Dayton Performing Arts Alliance

TO TRANSFORM LIVES THROUGH THE POWER OF MUSIC AND DANCE. TO BE OUR COMMUNITY'S INDISPENSABLE SOURCE FOR TRADITIONAL, DIVERSE AND INNOVATIVE EXPERIENCES IN BALLET, OPERA, AND ORCHESTRAL MUSIC.

DAYTON PHILHARMONIC - FOUNDED IN 1933, THE DAYTON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA (DPO) HAS A DISTINGUISHED PLACE AS ONE OF THE MIAMI VALLEY'S OLDEST AND LONGEST STANDING CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS. A REGIONAL ORCHESTRA WITH 83 CONTRACTED MUSICIANS AND RICH IN ARTISTIC TRADITION, THE PHILHARMONIC IS PROUD TO CALL THE WORLD CLASS, STATE OF THE ART BENJAMIN AND MARION SCHUSTER PERFORMING ARTS CENTER ITS HOME. THE DAYTON PHILARMONIC ORCHESTRA IS ONE OF THREE CROWNING JEWELS, ALONGSIDE DAYTON BALLET AND DAYTON OPERA, IN A GROUND-BREAKING AND INNOVATIVE MERGER INITIATED IN 2012, FORGING THREE ART FORMS INTO ONE ORGANIZATION NAMED THE DAYTON PERFORMING ARTS ALLIANCE. DPO ARTISTIC DIRECTOR AND CONDUCTOR NEAL GITTLEMAN INSPIRES EACH LISENER'S IMAGINATION WITH HIS UNIQUE PROGRAMMING, IN-DEPTH COMMENTS, EASY-GOING STYLE, AND INFECTIOUS ENTHUSIASM FOR MUSIC. HE SHARES IN THE DPAA'S GOAL TO BE THE INDISPENSIBLE SOURCE FOR TRADITIONAL, DIVERSE AND INNOVATIVE EXPERIENCES IN BALLET, OPERA, AND ORCHESTRAL MUSIC. THE DAYTON PHILHARMONIC PROUDLY PRESENTS A WIDE VARITY OF GENRES THROUGHOUT EACH SEASON, INCLUDING MASTERWORKS, SUPERPOPS, ROCKIN ORCHESTRA, AND FAMILY PROGRAMS, TOTALING 50-60 STUNNING PERFORMANCES EACH SEASON.

DAYTON BALLET - THE SECOND OLDEST BALLET COMPANY IN THE UNITED STATES, DAYTON BALLET IS KNOWN FOR ITS INNOVATIVE AND COLLABORATIVE ENDEAVORS. AS A DANCE COMPANY COMMITTED TO PRODUCING AND PRESENTING NEW WORK AS WELL AS PROMOTING BALLETS BY EVOLVING CHOREOGRAPHERS, THE DAYTON BALLET PROUDLY PRESENTED ITS 83RD SEASON OF PERFORMANCES WITH THE 2020-2021 SEASON. DAYTON BALLET IS KNOWN NATIONALLY AS "THE COMPANY OF PREMIERS", BEING ONE OF THE TOP THREE DANCE COMPANIES IN THE NATION THAT PRODUCES AND PRESENTS NEW WORK, AS WELL AS THE ONLY DANCE COMPANY TO ESTABLISH A FUND DESIGNATED SPECIFICALLY TO CREATE NEW FULL-LENGTH 21ST CENTURY BALLETS. UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF ARTISTIC DIRECTOR KAREN RUSSO BURKE, DAYTON BALLET HOSTS A SEASON OF FOUR TO FIVE PERFORMANCES THAT INCLUDES FAMILIAR TRADITIONAL STORY BALLETS, SUCH AS CINDERELLA, ROMEO AND JULIET, AND SWAN LAKE, THE CLASSIC FAMILY FRIENDLY HOLIDAY STAPLE THE NUTCRACKER AND NEW AND INNOVATIVE WORKS. THE HISTORIC 1,139 SEAT VICTORIA THEATRE AND THE STATE-OF-THE-ART 2,300 SEAT SCHUSTER CENTER ARE BOTH HOME TO THE DAYTON BALLET.

DAYTON OPERA - FROM THE FIRST MEETINGS OF ITS FOUNDERS IN THE FALL OF 1960, DAYTON OPERA HAS ENRICHED THE CULTURAL LIFE OF THE MIAMI VALLEY. DAYTON OPERA'S NEARLY 60-YEAR HISTORY BEGAN WHEN DAYTON OPERA PERFORMED ITS FIRST SEASON IN 1961-1962. IN 2003, DAYTON OPERA MOVED TO ITS NEW HOME AT THE STATE-OF-THE-ART BENJAMIN AND MARIAN SCHUSTER PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, ENABLING THE COMPANY TO PRODUCE BIGGER AND BETTER PRODUCTIONS IN AN ACOUSTICALLY SUPERIOR THEATRE. UNDER THE PREVIOUS LEADERSHIP OF ARTISTIC DIRECTOR THOMAS BANKSTON AND INCOMING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR KATHLEEN CLAWSON, DAYTON OPERA PRESENTS FOUR TO FIVE PRODUCTIONS EACH SEASON, FROM ENGAGING OPERAS FROM THE CLASSIC REPERTOIRE, SUCH AS THE BARBER OF SEVILLE AND MADAME BUTTERFLY, TO GROUNDBREAKING NEW WORKS, SUCH AS THE CONSUL AND DEAD MAN WALKING, CREATED BY THOUGHT-PROVOKING 20TH CENTURY COMPOSERS, TO GRAND SWEEPING OPERATIC EVENTS, FROM AIDA TO LA BOHEME TO CARMEN. DAYTON OPERA HAS PROVEN ITSELF AS A WORLD-CLASS OPERA COMPANY, ATTRACTING RICHLY TALENTED SINGERS AND STAGE DIRECTORS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND AROUND THE WORLD.

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