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Summer Nights
DANCE
  2001 Season
 

TRIP Dance Theatre
INANNA (World Premiere)
Friday, July 6 at 8:00 PM - $20
Full time students and children (12 and under) $12
DRC members 20% off

One village's passage through the cycles of life and the seasons celebrates the power of ritual. TRIP's last Ford premiere: "a mind-blowing journey into the aural and physical" (Los Angeles Times).


 

HYSTERICA DANCE CO.
THREADS (World Premiere)
Sunday, July 15 at 8:00 PM - $20

Full time students and children (12 and under) $12
DRC members 20% off

The company that "specializes in dances of transformation" (Los Angeles Times) captures the kaleidoscope of human relationships in lush dance and film images, backed by violin and piano punctuated by pop.



 
 

AEOLIAN BALLET THEATRE/LA
SHAKESPEARE WITHOUT WORDS
Friday, July 27 at 8:00 PM - $25, $20
Full time students and children (12 and under) $12
DRC members 20% off

The Bard expressed in the passionate, provocative language of ballet as choreographers Charles Maple (American Ballet Theatre), Josie Walsh (Joffrey Ballet) and Patricia Stander (Royal Ballet) interpret three masterpieces.
The Tempest Suite
Taming of the Shrew Duet
Scenes from Romeo & Juliet



 

JAZZ TAP ENSEMBLE
Saturday, August 11 at 8:00 PM - $25
Full time students and children (12 and under) $12
DRC members 20% off

L.A.'s world renowned rhythm tap dance company, under Lynn Dally's direction, delivers live jazz, tributes to the masters - Bojangles, Nicholas Brothers, Jimmy Slyde, Gregory Hines, Eddie Brown - and the spirited teen Caravan Project.


BALLET FOLKLÓRICO DEL PACÍFICO
MEXICO: CANCÍON Y ROMANCE
Friday, August 17 at 8:00 PM - $25, $22
Full time students and children (12 and under) $12
DRC members 20% off

Let the 30 magnificently costumed dancers of Pacifico and musicians of Mariachi Sol de America de José Amaguer and Conjunto Hueyapan sweep you through Mexico on the wings of love songs.


LULA WASHINGTON DANCE THEATRE
Saturday, September 1 at 8:00 PM - $20
Full time students and children (12 and under) $12
DRC members 20% off

African-American folk culture is brought to vibrant life by Washington's "marvelous" (New York Times) company, Linda Tillery (formerly of Sweet Honey in the Rock) and the Bay Area's Cultural Heritage Choir.


Fountain Theatre
presents

SONIDOS GITANOS / GYPSY FLAMENCO
Friday, September 7 at 8:00 PM
Saturday, September 8 at 8:00 PM
Sunday, September 9 at 8:00 PM
$30

DRC members 20% off

From the cradle of Flamenco in southern Spain comes Maria Bermudez and her company of dancers, singers and musicians. Experience this passionate, riveting art in its purest form.

 

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