Amy Friedman

When members of the innovative Australian circus company Circa hit the Center for the Arts stage April 12, expect them to blur the lines of what acrobatics and circus can be, and explore what it means to be human in 2026.

The innovative Dorrance Dance Production "The Center Will Not Hold, a collaboration by Bessie Award-winning choreographer and breakdancer Ephrat “Bounce” Asherie and MacArthur “Genius” Grant awardee Michelle Dorrance, comes to the Center for the Arts May 2.

From Broadway to the Las Vegas strip to "America's Got Talent," master illusionist Rob Lake has wowed audiences with his mind-boggling skills, and now the Center for the Arts presents "The Magic of Rob Lake: Live from Broadway" on April 19 as part of the Family Series.

“Arguably the world’s most daring circus company” (The Guardian), Australian company Circa presents “jaw-dropping, seat-clawing” (ArtsHub) next level circus at the Center for the Arts on April 12.

Known as the Monty Python of the music world for more than 30 years, the Austrian brass septet Mnozil Brass pays homage to the “King of the Waltz” Johann Strauss at the Center for the Arts March 1.

Traditional Irish musical ensemble Danú celebrates its 30th anniversary, performing a concert the week of St. Patrick's Day at the Center for the Arts, on March 20.

March 1 is National Pig Day, and the Center for the Arts is looking ahead to Peppa Pig's special Family Series concert introducing kids to a live orchestra, coming up on April 11.

Celebrating America's 250th, Mark Morris Dance Group and Music Ensemble performs "Dances to American Music"

“Les Ballets Africains is not simply a dance company, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer said. “Its members also play drums, do gymnastics, sing and pantomime throughout the course of its full-length story works…[and] the troupe has attracted an incredibly talented group of powerful dancers who can manage the intense athleticism, stirring singing and dynamic acting skills that the storytelling productions demand.”

During Black History Month, experience performances at the Center for the Arts including Virginia Opera's "Intelligence," Les Ballets Africains, and the Dewberry School of Music concert by Mason Bands, titled "Dope."