2016 // 17 SEASON

GRUPO CORPONorthrop Presents

Sat, Oct 1, 8:00 pm Carlson Family Stage

Parabelo Dança Sinfônica

Dear Friends of Northrop,

Welcome back to the 2016//17 season of Northrop dance! Over the course of 11 different presentations this year, we’ll welcome an international array of dance artists from eight different countries. I'm so pleased that you're joining us tonight as we embark on our journey with Grupo Corpo from Brazil.

This dynamic ensemble visits Minneapolis just weeks after they amazed the world with their performance during the 2016 Olympics closing ceremony. There, they danced on a soaking wet stage in the pouring rain. They took it all in stride—a superb, sassy, and sensual stride, indeed. You’ll see that virtuosity, minus the downpour, on the Northrop stage tonight.

Their name means, literally, “Group Body,” and as they start moving in unison and perfect synchrony, the name makes complete sense. They have a signature style that combines balletic lightness and speed, loose and flowing arms and

shoulders, rhythmic hips and high-kicking legs. The way this "group body" balances precision with reckless abandon is unlike anything else you have seen before.

Grupo Corpo's signature style demands dancers that have incredible technique and are in peak physical condition. The basis is ballet, but mixed in are the unmistakably Brazilian syncopations, contemporary dance, salsa, and social dancing, along with some hip-hop and street dance. Tonight's program features two works: Parabelo is inspired both by Brazil's carnival and also by poverty and hardship. The score, composed by Tom Zé, blends the haunting pan-pipes of Brazilian folk music with an electric counterpoint.

Dança Sinfônica is a work created to celebrate the company's 40th anniversary, with a scenic design comprised of photographs of artists, ballet masters, designers, and technicians who have contributed to Grupo Corpo's creative history, making them one of Brazil's most important cultural exports.

Thank you again for coming this evening. I hope you will continue to join us this season on each leg of our journey through an exciting world of dance. Enjoy Grupo Corpo!

Sincerely,

Christine TschidaDirector of Northrop

NEXT UP AT NORTHROP: Travel to Transylvania with CANADA’S ROYAL WINNIPEG BALLET! DRACULA is performed with live orchestra on Thursday, October 20th at 7:30 PM.

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Christine Tschida. Photo by Tim Rummelhoff.

This presentation of Grupo Corpo is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant, thanks to legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund, and a grant from the Wells Fargo Foundation Minnesota.

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Cover: Grupo Corpo in Dança Sinfônica. Photo © José Luiz Pederneiras.

THE COMPANY

Rehearsal DirectorCARMEN PURRI

Technical Director

PEDRO PEDERNEIRAS

Dancers ANDRESSA CORSO BIANCA VICTAL CAROL RASSLAN

DAYANNE AMARAL EDMÁRCIO JÚNIOR EDSON HAYZER

ELIAS BOUZA FILIPE BRUSCHI GABRIELA JUNQUEIRA

GREY ARAÚJO HELBERT PIMENTA JANAINA CASTRO

LUAN BATISTA LUCAS SARAIVA MALU FIGUEIRÔA

MARIANA DO ROSÁRIO RAFAEL BITTAR RAFAELA FERNANDES

SÍLVIA GASPAR WILLIENE SAMPAIO YASMIN ALMEIDA

Artistic Director PAULO PEDERNEIRAS

Choreographer RODRIGO PEDERNEIRAS

Grupo Corpo in Parabelo. Photo © Sharen Bradford.

PARABELO(1997)

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Choreography by RODRIGO PEDERNEIRASMusic by TOM ZÉ and JOSÉ MIGUEL WISNIK 

Set design by FERNANDO VELLOSO and PAULO PEDERNEIRASCostume design by FREUSA ZECHMEISTERLighting design by PAULO PEDERNEIRAS

The countryside inspiration and the resulting contemporary soundtrack, written by Tom Zé and José Miguel Wisnik, for 1997’s Parabelo, prompted the choreographer from Grupo Corpo to bring into life that, which he himself refers to, as his “most Brazilian and regional” creation.

From working and devotion chants, from the memory of the rhythmic baião, and from the exuberant and ever present, entangled, rhythmic points and counterpoints, emerges choreography full of hip swaying and feet stamping. It is a ravishing statement of maturity and of the expressive teachings, developed throughout many years, by the maker of Missa do Orfanato and Sete ou Oito Peças para um Ballet.

The aesthetic of the votive offerings from countryside churches inspire Fernando Velloso and Paulo Pederneiras in the creation of the 15 meter x 8 meter panels, which provide support for the ballet’s stage setting.

With the intensity of the colors veiled by black tulle and unveiled only in the small and imperative space of the ballet slippers, costume designer Freuse Zechmeister, creates the set of lights and shadows that “dress” the dancers in the first part of Parabelo. And at the explosive ballet finale, the leotards are freed from the veil, showing off the joyous, high temperatures of their colors.

INTERMISSION

DANÇA SINFÔNICA(2015)

Choreography by RODRIGO PEDERNEIRASMusic by MARCO ANTÔNIO GUIMARÃES

Set design by PAULO PEDERNEIRASCostume design by FREUSA ZECHMEISTER

Lighting design by PAULO PEDERNEIRAS and GABRIEL PEDERNEIRAS

Created to celebrate Grupo Corpo’s 40th anniversary, Dança Sinfônica is built on the memorialist theme proposed by artistic director, Paulo Pederneiras. In this first symphony created especially for the Minas Gerais dance company, Marco Antônio Guimarães, the author of anthological works such as 21 (1992) and Bach (1996), combines a sophisticated plot with original pieces and evocative musical passages from ballets recently produced by Grupo Corpo. The set of themes, written masterfully for the 90-member Philharmonic Orchestra of Minas Gerais, and interconnected by ingenious musical bridges performed by the Uakti group, allows Rodrigo Pederneiras to revisit the best works from the group’s entire repertoire, and also to process, with the experience accumulated through decades of working on detachment of form, a kind of synthesis of a choreographic scripture assembled over 34 years of residence at the company.

Taken from the private collections of professionals who have collaborated with or had an influence on the trajectory of Grupo Corpo over these 40 years—from dancers and maîtres de ballet to technicians and stewards—over a thousand informal photographic snapshots make up the 8 meter x 16 meter backdrop panel, establishing the mood for the show.

In contrast to the everyday character of the situations represented in the photographs, wine-red velvet curtains cover the base of the theater while the legs of the dancers are covered in tights of the same color, giving the performance a discrete air of solemnity.

Grupo Corpo in Dança Sinfônica. Photo © José Luiz Pederneiras.

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“Grupo Corpo is under nobody’s name: we were able to get an identity as a group,” says Paulo Pederneiras. It’s a fact, he goes on to say. Dance, music, lighting, costumes, and stage setting are all integrated as one in Grupo Corpo’s creations. Yet someone must direct the

group—and this was always Paulo Pederneiras’s job.

As general and artistic director of the company, which was founded by him in 1975, Paulo is also responsible for the lighting of the ballets and, since Bach (1996), has participated in the creation of stage setting. Of using light as a strong presence which both illuminates and serves as a space for dancing, Paulo says, “I think of the space the same way I think of the lighting. Sometimes the light is the space.” This is evident in the piece O Corpo (2000), where the distinction between stage setting and lighting virtually disappears and the dancers dance in red; or in 21 (1992), where a spotlight serves as a mobile tunnel for a block of bodies; or in Sete ou oito peças para um ballet (1994) where, at the end, each dancer individualizes themselves in a vertical column of color; or in so many other moments

when light itself seems to direct the counterpoint of the bodies on stage. Besides his work with Grupo Corpo, Paulo has done lighting projects for several operas including Don Giovanni, Suor Angelica, Lucia de Lammermoor, La Voix Humaine, and Salomé and Orfeo, to mention a few. He has also done the set designing for exhibits such as the section for “Indigenous and Anthropologic Art” at the Brazil 500 years Exhibit, at the “Oca” (Hut)—at the Ibirapuera Park, São Paulo, (2000).

Paolo notes “A Brazilian company has great physical diversity. Each dancer’s movement is different, and yet the idea of being a group is not lost. That’s where the dance draws its strength from.” These words describe what happens not only with the bodies, but equally serves to describe the company. Under the direction of Paulo, Grupo Corpo made a virtue out of its diversities and continues making this virtue the principle of creation: a way of knowing and not knowing, a bet on the unknown in order to always reach a new dance, which will always be its own dance.

“It was only in 1988, when working in Uakti, that I started thinking about what it would be like to make a dance which would be more inside our body,” said choreographer Rodrigo’s Pederneiras, and words that define a crucial moment not only for his career but also for

Grupo Corpo as well. His work since can be seen in a variety of exploration of this “dance inside our body”—which is the dance of Corpo.

“Our body” learned how to dance on the street and the language of Rodrigo is essentially a modern one. In his own way he harbors the xaxado, the samba, the ballroom dance, the celebrations, the capoeira. Everything is translated into a private world where dynamics and balance have even more meaning than movement. Everything contains a certain amount of joy and humor, which, even though joyous and good humored, does not hide the violence and the ambiguity of the human condition. Always guided by music, Rodrigo

“breaks” the classical movements in an intensely Brazilian way, however, entirely free from the exotic, from boastful, and from easy identities.

Being Corpo’s choreographer since 1978, Rodrigo’s work is recognized nationally and internationally.

He has choreographed for Ballet do Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro, Ballet do Teatro Guaíra, Ballet da Cidade de São Paulo, and Companhia de Dança de Minas Gerais. Outside Brazil he has worked with Deutsche Oper Berlin Company (Germany), Gulbenkian (Portugal), Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal (Canada), Stadttheater Saint Gallen (Switzerland), and Opéra du Rhin (France).

But creating for Grupo Corpo remains his main interest. He notes that Grupo Corpo today has it’s own language, which is something difficult to achieve. This does not mean that things become easier. Much on the contrary, Rodrigo goes on to say that “I may make a mistake one thousand times while creating, until I find that which I want. This is not possible with other dance companies. There are pressures for time.”

Creation, almost by definition, means anguish, but the support of the choreography assistants, Carmen Purri and Miriam Pederneiras, help minimize the efforts to see the dance being slowly created on stage. Grupo Corpo’s dancers learn what this body of ours is, as imagined by Rodrigo during the creation phase. They are like tuned up instruments ready to be played. If Grupo Corpo has a language all its own today, it is Rodrigo’s language. It has his unmistakable accent, which is understood by everybody, because it is our body that he induces to dance.

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR PAULO PEDERNEIRAS

CHOREOGRAPHER RODRIGO PEDERNEIRAS

Photo © José Luiz Pederneiras. Photo © José Luiz Pederneiras.

Grupo Corpo in Parabelo. Photo © Sharen Bradford.

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THE COMPANYABOUT THE COMPANY

ANDRESSA CORSO joined Grupo Corpo in 2008 having previously danced with Grupo Free Dance and Kleine Szene. She began her dance studies in 1999.

BIANCA VICTAL began her dance studies in September 2006. Before joining Grupo Corpo in June 2014, she danced with Companhia Jovem de Ballet do Rio de Janeiro and Companhia de Dança do Sesc.

CAROL RASSLAN began her dance studies in 1999 and has danced with Ballet Jovem do Palácio das Artes. She joined Grupo Corpo in 2013.

DAYANNE AMARAL joined Grupo Corpo in 2012 having previously danced with Cia Sesiminas de Dança. She began her dance studies in 2001.

EDMÁRCIO JUNIOR began his dance studies in 2002 and danced with Ballet Jovem do Palácio das Artes before joining Grupo Corpo in 2014.

EDSON HAYZER, before joining Grupo Corpo in 2001, worked with Ballet do Teatro Guaira and began his dance studies in 1997.

ELIAS BOUZA started his dance studies in 1989. He danced with Ballet Nacional de Cuba, Companhia de Dança de Minas Gerais, Ballet do Teatro Castro Alves, and Cia Deborah Colker before joining Grupo Corpo in 2009.

FILIPE BRUSCHI joined Grupo Corpo in 2005 having previously danced with Raça Companhia de Dança and Ballet do Teatro Castro Alves. He began his dance studies in 1993.

GABRIELA JUNQUEIRA, after beginning her dance studies in 1993, danced with Grupo Camaleão. She joined Grupo Corpo in 2005.

GREY ARAÚJO started his dance studies in 2000. He worked with Ballet Jovem do Rio de Janeiro, Ballet Contemporaneo de Caracas, Moinho Cultural Sul-Americano, Ballet de la Provincia, and São Paulo Cia de Dança before joining Grupo Corpo in 2008.

Grupo Corpo is from Minas Gerais, Brazil, but their ballet crosses borders. Brazil as a whole, with all its cultural diversity, can see itself in Grupo Corpo, the dance company founded in 1975 in Belo Horizonte. In a world where the speed of information is producing an increasingly homogeneous landscape, the company stands out for having developed a signature of its own.

There are three basic reasons for the uniqueness of the company in the contemporary dance scene. First, there is Rodrigo Pederneiras, the house choreographer—one of the few able to mix classic ballet and folk dances and then set to motion bodies that push the limits of technical rigor. Second, the wisdom with which Paulo Pederneiras transforms choreography into a dance artwork.

Besides directing the company, he signs the scenography and lighting designs that customize the scenic finishing for each production with a kind of quality that continues to introduce new references, part of which are the costumes by Freusa Zechmeisteir, and the skill of translating clothing into movement. And third, there is a balanced cast of dancers, stars in their own right, fine-tuning each other with exquisite precision.

When one sees Grupo Corpo dance on stage, it is as if all questions concerning the transit between nature and culture are being fully answered. All facets of Brazil, past and future, erudite and popular, foreign influence and local color, and the urban and the suburban, come to being as art. Brazilian art. World art.

Grupo Corpo in Dança Sinfônica. Photo © José Luiz Pederneiras.

PAULO PEDERNEIRASArtistic Director

RODRIGO PEDERNEIRASChoreographer

CARMEN PURRIRehearsal Director

PEDRO PEDERNEIRASTechnical Director

Choreographic Assistants, ANA PAULA CANÇADO, CARMEN PURRI, MIRIAM PEDERNEIRASBallet Mistress, BETTINA BELLOMOPianist, ANNA MARIA FERREIRA Technical Coordinator, GABRIEL PEDERNEIRASTechnicians, ANDRÉ PEDERNEIRAS, ÁTILLA GOMES, EUSTÁQUIO BENTO, STEFAN BÖTTCHERWardrobe Assistants, ALEXANDRE VASCONCELOS, MARIA LUIZA MAGALHÃESAdministrator, MARCELLO CLÁUDIO TEIXEIRAAdministrative Manager, KÊNIA MARQUESAdministrative Assistant, MARCEL GORDON FIRINGSecretary, FLÁVIA LABBATEDocumentation, CÂNDIDA BRAZCommunication, CRISTINA CASTILHOCommunication Assistant, MATEUS CASTILHOProgramme Coordinator, CLÁUDIA RIBEIROProduction, MICHELLE DESLANDES

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GRUPO CORPO STAFF

SILVIA GASPAR, after beginning her dance studies in 1981, danced with Ballet da Cidade de São Paulo and Companhia de Dança de Minas Gerais. She joined Grupo Corpo in 2001.

WILLIENE SAMPAIO, before joining Grupo Corpo in 2012, worked with Washington Ballet and São Paulo Cia de Dança. She began her dance studies in 1990.

YASMIN ALMEIDA started her dance studies in 1999 and joined Grupo Corpo in 2012.

THE COMPANY

HELBERT PIMENTA joined Grupo Corpo in 2004 having previously danced with Companhia de Dança de Minas Gerais, Grupo Camaleão, and Quik Companhia de Dança. He began his studies in 1996.

JANAINA CASTRO began her dance studies in 1981 and danced with Companhia de Dança de Minas Gerais before joining Grupo Corpo in 2000.

LUAN BATISTA began his dance studies in 2007 and has danced with Cia de Ballet Jovem do Rio de Janeiro, Cia Nós da Dança, and Cia Sesc de Dança before joining Grupo Corpo in 2016.

LUCAS SARAIVA, after beginning his dance studies in 2006, danced with Cia de Teatro e Dança Ivaldo Bertazzo, Bienal de Dança Contemporânea de Veneza, and Cia de Dança Deborah Colker. He joined Grupo Corpo in December 2013.

MALU FIGUEIROA began her dance studies in 1990. She danced with Grupo Camaleão, Ballet do Teatro Castro Alves, and Ballet Jovem do Palácio das Artes before joining Grupo Corpo in 2011.

MARIANA DO ROSÁRIO joined Grupo Corpo in 2005 and prior to that danced with Ballet do Teatro Guaira and Balé da Cidade de São Paulo. She began her dance studies in 1989.

RAFAEL BITTAR started his dance studies in 2002 and danced with Cia Mario Nascimento before joining Grupo Corpo in 2012.

RAFAELA FERNANDES started her dance studies in 1998 and joined Grupo Corpo in 2011.

Photos © N

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2,500+ Catherine L. Agee Jerry L. Artz Drs. Robert Bruininks and Susan Hagstrum Susan H. DeNuccio Randy Hartten and Ron Lotz Glenn Lindsey Emily D. Maltz Shawn Monaghan and Greg Plotnikoff Rafik Moore Thomas and Conchy Morgan In Memory of Sylvia and Henry Frisch Sandy and Bob Morris Dale Schatzlein and Emily Maltz Fund Sally and Kenneth Spence Donald Williams and Pamela Neuenfeldt

FRIENDS CIRCLE

1,000+Karen BachmanAlek BuzhakerEllie Crosby The Longview FoundationFran Davis Gail and Stuart Hanson Provost Karen Hanson and Dennis SenchukSally and Richard Leider Jennifer Martin David MohrLeni and David Moore The Roife-Nissenbaum Foundation Capt. Buddy Scroggins and Kelly Schroeder

500+ Mark Baumgartner R. and J. Cameron Colleen Carey and Pamela Endean Rob Carlson and Gregg Larson John and Page Cowles Mary Jean and John DeRosier Goodale Family Foundation Bruce and Judith Hadler Karen JohnsonBrian F. Lammers

Kevin Nosbisch and Kim Leventhal D. and L. Moore Family Foundation Regan B. Palmer Derrill M. PankowTom and Mary Racciatti Dr. David A. Rothenberger Gordon Rouse and Sylvia Beach Barbara Stoll Jeff Stout and Ron Overlid Susan Tracy Victoria VeachRick and Denise Vogt John Wald and Marianne RemediosMark and Carol WeitzDavid West and Kristen Schoephoerster

250+ Anonymous Albachten Charitable Fund Mary Ellen and Peter Alden Jeanne Andre Janice Apple Ted H. Bair and Harvey A. Filister Kathryn Cahill Dominic Cecere Karen and Bill Christopherson Will and Ginny Craig Stephen Davis and Murray Thomas Stephen and Sally Dischinger David Gerdes Lance and Jan Johnson Julia KaemmerGail and Jack Kochie James and Sharon Lewis Sanford Lipsky Bill Lough and Barbara Pinaire Cal Lueneburg Holly MacDonald Maria MacDonald Tony Manzara Mayfield Fund W. E. McConaghay and Margaret T. Telfer Mark and Cece Morrow Gwen and Mason Myers Averial E. Nelson Jenny Nilsson Ann L. Piotrowski John S. Reay Mike and Kathy Ruhland Karen T. Scholl Jacky & Jim SherohmanJan Sickbert Marilyn and Dale Simmons Megan Sorenson John and Susan SteffenMichael Symeonides and Mary Pierce John and Kelly Wheaton Kenneth and Nina Wise 100+ Anonymous Peter and Susan Ahn Richard Aizpuru

Margaret Albrecht Arthur Allen Marty Allen Marcia G. Anderson Paul J. Aslanian Milton L. Aus Tom and Jill Barland Sue B. Beckham Allen Beers Bill Bertram Frederick L. Betz Rebecca Biderman and David Fraher Sharon and Albert BigotJeanne Blaskowski Jerome and Patricia Boge Joan Bren and Stephen Nelson Desirae Butler Nancy Corcoran Brent A. Cosgrove Susan Crawford Liz Danielson William Durfee and Devorah Goldstein George Ehrenberg Heather FaulknerBeverly Fink Majel Fletty In Memory of Nancy Mohs From a 36 Year SubscriberDaniel FroilandPat GaarderJohn and Joanne GordonMitzi and Richard Gramling Ernest D. Gray Sarah Gross Joan Growe Richard Gwynne Annemarie Herrlich Corey and Denise HoltzRamona JacobsAnn C. JaedeDwayne KingDarlene Kirch Kathryn Anna KolesarBarbara and Jeff Land William Larson and Richard Space Delores and Sheldon Levin James W. Lewis Joan Liaschenko Elise M. Linehan Brian McDonald Katherine McGillJames and Mary Ann McKenna Robert and Susanna McMaster Frida G. Mindrum Val Moeller Tracy NappMichael and Lisa Rahne Nekich Brian J. Neil Sarah L. Nordstrom Andrew and Francie O’BrienLance Olson Barbara OwensClaudia A. Parlaiment Elizabeth ParkerMaureen PearoWilliam and Eleanore PedersonKaryn Pierce Steven M. Pincus Marcos H. Pinto James Pratt

Holly Radis-McCluskey Marilyn Reichman Beverly RhodesKathryn L. Roach Judy Rohde Jon L. SchaskerStephanie Scheu and Claire HansonDarlene M. SholtisCherie Shoquist Andrew SimonsBarbara SlettenJoan T. SmithUrsel and Mark SmithArne C. SorensonJane A. Starr Gary SummervilleCindy B. Tong Katharine TylerDr. Cheryl Wall and Ellen WestenburgKathy Walstead-Plumb John and Ellen Walthour Dr. Jeanie Watson Paula J. WebsterDavid C. WestCathy Westrum and Annelynn Westrum Ann WilcoxMillie Woodbury Genie Zarling

OTHERAtashi AcharyaDavid S. AndersonDennis AndersonDeborah P. BoughtonMichael BromerKathryn CahillJames P. CallahanJanet A. CarlsonBetty C. ClarkNancy L. ClaussenTomkin ColemanMargaret H. CordsBarbara H. CoutureJoy DavisLorinda FraboniAnn M. GiffordDuane G. GooginsHildi J. HagedornEugene W. HaselmanKimberly HutchensMichael JonesJane S. KalinJason KappelDwayne KingOrla A. McClureMargaret A. MichaelsonSandra OlsonJenny R. SchmidBarbara J. SchultzKathryn J. SedoAnita SiegelElizabeth A. SteblayGary E. TurgeonElizabeth A. WaltonJacquelyn J. Wicklund

This listing is current as of 9/12/16. Please contact Cynthia Betz at betzx011@umn.edu if you have any corrections or questions.

NORTHROP STAFFGUEST SERVICESBrian Ahlm, Digital Media ManagerTom Archibald, Event ManagerCynthia Betz, Director of DevelopmentJustin Burke, Technical DirectorBrooke Dillon, Communications Manager Laura Durenberger-Grunow, Systems Configuration AssistantKen Hahn, Systems Configuration AssistantCari Hatcher, Marketing & Public Relations Director Shayna Houp, Assistant to the DirectorRahfat Hussain, Financial AnalystBrad Kern, Stage Manager & Audio Video SupervisorGrace Lansing, Student SupervisorMegan Livingston, Finance Candy Lord, Principal Specialist Kristina Meanley, Special ProjectsAllana Olson, Stage Manager & Lighting SupervisorHolly Radis-McCluskey, Director, U of M Tickets & EventsBridget Reddan, Group Sales CoordinatorDaniel Ringold, Graphic DesignerEve Roycraft, Business AnalystDavid Russell, Audience Services ManagerMegan Sangster, Event CoordinatorRobin Sauerwein, Business Manager/Accountant Kari Schloner, General ManagerRob Schmidt, Stage ManagerJulie Strothman, Event ManagerAllyson Taubenheim, Student Engagement CoordinatorChristine Tschida, Director of NorthropMiranda Woehrle, Creative DirectorDan Wozney, Data Manager

Ground Level East & West Coat Check Guest Services Provide:Listening devices, large print programs, coat check, lost and found, and taxi calling service

Surdyk’s Café Surdyk’s Café is on the first floor, west side of Northrop. Hours: 7:30 am–6:00 pm, Monday–Thursday, and 7:30 am– 5:00 pm, Friday. Surdyk’s concessions (including wine and beer) are available before and during performances.

ATMAn ATM is located near the elevator on the ground floor, west side.

RestroomsRestrooms are located on every level and side of the building, including family restrooms (except on the fourth floor, where there is a women’s restroom on the east side, and a men’s restroom on the west side only).

General Ticket InformationFor any ticketing questions, visit U of M Tickets and Events on the ground floor of west and east sides of the building or visit northrop.umn.edu for the most current listing of events.

Replacing Lost TicketsFor your convenience, U of M Tickets and Events keeps record of your purchase, should you lose or forget your tickets.

Accommodating Special NeedsNorthrop has accessible seating; please ask an usher for assistance. Elevators are located on both the east and west sides of the building. Accessibility services, including parking information, are available upon request.

If a guest wishes to transfer from their wheelchair to fixed seats, the wheelchair will be taken to the outer lobby to comply with local fire code regulations. At the end of the performance an usher will return the wheelchair to the guest.

Cameras and Cell PhonesUse of cameras and recording equipment are not permitted in the theater. Please be considerate and turn off your cell phones or other electronic devices during the performance.

Motorist AssistanceUniversity of Minnesota provides free jump starts, vehicle unlocking, and flat tire changes to vehicles in University parking facilities Mon–Fri, 7:00 am–10:00 pm. Call 612-626-PARK (7275) for assistance.

Campus Security EscortTrained security monitors are available 24/7 to walk or bike with anyone on campus. This free service is provided by the University of Minnesota Police Department. Please call 612-624-WALK (9255) or ask an usher to contact them for you.

Questions?If you have any questions or concerns, please ask an usher or anyone with a Northrop name tag.

Photo © Tim Rummelhoff.

Northrop is pleased to welcome Cynthia Betz to its leadership team, assuming the role of Director of Development and working to advance Northrop's mission and ensure its vibrancy for generations to come.

Bringing with her not only a passion for dance and the performing arts, but also a solid track record in fundraising and development spanning decades of professional experience, Betz's background makes her an exceptional addition to the Northrop team.

MAKE LEGENDARY PERFORMANCES HAPPEN!At Northrop, we believe in sharing great artists and ideas with a new generation of audiences. Your support helps make extraordinary arts experiences accessible to everyone through outreach to diverse communities, rich and varied programming, and subsidized student tickets. Our Friends are at the center of Northrop’s biggest ideas and brightest moments on stage.

Become a Friend of Northrop today! Donate online at northrop.umn.edu/support-Northrop or contact Cynthia Betz to learn more about supporting Northrop! Cynthia Betzbetzx011@umn.edu // 612-626-7554

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Royal Winnipeg Ballet's Katie Bonnell and Liang Xing in Dracula. Photo Réjean Brandt Photography.northrop.umn.edu

CANADA’S ROYAL WINNIPEG BALLET

DRACULA with live orchestra

Oct 20 7:30 pm

Mark Godden’s haunting adaptation of Bram Stoker’s quintessential Gothic tale makes this spine-tingling fantasy a Halloween treat you cannot miss.