March 2020

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan (WOOD) – HIS Dance Ensemble presents RED – a contemporary ballet based on the fairy tale “Little Red Riding Hood”.

The story focuses on the intergenerational relationship between grandmother, mother and red. Red’s journey is a lifelong journey: the ups and downs and the choices we make… but there is always hope.

New this year – HIS Dance Academy is offering the opportunity to meet Red and his friends after the 4:30 pm show for those who donate to Project Amar.

ITS ENSEMBLE PRESENTS RED
March 14 – 1 p.m., 4:30 p.m.
The Richard and Helen DeVos Center for the Arts and Worship
2300 Plymouth Ave SE – Grand Rapids
Tickets

For more details on HIS Dance Academy, visit hisdance.org.

The live theater is where Matt Kent feels most at home.

His dancing career has been crowned with success and today he uses his experience as a tool to help Pilobolus progress as co-artistic director.

The business began in 1971 at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire. He has since created and toured over 120 repertoire pieces in over 65 countries.

Pilobolus brings its “Come to your senses!” »Visit to Popejoy Hall on Saturday March 7th.

Kent says the mission of the Pilobolus is to create, perform and preserve dances.

The company also broadens and diversifies audiences through projects of all types and sizes.

In “Come to Your Senses! Kent says, the pieces are a reflection of the connection to each other and to the world around us.

The evening opens with a song entitled “Eye Opening”.

“It’s a wacky play that describes the evolution of the human eye,” says Kent. “We do this by inviting an audience member whom we meet on the night of the show. We ask someone to play the role of the teacher through this quick explanation of the eyeball. There is a camera operated by one of the members, and the video is projected onto a screen.

Kent says the show then enters the shadow world.

“We end up building a functional model of the eye, and there’s some crazy, eclectic music from The Shins,” he says.

The first piece in the repertoire is called “No Men” and is dedicated to Jim Blake, a colleague from Kent.

“It’s the story of four men and their relationship,” he says. “There is an unusual lyrical element, but it is ethereal.”

As the night progresses, Pilobolus presents “Warped and West”.

“This is the first all-female trio created by Pilobolus,” he says. “It’s the exploration of these women as individuals, but also as a collective. Sometimes these relationships are harmonious. Each woman finds her identity through movement.

The score for this piece was written by Thao Nguyen in 2018.

“The business was made up of more men,” he says. “This play put women in the foreground. In this case, the art directors looked at the ratio of works by genre. We decided to reverse this ratio and create pieces with creative women, musicians and dancers. “

A dancer from Ballet Folkórico Mexico Lindo performed at Lions Park last year. The Nampa-based dance troupe also performed at Mexico’s Independence Day event at the Four Rivers Cultural Center on September 15 and will open for the ensemble next week. (Company / File)

ONTARIO – Next week, the BYU International Folk Dance Ensemble will transform the Four Rivers Cultural Center in Ontario into a radiant array of world music and culture.

The ensemble arrives in the region on Tuesday March 10 and will present a unique exhibition of history, rhythm and dance from around the world at the Meyer McLean Performing Arts Theater in the Cultural Center.

Doors open at 6:15 p.m. and the pre-show featuring Nampa-based Ballet Folklórico Mexico Lindo begins at 6:45 p.m.

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The performance of the International Folk Dance Ensemble lasts approximately 90 minutes and will take the audience on a journey around the world, filling the stage with the sights and sounds of dances and music from various cultures.

Dances will include Irish rigid shoes, American clogs, Ukrainian hopak, exotic Indian dances and more.

Tickets for the show cost $ 15 to $ 25 can be purchased online at 4rcc.com or by calling 541-889-8191

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