Due to circumstances out of our control, CARTOGRAPHY has been postponed. We can’t wait to share this incredible piece of theatre with you in the near future. A wonder of theater-making… Cartography is a unique live documentary about young people searching for asylum as harrowing times and hostile environments overtake their lives. -DC Metro How […]
read more[Sundance] hit the jackpot this year with a film/performance combination called A Thousand Thoughts… It’s as magical an amalgamation as anything you can imagine. -Los Angeles Times Oscar-nominated filmmakers Sam Green and Joe Bini have teamed up with Grammy-winning Kronos Quartet for a wildly creative multimedia performance piece that blends live music and narration with […]
read moreThe performance of Let Crows Come on January 13, 2022, has been canceled.While we hope to reschedule this performance next season, refunds have already begun to process. For any questions or concerns, please contact the Arizona Arts Box Office. Ashwini Ramaswamy’s dancing “weaves together the human and the divine.” -The New York Times Evoking mythography […]
read moreNEW DATE ALERT! Arizona Arts Live & the Tucson Jazz Festival are pleased to announce our new date for Jon Batiste’s performance in Tucson. Join us on March 4, 2022 for the rescheduled performance LIVE in person. Born for showbusiness -NPR One of the best-known musicians of his generation, virtuoso pianist, singer, bandleader, educator, and […]
read more…their expressiveness was as moving as it was breathtaking -The Wall Street Journal Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring has inspired dances and ballets for over 100 years, but never circus – until now. See the bodies of 10 fearless acrobats – highlighted by a technically and artistically stunning lighting design – hurl, twist, and collide […]
read moreThe most heartfelt and evocative sounds imaginable. -Roots World Small Island Big Song celebrates 5,000 years of Pacific Islander culture. From Taiwan to Aotearoa/New Zealand – Madagascar to Rapa Nui/Easter Island. Islanders who share an ancient seafaring ancestry and language. Over three years, Small Island Big Song evolved from visits to 16 Island Nations, and […]
read more…a sonic distillation of a blistering American past and its perilous present, with a transcendent strength of spirit woven through. -The Washington Post With 10 tap dancers and one acoustic bass player, Michelle Dorrance’s SOUNDspace strips tap dance down to its most raw basics—movement as pure music. SOUNDspace invites the audience to experience tap dancing […]
read morean interactive experience where children will be expected to take off their shoes and dive right into a whimsical world… -The National Two dancers move, play and paint in the air, telling the story of the slow metamorphosis of the butterfly. COMPAGNIA TPO’s “theater of the senses” weaves dance, storytelling, and visual experience into a […]
read moreThe Porch Rockers light up the Centennial Hall stage in this raucous set featuring some of Tucson’s most skillful musicians. And with so much talent in tow, this blues-rock powerhouse installment of The Tucson Studio is sure to get you groovin’. The Porch Rockers are a musical collaboration of blues, jump, and swing, featuring some […]
read moreArizona Arts Live is proud to present Eric Schaffer live for The Tucson Studio. Filmed and recorded in Centennial Hall, this treasure of the Tucson folk scene plays a set full of love, hard-won wisdom, and tales of Tucson. Eric Schaffer has been on the Tucson music scene since moving here from the east coast […]
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