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Dance Column for June 2009
Dancers revel in rose gardens, create new works and collaborate to dances from the Baroque era: Reach, a movement collective, inc.; Bach Aria Soloists with the Owen/Cox Dance Group; Gamelan Genta Kasturi; KC Youth Ballet; Quixotic.
Reach...a movement collective, inc.
Live. Breathe. Dance
Saturday, June 6 at 8 p.m.
Off Center Theatre/Crown Center
2450 Grand Blvd, Kansas City, MO
Established in 1998, Reach...a movement collective, inc. is a diverse group of local dancers and artists who come together to present a variety of different works that span the scope of modern dance: contemporary, theatrical, comical and experimental. This concert will feature new works presented by Bobbi Foudree, Kat Kimmitz, Marisa MacKay, Stephanie Whittler and Gwen Yoshimra, as well as a new piece by past Reach director and current cross-country choreographer/dancer, M. Suzanne Ryan. An encore performance of Marisa MacKay's "Wind Damage" which debuted in the informal concert of The Choreographer's Festival in Lawrence, Kansas (2008), showcasing the Reach dancers, including Christopher Dunn, Bobbi Foudree, Kat Kimmitz, Marisa MacKay, Maggie Osgood, Richard Parsons, Stephanie Whittler, Jo Wertz and Gwen Yoshimra.
For tickets call 816-842-9999 or online at https://tickets.ahtkc.com/Online/default.asp CHECK THIS OUT!
Owen/Cox Dance Group with the Bach Aria Soloists
World Premiere, Baroque in Motion
Saturday, June 6 at 7:30 p.m.
White Recital Hall, Performing Arts Center, UMKC,
4949 Cherry St., KCMO 64110
The Owen/Cox Dance Group is a young company in the area that features very
accomplished dancers, doing original works of choreography, and often performing to original music. The Bach Aria Soloists is a dynamic ensemble dedicated to the brilliant music of Bach, the Baroque, and contemporary music. In this collaborative world premiere event, featuring violinist Elizabeth Suh Lane and dancer/choreographer Jennifer Owen, will present original dance set to the Baroque sounds of the Bach Aria Soloists. Included in the program will be Bach's Sonata No. 6 for Violin & Harpsicord, Ravel's Sonata for Violin & Cello.
For tickets call 816-235-6222 or online at www.bachariasoloists.org.
UMKC Conservatory of Music presents
Gamelan Genta Kasturi
Saturday, June 6 at 7:30 p.m.
Pierson Auditorium, University Center
UMKC Campus
5000 Rockhill Rd, Kansas City MO
Founded in 2003 by I Ketut Gede Asnawa and family, the ensemble was led by Mr. Asnawa until his appointment in 2007 as professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign as part of the Center For World Music. The Gamelan Genta Kasturi (Ensemble of Blossoming Sound) will present a concert of traditional and modern Balinese Music and Dance with special guests from Bali, Indonesia, including I Ketut Gede Asnawa, his wife Putu Oka Mardiani, and daughters Ayu Putu Niastarika, Ni Made Nias Yunirika and Ni Nyoman Nias Yonitika.
Free admission. a donation of $10 is suggested.
For tickets call 816-235-1515 or online at http://conservatory.umkc.edu/community_academy/gamelan.aspx
Kansas City Ballet presents
Kansas City Youth Ballet
Sunday, June 7, 2009,3 p.m.
Loose Park Rose Garden
5200 Pennsylvania Ave., Kansas City, MO
Founded in the Spring of 1997, the Kansas City Youth Ballet is a non-profit dance company attached to the Kansas City Ballet School. The company is made up of younger dancers, aged 13-18 years, who study at the Kansas City Ballet School, under the directorship of Alecia Good. These performances showcase many original works by local and national choreographers, and occasionally, new emerging artists. This is family entertainment suitable for all ages.
Free Admission. For more information visit www.kcballet.org/kcbschool/kcwyb/schedule.html
Quixotic Dance Fusion
Lux Esalare
Friday, June 19 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, June 20 at 8 p.m.
Thursday, June 25 at 8 p.m.
Friday, June 26 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, June 27 at 8 p.m.
Spencer Theatre at UMKC
4949 Cherry, Kansas City, MO
Founded in Kansas City in 2004 Quixotic is the brainchild of award winning sound designer & visual artist Anthony Magliano and by award winning dancer/choreographer Keelan Whitmore.
Quixotic is an ensemble of musicians, dancers, aerialists, composers, designers, and choreographers collaborating to produce new forms of artistic expression. This inventive group of artists goes beyond the limits of any specific art form to create a total sensory experience for its audience. Quixotic makes performance art interactive and eliminates the barrier between performer and audience.
Lux Esalare features imaginative aerial and dance works to an all new sound track featuring live video feeds and unique interactive projection surfaces.
For tickets call 816-235-6222 or online at www.quixoticfusion.com
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