Title: Intermediate Modern Dance Class with Frances Cohen
Location: Dance Theater West, 3925 E. Indian School Road, Phoenix
Description: Intermediate Modern Dance Class by Frances Cohen
Dance Theater West, 3925 E. Indian School Road, Phoenix
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
6:00pm-7:30pm

Frances Cohen, artistic director of Center Dance Ensemble is offering her Tuesday night Intermediate Modern Dance class as part of the Arizona Dance Festival (ADF) activities.

The class is free and open to the general public with purchase of a ticket to one or more ADF performances at Tempe Center for the Arts on October 7-8. Bring your ticket to the class for proof of purchase or buy tickets before the class begins.

TCA Box Office: 480-350-2822 or www.tempe.gov/tca

The class is free to ADC Members and to ADF Participants who are performing in the show.

Please RSVP by Monday, October 3, 2011.
For more information call Lisa Chow at 480-962-4584.
Date: 2011-10-04

Frances Smith Cohen (Artistic Director of Center Dance Ensemble) is a teacher, choreographer, administrator and dance graduate from Bennington College in Vermont. She was dance director of the Jewish Community Center in Tucson for 18 years, and directed the first touring dance company in Arizona, the Kadimah Dancers. In 1963 Frances helped create Arizona Dance Arts Alliance in Tucson and in 1972 she co-founded the dance program at the University of Arizona. She was the recipient of a National Opera Institute grant to tour regional opera companies as choreographer and assistant director. Plus, she was director of opera at George Washington University from 1981 to 1986. Frances began Wolf Trap in Arizona, the placing of performing artists in Head Start classrooms. She has been the regional director for this program since 1986. Frances was honored with the Outstanding Artist Fellowship Award for Choreography from the Maryland State Arts Council. She also created Dance Theater West with partner Susan Silverman, and directs CDE, housed at the Herberger Theater Center. Cohen is the proud recipient of the 1994 Arizona Governor’s Outstanding Artist Award, and the 2004 Women Who Care lifetime Achievement Award. She is co-author of “Dance Essential Skills” and “Performing Dance Standards” for the Arizona Department of Education. In 2010, she was awarded the Childsplay’s Pied Piper Award for her contributions to art education.

Title: Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company’s Polychromatic
Location: Del E. Webb Center for the Performing Arts, Wickenburg
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Description: Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company “Polychromatic”

Del E. Webb Center for the Performing Arts, Wickenburg
Friday, October 28, 2011
7:30 pm
FREE

Polychromatic features the world premiere of Artistic Director Charlotte Boye-Christensen’s new dance about the great American West, created here in Wickenburg, and four diverse repertory pieces. Always striving to be at the forefront of contemporary dance, the company provides audiences with a variety of choreographic styles from pure dance to multi-media in a single evening.

Tickets to this event are FREE however, seating is reserved. Limit 4 tickets. Please review the complimentary ticket policy below before reserving seats to this performance.

Complimentary Ticket Policy All previously issued complimentary tickets are valid until 10 minutes prior to curtain. At that time, vacant seats may be released to persons on standby.

Wellik Series: This Wellik Series performance and residency has been made possible through financial support from the Wellik Foundation.

Family Fun: This performance is enjoyable for all ages.

Presented with support from The National Endowment for the Arts
Ririe-Woodbury received direct support from the NEA and designed this project to engage our community in the experience of dance.

Flying E Ranch Residency & Open Rehearsals
Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company will take up residence at The Flying E Guest Ranch in Wickenburg from October 15 – 29. While in residence the company will create a new dance with Artistic Director, Charlotte Boye-Christensen.

Watch Charlotte and the Company create a new dance by attending Open Rehearsals – Free.

Open Rehearsals: 2 PM – 5 PM, October 19, 21 & 25
Warehouse Studio, Benner-Nawman, located at 3450 Sabin Brown Road, Wickenburg.
Start Time: 7:30pm
Date: 2011-10-28

Title: ASU Undergraduate Project Showings
Location: Arizona State University, Margaret Gisolo Dance Studio PEBE 132, Tempe
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Description: Undergraduate Project Showings
October 27, 2011 at 7:30 p.m.
October 28, 2011 at 7:30 p.m.

ASU School of Dance
Location: Margaret Gisolo Dance Studio PEBE 132
Campus: Tempe
Cost: FREE

This free performance is presented, performed, and produced by the School of Dance Undergraduate Students.
Start Date: 2011-10-27
End Date: 2011-10-28

Title: Pilobolus Dance Theatre in Scottsdale
Location: Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, 7380 E. Second Street, Scottsdale AZ 85251
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Description: PILOBOLUS DANCE THEATRE CELEBRATES
40 YEARS OF INNOVATION

Friday, October 21, 2011, 8 p.m.
Saturday, October 22, 2011, 8 p.m.
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts

(SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.) – Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts will present Pilobolus on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 21–22, at 8 p.m. in the Virginia G. Piper Theater.

Tickets are available for $49 and $59 online at www.ScottsdalePerformingArts.org or through the Patron Services Box Office at (480) 499-TKTS (8587).

Named after a sun-loving fungus that grows in barnyards and pastures, Pilobolus began in 1971 as an outsider dance company and quickly became renowned the world over for its imaginative and athletic exploration of creative collaboration. Now celebrating its 40th anniversary, this unique American company has created one of the most popular and varied bodies of work in the history of dance and continues to thrill audiences with its gravity-defying performances of extreme balance, contortion and illusion.

Based in Washington Depot, Conn., Pilobolus tours internationally, performing on stage and television, and has earned numerous awards. The company also is known for its groundbreaking collaborations with an eclectic variety of individuals and organizations, including author Maurice Sendak, puppet master Basil Twist, SpongeBob SquarePants head writer Steven Banks, cartoonist Art Spiegelman, the rock band Ok Go and MIT’s Distributed Robotics Lab.

Pilobolus’ Scottsdale performance will feature both classic and recent works, including Particle Zoo (1990), a quartet for men with an odd-man-out theme; The Transformation (2009), a shadow piece in which a young woman is transformed; Duet (1992), an exploration of themes of intimacy, misunderstanding and union; Rushes (2007), a surrealist animated dream sequence; and Korokoro (2011), one of its newest productions.

This performance is presented with support from The Saguaro. MetLife Foundation is the official tour sponsor of Pilobolus Dance Theatre.

GROUP DISCOUNTS
Attend with family and friends, or bring a group from your business, civic or religious organization. Save $4 per ticket and at least $27.50 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 facility fee is only $10 total for group orders.

Start Date: 2011-10-21
End Date: 2011-10-22

Title: ASU School of Dance Emerging Artists II
Location: Fine Arts Complex, Room 122, ASU Tempe Campus
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Start Date: 2011-12-02
Start Time: 7:30
End Date: 2011-12-04

Title: ASU Graduate Choreographic Presentations – FREE!
Location: Margaret Gisolo Dance Studio,Physical Education Building East, Room 132, ASU Tempe Campus
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Description: The Graduate Project Presentations features original new and in-progress works by current MFA students in the School of Dance. Choreographers Julie Akerly, Helen Buck, Angel Crissman, Inertia Dewitt, Kelsey Finlayson, Amanda Ling, Britta Joy Peterson, Kristopher Pourzal, Tricia Ragsdale, Ashlee Jo Ramsey, Denise A. Stein, and Laurel Wall-MacLane invite you to join them for a wonderfully thought-provoking evening of dance.
Start Time: 7:30pm
Date: October 20-21, 2011

Title: Open Rehearsal with Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company
Location: Warehouse Studio, Benner-Nawman, located at 3450 Sabin Brown Road, Wickenburg
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Description: Watch Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company and Artistic Director Charlotte Boye-Christensen create a new dance.
Start Time: 02:00 PM
Date: October 19, 21, 25, 2011
End Time: 05:00 PM

Title: CMC’s Dusk to Dawn II
Location: Coconino High School Mini Auditorium, 2801 N. Izabel Street.  Flagstaff  86004
Description: Canyon Movement Company and guests Velocity Dance presents Dusk to Dawn II: Vampire Legends and More Creepy Tales

Coconino High School Mini Auditorium
Friday-Saturday, October 28-29, 2011 at 8:00pm
$8/$6 Students

Saturday at 3:30pm
$7/$5 Students

Tickets at the door or call 928-774-3937
$1 off in Halloween costume
Start Date: 2011-10-28
End Date: 2011-10-29

Title: ARTbeat – A Night of Music, Movement, and Making a Difference
Location: Modified Arts Gallery, 407 E. Roosevelt Street, Phoenix
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Description: Come enjoy a night out while you support EPIK Dance Company and their performance and education initiatives. No cost to get in, but donations are accepted.

Silent auction items from AZ Cardinals, Botanical Gardens, Phoenix Zoo, Phoenix Theater, and over 50 local area restaurants, salons, spas, yoga studios, and more! Cash, check and credit card will be accepted.

Neuro will be on hand to supply the beverages, and Spinato’s pizza will be available to snack on for part of the night. DJ presentations by Pete Salaz, WF Rani G, and Riot Earp will keep your ears entertained, and performances from EPIK Dance Company will happen throughout the night.

For more info, email moc.liamgnull@ocecnadkipe or contact 480.442.8082.
Start Time: 18:00
Date: 2011-10-14
End Time: 21:00

Title: Grupo Folklorico I’naru at the Tucson Meet Yourself Festival
Location: Leo Rich Stage, 255 W. Alameda St. Tucson, AZ 85701
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Description: Showcasing the African-rooted music and dance forms of Bomba and Plena of Puerto Rico.
Start Time: 5:00PM
Date: 2011-10-15
End Time: 5:30PM