Rhiannon Giddens, Francesco Turrisi, Nashville Ballet to Tour US with 'Lucy Negro Redux' in 2022

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Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi will perform live with the Nashville Ballet on a five-city, twelve-performance tour of Lucy Negro Redux, a piece conceived, written, and choreographed by Paul Vasterling with music written by Giddens. The piece, based on the book by Caroline Randall Williams, debuted with three sold-out performances in Nashville in 2019. The tour begins with five performances at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center in Nashville, March 18-26, 2022, followed by stops in Denver, Santa Fe, Kansas City, and Norfolk, Virginia.

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Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi will perform live with the Nashville Ballet on a five-city, twelve-performance United States tour of Lucy Negro Redux, a piece conceived, written, and choreographed by Paul Vasterling with music written by Giddens. The piece, based on the book by Caroline Randall Williams, debuted with three sold-out performances in Nashville in 2019. The tour begins with five performances at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center's Polk Theatre in Nashville, March 18-26, 2022, followed by stops in Denver, Santa Fe, Kansas City, and Norfolk, Virginia. For details and tickets, see below or visit nonesuch.com/on-tour.

Hailed by the New York Times as “wildly original” and “a full-throated, full-bodied exploration of love and desire, exultation and loss, belonging and expulsion, ownership and autonomy,” Lucy Negro Redux explores the mysterious love life of William Shakespeare and his illustrious muses the “Dark Lady” and the “Fair Youth.” For more, visit nashvilleballet.com.

LUCY NEGRO REDUX ON TOUR

Mar 18–20, 25, 26 Polk Theater, Tennessee Performing Arts Center Nashville, TN
Mar 29, 30 Newman Center Denver, CO
Apr 3 Lensic Performing Arts Center Santa Fe, NM
Apr 7 Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts Kansas City, MO
Apr 22, 23 Chrysler Hall Norfolk, VA
     
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Rhiannon Giddens, Nashville Ballet: 'Lucy Negro Redux'
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    Rhiannon Giddens, Francesco Turrisi, Nashville Ballet to Tour US with 'Lucy Negro Redux' in 2022

    Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi will perform live with the Nashville Ballet on a five-city, twelve-performance United States tour of Lucy Negro Redux, a piece conceived, written, and choreographed by Paul Vasterling with music written by Giddens. The piece, based on the book by Caroline Randall Williams, debuted with three sold-out performances in Nashville in 2019. The tour begins with five performances at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center's Polk Theatre in Nashville, March 18-26, 2022, followed by stops in Denver, Santa Fe, Kansas City, and Norfolk, Virginia. For details and tickets, see below or visit nonesuch.com/on-tour.

    Hailed by the New York Times as “wildly original” and “a full-throated, full-bodied exploration of love and desire, exultation and loss, belonging and expulsion, ownership and autonomy,” Lucy Negro Redux explores the mysterious love life of William Shakespeare and his illustrious muses the “Dark Lady” and the “Fair Youth.” For more, visit nashvilleballet.com.

    LUCY NEGRO REDUX ON TOUR

    Mar 18–20, 25, 26 Polk Theater, Tennessee Performing Arts Center Nashville, TN
    Mar 29, 30 Newman Center Denver, CO
    Apr 3 Lensic Performing Arts Center Santa Fe, NM
    Apr 7 Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts Kansas City, MO
    Apr 22, 23 Chrysler Hall Norfolk, VA
         
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