Scotiabank Dance Centre Open House
By The Dance Centre on August 19, 2008 - 3:56pm
From contemporary and ballet to flamenco and hip hop, the annual Scotiabank Dance Centre Open House offers the chance to sample a host of dance styles in a day of open classes, studio showings and events. Highlights include an intimate studio performance by Ballet British Columbia introduced by Artistic Director John Alleyne; a studio preview of Alcan Award-winner Wen Wei Dance’s new work in progress; open classes in hip hop, flamenco, bellydance, street dance, Afro-Cuban, yoga, Pilates and more, with 605 Collective, Spanish Passion Productions, Lava Bellydance, SVS Style, Latidos Productions, and others; and an evening performance of LuminUs, a new work choreographed by Chengxin Wei for his company Moving Dragon, presented through the Iris Garland Emerging Choreographer Award. (LuminUs also runs on Friday September 12.)
Daytime events run 12 noon-5pm and are free, except for the Ballet BC Studio Performance (suggested donation $5). Tickets for Moving Dragon's performance at 8pm are $26/$18 from www.ticketstonight.ca. For the full schedule of events and more details visit www.thedancecentre.ca.
