{"id":284284,"date":"2026-05-08T11:41:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T11:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/284284\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T11:41:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T11:41:09","slug":"dallas-black-dance-theatre-closes-49th-season-with-new-returning-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/284284\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas Black Dance Theatre closes 49th season with new, returning work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/topic\/dallas-black-dance-theatre\/\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dallas Black Dance Theatre<\/a> is closing its 49th season with new and returning works choreographed primarily by members of the troupe.<\/p>\n<p>The premieres,\u00a0Before I Am Called\u00a0by dance educator Marc Spaulding and\u00a0Shadow Work\u00a0by DBDT academy director Katricia Eaglin, trace the grief that follows the loss of a parent.<\/p>\n<p>The program also includes the main stage premiere of dancer Brandon Palmer\u2019s\u00a01410, named for the house number of his first best friend and first shown at the annual \u201cBlack on Black\u201d show of works by company members in December, and artistic director Richard A. Freeman Jr.\u2019s 2014\u00a0Polarity II, which examines the presence of opposing forces, perspectives and emotions that influence decisions, relationships and outcomes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In addition, junior company DBDT: Encore! is performing Katarzyna Skarpetowska\u2019s\u00a0Tidal Intersections.<\/p>\n<p>May 15-16 at 7:30 p.m. at Wyly Theatre, 2400 Flora St. $62-$78.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dbdt.com\/\" data-link=\"native\" title=\"http:\/\/dbdt.com\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">dbdt.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dallas Black Dance Theatre is closing its 49th season with new and returning works choreographed primarily by members&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":284285,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,104,103,93542,87998,104510,92697],"class_list":["post-284284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news","tag-tp-performing-arts","tag-tp-dallas","tag-tp-dallas-black-dance-theatre","tag-tp-dance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=284284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284284\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/284285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=284284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=284284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}