with a 4-minute encore performance (Secret Tunnel).
March 19, 2025
Martha Graham Dance Company
Discover the next frontier of dance in a centennial celebration with one of the most influential forces of the 20th Century, the Martha Graham Dance Company. Presented in Centennial Hall.
Since 1926, Martha Graham’s groundbreaking and uniquely American dance style has influenced generations of artists, dancers, and audiences worldwide. In celebration of its upcoming centennial, the Company has organized GRAHAM100. This three-season program explores Graham’s artistic legacy through performances, new productions, exhibitions, film screenings, publications, discussions, and educational activities.
This March, join “one of the great companies of the world” (New York Times) for a captivating performance featuring Graham masterworks and new pieces, including Steps in the Street (1936, featuring UA School of Dance students), Immediate Tragedy (1937), Errand into the Maze (1947), CAVE (2022), and We The People (2024).
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