Surround yourself in an enrapturing modern dance experience.
An audience favorite and quickly sold-out every year, Up-Close is not your typical dance performance. With the audience seated in the round in a fourth-wall-breaking experience, audience members can feel the movement through the floor, hear the breaths, and be part of the action.
It’s personal, powerful, and unlike any other show in the season.
Up-Close ’25 features world premieres by two choreographers.
Crystal Michelle is a Princess Grace Award Honoraria and Josie Award recipient who has performed works by some of the most lauded choreographers today (including Bill T. Jones, Donald McKayle, Donald Byrd, Ronald K. Brown, and many others). Michelle’s work Breath, Flesh, and Bone / A Manual for Lovers is a guidebook for those considering love, featuring original sound design, projection, and immersive technologies that evoke Black feminist oracles.
Hannah Williamson has performed in works by Dwight Rhoden (Complexions Contemporary Ballet), Gina Walther (Dayton Contemporary Dance Company), Sidra Bell, and many others. Her works tend to take audiences on mysterious psychological journeys with nostalgic undertones. Her creation for Up-Close ’25, titled Look Thrice, highlights unexpected connections we share in life: perspectives that cause our experiences to differ, but connect us nonetheless.
For more information, visit mutualdance.org/upclose25.
ADDITIONAL EVENTS:
Saturday, December 6, 2025, 12-1:30pm: Experienced dancers are invited to learn portions of Look Thrice in a repertory masterclass in the performance space, led by choreographer Hannah Williamson.
Friday, December 12, 2025: Young Professionals Night. Join our YP affinity group to be notified of events.
Saturday, December 13, 2025: American Sign Language interpretation provided at the performance.
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