Debbie Allen's OMAN…O Man!
Bringing together young dancers from the Sultanate of Oman, the Debbie Allen Dance Academy, and the D.C. area, this exciting music and dance extravaganza will transport you to where the Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea meet and the desert dunes mystify.
- Mar. 12 - 15, 2009
- Eisenhower Theater
- 76 minutes
- $18.00 - $35.00
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About
A WORLD PREMIERE KENNEDY CENTER COMMISSION
Produced by the DEBBIE ALLEN DANCE ACADEMY and presented in association with
SULTAN QABOOS CULTURAL CENTER OF OMAN
Emmy winner and Kennedy Center favorite Debbie Allen is back with OMAN…O Man!, a world premiere Kennedy Center commission presented in association with the Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center of Oman. Created and choreographed by Allen, this ground-breaking, dance-driven extravaganza explores the culture of Oman. It features young Omani performers collaborating with their peers from Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. to original music composed by Grammy-winning trumpeter Arturo Sandoval.
At the center of the work are two young men--one Omani, another American--who meet at a military academy with cadets from all over the world. Though similar in age, these roommates don't really understand each other. However, through music, movement, song, and dance, they take a magical journey together and discover the similarities and the differences between their two cultures, and learn much about each other. OMAN…O Man! will transport you from where the Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea meet to where the desert dunes mystify, from the ancient past to the immediate present.
From Pepito's Story, Brothers of the Knight, and Pearl to Dancing in the Wings, Dreams, and Alex in Wonderland, Allen's imaginative productions for the Kennedy Center are always sold-out hits.
Age 9 and up.
Performance timing: 76 minutes, without intermission
Part of ARABESQUE: Arts of the Arab World
PRESENTING UNDERWRITER
HRH Foundation
A. Huda and Samia Farouki
The State of Kuwait
The State of Qatar
The United Arab Emirates Embassy in Washington, D.C.
Additional support is provided by the Ministry of Culture and Information, Kingdom of Bahrain; the Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center; The Qatar Foundation for Education, Science, and Community Development; the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art; Alice and David Rubenstein; Saudi Aramco; the Ford Foundation; Elizabeth and Michael Kojaian; Elaine and Steve Wynn; Ambassador Elizabeth Frawley Bagley and Mr. Smith Bagley; The Laura Pels Foundation; and the Kennedy Center International Committee on the Arts.
Presented in cooperation with the League of Arab States.Group of 20 or more? Group Sales offers special terms and discounts for most performances.
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