Alonzo King LINES Ballet

Melt the winter blues away with the lush, transcendent, and captivating Alonzo King LINES Ballet! Remarkable and exquisite dancers seem to drip across the stage, creating dazzling movements that are only possible with LINES. Over more than 40 years, LINES Ballet has captivated nearly 2 million audience members from across the world with their magical mixture of contemporary choreography with classic ballet aesthetic thanks to the vision and brilliance of Artistic Director Alonzo King. The San Francisco-based company collaborates with noted composers, musicians, and visual artists to produce dance works that draws deeply on rooted cultural traditions, imbuing classical ballet with new expressive potential and exploring what unites us as human beings: empathy, joy, and the ability to transcend. While in Cleveland, the company will perform "Deep River", a collaboration with Grammy Award-winning vocalist Lisa Fischer and set to a musical score by jazz pianist, composer, and MacArthur Fellow Jason Moran. The company is sure to awe audiences with their gorgeous dancers, as they whirl across the stage in technically superb yet fluid movement!

“Alonzo King is one of the few bona fide visionaries in the ballet world today.” - San Francisco Chronicle

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