Dance Umbrella Presents

Dance Umbrella will proudly host the international Compagnie Julie Dossavi on Tuesday and Wednesday, November 10th and 11th at 8pm in the Rollins Studio Theatre at the Long Center for the Performing Arts. Infusing contemporary African dance forms with jolts of high fashion and street culture, the mesmerizing Julie Dossavi from France presents a collection of solos and duets accompanied by live African percussion, voice and electronics.



"It was (Dossavi’s) mastery of subtlety and nuance that stood out…Much of this had to do with Dossavi’s assured presence which repeatedly - and rightfully - has been called mesmerizing.” -Los Angeles Times

Advance tickets are $15 Members, Students & Seniors and $18 General Admission. At the Door $18 Members, Students and Seniors and $21 General Admission (additional service charges will apply). Group tickets are $12 for groups of 10 or more.and are available at www.danceumbrella.com or www.thelongcenter.org or by calling 512-454-LONG. For additional information on the event call Dance Umbrella at 512-450-0456 or visit www.danceumbrella.com.



Dance Umbrella was founded in 1977 in Austin as a non-profit organization to promote and encourage the knowledge, appreciation, practice and performance of dance. Dance Umbrella presents innovative contemporary dance makers from around the world in its DISCOVER DANCE series to engage both the young and old in programs that express the diversity of the human experience and bring the power, culture and history of dance to the Austin community.



This project is made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation deserves great art, the Texas Commission on the Arts, the City of Austin through the Cultural Arts Division, and private contributions.