Title: Free Modern Dance Class
Location: Dance Theater West, 3925 E. Indian School Road, Phoenix
Description: Desert Dance Theatre is offering free modern dance classes on December 2, 14 and 16, 2009 from 6:00pm-7:00pm.
Classes are taught by various members of the company.
Donations accepted.
480-962-4584
Lisa@DesertDanceTheatre.org
www.DesertDanceTheatre.org
Date: December 2, 14, 16, 2009
Time: 6:00pm-7:00pm
Title: A Week of Master Classes with Billbob Brown
Location: Dance Theater West, 3925 E. Indian School Road, Phoenix
Description: A Week of Master Classes with Billbob Brown
Desert Dance Theatre hosts a modern dance master class by Billbob Brown (founding member and former artistic director of Desert Dance Theatre).
Billbob Brown is the artistic director of Chaos Theory Dance, a multi-media company that performs funny dances/videos/characters often about science, physics, and modern conundrums. A professor in jazz and modern dance, choreography, and dance history at UMass Amherst, he received his BFA from Arizona State University and Master of Arts (in Dance History and Criticism) from the University of New Mexico. Billbob has created and directed shows at the Tony Award-winning Utah Shakespearean Festival, and choreographed and performed in TV work and award-winning commercials for the Chicago Cubs, Molson Canadian Beer, Disney Studios, and ABC-TV. He has toured nationally with the Bill Evans Dance Company, was co-founder and artistic director of Desert Dance Theatre in Phoenix, now in its 30th year, and with whom he still performs and choreographs. In Albuquerque, he was director of Buen Viaje Dancers, a group of people with disabilities with whom he toured throughout the southwest and Hawaii. His Emmy-award winning video, “Opening Doors,” with Buen Viaje, has been seen on PBS stations across the country. He has taught and performed in Japan, England, Switzerland, and throughout Mexico and the United States.
Dance Theater West
December 7-11, 2009
6:00pm-7:00pm
$10 Suggested Donation per class
or Holiday Special Pay-What-You-Can
Please RSVP at 602-740-9616, 480-962-4584 or Lisa@DesertDanceTheatre.org
www.DesertDanceTheatre.org
Date: December 7-11, 2009
Time: 6:00pm-7:00pm
Title: Celebration of Dance Fundraiser
Location: El Palenque Studios in Cave Creek
Description: We would like to invite you to the Celebration of Dance Fundraiser!
Saturday, December 5, 2009
2:00pm-5:00pm
(Performances at 2:00pm, 3:00pm, 4:00pm)
El Palenque Studios, Cave Creek (Directions will be emailed upon reservation.)
$25.00 tax-deductible donation (Seating is limited. Reservation is required.)
RSVP by Tuesday, December 1st by 5:00pm
Dance performances will feature…Hip Hop, Belly Dance, Modern/Contemporary, East Indian, Salsa, Folklorico, and more…
Guest Speakers…
Emmy Award-Winning Director/Choreographer, Dee Dee Wood and Actress/Singer, Stacy Van Dyke (of the famous Dick Van Dyke Family)
Refreshments will be served. There will also be a silent auction and door prizes…
Credit card reservation at www.goldenlionproductions.com
Check/cash reservations at goldenlionproductions@yahoo.com
(Upon making your reservation, please indicate how many will be attending and performance time preferred.)
Date: 2009-12-5
Title: Terpsicore’s Holiday Fundraiser Party
Location: 32nd Street and Camelback (RSVP for exact address)
Description: Please join us on Friday, December 4th for a Holiday Fundraiser Party! Terpsicore Dance Company invites you to share an evening of food, drink and fun!
Enjoy delicious food and drink and you mingle and meet new friends. Watch as Jim Covarrubias paints live and in person. One of you will be able to take his painting home with you this evening!
Silent auction and a performance by Terpsicore Dance Company will make the evening complete! Bring a friend and save on the ticket price! This is a great opportunity to get some early holiday gifts!! (restaurant gift certificates, private chef, auto detail, river float, art work, dance lessons and much more…)
$30 individual
$50 couple
Location: 32nd Street and Camelback (RSVP for exact address)
Time: 6:30 pm
Please RSVP to Danna Parker at terpsicore@cox.net or at 602-690-9594 for address
Date: December 4, 2009
Title: Emerging Artists I Resite
Location: Bragg’s Pie Factory 1301 NW Grand Avenue, Phoenix AZ 85007
Description: December 4-5, 2009
ASU Herberger College of Dance
Emerging Artists I Resite
Bragg’s Pie Factory
1301 NW Grand Ave.
Phoenix AZ 85007
Friday- Saturday at 8pm
Friday is FREE (as part of First Fridays); Saturday $7-$20 (Intimate Performance Experience)
http://dance.asu.edu/calendar/viewevent.php?eid=33
“Hearing in Color”, choreographed by Melissa Britt, examines our human similarities and differences through a multi-disciplinary process involving paint, sound, and text created through the Tumbleweed Center for Youth Development.
“Recipes for Work and Play”, conceived by Melissa Canto, is a whimsical celebration of the Bragg’s Pie Factory. The factory’s rich and vibrant history is portrayed through the eyes of the Bragg daughters’ childhood experience amidst culinary production. A child’s imagination can make memories become larger than life.
Date: December 4-5, 2009
Time: 8:00pm
Photo credit: Asian Artists Productions
Title: The Golden Dragon Acrobats
Location: Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, 7380 East Second Street, Scottsdale, AZ 85251
Description: The Golden Dragon Acrobats
December 5, 2009
Saturday @ 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
The NEW Virginia G. Piper Theater
(SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.) – Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts will present The Golden Dragon Acrobats on Dec. 5 in its new, state-of-the-art Virginia G. Piper Theater. The Acrobats will perform an evening show at 8 p.m. and a 2 p.m. family matinee.
Single tickets are available for $38 online at www.scottsdaleperformingarts.org or through the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts box office at (480) 994-ARTS (2787).
Internationally recognized as the premier touring Chinese acrobatic troupe, The Golden Dragon Acrobats represent the best of a time-honored tradition that began more than 25 centuries ago. Presented as part of the Center’s special Destination China series, this stunning performance combines astonishing feats of acrobatics and dance with spectacular costumes, ancient and contemporary music and theater.
This project received support from the Arizona Commission on the Arts; WESTAF, the Western States Arts Federation; and the National Endowment for the Arts.
LOCATION AND PARKING
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts is located at 7380 E. Second St. in downtown Scottsdale, four blocks south of Indian School Road and three blocks east of Scottsdale Road. Free parking is available in the public parking garage located to the west of Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts and directly behind Los Olivos restaurant on Wells Fargo Avenue. Additional free parking is available at the Old Town Parking Corral at East Second Street and Brown Avenue and at the Civic Center Library parking garage located on Drinkwater Boulevard at East Second Street.
ACCESSIBILITY
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts offers performance accommodations to enhance audience members’ experience, including: American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation or live audio description with two weeks advance notice. Assisted listening devices and wheelchair seating are always available. Visit the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts’ Web site at www.scottsdaleperformingarts.org or contact the patron services box office at (480) 994-ARTS ext. 2 [TDD: (480) 874-4694] for further details. Please inquire about services when ordering tickets.
GROUP AND STUDENT DISCOUNTS
Attend with family and friends, or bring a group from your business, civic or religious organization. Save $3 per ticket and at least $30 in handling fees when purchasing 15 or more tickets to the same event (subject to availability; some restrictions apply). Instead of $2.50 per single ticket, the handling fee is only $7.50 total for group orders. Full-time students may purchase half-price tickets one hour before events/performances (subject to availability; limit one single ticket per full-time student; some restrictions apply). Must present current valid student I.D. in person at the patron services box office. No phone orders.
SCOTTSDALE CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
Opened in 1975, Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts presents a dynamic, culturally diverse season of dance, jazz, classical and world music, theater and satire. Approximately 2,000 performances, educational programs, festivals and other events are showcased annually serving more than 300,000 people and contributing substantially to Scottsdale’s high quality of life and vibrant arts scene. Performances take place in the Center’s newly renovated 853-seat Virginia G. Piper Theater and 137-seat Stage 2 as well as the 2,000-seat amphitheater on the grounds of the Scottsdale Civic Center Mall. The Center’s youth education and outreach programs reach more than 50,000 school children each year, and its free events are available to the entire public. The Center also produces the award-winning Scottsdale Arts Festival every March; Sunday A’Fair, a series of free outdoor music festivals held on Sunday afternoons from January to April; and Native Trails, a collaboration with the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation and the Scottsdale Convention & Visitors Bureau that features free demonstrations of Native American arts and culture from January to April. Opening in fall 2009, the Center Bistro by Arcadia Farms features pre- and post-show menus. Open daily and during performances, The Store @ Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts offers hand-crafted jewelry, accessories for the home, imaginative toys, recordings, books, greeting cards and more.
The Scottsdale Cultural Council, a private nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, is contracted by the City of Scottsdale, Ariz., to administer certain City arts and cultural projects and to manage the City-owned Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art and Scottsdale Public Art Program. The programs of the Scottsdale Cultural Council are made possible, in part, by the support of members and donors and grants received from the Arizona Commission on the Arts through appropriations from the Arizona State Legislature and the National Endowment for the Arts.
HOW TO REACH US
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
7380 E. Second St.
Scottsdale, AZ 85251
Box Office: (480) 994-ARTS (2787) ext. 2
TDD: (480) 874-4694
Web: www.scottsdaleperformingarts.org
E-mail: info@sccarts.org
Fax: (480) 874-4699
For interviews, digital photographs or additional information please contact:
Bill Thompson
Public Relations Manager
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
Phone: (480) 874-4626
E-mail: billt@sccarts.org
Date: December 5, 2009
Times: 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Title: Aaron McGloin Dance presents… ALIVE
Location: Tempe Center for the Arts – Theater
Link out: Click here
Description: Aaron McGloin Dance presents a collection of past audience favorites and stunning premieres by artistic director Aaron McGloin and special guests Kristin Tovson and Ashleigh Leite!
Date: January 29-30, 2010
Time: 8:00pm
Title: Workout for Your Soul
Location: Focus Fitness, 1108 S. Pantano Rd
Link out: Click here
Description: Workout for your soul is a 3 hour Zumba-thon. Come dance for as long as your heart is content.
All proceeds will benefit The Hearth Foundation, providing shelter for homeless women and children. www.thehearthfoundation.net
Cost: $20 per person minimum, spectator fee is $10 minimum.
Start Time: 09:00 am
Date: 2009-12-12
Title: The Nutcracker & the Mouse King
Description: Desert Youth Ballet Foundation presents Arizona School of Classical Ballet Holiday Classic “The Nutcracker & the Mouse King”
Dates/Times:
Dec. 18 at 6:30 PM
Dec. 19 at 1:00 PM
Venue:
Cactus Shadows Fine Arts Center
33606 North 60th Street
Cave Creek, AZ 85331
Tickets are $18, $16 and $10
http://www.azclassicalballet.com/tickets_winter.html
Dr. Stahlbaum and Herr Drosselmeyer invite you, your friends and family to the original version of the Hoffman’s “Nutcracker and the Mouse King”. You will be able to participate in the Party scene in the lobby area before the performance and meet with Marie (yes! in original story the little girl name is Marie, but Clara is her doll) and Fritz.
Your child might even win a special Drosselmeyer’s gift – guest admission to go on stage and participate in the play. There will be many more surprises as well as traditional ballet production on stage. This is a true collaboration between the Theater and Ballet. You will participate in the play part and watch a ballet performance danced to Tchaikovsky’s famous musical score and choreographed by ASCB faculty.
Date: December 18-19, 2009
Times: Friday 6:30pm, Saturday 1:00pm
Title: Dance Theater West presents Coppelia & The Toy Shoppe
Location: Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, 7380 East Second Street Scottsdale, AZ 85251
Description: Coppelia & The Toy Shoppe
Sunday, November 22 at 1:00 PM
Scottsdale Center For the Performing Arts
A fun, family friendly, ballet …….reception to follow with refreshments and crafts for kids brought to you by Free Arts of AZ, Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, featuring Dance Theater West’s Storybook Ballet
Admission Free
Contact: Susan Silverman at suzerina@aol.com
Date: November 22, 2009
Time: 1:00pm
Cost: FREE
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