Nimbus is an award-winning contemporary dance company. In The New Tide, choreographer Dawn Marie Bazemore explores the iconic 1940s-50s era photography of Gordon Parks and weaves stunning dancing, history and storytelling set to the transcendent music of the legendary Sam Cooke.

Artistic director Samuel Pott’s Spring honors Martha Graham’s seminal ballet from 1944 by exploring the sense of hope and optimism in Aaron Copland’s masterpiece, Appalachian Spring, while conveying a contemporary perspective on the continuity of spirit through cycles of seasons in nature and generations of Americans. Lehigh Professor, Paul Salerni, conducts the live orchestra.