{"id":50687,"date":"2025-04-24T22:08:40","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T22:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=50687"},"modified":"2025-04-24T22:08:40","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T22:08:40","slug":"dallas-cowboys-cheerleaders-to-appear-at-titas-gala-alongside-ballerinas-modern-dancers-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=50687","title":{"rendered":"Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders to appear at TITAS gala alongside ballerinas, modern dancers"},"content":{"rendered":"<section>Along with the typical lineup of ballerinas, danseurs and modern movers, the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders are part of this year\u2019s TITAS fundraising gala, Command Performance. The group will perform its traditional pre-game routine \u201cThunderstruck\u201d to the AC\/DC song.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been thinking about how we need to celebrate success in the commercial world, and the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders are the best at what they do,\u201d says TITAS director Charles Santos. \u201cThey will be fun and fabulous in the gala.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The rest of the program features a dozen classical and contemporary solos and duets by members of some of the top dance companies in the country. Several are making their first appearance at Command Performance, including Dylan Wald and Elle Macy of Pacific Northwest Ballet. Wald will perform Jessica Lang\u2019s <i>The Calling<\/i> and partner with Macy for pas de deux from Edwaard Liang\u2019s <i>The Veil Between Worlds<\/i> and Benjamin Millepied\u2019s <i>Appassionata<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>The others making their gala debuts are Misa Kuranaga of San Francisco Ballet and former American Ballet Theatre member Daniil Simkin, who will perform the famous <i>White Swan <\/i>and <i>Le Corsaire <\/i>duets.<\/p>\n<p>Returning are Adji Cissoko and Shuaib Elhassan of Alonzo King LINES Ballet in pas de deux from King\u2019s <i>Deep<\/i> <i>River <\/i>and<i> Ma m\u00e8re l\u2019Oye; <\/i>Complexions Contemporary Ballet\u2019s<i> <\/i>Christian Burse in Dwight Rhoden\u2019s <i>Growth (A Part of a Bigger Picture<\/i>) and Jae Man Joo\u2019s <i>Cry Me<\/i>; and MOMIX\u2019s Heather Magee and Jason Williams in Moses Pendleton\u2019s <i>Millennium Skiva, <\/i>Magee and Seah Hagen in Pendleton\u2019s <i>Baths of Caracalla <\/i>and Hagen in Pendleton and Cynthia Quinn\u2019s <i>The Wind Up<\/i>.<\/p>\n<h2><b>Details<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>April 26 at 6 p.m. at Winspear Opera House, 2403 Flora St. $50-$190. attpac.org. Sponsorships available at titas.org\/command-performance.<\/p>\n<p><i>Arts Access is an arts journalism collaboration powered by The Dallas Morning News and KERA.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>This community-funded journalism initiative is funded by the Better Together Fund, Carol &amp; Don Glendenning, City of Dallas OAC, Communities Foundation of Texas, The University of Texas at Dallas, The Dallas Foundation, Eugene McDermott Foundation, James &amp; Gayle Halperin Foundation, Jennifer &amp; Peter Altabef and The Meadows Foundation. The News and KERA retain full editorial control of Arts Access\u2019 journalism.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Manuel Mendoza is a freelance writer and a former staff critic at The Dallas Morning News.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pre-game routine \u2018Thunderstruck\u2019 part of night of solos and duets by some of the country\u2019s best classical and contemporary performers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":50688,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders to appear at TITAS gala alongside ballerinas, modern dancers - 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