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Exclusive pre-sale!
Saturday, March 24, 8pm
ANGELIQUE KIDJO
"Africa's premier diva" - TIME
Also: now on sale!
Dance on Stage: Starring You!
Flamenco Festival 2012
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Dear NEAL A,
Grammy winning singer Angélique Kidjo is one of the greatest artists in international music today, a creative force with eleven albums to her name. We're excited to offer you first access to tickets for this Lisner favorite's return on Saturday, March 24. Simply provide the password "GWLIVE" to take advantage of this exclusive pre-sale!
Additionally, we've just put tickets on sale for Dance on Stage: Starring You! on Thursday, March 1. Read below for details on this Flamenco Festival tradition.
Get your tickets now
Keep reading for more details on Angelique Kidjo and our other upcoming events, including Flamenco Festival 2012 (Feb 29-March 7) and Jeanne Robertson (Jan. 28, presented by Outback Concerts)
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Danielle Mouledoux
Marketing Manager
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Angelique Kidjo
Saturday, March 24, 8pm
"[Kidjo's] supercharged pipes have never sounded better, her irresistible energy and joie de vivre never more palpable... Kidjo reaffirms her global-diva credentials" - LA Times
Born in Benin in West Africa, Angelique Kidjo is a Grammy award-winning singer known for her "superhuman" vocal power as well as her dynamic and uplifting music. Kidjo's art crosses boundaries, genres and ethnicities, finding the connections that link musical forms from every part of the world, while still bonding closely with her own traditions.
Her internationally acclaimed repertoire includes collaborations with recording artists such as Peter Gabriel, Alicia Keys, Branford Marsalis, John Legend, and many more.
![Angelique Kidjo - Africa, Live @ Nobel Peace Prize Concert 2011]() | |
Angelique Kidjo @ Nobel Peace Prize Concert 2011
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Use passcode GWLIVE to buy pre-sale tickets
Tickets: $25, $35, $45
Available from the Lisner Box Office, 800-745-3000, and Ticketmaster.com.
GW Students & Alumni: Limited $15 tickets available from the Lisner Box Office
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Flamenco Festival 2012
Dance on Stage: Starring You!
Thursday, March 1, 7pm & 9pm w/ 8pm reception
Enjoy a taste of the best in Spanish wines and cheese and step up to Lisner's stage for an informative and entertaining session of flamenco dancing. The 7pm class is for anyone who wishes to learn the basics taught by DC's own Anna Menendez. The 9pm class, taught by DC legend Ana Martinez, is best for students with some background in dance, not necessarily flamenco.
Get your tickets early for this always-sells-out, limited capacity event!
Choose one: 7pm beginner class with 8pm reception or 8pm reception with 9pm moderate class. Non-rubber soled shoes preferred. No sharp heels.
Tickets: $20
Available from the Lisner Box Office, 800-745-3000, and Ticketmaster.com.
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Flamenco Festival 2012
Gala Flamenca
With Rafaela Carrasco, Carmen Cortés, & Olga Pericet
Wednesday, February 29, 8pm
"Here is flamenco at its most proud and elemental. Rarely can we see artistry of this calibre: we are privileged"
-The Financial Times
Three of flamenco's leading female dancers, Carmen Cortés, Rafaela Carrasco and Olga Pericet share the stage in a virtuosic dance display ranging from the Gypsy roots of flamenco to contemporary innovations. Cortés, one of the great names in flamenco, has been celebrated worldwide for her performances of flamenco puro; Rafaela Carrasco has become an important figure in the new generation of flamenco dancers and choreographers and Olga Pericet has caused a sensation in flamenco circles in recent years and is considered as one of the most outstanding dancers of the Young generation.
![Carmen Cortes solo]() | | Carmen Cortes solo |
Tickets: $35, $45, $55, $65 Available from the Lisner Box Office, 800-745-3000, and Ticketmaster.com.
GW Students & Alumni: Limited $20 tickets available from the Lisner Box Office
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Flamenco Festival 2012
Compañía Olga Pericet
Rosa, Metal, Ceniza
Friday, March 2, 8pm
Olga Pericet is one of the most versatile flamenco bailaoras performing today. Her work spans traditional flamenco through to contemporary and Spanish classical dance. "Rosa, Metal, Ceniza" (Rose, Metal, Ash) is typical of her output, combining demanding technique, different dance styles and jaw-dropping athleticism. This show from one of flamenco´s biggest rising stars is a treat for dance lovers.
![Olga Pericet- ROSA METAL CENIZA 2011]() | | Olga Pericet- ROSA METAL CENIZA |
Tickets: $35, $45, $55, $65
Available from the Lisner Box Office, 800-745-3000, and Ticketmaster.com.
GW Students & Alumni: Limited $20 tickets available from the Lisner Box Office.
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Flamenco Festival 2012
Ballet Flamenco Manuela Carrasco
Suspiro Flamenco
Saturday, March 3, 8pm
The presence of statuesque Manuela Carrasco is enough to make audiences catch their breath and fall silent. Yet this international star, known in her native Spain as the Queen of Gypsy Flamenco Dance, remains strikingly down to earth, honoring the grassroots that sparked her art and maintaining traditions rarely seen on American stages. Known for her unprecedented energy and mesmerizing stage presence, the highly acclaimed dance icon returns to Lisner with "Suspiro Flamenco," a show that gives us flamenco in its purest, simplest and most powerful form.
Tickets:$35, $45, $55, $65
Available from the Lisner Box Office, 800-745-3000, and Ticketmaster.com.
GW Students & Alumni: Limited $20 tickets available from the Lisner Box Office.
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Flamenco Festival 2012
Compañía
Rafaela Carrasco
Vamos Al Tiroteo
Wednesday, March 7, 8pm
"Truly original and modern flamenco" - New York Times
Seville's Rafaela Carrasco is a breathtaking dancer and one of the most important flamenco choreographers of the younger generation. An award-winning choreographer, Rafaela Carrasco presents "Vamos al Tiroteo," a show that sets a selection of popular Spanish songs originally recorded by Federico García Lorca with the flamenco star La Argentinita on vocals in 1931. Carrasco transfers these songs to the present day, finding new life and energy in the music that inspired a hugely influential generation of artists, who came to be known as the "Generation of 27."
![Rafaela Carrasco - Vamos al tiroteo - Nimes 2011]() | Rafaela Carrasco - Vamos al tiroteo
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Tickets:$35, $45, $55
Available from the Lisner Box Office, 800-745-3000, and Ticketmaster.com.
GW Students & Alumni: Limited $20 tickets available from the Lisner Box Office.
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GW Lisner Auditorium
730 21st street, NW
Washington, District of Columbia 20052
202-994-6800
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