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JANUARY 2004


• SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER
  9 thru 11 JANUARY 2004
  Providence Performing Art Center
  220 Weybosset Street
  Providence RI
  Times: Friday, January 9 at 8:00pm
  Saturday, January 10 at 2:00 & 8:00pm
  Sunday, January 11 at 1:00 & 6:30pm
  Price: $47.50 thru 27.50
  Box Office: 401-421-2787
  Website: http://www.ppac.org
  Based on the phenomenal 1977 movie which prompted a cultural revolution and became the largest selling soundtrack in history, SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER is a coming-of-age tale about young Tony Manero, who learns the value of life in 1977 Brooklyn. The show features the Bee Gee's legendary score, including classics like Night Fever, Jive Talkin', and Stayin' Alive which retain their full power to thrill even two decades later.
  (posted 11May03/updated 05Jan04)
  
  
• Up CLOSE, on HOPE I
  SATURDAY 17 JANUARY 2004
  Festival Ballet
  Grand Studio
  825 Hope Street
  Providence RI
  Time: 730pm
  Tickets: $20.00 - $25.00
  $75.00 for a full subscription to all three programs
  Up CLOSE, on HOPE gives audiences the opportunity to experience dance in an intimate setting in its purest form. Three separate repertory programs, one each in November, January and March will include works by established and emerging choreographers from around the country such as Viktor Plotnikov (Boston), Festival Ballet Providence's Mihailo Djuric (Providence), James Brown (Providence), Yves de Bouteiller (Ventura, CA), Gianni DiMarco (Boston), and Colleen Cavanaugh (Providence). Limited to an audience of only one hundred, these performances offer the chance to see thrilling, original dance, to meet the dancers, and to mingle with the choreographers. This series will kick off a fund-raising campaign to refurbish the space into a black box theater with lights, curtains and risers. All performances take place on two consecutive Saturdays.
  More about this performance
  (posted 24Oct03)



• Up CLOSE, on HOPE II
  SATURDAY 24 JANUARY 2004
  SOLD OUT
  Festival Ballet
  Grand Studio
  825 Hope Street
  Providence RI
  Time: 730pm
  Tickets: $20.00 - $25.00
  Phone: 401-353-1129
  Up CLOSE, on HOPE gives audiences the opportunity to experience dance in an intimate setting in its purest form. Three separate repertory programs, one each in November, January and March will include works by established and emerging choreographers from around the country such as Viktor Plotnikov (Boston), Festival Ballet Providence's Mihailo Djuric (Providence), James Brown (Providence), Yves de Bouteiller (Ventura, CA), Gianni DiMarco (Boston), and Colleen Cavanaugh (Providence). Limited to an audience of only one hundred, these performances offer the chance to see thrilling, original dance, to meet the dancers, and to mingle with the choreographers. This series will kick off a fund-raising campaign to refurbish the space into a black box theater with lights, curtains and risers. All performances take place on two consecutive Saturdays.
  More about this performance
  (posted 24Oct03)




• VESSELLA DANCE PROJECT WINTER CONCERT
  SATURDAY 24 JANUARY 2004
  Sapinsley Hall
  Nazarian Center
  Rhode Island College
  600 Mt Pleasant Ave
  Providence RI 02908-1991
  Time: 8pm
  Tickets: $14.00 general/$10.00 students/$7.00 RIC students
  Reservations: 401-456-8144
  Movement theatre and jazz & tap dance will make up the Vessella Dance Project's Winter Concert. Choreographer Vessella is a style master with a deft sense of the theatrical. Among the work to be shown, three new works will be premiered including Quoting Charlie and Vices of Circumstance.
  More about this performance
  (posted 17Dec03/updated 17Jan04)



• NAI-NI CHEN DANCE COMPANY
  MONDAY 26 JANUARY 2004
  Will Theatre
  Fine Arts Center
  University of Rhode Island
  105 Upper College Road
  Kingston, RI 02881
  Time: 8pm
  Tickets: $20 General, $15 URI Faculty/Staff/Seniors, $5 students
  Box Office: 401-874-2627 (group discounts are available)
  Website: http://www.nainichen.org
  A truly spectacular modern dance company, Nai-Ni Chen Dance finds inspiration from such places as ancient Chinese poetic drama and calligraphy. Not to be missed!
  (posted 14Jul03/updated 16Jul03)

FEBRUARY 2004


• TSUJI DAIKO SAMURAI TAIKO DRUMMERS
  FRIDAY 06 FEBRUARY 2004
  Will Theatre
  Fine Arts Center
  University of Rhode Island
  105 Upper College Road
  Kingston, RI 02881
  Time: 8pm
  Tickets: $20 General, $15 URI Faculty/Staff/Seniors, $5 students
  Box Office: 401-874-2627 (group discounts are available)
  Website: http://www.uri.edu/greatperformances
  Website: http://www.nainichen.org
  Taiko Drums is music turned into dance! One of the most exciting art forms you will ever lay eyes and ears to. Do Not Miss!
  (posted 23Jan04)




FEBRUARY 2004



• SIMPATICO presents CHAPTERS
  FEBRUARY 6 & 7, 2004
  Performing Arts Center
  Roger Williams University
  One Old Ferry Road
  Bristol RI
  Time: 8:00pm
  Price: 5.00 general/3.00 RWU students
  Tickets available at the door
  Information: 401-254-3623
  This full length piece is set to the music of Pearl Jam and is choreographed and produced by the dance group Simpatico comprised of Brandon Glasgow, Stacey Heman and Lindsay Caddle.
  (posted 23Jan04)
  
  
• FESTIVAL BALLET'S FIREBIRD
  & EXTREMES AND SOLEDAD
  FEBRUARY 13 thru 15, 2004
  Veterans Memorial Auditorium
  1 Avenue of the Arts
  Providence RI
  Time: 730pm Feb 13 and 14/ 230pm Feb 15
  Prices: $12.00 to $50.00
  Information: 401-353-1129
  Celebrate Valentine's weekend with this special event. Back by popular demand, Firebird is a magic-filled tale of love and hate, good vs evil set to Stravinksy's dramatic score. This production brings to life the Russian legend with a dozen princesses, two dozen monsters, a handsome prince and a magnificent creature, part woman, part bird. This program also includes audience favorites from the company's rich repertoire.
  More about this performance
  (posted 16Jul03)



• NUNSENSE
  FEBRUARY 17 thru 22, 2004
  220 Weybosset Street
  Providence RI
  Box Office: 401-421-2787
  Website: http://www.ppacri.com
  Times: Tuesday, Feb 17 at 7:00pm/Wednesday, Feb 18 & at 7:30pm/ Friday, Feb 20 at 8:00pm/Saturday, Feb 21 at 2:00 & 8:00pm/ Sunday, Feb 22 at 1:00 & 6:30pm
  Price: various
  Hallejah! The Little Sisters of Hoboken are taking their act on the road in an all-star production of NUNSENSE, the award-winning hit musical comedy. Celebrating twenty years of making the world laugh, NUNSENSE 20TH ANNIVERSARY ALL-STAR TOUR features five of America's best-loved comediannes: legends Kaye Ballard (from TV's The Mothers in Law), Georgia Engel (TV's The Mary Tyler Moore Show), Mimi Hines (Broadway leading lady in Funny Girl), Darlene Love (number one recording artist) and Lee Meriweather (former Miss America). Directed by creator Dan Goggin, NUNSENSE 20TH ANNIVERSARY ALL-STAR TOUR will also feature new show-stopping songs, riotous new dances, and Arlene Violet has agreed to reprise her role of Sister Mary Maverick!
  (posted 28Nov03)
  
  
• RENNIE HARRIS PURE MOVEMENT presents ROME AND JEWELS
  THURSDAY 19 FEBRUARY 2004
  Auditorium
  Roberts Hall
  Rhode Island College
  600 Mt Pleasant Ave
  Providence RI 02908-1991
  Time: 8pm
  Tickets: $26.00 general/$23.00 senior/$14.00 student or child
  Reservations: 401-456-8144 open 10am-4pm M-F
  One of this season's 'must see' events in New York City and Washington DC, Rome and Jewels combines dance, music, poetry and narration to create a unique art form. You won't find it for a better price than at RIC. Warning: the language in this performance may be offensive to many people and may not be suitable for young children.
  For more on this event see riDance's RIC Performing Series.
  (posted 14Jul03)



• MACHINAL
  25 thru 29 FEBRUARY, 2004
  Leeds Theater
  Brown University
  77 Waterman Street
  Providence, RI
  Time: 8pm all nights/3pm matinee on Feb 29
  Admission: $14 general/$10 seniors
  Tickets: (401) 863-2838
  Information call 401-334-3091
  Trapped in a world run by men and their machines, a young woman tries desperately to fit into her prescribed role. The catch is, the more perfectly she plays her part, the more she denies her own humanity. Will she make it out alive? Don't miss this very movement-oriented reworking of Treadwell's expressionist classic. Directed by Rebecca Rouse with Choreography by Kyle Shepard.
  (posted 25Feb04)



• SPINDLE CITY'S PETER AND THE WOLF
  SUNDAY FEBRUARY 29, 2004
  Narrow Center for the Arts
  16 Anawan Street
  Fall River MA 02721
  Time: 2pm & 3pm
  Price: $5.00
  Box Office: 508-677-2130 Ext 2
  Website: SPINDLE CITY BALLET
  Website: DIRECTIONS
  Join Spindle City Ballet for family winter fun, as the ballet performs Peter and the Wolf. Children of all ages will enjoy this delightful interactive tale of a young boy and his adventures in the meadow. This ballet is a wonderful introduction to the world of dance and music! Tickets may be purchased in advance or at the door.
  (posted 17Feb04)
  

MARCH 2004


• RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE 45th ANNUAL SPRING CONCERT
  MARCH 4 thru 6, 2004
  Auditorium
  Roberts Hall
  Rhode Island College
  600 Mt Pleasant Ave
  Providence RI 02908-1991
  Time: March 4 - 6 at 8pm
  And March 7 at 2pm
  Tickets: $10.00 Discounts for seniors & students
  Box Office: 401-456-8144
  Website: RIC DANCE
  The RIC Dance Company will perform all new repertory works by Alexander Beller (New York), Michael Bolger, Liam Clancy, Sean Curran (New York), Daniel McCusker(Boston) and Melody Ruffin Ward (Rhode Island).
  (posted 30Jan04)



• AMERICAN DANCE LEGACY FIFTH ANNUAL DANCE CONCERT
  SATURDAY 06 MARCH 2004
  Ashamu Dance Studio
  77 Waterman Street
  (between Brown and Thayer)
  Providence RI
  Time: 8pm
  Price: 15.00 general/10.00 students and seniors
  $5.00 floor spaces will be sold at the door
  Reservations: 401-863-7596
  The concert's nine dances embrace classic and contemporary works; pure movement pieces and theatre pieces; abstract dances and those of social commentary. The program includes works by choreographers Robert Battle, Caryolyn Dorfman, Danny Grossman and Sharon Jenkins. Eve Gentry's's 1936 classic, Tenant of the Street and features the Arabella Project, Catalyst Dance Company, The Dance Extension and Dancing Legacy.
  The American Dance Legacy Institute runs an annual one day dance conference with workshops and seminars followed by an evening concert. Make your reservations for the concert early because it always sells out.
  MINI FEST WORKSHOPS,LECTURE & CONCERT
  (posted 18Jul03/updated 1Feb04)




• ROGER WILLIAMS DANCE presents MOVEABLE EXPRESSIONS
  MARCH 10 & 11, 2004
  Performing Arts Center
  Roger Williams University
  One Old Ferry Road
  Bristol RI
  Time: 8PM
  Price: 5.00 general/3.00 students
  Tickets at the door
  Information: 401-824-8154
  A group of Roger Williams U dance majors have created a varied body of work and will present it in their concert, Moveable Expressions. Each piece is choreographed and performed by the students and their creativity is displayed through a variety of styles and techniques. The concert integrates a range of possibilities into dance with the choreography focusing on intricate movement and new media.
  (posted 05Mar04)
  
  
• OLIVER
  9 thru 14 MARCH 2004
  220 Weybosset Street
  Providence RI
  Box Office: 401-421-2787
  Website: http://www.ppacri.com
  Times: various
  Price: various
  Cameron Mackintosh's production of Lionel Bart's OLIVER! Dickens' greatest characters (Fagin, Nancy, Bill Sykes, The Artful Dodger, and Bumble) spring to life once again and Oliver's magical spell has everyone 'Asking For More'. The unforgettable songs include: 'Food, Glorious Food;' 'Consider Yourself'; 'Where is Love?'; 'I'd Do Anything'; 'As Long as He Needs Me;' and many more!
  (posted 11May03/updated 28Nov03)
  
  
  
• ROGER WILLIAMS DANCE presents MOVEABLE EXPRESSIONS
  MARCH 10 & 11, 2004
  Performing Arts Center
  Roger Williams University
  One Old Ferry Road
  Bristol RI
  Time: 8PM
  Price: 5.00 general/3.00 students
  Tickets at the door
  Information: 401-824-8154
  Roger Williams U dance majors have created a varied body of work and will present it in their concert, Moveable Expressions. Each piece is choreographed and performed by the students and their creativity is displayed through a variety of styles and techniques. The concert integrates a range of possibilities into dance with the choreography focusing on intricate movement and new media. Dancers and choreographers include Danielle Bento, Lindsay Caddle, Melissa Davis, Stephanie Franck, Whitney Fraser, Stacey Heman, Jennifer Kaye, Melissa Lopes, Meghan Metzler, Lyn Marely, Adrienne Perfetuo, Diane Peters & Lyndsey Stewart,
  (posted 05Mar04/updated 07Mar04)
  
  
• SALZBURG MARIONETTES presents A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM
  WEDNESDAY 17 MARCH 2004
  Auditorium
  Roberts Hall
  Rhode Island College
  600 Mt Pleasant Ave
  Providence RI 02908-1991
  Time: 730pm
  Tickets: $26.00 general/$23.00 senior/$16.00 student or child
  Reservations: 401-456-8144 open 10am-4pm M-F
  These puppeteers have woven their spell around the globe with entrancing performances of fairy tale ballets and operas. For more on this event see riDance's RIC Performing Series.
  (posted 14Jul03)



• FUSION SPRING DANCE CONCERT
  17 thru 21 MARCH 2004
  Ashamu Dance Studio
  77 Waterman Street
  (between Brown and Thayer)
  Providence RI
  Time: 8pm
  Price: $5.00
  Tickets: Brown University's Post Office, 3/9-3/10 starting at 10am (they tend to sell out very quickly)
  Information: Fusion@Brown.edu
  Fusion Dance Company's Spring Concert is an eclectic mix of dance styles ranging from hip hop to lyrical to tap...an entertaining,high energy show. All choreography done by Brown students
  (posted 03Mar04)



• AND THEN...
  Two One Act Plays Written and Directed by David Eliet
  MARCH 12-13 & 19-20, 2004
  Carriage House Theatre
  7 Duncan Ave
  Providence RI
  Time: 8pm
  Price: $15
  Information and tickets: 401-831-9479
  AND THEN...is two one act plays written and directed by David Eliet. DAY AFTER DAY AFTER DAY, the first of the two plays, was the winner of the 2002 Whip City Radio Drama Contest. An Old Man and an Old Woman try to reconstruct the exact events of the day that changed their lives and bound them together forever. SHADOWS 1959, the second play, is based on the true story of Jan Flimil, who rescued 200 Czechoslovakian Jews during The Holocaust and subsequently waged his own private battle against the postwar Communist regime. Both plays feature Bob Jaffe and Laura Hitt, with designs by Jill Jaffe.
  (posted 07Mar04)
  
  
• Up CLOSE, on HOPE III
  SATURDAY 20 MARCH 2004
  Festival Ballet
  Grand Studio
  825 Hope Street
  Providence RI
  Time: 730pm
  Tickets: $20.00 - $25.00
  Phone: 401-353-1129
  Up CLOSE, on HOPE gives audiences the opportunity to experience dance in an intimate setting in its purest form. Three separate repertory programs, one each in November, January and March will include works by established and emerging choreographers from around the country such as Viktor Plotnikov (Boston), Festival Ballet Providence's Mihailo Djuric (Providence), James Brown (Providence), Yves de Bouteiller (Ventura, CA), Gianni DiMarco (Boston), and Colleen Cavanaugh (Providence). Limited to an audience of only one hundred, these performances offer the chance to see thrilling, original dance, to meet the dancers, and to mingle with the choreographers. This series will kick off a fund-raising campaign to refurbish the space into a black box theater with lights, curtains and risers. All performances take place on two consecutive Saturdays.
  More about this performance
  (posted 24Oct03/updated 08Mar04)



• SPINDLE CITY presents FAERIES
  MARCH 20 & 21, 2004
  Margaret L. Jackson Arts Center
  Bristol Community College
  777 Elsbree Street
  Fall River MA
  Time: 2pm & 8pm
  Price: $16.00 adults/12.00 seniors/10.00 children under 12years
  Box Office: 508-677-2130
  Spindle City Ballet will present the world premiere of Faeries, an original ballet by Rachel Whitman, formerly of Boston Ballet and Atlanta Ballet. Faeries is an enchanting love story that conveys positive messages about diversity, acceptance and hope- a perfect theme for the beginning of a new spring season. Join the ballet company for an Enchanted Garden Party offered to our younger audience members. Children will enjoy refreshments, meeting our Faeries, face painting, photo opportunities with our performers and more! Don't miss this enchanting moment after our Sunday performance. Children are encouraged to dress in Faerie costume!
  (posted 17Feb04)
  
  
  
• CLOUDS DANCE THEATRE
  MARCH 23, 2004
  Solomon Center 101
  Brown University
  One Old Ferry Road
  Providence RI
  Time: 8pm
  Price: 5.00 general
  Tickets at Brown Post Office
  Information: 401-824-8154
  (posted 11Mar04)
  
  
• ISLAND MOVING CO'S DECONSTRUCTING COLE PORTER
  THURSDAY MARCH 25, 2004
  Rosecliff Mansion
  524 Bellevue Avenue
  Newport RI 02840
  Time: 8pm
  Price: $35/$100 for Golden Circle seating and champagne reception
  Tickets: 401-847-4470
  An evening of dance and jazz age images from Newport's social scene includes Miki Ohlsen's Deconstructiong Cole Porter with live music by Mac Chrupcala and Billy Weston and slides from private collections of scenes from Cole Porter-era parties in Newport. A Jazz Age in Newport event.
  For more about this performance see Deconstructing Cole Porter
  (posted 17Feb04)
  
  
• Up CLOSE, on HOPE III
  SATURDAY 27 MARCH 2004
  Festival Ballet
  Grand Studio
  825 Hope Street
  Providence RI
  Time: 730pm
  Tickets: $20.00 - $25.00
  Phone: 401-353-1129
  Up CLOSE, on HOPE gives audiences the opportunity to experience dance in an intimate setting in its purest form. Three separate repertory programs, one each in November, January and March will include works by established and emerging choreographers from around the country such as Viktor Plotnikov (Boston), Festival Ballet Providence's Mihailo Djuric (Providence), James Brown (Providence), Yves de Bouteiller (Ventura, CA), Gianni DiMarco (Boston), and Colleen Cavanaugh (Providence). Limited to an audience of only one hundred, these performances offer the chance to see thrilling, original dance, to meet the dancers, and to mingle with the choreographers. This series will kick off a fund-raising campaign to refurbish the space into a black box theater with lights, curtains and risers.
  More about this performance
  (posted 24Oct03/updated 08Mar04)



• Up CLOSE, on HOPE III
  SUNDAY 28 MARCH 2004
  Festival Ballet
  Grand Studio
  825 Hope Street
  Providence RI
  Time: 6pm
  Tickets: $20.00 - $25.00
  Phone: 401-353-1129
  Up CLOSE, on HOPE gives audiences the opportunity to experience dance in an intimate setting in its purest form. Three separate repertory programs, one each in November, January and March will include works by established and emerging choreographers from around the country such as Viktor Plotnikov (Boston), Festival Ballet Providence's Mihailo Djuric (Providence), James Brown (Providence), Yves de Bouteiller (Ventura, CA), Gianni DiMarco (Boston), and Colleen Cavanaugh (Providence). Limited to an audience of only one hundred, these performances offer the chance to see thrilling, original dance, to meet the dancers, and to mingle with the choreographers. This series will kick off a fund-raising campaign to refurbish the space into a black box theater with lights, curtains and risers.
  More about this performance
  (posted 24Oct03/updated 08Mar04)



• MAMMA MIA
  MARCH 23 thru APRIL 04, 2004
  Providence Performing Art Center
  220 Weybosset Street
  Providence RI
  Times: various
  Price: various
  Box Office: 401-421-2787
  Website: http://www.ppacri.com
  (posted 11May03)
  
  

APRIL 2004


• WORKS BY MELODY RUFFIN WARD and LIAM CLANCY
  APRIL 1 & 2, 2004
  Foreman Theatre
  Nazarian Center
  Rhode Island College
  600 Mt Pleasant Ave
  Providence RI 02908-1991
  Time: 8pm
  Tickets: $12.00 Discounts for seniors & students
  Box Office: 401-456-8144
  Website: RIC DANCE
  The evening will include Liam Clancy's adaptations of two short stories with set designs by Fernando Maneca (87) and Peter Melville. Clancy's work has been presented at the New York International Fringe Festival, Brooklyn Arts Exchange, Dance Theatre Workshop and other locations. Melody Ruffin Ward will present her newest solo, a meditation on her adolescence in Atlanta, Georgia and that of her two daughters, currently living in Providence. This work continues her long-standing choreographic project exploring female and minority identity and experience through the use of movement, music and text.
  (posted 30Jan04)



• FUSIONWORKS SPRING CONCERT COOL MOVES UNWRAPPED
  APRIL 1, 2004
  Ashamu Dance Theater
  Brown University
  77 Waterman Street
  Providence, RI
  Time: 7:30pm
  Admission: $35 general/$45 up-close side seats
  Tickets: 401-621-6123 or www.ArtTixRI.com
  Information call 401-334-3091
  Cool Moves Unwrapped is more than just a dance concert, it's a spectacular event that you should not miss. Come behind the scenes and learn the secrets of five new and exciting dances.
  More about this performance
  (posted 07Feb04)



• FUSIONWORKS SPRING CONCERT COOL MOVES
  APRIL 2 & 3, 2004
  Ashamu Dance Theater
  Brown University
  77 Waterman Street
  Providence, RI
  Time: April 2 and 3, 2004 at 8:00 pm
  April 3, 2004 at 3:00 pm - this performance features special guests Fusionworks II
  Admission: $20 general/$30 up-close side seats
  $15 seniors&students with college ID's
  Tickets: 401-621-6123 or www.ArtTixRI.com
  Information call 401-334-3091
  Fusionworks, Rhode Islands' coolest contemporary dance company will perform five new and exciting dances including a new work performed to the music of R&B band, Powerhouse. You will also see dances by company member Kerrie-Jean Hudson and percussionist and long-time dance accompanist Ron Schmitt.
  More about this performance
  (posted 07Feb04)



• JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR
  APRIL 2 & 3, 2004
  Seekonk Congregational Church
  600 Fall River Avenue
  Seekonk, MA
  Time: 7:30pm
  Admission: $6.00 adults/$4.00 youths and seniors
  Tickets: 1-508-336-9355
  A new interpretation of the beloved musical Jesus Christ Superstar directed by Nancy-Lee Devane and featuring Frank Wilmoth as Jesus, C.R. Fox as Judas and RI's Debbie Brzozowy as Mary Magdalene. Music by Andrew LLoyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice.
  (posted 22Mar04)




• RIBT'S KAERITAI
  SATURDAY APRIL 03, 2004
  North Kingstown High School
  150 Fairway Drive
  North Kingstown, RI 02852
  Times: 7PM
  Tickets: Reserved seating is $15/ Special Gold Circle seating in the first six rows of center is available at $25
  Tickets and information: 401-847-5301
  Website: http://www.riballet.org
  Rhode Island's Ballet Theatre will present the premiere of Kaeritai, a Japanese ballet. The show is an evening of international dance with a Celtic ballet, an Italian ballet and a Spanish ballet which features Genia Krassowski of Heritage Ballet. One performance only so buy your tickets early.
  More about this performance
  (posted 02Mar04)
  
  
PERVERSION INCOGNITO
APRIL 16 thru 17, 2004
Carriage House Theatre
7 Duncan Ave
Providence RI
Time: 8pm
Price: $15
Information and tickets: 401-831-9479
This rousing musical comedy is the portrait of a curious mind that is rendered mildly corrupt by pitfalls of misinformation. Originally performed to enthusiastic crowds in New York City at Catch a Rising Star and the Westbank Theater, Perversion Incognito is Elizabeth Anne Keiser's tribute to heroic teachers and parents who, try as they might, are not always able to prevent a child's mind from creating its own accidental reality. The piece stems partly from Keiser's experience working in schools across Rhode Island, and it is an updated version of the performance that was most recently featured locally at Stitches Komedy Kafe.
(posted 09Apr04)


• ACADEMY PLAYERS LA CAGE AUX FOLLES
  APRIL 22 thru MAY 1, 2004
  The Greenwich Odeum
  59 Main St
  East Greenwich RI
  Time: 8pm Apr 22,23,24,30 & May 1/ 5pm Apr 25 & May 1
  Prices: $18
  Tickets & Information: 401-885-6910
  Website: http://www.academyplayers.org
  The story of the homosexual lovers whose twenty years of domestic tranquillity are shattered when a son, fathered during a one-night heterosexual fling, decides to marry the daughter of a bigoted politician. Madcap mayhem ensues! Book by Harvey Fierstein, Music and lyrics by Jerry Herman.
  (posted 31Mar04/Updated 15Apr04)



• RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE
  WIND ENSEMBLE PRESENTS DANCE RHYTHMS
  FRIDAY APRIL 23, 2004
  Sapinsley Hall
  Nazarian Center
  Rhode Island College
  600 Mt Pleasant Ave
  Providence RI 02908-1991
  Time: 8pm
  Tickets: General admission $7; seniors and non-RIC students, $5; RIC students, free
  Box Office: 401-456-8144
  The Rhode Island College Wind Ensemble closes out its concert season with an exciting collaboration of dancers and musicians in Dance Rhythms. Under the direction of conductor Rob Franzblau, the ensemble will collaborate with two special guests. The Roger Williams University Dance Theater will perform One World, by local choreographer and dancer Kathy Smith. The work will be accompanied by the music of a Friend of Mine, composed by percussionist and RIC adjunct professor Michael DeQuattro. Also, The RIC Dance Company will present The Solitary Dancer, choreographed by Melody Ruffin Ward, RIC assistant professor of dance.
  More about this performance
  (posted 08Apr04)



• FESTIVAL BALLET'S SLEEPING BEAUTY
  APRIL 23 thru 25, 2004
  Veterans Memorial Auditorium
  1 Avenue of the Arts
  Providence RI
  Time: 730pm Apr 23 & 24/ 230pm Apr 24 & 25
  Prices: $16.00 to $51.00
  Tickets: Festival Ballet 401-353-1129
  Tickets: VMA Box Office: 401-272-4862
  Information: 401-353-1129
  Based on Perrault's famous fairy tale, The Sleeping Beauty has become an unsurpassed masterpiece of classical ballet, beloved around the world for it's wonderful storytelling. Festival Ballet Providence's international company makes this stunning spectacle shine for the entire family!
  More about this performance
  (posted 16Jul03/updated 04Mar04)



• WEST SIDE STORY
  APRIL 23 thru MAY 30, 2004
  Trinity Repertory
  201 Washington Street
  Providence, RI 02903
  Times: various
  Price: various
  Box Office: 401-351-4242
  Website: http://www.trinityrep.com
  WSS Website: http://www.westsidestory.com
  Young lovers from different worlds: forty-five years after its premiere, blazing with Bernstein's rapturous music and Sondheim's brilliant, pure lyrics, no musical is more thrilling, devastating, or breathtaking. In Trinity's innovative tradition of The Music Man, My Fair Lady, and Annie, this West Side Story reaches out to our own West Side and beyond, celebrating the new generation's promise of a diverse America. Boldly confronting divisive issues, West Side Story resonates with compassion and love. Choreographed by Sharon Jenkins. (posted 16Mar04)
  
  
• RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE PRESENTS THE WHO'S TOMMY
  APRIL 22 thru 25, 2004
  Roberts Auditorium
  Nazarian Center
  Rhode Island College
  600 Mt Pleasant Ave
  Providence RI 02908-1991
  Time: April 22-24 at 8pm/April 24&25 at 2pm
  Tickets: $18.00 Discounts for seniors & students
  Box Office: 401-456-8144
  Rhode Island College Musical Theater Department presents the Who's Tommy by Peter Townsend and Des McAduff with Music and Lyrics by Peter Townsend & Additional Music and Lyrics by John Entwistle and Keith Moon. Directed by Bill Wilson
  (posted 03Apr04)



• JENNY ROCHA & DANCERS
  PONDER ME
  APRIL 23 thru 25, 2004
  Carriage House Theatre
  7 Duncan Ave
  Providence RI
  Time: 8pm
  Price: $15
  Information and tickets: 401-831-9479
  Ponder Me, five works exploring survival through physicality and gutsy determination. Dances include the premiere of Evenhanded which communicates the possibilities of transforming a limitation into an advantage. Large skirts, connected at the wrists, are wrapped and caught around the dancers' bodies, evolving into a struggle that unravels and twists through space, gradually unfolding into large circular abstractions of strength. Choreography and costume design by Jenny Rocha. Dancers Christine Poland, Shevaun Smythe and Jenny Rocha. The concert includes a special performance of Whisper Into the Glass by guest choreographer Kelli Wicke Davis, with original score by New York City composer, Marty Beller, and performance by Rocha - Traveling through a raw and emotional journey, this primal and intensely physical dance gives all and more to the viewer.
  More about this performance
  
  (posted 11Mar04)
  
  
• BLACKFRIARS SPRING DANCE CONCERT
  APRIL 24 & 25, 2004
  Blackfriars Theatre
  Harkins Hall
  Providence College
  Providence RI
  Time: Saturday at 8pm/Sunday at 2pm
  Price: $7 general/$5 (senior citizens)/$3 (students)
  For more information, call 401-865-2206
  Box Office: 401-865-2218 open weekdays 1pm-5pm
  Tickets available after April 12
  Web site: http://www.providence.edu
  The Blackfriars Dance Concert, presented by the Providence College Dance Company, will include work from four guest choreographers, all of whom are working with the Dance Company for the first time. Choreographer and dancer, James Brown, has set two works for the company. The first, Red Ball, is set to music by Vivaldi; the second is a previously choreographed piece for three dancers. Christina Tsoules Soriano, from Trinity College in Hartford, has designed a piece set to the piano preludes of Russian composer Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915), and will be performing a duet with Megan Frazier, who also has choreographed a piece for the concert. RIC faculty member, Melody Ruffin Ward has choreographed a dance to music by Nina Simone. PC's resident choreographer, Wendy Oliver uses slides from the Sequoia National Forest, the music of thr Australian group Outback and new age jazz pianist Liz Story in her dance. The concert completes with American Dance Legancy Institute's Jose Limon Etude.
  (posted 16Nov03/updated 09Feb04/25Mar04)
  
  
• RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE STUDENT CHOREOGRAPHY SHOWCASE
  APRIL 29 & 30, 2004
  Foreman Theatre
  Nazarian Center
  Rhode Island College
  600 Mt Pleasant Ave
  Providence RI 02908-1991
  Time: 8pm
  Tickets: $12.00 Discounts for seniors & students
  Box Office: 401-456-8144
  Website: RIC DANCE
  This annual showcase highlights work by advanced students in the dance program. Senior Nikki Carrara will premier her half-evening-length work
  (posted 30Jan04)

MAY 2004


• JUMP PRESENTS SHORT AND SUITE
  SUNDAY 02 MAY, 2004
  Wheeler School
  216 Hope Street
  Providence RI 02906-2214
  Information: 401-351-3393
  Times: 2pm
  Price: $5.00 at the door
  JUMP! Dance Company presents Short and Suite, a Sampler of JUMP! Dances with guest artists - The John Hope Settlement Steppers.
  (posted 06Apr04)
  
  
• THE SOUND OF MUSIC
  4 & 5 MAY, 2004
  Providence Performing Art Center
  220 Weybosset Street
  Providence RI
  Box Office: 401-421-2787
  Website: http://www.ppacri.org
  Times: Tuesday, May 4 at 7:30pm/Wednesday, May 5 at 7:30pm
  Price: $52.50, $42.50, $32.50
  Ever popular with young and old alike, the delightful and inspiring story of the Trapp Family Singers features a glorious score including My Favorite Things, Do Re Mi, Climb Ev'ry Mountain, The Sound of Music, Sixteen Going on Seventeen, So Long, Farewell, The Lonely Goatherd and many more unforgettable tunes. With its heartwarming story, wonderful music and charming cast of characters, Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic, The Sound of Music will always be one of our favorite things.
  (posted 26Oct03/updated 28Nov03)
  
  
• BROWN DANCE CONCERT
  MAY 6 thru 9, 2004
  Stuart Theater
  Brown University
  77 Waterman Street
  Providence, RI
  Time: 8pm
  Tickets: 14.00 general/10.00 Brown staff and senior citizens/5.00 students/Visa and Mastercard accepted
  Box Office: 401-863-2838 Hours Monday thru Friday 12noon-5pm
  Rated DNM (Do Not Miss) by riDance
  Rich, versatile and intense, this season's Spring Concert is culturally diverse and yet spiritually unified by the experience of remembering. Artists in residence join the Brown University dance faculty to provide an evening full of thrilling and evocative dance.
  
  This year's Lawton Wehle Fitt Artist in residence are Chinese movement-theatre artist Yin Mae, who will present Nomad: The River and Carolyn Dorfman whose work often celebrates Jewish tradition nd the lives of those effected by the Holocaust. On Opening night - May 6 - Only. In addition to her piece Portrait, Ms Dorfman will present The Klezmer Sketch from her renowned program Mayne Mentshn!
  
  Ballet artist in residence, Brian Reeder, will premiere two new pieces, as will Michelle Bach-Coulibaly whose modern works are deeply enriched with West African culture. The company will also perform Battle Etude and Rush Hour by Robert Battle and Ecce Etude by Danny Grossman as well as Eve Gentry's historical piece Tenant of the Street (1938). The annual Brown University Dance Ensemble's Spring Concert will showcase works from the repertory and exciting innovative new works by student, faculty, and well-known choreographers performed by Brown's innovative and dynamic dance ensembles. Produced by Julie Strandberg.
  (posted 18Jul03/Updated 26Apr04)
  
  
  
• ROGER WILLIAMS DANCE THEATRE SPRING CONCERT
  MAY 6 thru 9, 2004
  Performing Arts Center
  Roger Williams University
  One Old Ferry Road
  Bristol RI
  Times: May 6 thru 8 at 8pm/May 8 & 9 at 2pm
  Price: 10.00 general/5.00 students and seniors
  Box Office: 401-254-3666
  Information: 401-824-8154
  Rated DNM (Do Not Miss) by riDance
  The Roger Williams Dance Theatre will present its Spring concert with choreography by guest artists, students and faculty. Three pieces are choreographed by students Tara Burke, Jennifer Kaye and Lyndsey Stewart. Featured is choreography by guest artists Chris Elam and Heidi Latsky. Works by Roger William's faculty members Pam Raff, Kathy Gordon Smith, Elizabeth Spatz and Gary Shore will also be presented. More about this performance
  (posted 05Mar04/updated 07Mar04/04Apr04)
  
  
• ANNA MEYER & DANCERS THE PRESENCE OF THAT ABSENCE
  MAY 07 & 08 2004
  Carriage House Theatre
  7 Duncan Ave
  Providence RI
  Time: 8pm
  Price: $15
  Information and tickets: 401-831-9479
  Website: http://www.annamyerdancers.org
  The dance takes its title from a quote by Edna St. Vincent Millet. "The Presence Of That Absence deals with love and loss, the innocent romance of life the finite reality of death and the large empty encompassing space that it holds." Danced by seven dancers to the sensual sound of Latin music alternating with sorrowful, Russian/Gypsy Lullabies written and played by Javok Jakolouv.
  More about this performance
  (posted 09Apr04)
  
  
• FORTH-FOURTH SPRING CELEBRATION OF BALLET ARTISTRY
  MAY 7 & 8, 2004
  The Auditorium in Roberts Hall
  Rhode Island College
  600 Mt Pleasant Ave
  Providence RI 02908-1991
  Time: Friday, May 7 at 7:30 PM/Saturday, May 8 at 5:00 PM
  Tickets: $18,$14,$12
  Box Office: 401-456-8144
  Information: 401-334-2560
  Website: STATE BALLET
  The State Ballet of Rhode Island presents its 44th Spring Concert featuring the music of Khachaturian, Shostakovich, Poulenc, Strauss and Copland with the mystery and romance of The Masquerade, the amusing Les Pieds, the romantic Meditation, the humorous Graduation Ball & the premiere of Ballet West.
  (posted 26Mar04)



• FAME
  30 APRIL & 1 MAY, 2004
  Providence Performing Art Center
  220 Weybosset Street
  Providence RI
  Box Office: 401-421-2787
  Website: http://www.ppacri.org
  Times: Friday, April 30 at 8:00pm/Saturday, May 1 at 2:00 & 8:00pm
  Price: $47.50, $37.50, $27.50
  Inspired by the Academy Award winning film and Emmy Award winning TV series, FAME, THE MUSICAL is an emotionally charged, red-hot spectacular new musical. From street corners to nightclubs to national television, the quest for FAME fascinates some and drives others to the edge of endurance. Follow the young, dynamic 24-member ensemble as they search for that elusive goal of fame while attending New York's High School of Performing Arts. They will electrify with brilliant music and vivacious choreography that will have you dancing in the aisles. Whether a fan of the movie, TV show or experiencing FAME for the first time, FAME, THE MUSICAL will entertain and stir the soul!
  (posted 26Oct03/updated 28Nov03)
  

MAY 2004


• THE SOUND OF MUSIC
  4 & 5 MAY, 2004
  Providence Performing Art Center
  220 Weybosset Street
  Providence RI
  Box Office: 401-421-2787
  Website: http://www.ppacri.org
  Times: Tuesday, May 4 at 7:30pm/Wednesday, May 5 at 7:30pm
  Price: $52.50, $42.50, $32.50
  Ever popular with young and old alike, the delightful and inspiring story of the Trapp Family Singers features a glorious score including My Favorite Things, Do Re Mi, Climb Ev'ry Mountain, The Sound of Music, Sixteen Going on Seventeen, So Long, Farewell, The Lonely Goatherd and many more unforgettable tunes. With its heartwarming story, wonderful music and charming cast of characters, Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic, The Sound of Music will always be one of our favorite things.
  (posted 26Oct03/updated 28Nov03)
  
• ACCORDION
  SATURDAY MAY 15
  Frazier Terrace
  RISD
  Benefit Street
  Providence RI
  Time: 8pm
  Free
  Information and tickets: 401-831-9479
  Accordion, conceptualized by Ellen Godena and co-choreographed with Nathan Andary, is a multimedia movement piece drawing inspiration from Marcel Duchamp's well known painting, Nude Descending a Staircase. Additionally, many forms in the piece are based upon Fibonacci's Numbers, describing the endless patterns of natural forms such as the nautilus shell. Duchamp's futurist style/vision of the time is reflected through the dancers' varied timing of breath and response. The Human Spine, through Butoh and Modern dance, provides a conceptual conduit to reflect both Duchamp's and Fibonacci's work. Frazier Terrace provides the precipitous angle for this study to take place underscoring the detailed fragility of the human body in motion. Matthew Everett, Michael Jeffries, Tara Cavanaugh, Lia Cinquegrano, have come together to create an original score, video, lighting and costuming. The performance is free and open to the public.
  (posted 07May04)
  
  
• MARVIN NOVOGRODSKI AND DOUG VOGEL in OUT OF MY MIND
  MAY 14 & 15
  Carriage House Theatre
  7 Duncan Ave
  Providence RI
  Time: 8pm
  Price: $10
  Information and tickets: 401-831-9479
  This performance piece explores life's struggles, the trappings of the mind, and the methods used for personal growth. By exposing his own personal and family frailties, Marvin strikes a universal chord among his audience, one that shares in his struggles and realizations. With Doug, Marvin's actual therapist, on board the audience gets to observe hypnosis in action. Script scenes are played directly from therapy sessions.
  "It's a captivating combination of thought-provoking wit and poignant soul-baring" - Johnette Rodriguez, Providence Phoenix
  "Imagine a play by Samuel Beckett performed by Robin Williams doing an impression of Woody Allen..." - Joe Kiernan, Cranston Herald.
  (posted 09Apr04)
  
  
• STUDIO 34 DANCE COMPANY PRESENTS THEN & NOW
  MAY 15 & 16 2004
  Auditorium
  Classical High School
  770 Westminster Street
  Providence, RI
  Time: 7pm May 15/ 2pm May 16
  Price: $15.00 at door//Advance tickets: $12.00 general/$ 8.00 children 10 and under
  Information/Reservations: 401-474-6150
  Email: studio34@msn.com
  The Studio 34 Dance Company 10 year anniversary show will feature repertory works such as J.C. Superstar, Chorus Line, Rhythm Nation and Prayer, and will introduce new works Dance Medley, Bring me back to life and Irish. There will be an Anniversary Tribute to Director Deb Brzozowy by her dance company. Also, Deb and her sister Mary will be doing a special tribute section to their mom in memory of their dad who passed away this past June. This is not a show to miss! This dance company is now 10 years old and still going strong! posted 05Jan04)
  
  
• SAYAT NOVA DANCE COMPANY
  SUNDAY 16 MAY 2004
  Auditorium
  Roberts Hall
  Rhode Island College
  600 Mt Pleasant Ave
  Providence RI 02908-1991
  Time: 4pm
  Tickets: $20.00 in advance/$25.00 at the door/$10.00 students
  Reservations: 401-831-6399 or 617-923-4455
  Website: http://www.sayatnova.com
  The Sayat Nova Dance Company of Boston performs dances from the Armenian legacy, choreographed by Apo Ashijian.
  (posted 14May04)



• STARLIGHT EXPRESS
  18 thru 23 MAY 2004
  Providence Performing Arts Center
  220 Weybosset Street
  Providence RI
  Box Office: 401-421-2787
  Website: http://www.ppacri.org
  Times: Tuesday, May 18 at 7:00pm/May 19 & 20 at 7:30pm/ Friday, May 21 at 8:00pm/Saturday, May 22 at 2:00 & 8:00pm/ Sunday, May 23 at 2:00 & 7:00pm
  Price: various
  Box Office: 401-421-2787
  Andrew Lloyd Webber's triumphant musical, STARLIGHT EXPRESS is like nothing you've seen before. Brought to you by London's original creative team, this high-velocity production fuses state-of-the-art technology, electrifying music, and all-new dazzling sets and costumes by John Napier. STARLIGHT EXPRESS is a feel-good musical with something for everyone. It's a story of hope and a story of love, filled with thrills, stunts and roller racing action.
  (posted 11May03/updated 28Nov03)
  
  
• MARVIN NOVOGRODSKI AND DOUG VOGEL in OUT OF MY MIND
  May 21 & 22, 2004
  Carriage House Theatre
  7 Duncan Ave
  Providence RI
  Time: 8pm
  Price: $10
  Information and tickets: 401-831-9479
  This performance piece explores life's struggles, the trappings of the mind, and the methods used for personal growth. By exposing his own personal and family frailties, Marvin strikes a universal chord among his audience, one that shares in his struggles and realizations. With Doug, Marvin's actual therapist, on board the audience gets to observe hypnosis in action. Script scenes are played directly from therapy sessions.
  "It's a captivating combination of thought-provoking wit and poignant soul-baring" - Johnette Rodriguez, Providence Phoenix
  "Imagine a play by Samuel Beckett performed by Robin Williams doing an impression of Woody Allen..." - Joe Kiernan, Cranston Herald.
  (posted 09Apr04)
  
  
• BROWN COMMENCEMENT DANCE CONCERT
  SATURDAY 29 MAY 2004
  NOT HELD?
  Stuart Theater
  Brown University
  77 Waterman Street
  (at Brown St)
  Providence, RI
  Time: 730pm (time not firm)
  Tickets: 14.00 general/10.00 Brown staff and senior citizens/5.00 students/Visa and Mastercard accepted
  Tickets go on sale Tuesday May 20
  Box Office: 401-863-2838 Hours Monday thru Friday 12noon-5pm
  An hour concert featuring choreography by Brown students.
  (posted Sep03)
  
  
• WEST SIDE STORY
  APRIL 23 thru JUNE 6, 2004
  Trinity Repertory
  201 Washington Street
  Providence, RI 02903
  Times: various
  Price: various
  Box Office: 401-351-4242
  Website: http://www.trinityrep.com
  WSS Website: http://www.westsidestory.com
  Young lovers from different worlds: forty-five years after its premiere, blazing with Bernstein's rapturous music and Sondheim's brilliant, pure lyrics, no musical is more thrilling, devastating, or breathtaking. In Trinity's innovative tradition of The Music Man, My Fair Lady, and Annie, this West Side Story reaches out to our own West Side and beyond, celebrating the new generation's promise of a diverse America. Boldly confronting divisive issues, West Side Story resonates with compassion and love. Choreographed by Sharon Jenkins. Lots of dancing!!
  (posted 16Mar04?updated 29Apr04)
  
  

JUNE 2004


• CURRENT DANCE COMPANY SUMMER CONCERT
  SATURDAY JUNE 12, 2004
  CANCELLED
  Community Center
  34 The Commons
  Little Compton RI 02837
  Time: 8pm
  Price: $12.00 at the door
  Information: 508-636-4427
  The concert will feature Like Alice - a compelling dance/theater work combining narrative, a life guard stand and a traveling table for a witty look at coming of age. Modern Etiquette is a send up of manners and Nature Study is a composition inspired by close up nature photography. After the performance, the choreographer and performers will lead a question and answer session. Choreography by Beth Eastery. Performers: Bonita Cade, Mary Fleming, Amanda Gregg, Mary Hurwitz, Lorraine Kaiser and guest actor Ruth Coffin.
  This program is suitable for general audiences.
  (Posted 17 May04)
  
  
• CURRENT DANCE COMPANY SUMMER CONCERT
  SATURDAY JUNE 19, 2004
  CANCELLED
  First Unitarian Church
  5 Dover Street
  New Bedford MA 02740
  Time: 8pm
  Price: $12.00 at the door
  Information: 508-636-4427
  The concert will feature Like Alice - a compelling dance/theater work combining narrative, a life guard stand and a traveling table for a witty look at coming of age. Modern Etiquette is a send up of manners and Nature Study is a composition inspired by close up nature photography. After the performance, the choreographer and performers will lead a question and answer session. Choreography by Beth Eastery. Performers: Bonita Cade, Mary Fleming, Amanda Gregg, Mary Hurwitz, Lorraine Kaiser and guest actor Ruth Coffin.
  This program is suitable for general audiences.
  (Posted 17 May04)
  
• MENOPAUSE MAMA
  JUNE 11-13, 18-20, 25-27 2004
  Greenwich Odeum
  Main Street
  East Greenwich, RI
  Time: Fridays & Saturdays at 730pm/Sundays at 5pm
  Tickets: 25.00/Sunday discount - Bring a friend 2 for $25.00
  Discounts for parties of 10 or more, Mamas in Red Hats, Senior Citizens and students
  Box Office: 401-621-6123
  Or purchase thru http://www.arttixri.com
  Website: http://www.menopausemama.com
  Rose Weaver's Menopause Mama is a compelling, cutting edge and often hilarious solo performance about menopause and aging. Through a variety of characters Weaver depicts the struggles, triumphs, tears, and the lighter side of menopause and tackles tough subjects with a take-no-prisoners honesty. Choreography by Julie Strandberg.
  (posted 11May04)
  
  
• THEATRE EXPANSION presents DANCESTRAVAGANZA!
  JUNE 18 & 19, 2004
  Little Theatre
  John Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts
  Rhode Island College
  600 Mt Pleasant Ave
  Providence RI 02908-1991
  Time: Doors open at 630pm/7pm concert/10pm reception
  Tickets: $20
  Box Office: 401-440-5440
  Email: Rubeltrubel3@aol.com
  The Theatre Expansion would like to invite the Rhode Island Dance world to our benefit concert and fundraiser, Dancestravaganza! It will feature works by local dance and theatre artists including a work by Fusionworks Artistic Director, Deb Meunier. All proceeds benefit The Theatre Expansion, to help cover the cost of our 2004 production, pay our artists and work towards a permanent home to bring theatre and dance together in Rhode Island. Price includes non-alcoholic drinks and food, plus a raffle that could win you some great summer goodies!
  (posted 08Jun04/10Jun04)



• MENOPAUSE MAMA
  JUNE 25 thru 27 2004
  Greenwich Odeum
  Main Street
  East Greenwich, RI
  Time: Fridays & Saturdays at 730pm/Sundays at 5pm
  Tickets: 25.00/Sunday discount - Bring a friend 2 for $25.00
  Discounts for parties of 10 or more, Mamas in Red Hats, Senior Citizens and students
  Box Office: 401-621-6123
  Or purchase thru http://www.arttixri.com
  Website: http://www.menopausemama.com
  Rose Weaver's Menopause Mama is a compelling, cutting edge and often hilarious solo performance about menopause and aging. Through a variety of characters Weaver depicts the struggles, triumphs, tears, and the lighter side of menopause and tackles tough subjects with a take-no-prisoners honesty. Choreography by Julie Strandberg.
  (posted 11May04)
  
  
• NAPUA O POLYNESIA Presents AN EVENING OF ENCHANTMENT
  SUNDAY 27 JUNE 2004
  The Providence Black Repertory Theatre
  276 Westminister Street
  Providence, RI 02903
  Time: 6:00pm
  Price: $15
  Phone: Carolyn Castro (401) 273-8928
  Website: http://www.tropicalislanddancers.com
  Polynesian Fundraiser Performance--Sunday, June 27, 2004 Join The Napua O Polynesia Dancers as they perform a fundraiser showcase of various polynesian dances such as kahiko/ohana hula and Tahitian dance. Also featuring African Dance and Drumming. Cocktails will be available at an additional charge.
  (posted 24Jun04)
  
  

JULY 2004


• ISLAND MOVING COMPANY'S FLIGHT OF STEPS
  JULY 16, 17, 21, 22 & 23, 24, 2004
  Fort Adams State Park
  Fort Adams Road
  Newport RI
  Time: 630pm
  Tickets: 15.00 adults/10.00 children and seniors/group and subscription rates available
  Box Office: 401-847-4470
  ALso online at: http://arttixri.com
  Rhode Island's annual outdoor summer dance festival held at historic Fort Adams in Newport. The dancers of Island Moving Co. will perform a changing repertoire of works along with Los Angeles-based, Brockus Dance Project and the Connor/Noble Dance Company.
  More about this performance
  (posted 17Feb04/Updated 08Jun04)
  
  
• MENOPAUSE MAMA
  JULY 30-31, 2004
  Greenwich Odeum
  Main Street
  East Greenwich, RI
  Time: Fridays & Saturdays at 730pm/Sundays at 5pm
  Tickets: 25.00/Sunday discount - Bring a friend 2 for $25.00
  Discounts for parties of 10 or more, Mamas in Red Hats, Senior Citizens and students
  Box Office: 401-621-6123
  Or purchase thru http://www.arttixri.com
  Website: http://www.menopausemama.com
  Rose Weaver's Menopause Mama is a compelling, cutting edge and often hilarious solo performance about menopause and aging. Through a variety of characters Weaver depicts the struggles, triumphs, tears, and the lighter side of menopause and tackles tough subjects with a take-no-prisoners honesty. Choreography by Julie Strandberg.
  (posted 11May04)
  
  

AUGUST 2004


• MARIA KOSTELAS FLUTES OF THE WORLD
  FRIDAY AUGUST 13, 2004
  The Aspray Boathouse
  East St
  Pawtuxet Park
  Pawtuxet Village Warwick, RI
  Directions: Take a right off Post Road onto Broad Street, and then an immediate left into the park.
  Information: 401-467-9542 or intexpress2000@aol.com
  Website: http://www.flutesoftheworld.com
  Price: $15.00
  Kim E. Greenberg, dancer and artist, will be performing in concert with Maria Kostelas, an international composer and flutist in a rare local engagement. Described as a "pied piper of the soul," Maria's evocative music is connected to a rich legacy of diverse cultural influences, and Kim will dance to some of the pieces. A portion of ticket proceeds will benefit women in need living with cancer. Refreshments will be served and CDs will be available for purchase following the performance.
  (posted 30Jul04)
  
  
• MENOPAUSE MAMA
  AUGUST 20 thru 22, 2004
  Greenwich Odeum
  Main Street
  East Greenwich, RI
  Time: Fridays & Saturdays at 730pm/Sundays at 5pm
  Tickets: 25.00/Sunday discount - Bring a friend 2 for $25.00
  Or purchase thru http://www.arttixri.com
  Discounts for parties of 10 or more, Mamas in Red Hats, Senior Citizens and students
  Box Office: 401-621-6123
  Website: http://www.menopausemama.com
  Rose Weaver's Menopause Mama is a compelling, cutting edge and often hilarious solo performance about menopause and aging. Through a variety of characters Weaver depicts the struggles, triumphs, tears, and the lighter side of menopause and tackles tough subjects with a take-no-prisoners honesty. Choreography by Julie Strandberg.
  (posted 11May04)
  
  
• THE THEATRE EXPANSION presents LARRY KRAMER'S THE NORMAL HEART
  AUGUST 26 thru SEPTEMBER 5
  Bell St. Chapel
  5 Bell ST. (Off Broadway)
  Providence, RI
  Time: Thursday-Sunday evenings at 8:00pm
  August 30th at 7:00pm - Special Pay-what-you-can Monday Night performance
  Tickets: $15.00 regular price/$10.00 Student price
  Box Office: 401-440-5440
  About the Play: Set in New York City in the early 1980s, this political drama about the AIDS epidemic paints a relentless picture of how the United States government ignored the disease and stood by while thousands died, due to the disease's affiliation with homosexuality. Written by the founder of the Gay Men's Health Crisis, Kramer uses real stories, classic tragedy and wit to tell a story of obstructed justice in our modern lives.
  
  About the Theatre Expansion: The Theatre Expansion is a relatively new, small company dedicated to producing controversial professional theatre from different genres that is socially relevant, intellectually stimulating and always entertaining. While drama is at the forefront of their work, they are a company of artists committed to bridging the gab between theatre and Dance. They are actors as well as dancers, choreographers as well as directors and designers. Their mission is to produce challenging straight plays, as well as dance adaptations of dramatic literature and pieces that lend themselves to a dancer's expressive body in addition to an actor's insightful voice.
  
  The Normal Heart is the Theatre Expansion's first production with this new vision.
  (posted 21Aug04)

SEPTEMBER 2004


• TAIPEI FOLK DANCE THEATRE
  FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 10, 2004
  Stadium Theatre Performing Arts Centre
  28 Main Street
  Monument Square
  Woonsocket RI 02895
  Box Office: 401-762-4545
  Website: http://www.stadiumtheatre.com
  Time: 7pm
  Price: $15.00 orchestra/$12.00 balcony
  Presented by the Stadium Theatre A rare opportunity to experience the first professional dance company from Taiwan. "Exquisite dancing techniques...the most impressive, powerful oriental dance company." (posted 23Aug04)
  
  
• EVERETT DANCE THEATRE presents HOME MOVIES
  FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 10, 2004
  Carriage House Theatre
  7 Duncan Ave
  Providence RI
  Time: 730pm
  Price: $35.00
  Ticket & Information: 401-831-9479
  Opening night performance includes reception with the artists
  Using dance, theater, song and video, Home Movies intertwines compelling images and poignant moments with humor and light and playful movement. Five dancers, four families, four distinct neighborhoods and a myriad of stories coexist on the stage, swirling around and intersecting with each other.
  (posted 11Aug04)
  
  
• EVERETT DANCE THEATRE presents HOME MOVIES
  SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 11, 2004
  Carriage House Theatre
  7 Duncan Ave
  Providence RI
  Time: 730pm
  Price: $15.00
  Ticket & Information: 401-831-9479
  Using dance, theater, song and video, Home Movies intertwines compelling images and poignant moments with humor and light and playful movement. Five dancers, four families, four distinct neighborhoods and a myriad of stories coexist on the stage, swirling around and intersecting with each other.
  (posted 11Aug04)
  
  
• EVERETT DANCE THEATRE presents HOME MOVIES
  SEPTEMBER 17 & 18, 2004
  Carriage House Theatre
  7 Duncan Ave
  Providence RI
  Time: 8pm
  Price: $15.00
  Ticket & Information: 401-831-9479
  Using dance, theater, song and video, Home Movies intertwines compelling images and poignant moments with humor and light and playful movement. Five dancers, four families, four distinct neighborhoods and a myriad of stories coexist on the stage, swirling around and intersecting with each other. With nuance and clarity, Everett brings their multiple stories to life on one stage. (posted 11Aug04/updated 18Sep04)
• BALLET HISPANICO
  TUESDAY 21 SEPTEMBER, 2004
  Auditorium
  Roberts Hall
  Rhode Island College
  600 Mt Pleasant Ave
  Providence RI 02908-1991
  Time: 730pm
  Tickets: $28.00 general/$25.00 senior/$16.00 student or child
  Reservations: 401-456-8144 open 10am-4pm M-F
  Ballet Hispanico is the leading Hispanic-American dance company in North America - a sort of Latino counterpart to Alvin Ailey. A group that draws on and celebrates an ethnic tradition. Their production of NIGHTCLUB is three stories of the inevitable passion and powerful rhythms that move us, as told through the intimate language of dance. NIGHTCLUB contains adult themes.
  RIC Performing Series
  (posted 04Aug04)



• EVERETT DANCE THEATRE presents HOME MOVIES
  SEPTEMBER 24 & 25, 2004
  Carriage House Theatre
  7 Duncan Ave
  Providence RI
  Time: 8pm
  Price: $15.00
  Ticket & Information: 401-831-9479
  Using dance, theater, song and video, Home Movies intertwines compelling images and poignant moments with humor and light and playful movement. Five dancers, four families, four distinct neighborhoods and a myriad of stories coexist on the stage, swirling around and intersecting with each other. With nuance and clarity, Everett brings their multiple stories to life on one stage. (posted 11Aug04/updated 18Sep04)

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• Up CLOSE, on HOPE I
  SEPTEMBER 25 & 26, 2004
  Festival Ballet
  Grand Studio
  825 Hope Street
  Providence RI
  Time: 730pm on Saturday, 6pm on Sunday
  Tickets: $30.00
  $85.00 for subscription to all three shows in the UpCLOSE series
  Phone: 401-353-1129
  This performance will include works by Colleen Cavanaugh and Mihailo Djuric. Ms. Cavanaugh will restage Scarlet Tangents, to Robert Schumann's Piano Quartet Opus 47, a highlight of last year's Up CLOSE season. Ms.Cavanaugh will also present the premiere of her new work, Suspended in Quiet, portions of which were first shown at the Barrington Library in January 2004 as a work-in-progress for the Globalheart Project. It was created in collaboration with Providence composer Elaine Bearer and sculptor Christiane Corbat whose original plaster casts have been the inspiration for the composer and choreographer. Mr. Djuric will round out the program with two of his original ensemble works; Loose Ends to music by Thomaso Albinoni, and Upon Dark, with music by Paul Moravec, inspired by the northern lights.

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• ISLAND MOVING COMPANY'S OPEN FOR DANCE
  SEPTEMBER 25 & 26, 2004
  Fort Adams State Park
  Fort Adams Road
  Newport RI
  Time: 3pm to 6pm
  Tickets: $35.00 button for all site performances and IMC at Fort Adams or $10.00 at the door
  Box Office: 401-847-4470
  Performances of site specific works at Ballard Park, Rough Point and the Sod Maze at Chateau sur Mer. All locations will host performances on the hour and audience will be taken by trolley to each location as well as to the Island Moving Co finale at Fort Adams.
  (posted 08Jun04)
  
  
• THE PRODUCERS
  21 SEPTEMBER thru 03 OCTOBER 2004
  Providence Performing Arts Center
  220 Weybosset Street
  Providence RI
  Box Office: 401-421-2787
  Website: http://www.ppacri.org
  Times: Tuesdays at 7:00pm, Wednesdays at 7:30pm
  Thursdays at 7:30pm Fridays at 8:00pm
  Saturdays at 2:00 & 8:00pm
  Sundays at 1:00 & 6:30pm
  Price: various
  Box Office: 401-421-2787
  (posted 14May04)
  
  
• SNAPPY DANCE THEATRE
  MONDAY 27 SEPTEMBER 2004
  Will Theatre
  Fine Arts Center
  University of Rhode Island
  105 Upper College Road
  Kingston, RI 02881
  Time: 8pm
  Tickets: $20 General, $15 URI Faculty/Staff/Seniors, $5 students
  Box Office: 401-874-2627 (group discounts are available)
  Website: GREAT PERFORMANCES
  Website: SNAPPY DANCE
  Snappy Dance Theater is dedicated to creating compelling performances which work the edge of oxymoron - emotions and images which contradict themselves in Art, as in real life.
  Rated DNM (Do Not Miss!!) by RiDance
  (posted 01Jul04/updated 12Jul04)
  
  
• THE NATIONAL DANCE THEATRE OF JAMAICA
  THURSDAY 30 SEPTEMBER, 2004
  Auditorium
  Nazarian Center
  Rhode Island College
  600 Mt Pleasant Ave
  Providence RI 02908-1991
  Time: 730pm
  Tickets: $25.00 general/$20.00 senior,student,child
  Reservations: 401-456-8144 open 10am-4pm M-F
  Purchase tickets at http://www.arttixri.com
  Get two for one tickets thru Art Tix by mentioning discount code - NDTJ50 when purchasing your tickets thru the website above or at 401-621-6123.
  The International Gallery for Heritage & Culture Presents The National Dance Theatre of Jamaica, a company made up of dancers, singers, and musicians. NDTJ has a wide-ranging repertoire that includes over 100 works. Some of the dances are dramas and tell a story; some are staged rituals showing religious ceremonies; some are pantomimes and other dances are just to enjoy. The honorary co-chairs for this event are Governor & Mrs. Donald L. Carcieri and co-chairs are Wil & Dee Fleming.
  RIC Performing Series
  (posted 01Sep04)

OCTOBER 2004


• EVERETT DANCE THEATRE presents HOME MOVIES
  OCTOBER 01 & 02, 2004
  Carriage House Theatre
  7 Duncan Ave
  Providence RI
  Time: 8pm
  Price: $15.00
  Ticket & Information: 401-831-9479
  Using dance, theater, song and video, Home Movies intertwines compelling images and poignant moments with humor and light and playful movement. Five dancers, four families, four distinct neighborhoods and a myriad of stories coexist on the stage, swirling around and intersecting with each other. With nuance and clarity, Everett brings their multiple stories to life on one stage. (posted 11Aug04/updated 18Sep04)

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• PILOBILOS
  SATURDAY 02 OCTOBER, 2004
  Veterans Memorial Auditorium
  1 Avenue of the Arts
  Providence RI
  Time: 800pm
  Price: $15.00/25.00
  Tickets: 1-800-919-6272
  Tickets: http://www.tickets.com
  Website: http://www.firstworksprov.org
  A New England premiere by mesmerizing movement illusionists, Pilobolus Dance Theatre. Known for three decades of stunning physical innovation, humor and dramatic imagery, Pilobolus is recognized worldwide as one of the most outstanding contemporary performing arts groups of the late 20th/early 21st century. "If you're lucky every decade or so, you see an artist that makes you catch your breath... because they are so totally innovative." Charles Reinhart, Director of the American Dance Festival.
  
  The exhilarating, full-throttle multi-part program includes Megawatt, blending startling energy with multi-body elements that zip, flip, careen and zoom - not to mention music by Primus, Radiohead and Squarepusher. The sumptuous Star-Cross'd is a luscious aerial feast on big, soft swings inspired Romeo and Juliet.
  
  Opening Festivities begin at 6:30 in the VMA lobby with hilarious, crazy, and acrobatic antics from the world famous stilt walkers Shinbone Alley Stilts, music, wondrous characters and more.
  Rated DNM (Do Not Miss!!) by RiDance
  (posted 11Sep04)



• Up CLOSE, on HOPE I
  SATURDAY 02 OCTOBER, 2004
  Festival Ballet
  Grand Studio
  825 Hope Street
  Providence RI
  Time: 730pm
  $85.00 for subscription to all three shows in the UpCLOSE series
  Phone: 401-353-1129
  This performance will include works by Colleen Cavanaugh and Mihailo Djuric. Ms. Cavanaugh will restage Scarlet Tangents, to Robert Schumann's Piano Quartet Opus 47, a highlight of last year's Up CLOSE season. Ms.Cavanaugh will also present the premiere of her new work, Suspended in Quiet, portions of which were first shown at the Barrington Library in January 2004 as a work-in-progress for the Globalheart Project. It was created in collaboration with Providence composer Elaine Bearer and sculptor Christiane Corbat whose original plaster casts have been the inspiration for the composer and choreographer. Mr. Djuric will round out the program with two of his original ensemble works; Loose Ends to music by Thomaso Albinoni, and Upon Dark, with music by Paul Moravec, inspired by the northern lights.

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• AIN'T MISBEHAVIN'
  SEPTEMBER 03 thru OCTOBER 10, 2004
  Trinity Repertory
  201 Washington Street
  Providence, RI 02903
  Times: various
  Price: various
  Box Office: 401-351-4242
  Website: http://www.trinityrep.com
  Tony-award winning Broadway musical based on Fats Waller's incredible music gets a Trinity makeover. Will audience members be able to stay in their seats or will they be dancing in the aisles?
  (posted 11Jun04)
  
  
• THE KING AND I
  19 thru 24 OCTOBER 2004
  Providence Performing Arts Center
  220 Weybosset Street
  Providence RI
  Box Office: 401-421-2787
  Website: http://www.ppacri.org
  Times: Tuesdays at 7:00pm, Wednesdays at 7:30pm
  Thursdays at 7:30pm Fridays at 8:00pm
  Saturdays at 2:00 & 8:00pm
  Sundays at 1:00 & 6:30pm
  Price: various
  Box Office: 401-421-2787
  East meets West in the beautiful love story between a stubborn, autocratic king and a determined governess. Based upon the real life adventures of the English widow Anna Leonowens and the best-selling novel, Anna and the King of Siam by Margaret Langdon, this Tony-award winning musical features Sandy Duncan as Anna along with ornate sets & costumes and a dazzling score by Rodgers and Hammerstein. (posted 14May04)
  
  
• STUDIO 34 presents THEN & NOW...HALLOWEEN STYLE
  THURSDAY OCTOBER 21, 2004
  West Broadway Auditorium
  29 Bainbridge Street
  Providence RI
  Time: 630pm
  Price: Adults - $3.00, Children under 10 - $1.00
  Information and tickets: 401-474-6150
  Email: studio34@msn.com
  Studio 34 will be performing selections from their spring show reset for the Halloween season, along with various works of halloween tunes. Every fall, the company gives back to the community, performing at this inner city school, and charging minimal admission to this show. Refreshments will be served following the performance, and there will be goodies for all the little goblins in the audience!
  (posted 28Aug04)



• DESTINATION: DANCE PLANET
  OCTOBER 21 thru 23, 2004
  Carriage House Theatre
  7 Duncan Ave
  Providence RI
  Time: 730pm
  Price: Adults - $17.00, Children 12 and under - $12
  Information and tickets: 401-286-0688 or DancePlanet2000@aol.com
  Doug and Derek Perry will be returning to Providence with other Los Angeles based choreographers and dancers for their first Rhode Island performances since moving to California in 2003. The new west coast version of Dance Planet will be performing original choreography by the Perry twins, Tammy Yamada, Blyss, and Terresa Sauseda mixing hip-hop/MTV styles with a variety of music including pop, house, rock, 80's and more.
  (posted 11Aug04)
  
  
  
• BROWN PARENTS WEEKEND DANCE CONCERT
  22 thru 24 OCTOBER 2004
  Ashamu Dance Theater
  Brown University
  77 Waterman Street
  Providence, RI
  Time: Oct 22 & 23 at 8pm/Oct 24 at 3pm
  Tickets: 10.00 general/5.00 full time students with ID (last years prices/riDance unabble to get current information)
  Visa and Mastercard accepted
  Box Office: 401-863-2838 Hours Tuesday thru Friday 12noon-5pm and 1 hour before the show
  This annual event, a collaboration with the Music Department and other musicians, is a celebration of music and dance. Guest artists, students and many others perform in this exciting concert.
  (posted 07Oct04)
  
  
  
• FESTIVAL BALLET presents VIKTOR PLOTNIKOV'S THE WIDOW'S BROOM
  OCTOBER 22 thru 24, 2004
  Veterans Memorial Auditorium
  1 Avenue of the Arts
  Providence RI
  Time: 730pm Oct 22 and 23/ 230pm Oct 24
  Prices: $12.00 to $50.00
  Information: 401-353-1129
  Festival Ballet presents the thrilling world premiere of Chris Van Allsburg's story The Widow's Broom. In the book, a witch's worn-out broom serves a widow well, until her neighbors decide the thing is wicked and dangerous. Recent 2004 Tony award-winning set designer for 'Wicked', Eugene Lee, and composer Aleksandra Vrebalov collaborate with Mr. Van Allsburg and Mr. Plotnikov to create this brand new production.(posted 04Aug04)

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• DELFOS CONTEMPORARY DANCE
  SATURDAY 23 OCTOBER, 2004
  Auditorium
  Roberts Hall
  Rhode Island College
  600 Mt Pleasant Ave
  Providence RI 02908-1991
  Time: 730pm
  Tickets: $26.00 general/$23.00 senior/$14.00 student or child
  Reservations: 401-456-8144 open 10am-4pm M-F
  Delfos Contemporary Dance has been recognized as one of the most important contemporary dance companies in Latin America. The aesthetic vision of the members has given the company a unique personality characterized by the fluency, physicality and poetry contained in each one of their works.
  RIC Performing Series
  (posted 04Aug04)



• RIC DANCE COMPANY OCTOBER CONCERT wt SOULOWORKS/ANDREA E. WOODS & DANCERS
  FRIDAY 29 OCTOBER 2004
  Sapinsley Hall
  Nazarian Center
  Rhode Island College
  600 Mt Pleasant Ave
  Providence RI 02908-1991
  Time: 8pm
  Tickets: $12.00 general/discounts available for students and seniors
  Reservations: 401-456-8144 open 10am-4pm M-F
  Providing a contrast to our reality obsessed and fear-factored popular content, Souloworks/Andrea E. Woods & Dancers celebrates African American culture and experience as rich contemporary folklore. Ms. Woods creates collaborative works using dance, music, spoken word and/or multimedia. Her works are sometimes narrative, sometimes figurative, and often draw on themes such as family, nature, community, spirituality and African American history and culture. The dances have a generous worldview while centralizing, affirming, and exemplifying a positive reflection of African American culture.
  (posted 08Aug04)



• AILEY II
  SATURDAY 30 OCTOBER 2004
  Stadium Theatre Performing Arts Centre
  28 Main Street
  Monument Square
  Woonsocket RI 02895
  Box Office: 401-762-4545
  Website: http://www.stadiumtheatre.com
  Time: 8pm
  Price: $25.00/$30.00/$35.00
  Ailey II is one of the most popular and critically acclaimed dance companies in the United States today. Having grown and developed from its origins in 1974 under the personal direction of Alvin Ailey, the smaller Ailey II represents the best of its founder and director. Performing traditional ballet to modern dance, Ailey II's repertoire is as diverse as the choreographers with whom they work. "...high energy dancing made even more electric by the push of youthful ambition."--The New York Times Don't miss this Rhode Island exclusive! (posted 23Jun04/updated 23Aug04/date correction 17Oct04)
  

NOVEMBER 2004


• SOLOS FOR A SMALL STAGE
  NOVEMBER 06, 2004
  AS220
  13 Empire Street
  Providence RI
  Time: 4pm-6pm
  Price: $7/$6 students
  Information: 401.454.6714
  Email: andarydance@hotmail.com
  Solos for a Small Stage is a benefit for a larger series of movement and sound pieces entitled the Accordion Series. Solos will be performed by members of the Accordion cast at AS220 in Providence on Saturday, November 6, 2004 from 4 to 6 pm. The works presented are a unique mix of Modern, Classical Indian, and Butoh Dance pieces as well as sound works inspired by the Accordion Series. Accordion is the brainchild of choreographers Ellen Godena and Nathan Andary as well as composer Matthew Everett.
  (posted 02Nov04)
  
  
• PROVIDENCE COLLEGE FALL DANCE CONCERT
  NOVEMBER 06 & 07, 2004
  64 Hall
  Slavin Center
  Providence College
  Providence RI
  Time: 2pm
  Price: free
  For more information, call 401-865-2327
  Box Office: 401-865-2218 open weekdays 1pm-5pm
  Web site: http://www.providence.edu
  Student Work Choreographers: Katie Bousquet, Kimberly Dubuc, Robyn Forcier, Meghan Welsh, Kate Souza, Rafaela Kirloss, Mary Manning, Natalie Nucifora, Gabrielle Occhiogrosso Plus the "Rainbow Etude" by Donald McKayle, with live music by Special Guest, PC's all-male a cappella group.
  (posted 12Jul04/26Oct04/02Nov04)
  
  
• OKLAHOMA!
  12 thru 14 NOVEMBER 2004
  Providence Performing Arts Center
  220 Weybosset Street
  Providence RI
  Box Office: 401-421-2787
  Website: http://www.ppacri.org
  Times: Fridays at 8:00pm
  Saturdays at 2:00 & 8:00pm
  Sundays at 1:00 & 6:30pm
  Price: various
  Box Office: 401-421-2787
  The show that changed the American musical forever - Rodgers and Hammerstein's landmark musical OKLAHOMA! On the heels of the wildly acclaimed London and Broadway revivals, this sparkling new touring production of Oklahoma! is adapted from the Cameron Macintosh presentation of the Royal National Theatre production that won the hearts of a new generation of theatregoers (posted 14May04/Updated 18Jun04)
  
  
• Up CLOSE, on HOPE II
  NOVEMBER 13, 2004
  Festival Ballet
  Grand Studio
  825 Hope Street
  Providence RI
  Time: 730pm
  Tickets: $30.00/$85.00 for subscription to all three shows
  Phone: 401-353-1129
  Up CLOSE, on HOPE gives audiences the opportunity to experience dance in an intimate setting in its purest form. Three separate repertory programs, one each in September, November, and March will include works by established and emerging choreographers from around the country such as Viktor Plotnikov (Boston), Festival Ballet Providence's Mihailo Djuric (Providence), James Brown (Providence), Gianni DiMarco (Boston), and Colleen Cavanaugh (Providence). Limited to an audience of only ninety, these performances offer the chance to see thrilling, original dance, to meet the dancers, and to mingle with the choreographers.
  Festival Ballet Season
  (posted 03Aug04)



• LORD OF THE DANCE
  16 thru 18 NOVEMBER 2004
  Providence Performing Arts Center
  220 Weybosset Street
  Providence RI
  Box Office: 401-421-2787
  Website: http://www.ppacri.org
  Times: Tuesday, November 16 at 7:30pm
  Wednesday, November 17 at 7:30pm
  Thursday, November 18 at 7:30pm
  Price: $50.00, $45.50, $35.50
  Box Office: 401-421-2787
  Website: LORD OF THE DANCE
  Website: FAN SITE (Much more information than the official site)
  (posted 18Jun04)
  
  
• TAP CITY
  THURSDAY 18 NOVEMBER, 2004
  Auditorium
  Roberts Hall
  Rhode Island College
  600 Mt Pleasant Ave
  Providence RI 02908-1991
  Time: 730pm
  Tickets: $28.00 general/$25.00 senior/$15.00 student/child
  Reservations: 401-456-8144 open 10am-4pm M-F
  Tap City brings us an international cast of legendary tap veterans, cutting edge tap soloists and up and coming young talent from the New York City Tap Festival. Three generations of hoofers come together in celebration of America's most virtuosic and entertaining art form.
  RIC Performing Series
  (posted 04Aug04)




• FUSIONWORKS DANCE - SOARING
  19 & 20 NOVEMBER 2004
  Sapinsley Performing Arts
  Rhode Island College
  600 Mt Pleasant Ave
  Providence RI 02908-1991
  Time: 8pm
  Tickets: $20.00 General/$18.00 College student&senior/$10.00 RIC student
  Reservations: 401-456-8144
  Also ArtTix at http://www.ArtTixRI.com
  Fusionworks Website
  Fusionworks Dance Company will present its fall concert entitled Soaring, which will reprise Deb Meunier's Mozart piece, Vesperae, with soloist Mary Manning, from the spring concert, and it will premier two new works by Meunier — Connected I, dealing with the connectedness of all living things, and Connected II, looking at the intimacy between two people. The latter pair will have original music by Ron Schmitt and Michael DeQuattro.
  
  Another new piece by Meunier, in collaboration with Brooke Young from Phase II (formerly Dance Planet), will be Tom, You Naughty, Naughty Boy, danced to Tom Jones Reloaded, with a generous dose of hip-hop woven through Meunier's modern and jazz styles. Company member Paige Parks will bring back her bluesy solo piece, set to the music of Seal. And assistant director Stephanie Stanford's Just a Few set to the hot Latin, Caribbean-Funk sounds of Planet Groove (www.planetgroove.net) will be performed by the junior company, Fusionworks II. e Stanford will set a work on Fusionworks II
  
  Back by popular demand!! Saturday night will feature our Unwrapped format. Through introductions to the dances, and a question and answer session with the dancers you will get a behind the scenes look at the process.
  (posted 23Jun04/Updated 08Oct04)
  
  
• Up CLOSE, on HOPE II
  NOVEMBER 20 & 21, 2004
  Festival Ballet
  Grand Studio
  825 Hope Street
  Providence RI
  Time: 730pm on Saturday, 6pm on Sunday
  Tickets: $30.00/$85.00 for subscription to all three shows
  Phone: 401-353-1129
  Up CLOSE, on HOPE gives audiences the opportunity to experience dance in an intimate setting in its purest form. Three separate repertory programs, one each in September, November, and March will include works by established and emerging choreographers from around the country such as Viktor Plotnikov (Boston), Festival Ballet Providence's Mihailo Djuric (Providence), James Brown (Providence), Gianni DiMarco (Boston), and Colleen Cavanaugh (Providence). Limited to an audience of only ninety, these performances offer the chance to see thrilling, original dance, to meet the dancers, and to mingle with the choreographers.
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  (posted 03Aug04)



• BRINGING IN THE FUNK 10
  SUNDAY 21 NOVEMBER 2004
  Auditorium
  Rogers High School
  15 Wickham Road
  Newport, RI 02840
  Time: 200pm
  Admission: Adults $10.00, Students $6.00
  Information: 401-849-1118
  Email: offthecurb@offthecurb.com
  Newport's Off The Curb Dance Company presents their annual singing, dancing, rapping, hip hop performance featuring dancers from New York, Boston, Washington and Rhode Island as well as their own sweet selves. This event is appropriate for all ages and is sponsored by Citizens Bank, Phat Farm and HOT 106.
  (posted 26Oct04)
  
  
• ISLAND MOVING COMPANY A NEWPORT NUTCRACKER AT ROSECLIFF
  26 NOVEMBER thru 03 DECEMBER, 2004
  Rosecliff
  Bellevue Avenue
  Newport RI
  Time: November 26 at 4pm (sold out)
  November 27 at 2pm (sold out) & 8pm (sold out)
  November 28 at 2pm & 7pm at 4pm & 8pm
  November 30 at 8pm
  December 1 & 2 at 4pm & 8pm
  Dec 3 at 4pm & 8pm (sold out)
  Tickets: $55.00 general seating or $75.00 for Golden Circle seats (includes intermission refreshments in the Salon)
  Box Office: 401-847-4470
  Artistic Director Miki Ohlsen, with Company members Eva Marie Pacheco and Michael Bolger, create a holiday dance event, moving dancers and audiences through the sumptuous surroundings of Newport's most romantic mansion while IMC brings its own special magic to the Nutcracker. Presented in partnership with the Preservation Society, the Newport Nutcracker at Rosecliff will be an unforgettable holiday experience for the family.
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  (posted 18Jun04/updated 07Oct/20Oct04)
  
  
• DANCE PRISM'S NUTCRACKER
  SUNDAY NOVEMBER 28, 2004
  Margaret L Jackson Arts Center
  Bristol Community College
  777 Elsbree Street
  Fall River MA
  Time: 1pm and 5pm
  Tickets: $20 for adults and $14 for children and seniors
  Group rates are available
  Box Office: 978-371-1038
  Website: www.danceprism.com
  Dance Prism, founded by Scott Ranagan and Mary Demaso, has performed throughout New England since 1982 and will present its 22th annual production of The Nutcracker at the Margaret L Jackson Arts Center in Fall River. This version of the Nutcracker brings to the stage a full spectrum of magical wonders for which the ballet is cherished: falling snow, a growing Christmas tree, a reindeer-drawn sleigh, and angels floating on billowing clouds. It features a cast of 140 performers from six states, including both the company's professional dancers and a cadre of talented children that tour with the troupe. Dancing to Tchaikovsky's beloved music are all the familiar Nutcracker figures: crystal snowflakes and candy flowers, soaring Russian dancers and exotic Arabians, giant mice and porcelain dolls.
  (posted 18Sep04)

DECEMBER 2004



• BROWN FALL DANCE CONCERT
  DECEMBER 2 thru 5, 2004
  Ashamu Dance Theater
  Catherine Bryan Dill Center
  For the Performing Arts
  Brown University
  77 Waterman Street
  Providence, RI
  Time: December 2 thru 4 at 8 pm/December 5 at 3 pm
  Tickets: 5.00 general (last year's price riDance has been unable to get information)
  Visa and Mastercard accepted
  Box Office: 401-863-2838 Hours Tuesday thru Friday 12noon-5pm & 1 hour prior to performance
  From pounding feet to graceful pirouettes, Brown University's annual all-student dance concert returns this year with twelve premiere works. Concert newcomer Jayesh Needham blends pop stylings with traditional Bhangra and Bollywood influences in his unique South Asian spin on Britney Spears, My Prerogative. Veteran Caedra Scott-Flaherty returns from a semester abroad in Ireland to present her intense, acrobatic study of unhealthy relationships. Heather McLeod's anthem of black power brings new form to Dead Prez's spoken word piece,, Wolves. These works meet African, ballet, modern, tap, and everything in between in Brown's consistently groundbreaking annual show.
  (posted 07Oct04/updated 01Dec04)
  
  
  
• ROGER WILLIAMS DANCE THEATRE FALL CONCERT 2004
  DECEMBER 2 thru 5, 2004
  Performing Arts Center
  Roger Williams University Bristol RI
  Box Office: 401-254-3666
  Times: 8:00pm shows on the 2,3 & 4
  2:00pm shows on Dec 4 & 5
  Price: 10.00 general/5.00 students and seniors
  No phone orders, tickets may be purchased before the show (Don't do it! This concert always sells out days before the performance - riDance) or at RWU's Performing Arts Center Monday-Friday between 9am to 3pm
  Information: 401-254-3623
  Featuring guest choreographers Randy James and Cathy Nicoli. Additional Choreography by students and faculty
  (posted 120Oct04)
  
  
• RIC DANCE COMPANY WINTER CONCERT wt NUGENT+MATTESON
  FRIDAY 03 DECEMBER 2004
  Sapinsley Hall
  Nazarian Center
  Rhode Island College
  600 Mt Pleasant Ave
  Providence RI 02908-1991
  Time: 8pm
  Tickets: $12.00 general/discounts available for students and seniors
  Reservations: 401-456-8144 open 10am-4pm M-F
  Exploring the male/female dynamic is Nugent+Matteson, a New York-based duet company combining the performance and choreographic talents of Jennifer Nugent and Paul Matteson. Both will be in residence at RIC in late October and early November to create a work for RIC dancers. RIC dancers and Nugent/Matteson will share the stage on Friday, December 3 in Sapinsley Hall.
  
  Nugent and Matteson are also dancers with David Dorfman Dance, and Matteson was the recipient of a New York Dance and Performance Award (Bessie) in 2002 for performance. Maura Donahue of The Dance Insider wrote: "Nugent and Matteson are a partnership to pay attention to...These two are great just dancing together. They are like a couple of spinning atoms; their combined energy is explosive and contagious."
  (posted 08Aug04/updated 6Oct04)




• JUMP PERFORMS SCENES FROM THE POLAR EXPRESS
  4 & 5 DECEMBER, 2004
  Hope High School
  Hope Street
  Providence, RI
  Times: Dec 4 at 4pm & 7pm/Dec 5 at 4pm
  Price: $10/adults, $5/children
  Information and tickets: 401-331-44271 (tickets also available at the door)
  Paula Hunter's youth dance company, JUMP!, presents Scenes From the Polar Express, a timeless story with a message of believing and of having faith, based on the classic children's story by local author, Chris Van Allsburg. The performance includes original music by composer, David Brown and Katherine Meckel, a pianist and student at the Lincoln School in Providence. In keeping with JUMP!'s goals, choreography is by the company members and ranges from classical ballet to jazz to tap and street dance all of which have been incorporated into many lively production numbers.
  
  This year's production of Polar Express, the companies' fourth, will include perennial crowd pleasers such as tap dancing train passengers, high stepping reindeer, the beautiful Bell Dance and the dramatic howling wolf scene. Both the young and the young-at-heart will be captivated by the Spinning Mountain Dance and charmed by the shimmering dancing snowflakes. The audience will enjoy a 'Big Band' welcome to the North Pole and Santa's elves taking a fun-filled break to play with the toys. Reserve your tickets in advance. Don't miss this exciting experience for the whole family!
  (posted 20Oct04)
  
  
  
• RIBT'S MADELINE'S HOLIDAY PARTY
  SUNDAY DECEMBER 05, 2004
  East Greenwich High School
  Avenger Drive
  East Greenwich, RI
  Times: 2PM
  Tickets: Reserved seating is $15/ Special Gold Circle seating in the first six rows of center is available at $25
  Special Offer: Women and girls who can prove their name is Madeline will be admitted free
  Tickets and information: 401-847-5301
  Website: http://www.riballet.org
  Rhode Island's Ballet Theatre's family classic for the holidays with a performance of Madeline, based on the famous story of a young Parisian orphan and her friends; Mini Nut, featuring the most popular dances of the Nutcracker and aand The Magnificent Toy Shop. This program is designed specially for families with children. One performance only so buy your tickets early.
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  (posted 15Nov04)