USA Tour
New Zealand’s leading contemporary dance Company Black Grace is returning to the United States by popular demand following their successful 2008 tour.
Choreographer Neil Ieremia embues Black Grace with an explosive mix of rhythm, spirit and energy. His work has received critical acclaim throughout the Company’s extensive international tours to North America, Canada, Japan, Australia, New Caledonia and Europe.
Delivering a three-part programme, Black Grace is bringing a selection of their best repertoire from it’s 15 year existence, including; Minoi, a signature work based on the fusion of Samoan and western contemporary dance styles; excerpts from Surface, a full-length piece based on traditional Samoan tattooing, and excerpts from Gathering Clouds, Ieremia’s latest full-length work.
“Black Grace performs exciting, high-octane dance that is bruising and punishing in its physicality - an explosive combination of Samoan ritual, martial arts and daredevil risk-taking.”Globe and Mail, Toronto, 2008
| Production | Venue | Date |
| USA & Canada Tour | Leeward Community College, Pearl City, Hawaii | 6 February |
| Maui Arts & Cultural Center, Kahullui, Hawaii | 10 – 11 February | |
| University of Hawaii, Hilo, Hawaii | 13 February | |
| Kahilu Theatre, Kamuela, Hawaii | 15 – 16 February | |
| University of Texas, Austin, Texas | 20 February | |
| McCarter Theater, Princeton, New Jersey | 23 February | |
| Kimmel Center, Philadelphia | 26 – 27 February | |
| Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts | 2 March | |
| George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia | 6 March | |
| University of Massachusetts, Amherst | 9 March | |
| Celebrity Series of Boston, Boston, Massachusetts | 12 – 14 March | |
| Vancouver Playhouse, Vancouver International Dance Festival, Canada | 18 – 19 March | |
| UYM ‘Who Are You?’ | Black Grace Studio | 9 – 13 June |
| Westfield Style Pasifika | Vector Arena, Auckland | 3 September |
| Verses | Musgrove Studio, Maidment Arts Centre | 15 – 25 September |
