DANCE
Performances This Week
BILL T. JONES/ARNIE ZANE DANCE COMPANY. Centennial Hall.
1020 E. University Blvd. UA Presents Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane
Dance Company, at 8 p.m. Saturday, April 18. There is a pre-performance
"Arts Encounters" discussion of Jones' work at 7:15
p.m. in room 101 of the Douglass Building. Tickets are $25, all
seats reserved, with discounts for faculty, staff, students with
ID and children under 18. Jones offers a free lecture, Unlocking
the Creative Process, at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 16 at Centennial
Hall. Call 621-3341 for tickets and information. Tickets are also
available at all Dillard's outlets, the Centennial box office
and the TCC box office. Contact Paula Bluemer at 612-8825 for
group ticketing information.
SPRING CHOREOGRAPHER'S SHOWCASE. Tucson Center for the
Performing Arts. 408 S. Sixth Avenue. The Zenith Dance Collective
presents A Spring Choreographer's Showcase, featuring the
work of several Collective members and independent artists, at
8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, April 16 through 18. Tickets
are $10, $8 for seniors, $6 or students with ID. Call 322-9021
for information.
SPRING SUITES. TCC Music Hall. 260 S. Church Ave. 791-4266.
The Tucson Philharmonica Youth Orchestra and the Ballet Arts Foundation's
BalleTucson team up to present Slaughter on Tenth Avenue,
Shostakovich's Ballet Suite #1, and other symphonic favorites
at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 19. Tickets are $9, $6 for seniors and
students with ID, available in advance at TCC box office and at
the door. Call 326-2793 or visit the web site http://www.tpyo.org
for information.
Announcements
AFRICAN DANCE. Learn the movements of dance from Guinea,
Senegal, Nigeria and Afro-Brazilian and Cuban regions with teacher
Denise Hawthorne Bey. You'll also learn the intricacies of the
music, and the traditional songs and their meanings. Classes meet
at 7 p.m. Wednesdays. Cost is $10 general, $8 for students, and
$5 for kids grades K through 12. The location of the classes has
recently changed. Call 623-8231 for new location information.
AUDITION NOTICE. The Isis Dance Theater Company is holding
auditions for intermediate to advanced ballet, jazz and/or modern
dancers over age 30 for forthcoming fall and spring productions.
The company is also looking for actors and singers over age 30
for an original, one-act musical production. Auditions are by
appointment only, and will continue until all positions are filled.
Contact Rosemary Tindall-Gibson at 323-8437 for information.
BALLROOM DANCING. Dance to live music from 8 to 11 p.m.
Wednesdays at Let's Dance Club, 6245 E. Bellevue. Singles and
couples of all skill levels are welcome. Experience a touch of
sophistication and romance with theme-dress occasions and a large,
decorated ballroom. Cost is $7, $5 for members, which includes
a free, professional dance lesson from 7 to 8 p.m. Annual membership
is $25. Call 885-4599 for information.
BELLY DANCE. DITD Club House. 2014 E. Broadway, Suite 212.
Join Marlena Mann for the workshop Interpretative Belly Dancing
from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 15. The cost is $5 for
members, $7 for non-members. Learn to sway your hips at a free
belly beginner's dance lesson, compliments of the Dancers in the
Desert Belly Dance Club, from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, April
23. Call Karen at 888-6044 for information.
DANCE AND DRUMS. The Barbea Williams Performing Company
announces classes in Pre-African and Pre-Ballet for children;
and African Brazilian/West African, African Cuban/West African,
and West African drum lessons for teens and adults. Registration
is on-going. Call 628-7785 for information.
ECSTATIC TRANCE DANCE. The Little Temple Community Healing
Arts Institute. 721 N. Second Ave. Ecstatic Trance Dancing
is a smoke- and alcohol-free evening of movement and music from
6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Sunday, April 26. Dress comfortably for a biorhythmic
evening on a body-friendly wood floor. Cost is $12 per session,
class size is limited. Call Karma Carpenter at 326-7230; or email:
kcarpenter@west.pima.edu, for information.
INSIDE DANCE. CFA Recital Hall. 2202 W. Anklam Road. Spiritualism
and religion in dance are explored in In Excelsis Deo,
a series of four multi-media presentations led by Gray Montague,
Executive Director of Ballet Arizona. Performances are scheduled
for 7 p.m. Tuesdays, continuing through April 14. All performances
are free. Call 206-6988 for information.
KIDS DANCE CLASSES. The Little Temple. 721 N. Second Ave.
A wiggle and stretch creative movement class for kids ages 3 to
6 is held from 10:15 to 11 a.m. Saturday mornings. Constant enrollment.
The cost is $25. Call 887-1603 for information.
MODERN DANCE. The Zenith Center. 330 E. Seventh St. Jennifer
Pollack teaches intermediate modern dance classes to help find
and strengthen your center, improve placement, and explore and
develop individual style from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Monday evenings.
Stretch and strengthen through modern dance from 9 to 11 a.m.
Tuesdays and Fridays. The cost is $10. Call 320-7844 for information.
ORTS CLASSES. 121 E. Seventh St. Orts Artistic Director
Anne Bunker teaches low-flying trapeze classes for adults and
children, and modern dance classes for adults and children of
all abilities. Call 744-4004 for information.
RELEASING DANCE CLASSES. The Little Temple. 721 N. Second
Ave. Join anytime for this fun and powerful form of play. Classes
are from 7 to 8:45 p.m. Monday evenings. Call 887-1603 for information.
SWING CLASSES. Boondocks Lounge. 3306 N. First Ave. Learn
to swing to the sounds of the Kings of Pleasure, free on Monday
evenings. Beginners' class is at 7:30 p.m., and intermediate dancers
meet at 8 p.m. Call 690-0991 for information.
WEST AFRICAN DANCE. Zenith Center. 330 E. Seventh St. Learn
songs and dances of West Africa and the West African Diaspora
from master dancer Donald Eno Washington. Mixed level classes
meet from 7:15 to 8:45 p.m. Tuesdays, and from 8 to 9:30 p.m.
Thursdays. Beginning classes are taught by Otehlia Kiser from
5:30 to 7 p.m. Thursdays. Call 770-0668 for information.
WEST AFRICAN DANCE FOR CHILDREN. The Zenith Center. 330
E. Seventh St. Debbie Dimmett and Martha Santos teach beginning
West African and Caribbean dance classes for children from 12:30
to 1:30 p.m. on Saturdays. Cost is $5 per class with special rates
available. Call 320-7844 for information.
WEST COAST SWING. Tucson Swing Dance Club. 6245 E. Bellevue
St. 573-3732. Get in the swing of things at the Tucson Swing Dance
Club every Thursday evening. Lessons are from 7 to 7:45 p.m. for
beginners, and 7:45 to 8:30 p.m. for intermediate dancers. General
dancing continues until 10:30 p.m. No partner necessary. Cost
is $3, $2 for members. Call 573-3732 for information.
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