Rasta Thomas' Bad Boys of Dance

04-15-2010 - 04-17-2010

Thursday, Friday, Saturday

Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts

http://www.AnnenbergCenter.org

Annenberg Center - Zellerbach Theater - 3680 Walnut Street University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia PA 19104

Admission: $24-$42 (afternoon performances) $28-$48 (evening performances)

2158983900

http://www.AnnenbergCenter.org

Start Time(s): Thursday, April 15 at 7:30 pm Friday, April 16 at 8 pm Saturday, April 17 at 2 pm and 8 pm

Wunderkind and prodigy Rasta Thomas (winner of just about every gold medal at major international ballet competitions) wants to show you that men can dance His troupe, Bad Boys of Dance, features the most versatile virtuosi male dancers on the planet These techno wonders can and do anything and everything, fusing hip-hop, capoeira, jazz, and contemporary ballet into one awe-inspiring event, wowing audiences worldwide You’ve seen some of his dancers on TV’s So You Think You Can Dance, but you’ll have to attend the show to find out if you think they can dance! These performances are part of the Dance Celebration Series, presented by Dance Affiliates and Penn Presents

MOMIX: Botanica

05-20-2010 - 05-22-2010

Thursday, Friday, Saturday

Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts

http://www.AnnenbergCenter.org

Annenberg Center - Zellerbach Theater - 3680 Walnut Street University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia PA 19104

Admission: $24-$42 (afternoon performances) $28-$48 (evening performances)

2158983900

http://www.AnnenbergCenter.org

Start Time(s): Thursday, May 20 at 7:30 pm Friday, May 21 at 8 pm Saturday, May 22 at 2 pm and 8 pm

From the creator of Lunar Sea, Opus Cactus, Baseball, Orbit, and Passion, comes Botanica Creating a total theatrical dance environment, MOMIX returns to the Annenberg Center and transforms the stage into other worldly beauty, transfixing the audience with their special brand of stage magic MOMIX combines larger-than-life athletic dance, riveting music, inventive costumes and props to create a world of surrealistic images, brought to life by a cast of dancer-illusionists Costumes, projections, and props designed by Michael Curry (The Lion King) evoke a vivid landscape populated by Artistic Director Moses Pendleton’s whimsical, mythical imagination These performances are part of the Dance Celebration Series, presented by Dance Affiliates and Penn Presents

Composer and former “hoofer” Junior Dolan makes his way from vaudeville to the Russian Ballet by way of the gangster underworld in this groundbreaking 1936 musical Its jazz ballet finale, “Slaughter on Tenth Avenue,” remains a repertory staple of ballet companies worldwide The sparkling score by Rodgers and Hart includes standards like “Glad to Be Unhappy” and “There’s a Small Hotel” A joint production of the Brind School and the UArts School of Dance

Just Dance

04-10-2010 - 04-11-2010

Sunday, Saturday

Schuylkill Valley Regional Dance Company

http://www.svrdc.org

Tri-County Performing Arts Center - 245 E High Street Pottstown PA 19464

Admission: $15 Adults, $10 Students/Seniors, 20% off for groups of 10 or more

484-941-0683

thesvrdc@yahoo.com

http://www.danceboxoffice.com

Start Time(s): 4/10/10 - 2 pm 4/10/10 - 7:30 pm 4/11/10 - 2 pm

The Schuylkill Valley Regional Dance Company presents an exciting and fun family event featuring Ballet, Modern, Jazz, and Ethnic dance styles at the new Tri-County Arts Center featuring internationally known choreographer, Michelle Jones Wurtz Don't miss it!

 Brandywine Ballet will perform a new, original work by choreographer Nancy Page set to the music of Samuel Barber as part of Chester County’s 2010 Samuel Barber Festival The festival is a tribute to the 100th Anniversary of Samuel Barber, an internationally celebrated composer and West Chester native Festival planners have scheduled a number of area recitals, concerts, and exhibits throughout

InHale Performance Series

05-14-2010 - 05-14-2010

Friday

CHI Movement Arts Center

http://www.kunyanglin.org

CHI Movement Arts Center - 1316 S 9th Street Philadelphia PA 19147

Admission: $10

267-687-3739

Start Time(s): 7:30 pm

Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers' InHale Performance Series is a community initiative to help local and emerging movement artists perform their work Selected artists receive free performance space, technical assistance and audience feedback

ContempraDance Theatre presents "Philly's Dance Collective" a weekend of extraordinary dance at the Painted Bride featuring area renowned professional companies/artists in all genres of dance Friday, May 21 performers: Kelly Adorno/coEXISTdance, ContempraDance Theatre, Diana Jewell & Dancers, MarDelDance, Versatile Hip Hop Dance Company, Dangerous And Movin’ Dance Company, ETCH Dance Co Saturday, May 22 performers: ContempraDance Theatre, JT Lotus Dance Company, Kate Jordan Dance Theatre, The Moving Company, Charles Tyson Jr, Melange Contemporary Dance Company, Christina Catanese and Julia Cuccaro

ContempraDance Theatre's Afternoon of Eclectic Dance Works

05-22-2010 - 05-22-2010

Saturday

ContempraDance Theatre

http://www.contempradancetheatre.org

Painted Bride Art Center - 230 Vine Street Philadelphia PA 19106

Admission: $20

6102253007

info@contempradance.com

http://danceboxoffice.com

Start Time(s): 2:30 pm

ContempraDance Theatre presents an afternoon of eclectic dance works featuring two premiere dance works by Artistic Director, Gail Vartanian with guest choreographer John Corsa (Parsons Dance Company) and guest musician, Myke Knauff Performance begins at 2:30 pm followed by a special performance of the “Youth Regional Dance Festival”, the regions top pre-professional youth dance companies featuring, ContempraYouth Dancers, Chester Valley Dance Company, LeRoux School of Dance, Hand Cap Dance, Nardhana Academy of Dance, Lederach Dance Co, Dance One Contemporary Ballet Theatre, Do Crew, Do Tap

First State Ballet Theatre presents Swan Lake, the timeless classic story of love and deception, danced to Tchaikovsky's glorious music by Delaware's professional ballet company An event to be enjoyed by all ages!

CEC New Edge Presents the Nora Gibson Performance Project

04-09-2010 - 04-11-2010

Sunday, Friday, Saturday

Community Education Center

http://www.cecarts.org

Community Education Center - Meeting House Theatre - 3500 Lancaster Avenue Philadelphia PA 19104

Admission: $12, $10 Students and Seniors

www.brownapertickets.com

https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/102622

Start Time(s): Friday and Saturday: 8 pm Sunday: 3 pm

The CEC/Community Education Center is proud to present the final New Edge Resident Artists performance of its 25th Anniversary Season Nora Gibson, director of Nora Gibson Performance Project, unveils her evening length dance work entitled Vested Souls at the CEC where she has been a resident artist for the last nine months The stark and beautiful work depicts "the elegant struggle of the Everyman in five vignettes" Vested Souls takes its passion from Gibson’s personal experiences in the workplace and her view that often people are ambivalent about career and torn between work and their personal lives Gibson's work reflects her post-modern sensibilities and her roots in classical ballet For this project Gibson has enlisted two collaborators, Michael Reiley McDermott and Clifford Greer, Jr McDermott has created an original music score with a wide-ranging sound palette including classical strings and piano as well as digital and mechanized sounds and lighting designer Greer lends his expertise to sculpt just the right texture and mood the work Photos by Deborah Boardman

Brandywine Ballet Theatre will appear as a guest company in Opus 1 Contemporary Dance Company’s upcoming Painted Bride performance Brandywine Ballet Theatre will perform a piece featuring the choreography of Opus 1 founders Tim Early and Lina McMenamin and the music of Led Zeppelin The work is a fifteen-minute contemporary dance piece divided into four sections Each section comprises a different Led Zeppelin song The featured songs are "Black Dog", "Bonzo’s Montreux", "I’m Gonna Crawl", and "Whole Lotta Love" The dance features twelve dancers dressed in black vests, pants, and shoes The choreographers intend for the setting to elicit a bar or club environment Choreographer Tim Early described the work as “jazzy, raw, and rough around the edges” The program includes four other works performed by Opus 1

Football University

06-11-2010 - 06-13-2010

Sunday, Friday, Saturday

Football University

http://www.FootballUniversity.org

Valley Forge Military Academy and College - 1001 Eagle Road Wayne PA 19087

Admission: Free

973-366-5027

www.FootballUniversity.org

http://www.FootballUniversity.org

Start Time(s): Fri 5-9:30 pm Sat 7 am-5 pm Sun 7 am-2 pm

Football University will be shooting their reality show The Ride that plays on FoxSportsnet & Comcast , This has been aired nationally going into it's second season as MTV will air episodes also Elite Training with Top NFL Coaches & Instructors ,training some of the Top High School & Youth players from around the Country

Brandywine Ballet has earned licensing and approval from the George Balanchine Trust in New York to perform the company debut of Balanchine’s Valse-Fantaisie The Trust has assigned Jessica Gattinella, formerly of Pennsylvania Ballet to act as the company’s repetiteur Valse-Fantaisie represents the fourth George Balanchine ballet that Brandywine Ballet has had the distinct honor of performing Also on the program, a new, original work by choreographer Nancy Page set to the music of Samuel Barber as part of Chester County’s 2010 Samuel Barber Festival The festival is a tribute to the 100th Anniversary of Samuel Barber, an internationally celebrated composer and West Chester native

Moscow Festival Ballet returns to The Grand to perform the classic story ballet of Sleeping Beauty performed to the soaring music of Tchaikovsky and presented by one of the leading ballet companies of Europe With dancers and choreographers recruited from the Kirov, Bolshoi and other accomplished troupes, Moscow Festival Ballet embodies the mastery of the ballet “Energized with dramatic expression and sensational steps,” says The Chronicle Special family matinee at a special time! The Moscow Festival Ballet has toured extensively throughout the United States, beginning with a Coast-to-Coast tour in the Winter/Spring of 1997 and returning in 2001, 2004 and 2006 During the 2009-2010 season, the company returns to America for a 17-week tour

BalletX: Spring Series 2010 at The Wilma Theater

04-14-2010 - 04-18-2010

Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday

BalletX

http://www.balletx.org/

The Wilma Theater - 265 S Broad Street Philadelphia PA 19107

Admission: General $30 Senior $25 Student $20

215-546-7824

info@balletx.org

http://ticketing.theatrealliance.org/tickets/eventDetails.aspx?id=8543&org=wt

Start Time(s): 4/14-4/17 at 8:00 pm 4/17-4/18 at 2:00 pm

Contemporary dance company BalletX presents four new ballets from a diverse cast of dance makers, both well-established and emerging, in a dance program filled with cutting edge choreography, beautiful bodies, breathtaking technique and passion New York-based THANG DAO premieres ONE WORLD PLAY exploring “the way we use and manipulate words to construct our identity and power”; with dazzling costumes by fashion designer Calvin Tran, set to the music by Ezio Bosso LAUREN PUTTY takes a journey to help us reveal who we truly are in HIDE, set to the songs from Radiohead, The Postal Service and Vitamin String Quartet BalletX's co-artistic director CHRISTINE COX celebrates Spring with ‘X’ OR ‘Y,’ a lively light work set to Mozart’s score and an electro-tango ensemble COX also returns to the dance floor in the company premiere of CARRY ME, a classic Philadelphia dance duet by MYRA BAZELL and MONICA FAVAND originally premiered with Group Motion Dance Company in 1992

The ballet Coppelia with music, adapted for young audiences and performed by Pages to Pirouettes Fun for all ages