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BODYTRAFFIC
BODYTRAFFIC

BODYTRAFFIC

Monday, November 3, 2025 • 7 PM Des Moines Civic Center
Monday, November 3, 2025 • 7 PM Des Moines Civic Center

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ABOUT THE SHOW

BODYTRAFFIC, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, is an internationally-renowned dance company proudly hailing from Los Angeles. It aims to endorse established and new voices and be a home for an eclectic range of styles and perspectives that tell vital stories. 

Challenge, passion, empathy, inclusion, and growth are at the heart of everything BODYTRAFFIC does. It seeks to elevate dance beyond an art form to a mode of exploration and celebration of ideas and spirit through movement. Because, after all, without movement, nothing changes.

Known pieces to be performed in Des Moines include:

  • A Million Voices – This work is inspired by Peggy Lee, a pioneer in the art of “persona,” and whose music spurs audiences to embrace the passion of living, even in the darkest of times.
  • Mayday – Using the timeless music of Buddy Holly, Mayday explores the looming specter that life can be cut short at any moment… yet we still dance and move toward love.
  • Snap – Inspired by the ethnically diverse yet isolating crowds of L.A., it urges audiences to “snap out of” social pressures to conform and connect with individuality and to other people. The performance uses the music of James Brown.
BODYTRAFFIC | November 3, 2025 | Des Moines Civic Center

Video: BODYTRAFFIC | November 3, 2025 | Des Moines Civic Center

Don't miss BODYTRAFFIC at the Des Moines Civic Center on Monday, November 3, 2025 as part of the 2025-26 Dance Series!

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