Title: Desert Dance Theatre at GateWay
Location: GateWay Community College, 108 N. 40th Street, Phoenix
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Description: Desert Dance Theatre
Gateway Community College
108 N. 40th Street, Phoenix
October 24, 2011
11:30am-12:30pm
FREE

Desert Dance Theatre performs a lecture demonstration including excerpts of its current repertory as part of the GateWay to the Arts Series. Free to the Public.

Desert Dance Theatre, 480-962-4584
Date: Monday, October 24, 2011

Title: Pilobolus Dance Theatre in Tucson
Location: UA Centennial Hall, 1020 E University Blvd., Tucson, AZ 85721
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Description: Back by popular demand! Celebrating 40 years of defying gravity, this incomparable dance company has delighted, dazzled and amazed audiences across the planet with their superhuman flexibility and fascinating forms that challenge the limits of the human body.

“A mind-blowing troupe of wildly creative and physically daring dancers who leap, fly, intertwine and break all the rules.” —Newsday
Start Time: 6:30 p.m.
Date: 2011-10-23

Title: Arizona Dance Festival 2011
Location: Tempe Center for the Arts, 700 W. Rio Salado Parkway Tempe, AZ 85281
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Description: DESERT DANCE THEATRE presents
Arizona Dance Festival 2011
Friday-Saturday, October 7-8, 2011
Friday 7:30pm, Saturday 2:00pm and 7:30pm

Tempe Center for the Arts – Studio
700 West Rio Salado Parkway, Tempe, Arizona 85281
$18 Adult, $15 Senior, $13 Student, $25 for 2 shows, $12 Group of 10+.
VIP Deals – $10 Friends of Desert Dance Theatre (DDT),
Arizona Dance Coalition (ADC), Arizona Presenters Alliance (APA)

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

For concert information contact Desert Dance Theatre, 480-962-4584 or go to www.DesertDanceTheatre.org.

Arizona Dance Festival 2011

Desert Dance Theatre presents the Arizona Dance Festival 2011 at the Tempe Center for the Arts Studio on Friday-Saturday, October 7-8, 2011 (Friday 7:30pm, Saturday 2:00pm & 7:30pm). Each performance will showcase a different set of individual dance artists and emerging artist groups as well as professional companies from all genres and styles of dance, featuring dance artists and dance companies from Arizona and other states.

A FREE Intermediate Modern Dance Class on Tuesday, October 4th at 6:00pm-7:30pm by Frances Cohen is offered as part of the ADF activities to ADC members, and to dancers with ADF ticket purchase.

A post-performance Q & A will be facilitated by the Arizona Dance Coalition directly after the show.

Performance line-up for each show (in alphabetical order):

Friday (7:30pm)
Ava Fleming
AZ FlamenKathak
Crossroads performance Group
Desert Dance Theatre
Diane McNeal Hunt/Nicole L. Olson
Dulce Dance Company
Harper Piver/H Lab Performance
Human Nature Dance Theatre
MarioCo. Dance
Movement Source Dance Company
Step’s Junk Funk
The Opal Collective

Saturday (2:00pm)
Ballet Etudes
Crossroads Performance Group
Desert Dance Theatre
Dulce Dance Company
Kelly Roth & Dancers
Nevada Repertory Dance Theater
Range-of-(e)Motion
Silambam Phoenix
Step’s Junk Funk

Saturday (7:30pm)
Astarte Belly Dance Troupe
Ballet Etudes
Bernadette Gaxiola/School of Ballet AZ
Britta Joy Peterson
Desert Dance Theatre
Dulce Dance Company
Kelly Roth & Dancers
Nevada Repertory Dance Theater
Range-of-(e)Motion
Step’s Junk Funk

DESERT DANCE THEATRE
P.O. BOX 25332, TEMPE, ARIZONA 85285-5332

CONTACT: Lisa R. Chow
Phone: 480-962-4584
E-Mail: gro.ertaehTecnaDtreseDnull@asiL
www.DesertDanceTheatre.org.

Date: October 7-8, 2011

Title: Snow Queen auditions for young dancers
Location: Dance Theater West, 3925 E Indian School Rd
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Description: Center Dance Ensemble will hold auditions for young dancers
ages 7 to 18 on Sunday, Sept. 25, for its annual holiday
production of “Snow Queen.”

The audition sessions will be by age groups:
1 to 2 p.m. for dancers ages 7 to 9
2:15 to 3:15 p.m. for dancers ages 10 to 12
3:30 to 4:30 p.m. for dancers ages 13 to 15
4:45 to 5:45 p.m. for dancers ages 16 to 18

Dancers should arrive 15 minutes early to register.

All dancers auditioning should have at least two years of
dance training.

There is a $20 audition registration fee.

The auditions will be held at Dance Theater West,
3925 E. Indian School Road, on the southwest corner of
40th Street and Indian School.

Rehearsals, under the direction of Frances Smith Cohen
and Susan Silverman, will be scheduled on Sundays,
beginning Oct. 2.

Performances of “Snow Queen” will be three weekends Dec. 3 to 18
at the Herberger Theater Center in downtown Phoenix. Roles are
triple cast so young dancers will perform for one weekend. The young
dancers join Center Dance Ensemble’s professional, adult dancers in
a production that has become a Valley holiday favorite for both dancers
and audiences. Last year 150 young dancers participated, performing
for sold-out audiences.

For more information about the auditions call Dance Theater West
at 602-840-3883.

Start Time: 1:00 p.m.
Date: 2011/09/25

Title: FREE Presentation – Step’s Junk Funk
Location: Night Gallery at Tempe Marketplace
Description: Free Event!

Step’s Junk Funk presentation with audience participation.

Night Gallery at Tempe Marketplace

7:30pm
8:00pm
8:30pm

Bring your friends and family!
Date: 2011-09-17

Title: AZDance’s “A Joyous Christmas”
Location: Scottsdale First Assembly, 28700 N. Pima Rd, Scottsdale, AZ 85266
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Description: AZDance Group, a professional contemporary dance company under the Artistic Direction of Kenda Newbury, creates and produces inspiring, educational and entertaining works fusing ballet, jazz and modern dance techniques.

This concert, newly staged “A Joyous Christmas”, features two inspiring guest artists, Jeffrey Polston, founding dancer of Complexions Contemporary Ballet Company in NYC and Astrit Zejnati, principal dancer of Ballet Arizona; AZDance’s professional dance roster, their Children’s Christmas company and their moving “Movement E-Motion”, a dance program for Individuals with Different Abilities.

Performed at Scottsdale First Assembly off of Pima Road & Dynamite Roads on Thursday, December 1 at 7pm and Saturday, December 3 at 1pm and at Cactus Shadows Fine Arts Center (33606 N. 60th Street) on Sunday, December 4, 2011 at 1pm this concert is entertaining for all.

Tickets at both performance venues $15 Adults, $10 Students/Seniors and $5 under 10 years of age. Available at door and local businesses. Cash/check please.

Information 480-215-1916 or www.azdance.org.

Start Time: 07:00 pm
Date: 2011-12-01

Title: Free Arts of AZ and Dance Theater West’s Storybook Ballet
Location: Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, 7380 E. 2nd Street, Scottsdale
Description: Wonderland at Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts

A Magical Ballet Performance presented by Free Arts of AZ and
Dance Theater West’s Storybook Ballet Company…and featuring Free Arts Dancers

Sunday, September 18, 2011 at 1:00 PM
Reception with Refreshments and Art Projects to follow
Admission Free

Call Free Arts at 602-258-8100 for reservations
Date: 2011-09-18

Title: AZDance’s “A Joyous Christmas”
Location: Cactus Shadows Fine Arts Center, 33606 N. 60th Street, Scottsdale, AZ 85266
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Description: AZDance Group, a professional contemporary dance company under the Artistic Direction of Kenda Newbury, creates and produces inspiring, educational and entertaining works fusing ballet, jazz and modern dance techniques.

This concert, newly staged “A Joyous Christmas”, features two inspiring guest artists, Jeffrey Polston, founding dancer of Complexions Contemporary Ballet Company in NYC and Astrit Zejnati, principal dancer of Ballet Arizona; AZDance’s professional dance roster, their Children’s Christmas company and their moving “Movement E-Motion”, a dance program for Individuals with Different Abilities.

Performed at Scottsdale First Assembly off of Pima Road & Dynamite Roads on Thursday, December 1 at 7pm and Saturday, December 3 at 1pm and at Cactus Shadows Fine Arts Center (33606 N. 60th Street) on Sunday, December 4, 2011 at 1pm this concert is entertaining for all.

Tickets at both performance venues $15 Adults, $10 Students/Seniors and $5 under 10 years of age. Available at door and local businesses. Cash/check please.

Information 480-215-1916 or www.azdance.org.

Start Time: 01:00pm
Date: 2011-12-04

Title: AZDance’s “A Joyous Christmas”
Location: Scottsdale First Assembly, 28700 N. Pima Road, Scottsdale, AZ 85266
Link out: Click here
Description: AZDance Group, a professional contemporary dance company under the Artistic Direction of Kenda Newbury, creates and produces inspiring, educational and entertaining works fusing ballet, jazz and modern dance techniques.

This concert, newly staged “A Joyous Christmas”, features two inspiring guest artists, Jeffrey Polston, founding dancer of Complexions Contemporary Ballet Company in NYC and Astrit Zejnati, principal dancer of Ballet Arizona; AZDance’s professional dance roster, their Children’s Christmas company and their moving “Movement E-Motion”, a dance program for Individuals with Different Abilities.

Performed at Scottsdale First Assembly off of Pima Road & Dynamite Roads on Thursday, December 1 at 7pm and Saturday, December 3 at 1pm and at Cactus Shadows Fine Arts Center (33606 N. 60th Street) on Sunday, December 4, 2011 at 1pm this concert is entertaining for all.

Tickets at both performance venues $15 Adults, $10 Students/Seniors and $5 under 10 years of age. Available at door and local businesses. Cash/check please.

Information 480-215-1916 or www.azdance.org.

Start Time: 01:00pm
Date: 2011-12-03

Title: State Street Ballet The Jungle Book
Location: Del E. Webb Center for the Performing Arts, Wickenburg, AZ
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Description: Dramatic costumes, lush jungle scenery and energetic dance movements bring Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book to life in this colorful full-length ballet. Children and adults of all ages will be enchanted by State Street Ballet as they fuse the familiar storyline, with timeless dance, music, and modern special effects, enacting the story of Mowgli the Jungle Boy and Kipling’s beloved animal characters.
Start Time: 7:30 PM
Date: 2012-03-30
End Time: 9:30 PM