hold on tight

Dancers: Amira Hogan. Photography: Brett Pruitt & East Market Studios.
Dancers: Amira Hogan Photography: Brett Pruitt & East Market Studios

Choreography: Caroline Dahm
Music: Original Score by Philip Daniel with “I Fall To Pieces” by Patsy Cline, The Jordanaires
Costume Design and Construction by Susan Roemer; S-Curve Apparel Design
Lighting Design by Trad A Burns

hold on tight is a visceral journey into the spaces between grasping and releasing. It’s in the loosening that we often find what’s worth holding on to. In the very act of release, we may find a deeper kind of hold. What are you holding on to?


World Premiere: May 9-18, 2025 at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts

hold on tight is a co-production of Kansas City Ballet and New Dance Partners.


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