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Dance Column for March 9 -22
KC Ballet and UMKC, UMKC Senior Dance Recitals, Reach Spring Fling 2009
UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance
UMKC Senior Dance Recitals
Thursday, March 5, 2009 at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, March 8, 2009 at 2 p.m.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009 at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 14, 2009 at 7:30 p.m.
White Recital Hall, Performing Arts Center,
4949 Cherry St., KCMO 64110
In preparation for their professional careers, graduating senior dance students must present works of their mastery of the dance to fulfill their requirements for graduation. These performance requirements must include original works by the students, as well as a choreographed ensemble piece, and a solo.
The Senior Dance Recitals are always fresh and exciting to see, for they showcase new talent at the beginning of their careers, before they join professional dance companies across the USA.
Free Admission. For information call 816-235-2799
or online at www.conservatory.umkc.edu/calendarofevents.aspx
Reach... a movement collective, inc. presents
Reach Spring Fling 2009
Thursday, March 12, 5:30 p.m. - 11:30 p.m.
Czar Bar,
1531 Grand Blvd, Kansas City, MO 64108
Reach... a movement collective, inc. is a small, but refreshingly creative, not-for-profit, Modern Dance company. This show is their annual Spring fundraiser and will be held in a bar venue, and featuring some of the KC Crossroads most popular (and edgy) entertainers. The program includes performances by Reach (a movement collective), Heidi Van and the Coppelia Project (a feminist clown mime version of Coppelia), Brian Padavic and Jake Eisfelder, Sweet Louise, Loaded Dice (comedy improv), Spite (like your psycho ex-girlfriend without the restraining order), and Unleashed.
$10 suggested donation at the door. For more information, go online to www.reachkc.org/
Carlsen Center at JCCC
In the Mood, a 1940s Musical Revue
Sunday, March 15 at 2:00 p.m.
Carlsen Center, JCCC
12345 College Blvd, OPKS
This big band swing, theatrical, musical review brings the memorable music and dance of the Greatest Generation to the stage. Featured will be 1940s and WWII retro songs and acts, including music by Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey, Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, Harry James, Erskin Hawkins, the Andrews Sisters, Frank Sinatra, and others. Authentic music, arrangements, choreography, and costumes from the 1940s set this revue apart from other retro shows. Featuring live performances by the In the Mood Singers and Dancers and the String of Pearls Big Band Orchestra, the show was developed in affiliation with the USO, (United Service Organizations), and was created as a series of tours to commerate the 50th anniversary of World War II with the purpose to educate and entertain audiences across the USA. Uplifting and inspiring, this nostalgic show will delight family audiences of all ages.
For tickets call 913-469-4445 or online at www.jccc.edu/CarlsenCenter
Kansas City Ballet and UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance
Benefit Performances for the Salvation Army and Kansas City Free Health Clinic
"Pointes of View: The Art of Dance"
Tuesday, March 24 at 7:30 p.m. (Benefit for Salvation Army.)
Wednesday, March 25 at 7:30 p.m. (Benefit for Kansas City Free Health Clinic.)
White Recital Hall, Performing Arts Center,
4949 Cherry St., Kansas City, MO
This unique partnership between the Kansas City Ballet and the UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance offers a rare opportunity for the dance community to see excerpts from a number of different ballets in an informal, narrated performance. This collaborative effort will showcase the women of the Kansas City Ballet, along with selected UMKC Conservatory dance students, performing excerpts from the Kansas City Ballet repertoire, but utilizing simple, low-key lighting, sets, and costuming. In this 60-75 minute program, titled "Points of View: The Art of Dance", each piece will be introduced by Ballet Artistic Director William Whitener or Ballet Master James Jordan, to give historical context and explain the relevance of the piece to the Kansas City Ballet repertoire.
The excerpts will include works from well-known, award-winning choreographers such as Todd Bolender (Coppelia, Celebration), Twyla Tharp (Brahms Paganini, As Time Goes By), Antony Tudor (Dark Elegies), Isadora Duncan (The Many Faces of Love), and William Whitener (Caprice). The music will feature compositions of Gershwin, Haydn, Mahler, Brahms, and others, as recorded music.
Some excerpts for the project will be from the critically-acclaimed performances featured at the prestigious Joyce Theater in New York City in March of 2008. This performance gives dance-lovers an educational opportunity to see great works, (with explanatory contexts), performed by professional dancers, as well as to contribute to local, deserving charity organizations, all in the same evening. Suitable for all audiences, this performance will guarantee a feel-good experience from start to finish.
Reservation Info:
Kansas City Ballet and UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance
Benefit for The Salvation Army on Tuesday, March 24
Visit www.salarmy-mokan.org to reserve seats.
Kansas City Ballet and UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance
Benefit for The Kansas City Free Health Clinic on Wednesday, March 25
For more information or to reserve seats, call Sally at 816-777-1595.
An RSVP is requested to assure seating. Free-will donations will be accepted the night of the event and will benefit either The Salvation Army on March 24th or The Kansas City Free Health Clinic on March 25th.
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