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Ballet Florida presents "Romeo and Juliet," March 17-18, at The Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, West Palm Beach, FL. For tickets and information, contact the Ballet Florida Box Office at 561.659.2000 or 800.540.0172, or the Kravis Center Box Office at 561.832.7469 or 800.KRAVIS1...Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley also presents "Romeo and Juliet," with choreography by Dennis Nahat, March 9-12 at the San Jose Center for the Performing Arts in San Jose. For tickets, call 408.288.2800 or visit them online at www.balletsanjose.org.
News from the Art and Culture Center of Hollywood [FL]: They will present a master class with Giovanni Luquini Performance Troupe on Saturday, March 18. Appropriate for all skill levels, this contemporary dance class will take place from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Hollywood Central Performing Arts Center, 1770 Monroe St. Theater doors open at 10:30 a.m. Giovanni Luquini's workshop uses technique and movement sequences that address the needs of active and aspiring performers working in, or seeking to work in contemporary dance. Full of athleticism and style, this class challenges the dancer's rhythm and endurance. Luquini's movement focuses on the use of Capoeira, a Brazilian martial art, within the practice of contemporary performance, and how it relates to body awareness and stamina. Class participants should wear comfortable, loose clothing and be prepared to remove their shoes. Cost is $12 per person.
The Center also presents Elisa Monte Dance at 8 p.m. at the Hollywood Central Performing Arts Center on Friday, March 31 and Saturday, April 1, 2006. A master class with Elisa Monte Dance occurs on Saturday. The acclaimed Elisa Monte Dance has performed in more than 40 countries and is widely recognized for its highly athletic and sensual style and its technical and physical acuity. Elise Monte's daring and intense choreography shimmers with physicality and virtuosity, showcasing some of the most memorable moments in modern dance. Pelvic contractions, balletic leaps, and rapid pirouettes are part of Monte's style. She is also known for dark, churning, soul-searching dances as well as steamy duets that stir viewers' passions. Performance cost: $22 individuals, $18 members, and $20 for students and seniors. Tickets are also $18 per person for groups of 10 or more people. The master class cost is $12 per person. To register or receive more information on either Giovanni Luquini Performance Troupe or Elisa Monte Dance and/or master class, please call 954.924.8175 or visit www.artandculturecenter.org.
Boston Ballet Artistic Director Mikko Nissinen announced today that Bonnie Mathis has been appointed Director of Boston Ballet II, the Ballet's pre-professional second company...Dance Art Group (DAG) presents a Steve Paxton Workshop: "Material for the Spine," March 20-26, Seattle, WA. Check www.danceartgroup.org for more information.
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago presents their Spring Season, March 22-April 9 at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance in Millennium Park. Contact them at 312.455.8240, or visit them online at www.hubbardstreetdance.com...Don't forget about "Jazz on Tap" (the metro Atlanta Jazz and Tap Dance Festival) hosted by DanceFest, Inc. and Dancentre South Company. It is March 3-5. Following it is BalletFest Atlanta 2006, March 11. Both were founded by Marcus R. Alford. For more information and tickets for both events, call 770.516.7229.
Mark Morris will make his conducting debut with the MMDG Music Ensemble and the Juilliard Choral Union during a month long celebration at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, March 2006. The Mark Morris Company will present 3 separate programs during this special event. For ticket and program
information, call 718.624.8400 or log onto www.mmdg.org ...City Ballet of San Diego, under the direction of Steven and Elizabeth Wistrich, presents Balanchine's "Rubies" and "Apollo" and a work by Elizabeth Wistrich entitled "Enigma." Performances are March 3-4. Log onto www.cityballet.org for more information.
Dominican University of California and Alonzo King's LINES Ballet School will on Monday, January 16 (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day) announce their new partnership in a unique joint educational program: the Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Dance. The BFA in Dance will combine Dominican's comprehensive liberal arts education with the technically rigorous and artistically expansive dance training of Alonzo King's LINES Ballet School. The four-year program will make its debut in fall 2006, with classes held in San Rafael and in downtown San Francisco.
The new BFA program will allow dancers to combine their plans for a professional dance career with the collegiate experience. The LINES / Dominican BFA program is only the second such degree in dance program anywhere in the country, and the only such program on the west coast. (The only other BFA in Dance to be affiliated with a major company, comparable in stature to LINES Ballet, is the Alvin Ailey American Dance Center/Fordham University program in New York City).
The LINES/Dominican BFA in Dance program will offer a curriculum that combines intensive ballet training with improvisation and composition studies. The program offers the knowledge and insight of intensive study in an artistic discipline, which can enrich and inform one's life in profound ways, regardless of career path.
The curriculum includes ballet, modern dance, ethnic dance, Gyrotonic(R) /Gyrokinesis(R), dance history, improvisation, composition, acting, percussion, expository writing, speech and rhetoric, math, anatomy/kinesiology, social sciences, ethics, and a cultural heritage colloquium. The culmination of the creative work of the program will be a Senior Project. Building on the knowledge and skills developed throughout the program, students will develop and complete a work of choreography to be presented to the community. Dance and choreography courses will be held at the LINES Ballet's San Francisco Dance Center (SFDC), the largest dance facility on the West Coast. General education and theory courses will be held at Dominican University. For more information, visit www.linesballet.org or www.dominican.edu
Career Transition for Dancers presents "Winter Heat II," a hot evening of music, dance, food and entertainment, on March 2nd at 7:00pm at the Copacabana in NYC. For information, call 212.764.0172...The Atlanta Ballet will appear at Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts on March 12th at 2:00 pm as part of the "World of Dance" series. This performance will feature two New York premieres: "Jupiter," by John McFall and "Sinfonietta Giocosa," by Christopher Hampson. For tickets, call the box office at 718.951.4500
or visit the site online at
www.brooklyncenteronline.org.
Saeko Ichinohe Dance Company will have a 36th Anniversary Celebration on Saturday, April 1st at 3:30 pm and 7:30 pm at The Ailey Citigroup Theater (The Joan Weill Center for Dance) in NYC. The program will include three pieces, including a world and New York premieres. For ticket information, call 212.757.2531...Manassas Dance Company will perform "Spring Gala" on Sat., March 25th at 7pm and Sun., March 26th at 5pm, at Metz Junior High School in Manassas, VA. Call the Company at 703.257.1811 for tickets.