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NC State LIVE | Spring 2024

Arrive curious. Leave inspired.

NC State LIVE | SPRING PERFORMANCES

Two dancers from Company Herve Koubi - one caught flipping in midair, one with on a knee with one arm outstretched. Photo by Nathalie Sternalski.

Compagnie Hervé KOUBI
JAN 27 at 7:30pm
Stewart Theatre
SOLD OUT

In this highly physical, stunningly fluid work, 14 all-male virtuoso urban street performers from Algeria, Morocco and the Mediterranean basin defy gravity. With a rich movement vocabulary combining capoeira, urban and contemporary dance, Compagnie Hervé KOUBI deftly marries strength with vulnerability.

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Murielle Elizéon stands with her back to the camera in a giant dress bathed in a projection of branches and water. Photo by Sarah Marguier.

Murielle Elizéon & Shana Tucker
FEB 8-16
North Carolina Museum of Art
SOLD OUT

When We were Queens…, a multidisciplinary performance by French choreographer Murielle Elizéon in collaboration with acclaimed musician Shana Tucker, will have its world premiere in February at the North Carolina Museum of Art.

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Axis Theatre performs Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch

KIDSTUFF: Axis Theatre Company in Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch
FEB 25 at 3pm
Stewart Theatre

With captivating puppetry and innovative set design, Eileen Spinelli’s heartwarming tale of transformation from loneliness to friendship springs to life. Recommended for children ages 3 to 10 and their families.

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Alexa in the street in NYC with her saxophone. Photo by Anna Yatskevich.

Alexa Tarantino Quartet
MAR 1 at 7:30pm
Stewart Theatre

Jazz saxophone and woodwind artist Alexa Tarantino wowed us in February 2023 when she played here with the inimitable Cécile McLorin Salvant. Alexa on the road with Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, and her own Alexa Tarantino Quartet (who will be performing with her in Stewart Theatre).

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Pedrito Martinez and his band laughing in front of graffiti.

Pedrito Martínez Group
MAR 23 at 7:30pm
Stewart Theatre

With his hypnotic drumming and captivating personality, Pedrito is one of those special artists who our audiences ask for time and time again. A consummate master of Afro-Cuban folkloric music, Pedrito has recorded or performed with some of the biggest names in music. Welcome him back to his North Carolina home.

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Musicians from Small Island Big song smiling and dancing. Photo by Kimmi Cranes.

Small Island Big Song
APR 12 at 7:30pm
Stewart Theatre

Small Island Big Song brings together Indigenous artists from across the island nations of the Pacific and Indian Oceans, a region at the frontline of the climate crisis, as sea level rise threatens their homelands. These musicians have come together with filmmakers, oceanographers, scientists, and poets to create a concert experience that Billboard calls, “One coherent jaw dropping piece.” Don’t miss the finale to our mainstage season!

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Ariel photo of LIVE at Lake Raleigh concert

LIVE@Lake Raleigh
April 4 & 18 | May 2 & 16

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It Takes a Village

NC State LIVE is supported in part by grants from the City of Raleigh based on recommendations of the Raleigh Arts Commission, South Arts in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts, and the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural & Cultural Resources. LIVE@Lake Raleigh is generously supported by Eastman and 88.1 WKNC.