Momentum

Elevate your senses with Momentum, our bold menu of brilliant dance! Each season’s Momentum features an exhilarating selection of individual works that showcase a variety of dance styles. Here’s what you’ll see:

Sing, Sing, Sing – The showstopper of Bob Fosse’s award-winning 1978 Broadway musical Dancin’, this work evokes a 1930s nightclub where patrons step out to sizzling swing music. Epitomizing the choreographer’s distinctive style, Sing, Sing, Sing has come to be regarded as a crown jewel of Fosse choreography. Staging it for AMB will be musical-theater star Dylis Croman, a protégé of Fosse muse Ann Reinking and a cast member in the 2023 Broadway revival of Dancin’.

Ruth, Ricordi per Due – The final ballet created by Joffrey Ballet co-founder Gerald Arpino, this 2004 work is a stirring elegy set to music by Tomasso Albinnoni, beautifully evoking the Italian phrase of the subtitle: “Memories for Two”. From the Chicago Tribune: “Simple and pure, it’s a poem of profound love and grief.”

Appalachian Song – Erika Overturff’s 2017 work explores the heritage of the Appalachian region as told through the music of its people. The ballet weaves together life’s struggles and celebrations through stories of love, humor, heartache, loss, and perseverance.