BalletX announced that it will resume live performances this summer, and plans to hold four outdoor performances at Mann in Fairmount Park from June 24th to 26th. The performance will include three world premieres by choreographers Hope Boykin, Matthew Neenan and Dwight Rhoden. Tickets start at $35, On sale now.

Hope Boykin’s work is called “at a distance”, describing her work as “walking along the intertwined roads of our personal and collective abstract journeys”. It is not the end of the journey, but just another starting point, a place where all of us can start again. “It has the original scores of the jazz composer and Grammy Award-winning drummer Ali Jackson.

Matthew Neenan (Matthew Neenan) was inspired by Stephen Sondheim’s “unique rhythms” adapted from famous works, such as Steve Reich’s “Finishing the Hat” (Finishing the Hat). Hat and Wynton Marsalis (The Old Piano Roll). For his work,

Dwight Rhoden used choreography to deconstruct and reshape the classic music works of JS Bach and other classical composers, which inspired BalletX dancers to advance with passion, movement and contemporary ideals. Rodden said that the focus of ballet is “our relationship must last for courage and grace in challenge.”

As a result of the adoption of COVID-19, Mann has implemented a series of enhanced safety precautions, including mandatory masks and social seats with a certain distance, which will continue to develop in accordance with state and city public health guidelines.