Dallas Black Dance Theatre  (Dallas, TX)
www.dbdt.com

Since 1976, Dallas Black Dance Theatre has been captivating audiences worldwide.  Critically acclaimed, the Company performs a varied repertory that includes, modern, ballet, jazz, and spiritual works. DBDT dancers perform choreography that is both complicated and sophisticated from nationally and internationally known choreographers. DBDT is breathtakingly athletic while still emphasizing artistic prowess.

?[Their] finale piece done to guitar and percussion was a modern ballet full of high energy and artistic gymnastics.  It was accomplished, visually entertaining and very well synchronized between the dancers.  This dance troupe certainly left the audience wanting more ? certainly well worth coming to see this show for these guys alone!? ? Thomas Haywood, Edinburgh Reporter

"They are sassy, flow beautifully and are full of energy" -Peter Scott Presland, Broadway Baby Review

"Huggins is a master of high-octane closers like this one ? Night Run (2003).  He gets the whole company of 12 moving in couples, throwing in solo riffs that show off what each is good at.  He builds excitement by juxtaposing brises with struts, pirouettes with a muscular, loping run.  The partner work is witty; the music by Rene Aubry gets you revved up; the momentum never lags.  The dance and dancing were one." - Wendy Perron, Dance Magazine

?The dancers leapt with exultation, intertwined their bodies and arms, created circles of closeness, lifted each other and raised their arms in praise. Beautiful!" - Deborah Martin, San Antonio Art Beat

"Here you will find no standard ballet vocabulary or formulaic turn sequences; just ingenuous movement executed with a brilliant combination of precision and soul. The piece left this reviewer in the unimaginable state of being speechless." - Margaret Putnam, Theater Jones

Touring Programs

Under the direction of founder and artistic director, Ann Williams, this dynamic, professional ensemble consists of 12 professional, full-time, salaried dancers with diverse multi-ethnic backgrounds.

The Company is available to tour as a full ensemble of twelve dancers or is available to perform smaller works of choreography in the repertory for 1-6 dancers. 

Outreach

Dallas Black Dance Theatre has a history of arts education excellence. Our arts-in-education residencies and outreach programs are designed to build critical thinking skills, connect youth to themselves and their own culture, and to invigorate the educational process by building connections between the construction and execution of dance as an art form and traditional learning techniques. Each year DBDT exposes over 20,000 school children to the dance forms of ballet, modern, jazz, hip-hop and African dance. An additional 20,000 students share in this experience nationally and internationally.

AttenDance is an informational, interactive demonstration and discussion of the different dance disciplines with history and descriptions of the movements provided by the Artistic Director as the dancers perform. This on-campus, fun-filled lecture/demonstration concludes with selected dance numbers from DBDT's repertoire. Student participation is included and a question/answer session with the dancers follows.

Youth Choreography Project
Learn choreography from the professional dancers of Dallas Black Dance Theatre. With your choice of dance styles, instructors of Dallas Black Dance Theatre will teach fun, creative choreography to students that can be performed for school events or just for fun! Choose from Ballet, Jazz, African, Hip Hop or Modern dance.