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JANUARY 2005


• REST/LESS
  An evening of multimedia dance theater
  Created by Jamie Jewett, text by Thalia Field.
  JANUARY 21 & 22, 2005
  Carriage House Theatre
  7 Duncan Ave
  Providence RI
  Time: 8pm
  Price: $8.00
  Information and tickets: 401-831-9479
  Carriage House http://www.everettdancetheatre.org
  Lost Wax http://www.lostwax.org
  Lostwax is presenting their newest work of multimedia dance theater: Rest/Less. REST/LESS dramatizes a dance-world composed of life's fleeting fragments, shards of stories which literally make the maps we travel by. Set on an interactive grid of wind, music and poetry, five dancers discover and embrace this windswept landscape, their movement illuminating intimate stories, their small phrases adding up to a journey. Based on a text by Thalia Field, REST/LESS displays dance and technology at its most lyrical. And the audience can play on it too! Performers: Laura Blakely, Johan C. de Besche, Emily Randolph, Hannah Ramsey
  (posted 17Jan05)
  
  
• MADELINE MARSHALL BENEFIT CONCERT
  SUNDAY 23 JANUARY 2005
  Sapinsley Hall
  Nazarian Center
  Rhode Island College
  600 Mt Pleasant Ave
  Providence RI 02908-1991
  Information: 401-934-2238
  Time: 4pm
  Tickets: $10.00 general/$5.00 for 12 years and under
  This dance concert benefits the Madeline Marshall Scholarship Fund. Performances in theatre, jazz, ballet, tap and african by studios from all over the state including the Jasper School of Ballet, Dance Connection, Dance RI, Carolyn Dutra School of Dance, Art In Motion, RI Ballet Arts Academy, To The Pointe, ProviDance and Narragansett Performing Arts Center, as well as a special performance by dancer Nikki Carrera.
  More about this performance and scholarship
  (posted 01Nov04/updated 17Jan05)



• CONTACT
  29 JANUARY 2005
  Providence Performing Arts Center
  220 Weybosset Street
  Providence RI
  Box Office: 401-421-2787
  Website: http://www.ppacri.org
  Times: 8:00pm
  Price: $50.00, $45.00, $35.00
  Box Office: 401-421-2787
  In 2000, CONTACT took New York City by storm, winning every major award for Best Musical including the A Tony, Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award and Drama League Award. There are three separate dances all looking at varios aspects of love and life. The most fun is an almost silent story about a suicidal man and the girl in the yellow dress.
  (posted 09Nov04/updated 17Jan05)
  
  
• BLOOD FROM A TURNIP
  FRIDAY JANUARY 28, 2005
  Perishable Theatre
  95 Empire Street
  Providence RI
  Date: Friday January 28, 2005
  Time: 1030pm
  Price: $5.00
  Information: 401-331-2695x106 or imarsian@mac.com
  RI's famous alternative puppet venue will open with work by dancer/performance artist Joan Merwyn and will also feature work by David Hanbury, Jeanne DelGiudice, Sarah Moore, Jess DeSilva along with your hostesses Vanessa Gilbert and Marsian. Do NOT expect the ordinary. Adult themes.
  (posted 17Jan05)
  
  
  
• GALUMPHA
  MONDAY 31 JANUARY 2005
  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: GALUMPHA
  GALUMPHA! Elastic and energetic, Galumpa is comprised of three performers, Andy Horowitz, Greg O'Brien and Marlon Torres, who have created a sensory feast of images ranging from the ridiculous to the sublime and consistently bring audiences to their feet.
  "...this trio is creating its own rules and blurring lines between dance, theater and comedy." -THE TRIBUNE, (San Francisco)"
  (posted 12Jul04)
  
  

FEBRUARY 2005


• FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
  4 thru 6 FEBRUARY 2005
  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
  Never has any other musical so magically woven music, dance, poignancy and laughter into such an electrifying and unforgettable experience. Based on the stories of Sholom Aleichem, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF has been lauded by critics again and again, and won the hearts of people all around the world. Filled with a rousing, heartwarming score, which includes Tradition, Matchmaker, Matchmaker, If I Were A Rich Man, and Sunrise, Sunset.
  (posted 14May04)
  
  
  
• LOWELL'S ANGKOR DANCE TROUPE
  With Providence's REASMEY KAMUSCHEA TROUP OF MUSICIANS
  FRIDAY 11 FEBRUARY 2005
  Concert Hall
  Fine Arts Center
  University of Rhode Island
  105 Upper College Road
  Kingston, RI 02881
  Time: 8pm
  Tickets: $15 General, $12 URI Faculty/Staff/Seniors, $5 students
  Box Office: 401-874-2627 (group discounts are available)
  Website: GREAT PERFORMANCES
  They are clad in rich velvet, glittering sequins and silk shot with gold, the snug-fitting pointed hats, enhanced with flowers, are borne like little temples on their head. A feast for the eye in their stillness, the dancers expand the magic as they move. Hands hyperflexed, feet turned in impossible positions, they transmit subtle energy through their bodies with exotic charm and serpentine grace. They seem to be from another world, as far back as 700 AD, yet they hail from Lowell, Massachusetts springing from the refugee camps of Cambodia's killing fields and settled as a dance troupe in what has become the second largest Cambodian community in the U.S. Tim Chan Thou, one of the troupes original founders, first learned the dances in a refugee camp and vowed to keep the art alive. Internationally recognized master teacher Phousita Huy is presently the new artistic director and star performer. Part of their mission is to preserve and practice Cambodian culture and to share it with people of all backgrounds.
  (posted 12Jul04)
  
  
• FESTIVAL BALLET presents SCHEHERAZADE & CON AMORE
  11 thru 13 FEBRUARY, 2005
  Veterans Memorial Auditorium
  1 Avenue of the Arts
  Providence RI
  Time: 730pm Feb 11 and 12/ 230pm Feb 13
  Prices: $12.00 to $50.00
  Information: 401-353-1129
  Gianni Di Marco has been commissioned to create a new one act ballet, Scheherezade for the Company. A nine-year member of Boston Ballet, Mr. Di Marco is an exciting, young choreographer, perfectly suited for this project. The program will also include San Francisco Ballet founder Lew Christiansen's wonderful romp, Con Amore.
  More about this performance
  (posted 04Aug04/updated 19Jan05)




• PANGAEA presents ODAIKO TAIKO DRUMS
  FRIDAY 18 FEBRUARY 2005
  Edwards Auditorium
  University of Rhode Island
  Upper College Road
  Kingston, RI 02881
  Time: 8pm/doors open at 730pm
  Tickets: Free!!!
  Information: 401-874-5162
  Pangaea - The URI Roots Music Series is proud to present Odaiko New England for their first encore performance at URI since 2001. Taiko is very dramatic and involves much athleticism, powerful movement and grace. Master dancer Tara Ahmed is a member of this movement filled dumming group. Don't Miss This One!
  This performance is part of ONE's 10th anniversary celebration. Free and open to the public.
  (posted 11Feb05)
  
  
• PROVIDENCE COLLEGE WINTER DANCE CONCERT
  FEBRUARY 19 & 20, 2005
  Blackfriars Theatre
  Smith Center for the Arts
  Providence College
  Providence RI
  Time: Saturday at 8pm/Sunday at 2pm
  Price: $10 general/$7 (senior citizens)/$5 (students)
  For more information, call 401-865-2327
  Box Office: 401-865-2218 open weekdays 1pm-5pm
  Web site: http://www.providence.edu
  New work by Christina Tsoules, Michael Bolger, Kathy Nicoli and Wendy Oliver.The Blackfriars Dance Concert, presented by the Providence College Dance Company, will include work from guest choreographers Michael Bolger (currently with Island Moving Company), Cathy Nicoli and Caitlin Trainor as well as resident choreographers Wendy Oliver, Kristen Horrigan and Christina Tsoules This modern dance showcase will feature music by Antonio Vivaldi, Michael Torke, Peter Jones, Django Reinhardt, and others.
  
  Providence College's new Smith Center for the Arts, dedicated in October 2004, houses the Blackfriars Theatre as well as a smaller studio theatre, concert hall, classrooms and other facilities and is on Eaton Street in the East end of the campus. The Smith Center Box Office is located at the main entrance of the building and will be open for ticket sales on Monday, February 7, 2005. Box Office hours are Monday through Friday, 1:00 to 5:00 p.m., and 1 hour prior to performances. Tickets may also be reserved after February 7th by calling 401-865-2218. Ticket prices are $10.00, $7.00 (senior citizen) and $5.00 (student). All seats are reserved and the theatre is handicapped accessible.
  (posted 11Feb05)
  
  
• URBAN BUSH WOMEN present HAIR PARTY
  FRIDAY 25 FEBRUARY, 2005
  Black Repertory Theatre
  276 Westminster Street
  Providence RI
  Box Office: 401-351-0353
  Website: http://www.ppacri.org
  Times: 630pm
  Price: $15 for adults and $10 for seniors and children
  Box Office: 401-421-2787
  In celebration of Black History Month and Women's History Month, Brown University will present Urban Bush Women, a Brooklyn-based, award-winning dance ensemble, in 'Hair Party', an arts-based performance project that uses personal hair experiences to generate dialogue on social and political issues, on Feb. 25 at 6:30 p.m. at the Providence Black Repertory Theatre Company.
  
  Founded in 1984 by Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, Urban Bush Women engages its audience with performances based on the life experiences of women, African American history and the cultural influences of the African diaspora. In addition to creating and performing works for the stage, the company is involved in training artists in dance and community engagement, as well as in public projects that encourage cultural activities as an inherent part of community life.
  
  Hair Party will be followed by a performance of Cheryl J. West's Jar the Floor, a heartwarming dramatic comedy about a quartet of black women and one white friend tackling the challenges of growing up and growing old.
  
  Urban Bush Women has performed throughout the United States and in Asia, Australia, Europe and South America, and in festivals including Jacob's Pillow, Spoleto USA, the National Black Arts Festival, Dance Umbrella UK and Lincoln Center. The company has been commissioned extensively nationwide. Its awards and honors include a 1992 New York Dance and Performance Award (a 'Bessie'), the 1994 Capezio Award for outstanding achievement in dance and the 1998 Doris Duke Award for New Work from the American Dance Festival.
  (posted 11Feb05)
  
  
• URBAN BUSH WOMEN
  SATURDAY 26 FEBRUARY, 2005
  Providence Performing Arts Center
  220 Weybosset Street
  Providence RI
  Box Office: 401-421-2787
  Website: http://www.ppacri.org
  Times: 730pm
  Price: $20.00 & $25.00
  Box Office: 401-421-2787
  In celebration of Black History Month and Women's History Month, Brown University will present Urban Bush Women, a Brooklyn-based, award-winning dance ensemble, in a performance at the Providence Performing Arts Center
  
  The dance troupe will also present a 'Hair Party', an arts-based performance project that uses personal hair experiences to generate dialogue on social and political issues, on Feb. 25 at 6:30 p.m. at the Providence Black Repertory Theatre Company.
  
  Founded in 1984 by Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, Urban Bush Women engages its audience with performances based on the life experiences of women, African American history and the cultural influences of the African diaspora. In addition to creating and performing works for the stage, the company is involved in training artists in dance and community engagement, as well as in public projects that encourage cultural activities as an inherent part of community life.
  
  "The company is committed to nurturing individual leadership skills and to using art to encourage social responsibility and civic engagement,"said Brown student Andre Thompson, organizer of the events.
  
  Urban Bush Women has performed throughout the United States and in Asia, Australia, Europe and South America, and in festivals including Jacob's Pillow, Spoleto USA, the National Black Arts Festival, Dance Umbrella UK and Lincoln Center. The company has been commissioned extensively nationwide. Its awards and honors include a 1992 New York Dance and Performance Award (a 'Bessie'), the 1994 Capezio Award for outstanding achievement in dance and the 1998 Doris Duke Award for New Work from the American Dance Festival.
  (posted 11Feb05)
  
  

MARCH 2005


• THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE
  1 thru 6 MARCH 2005
  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
  THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE was the biggest Tony Award winner of 2002, including the award for Best New Musical. It's a singing, dancing, romancing musical comedy that takes you back to Manhattan, 1922, with all the jazz-age razzmatazz you want in a big, bright, brand-new Broadway blockbuster. It's the story of a midwestern girl who arrives in New York determined to take the town by storm.
  (posted 14May04)
  
  
• ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY presents ON MODERN GROUND
  MARCH 02 & 03, 2005
  Performing Arts Center
  Roger Williams University
  One Old Ferry Road
  Bristol RI
  Time: 8pm
  Price: $5 General, and $3 Students
  Information: 401-254-3626
  On Modern Ground - an evening of duets and solos by Roger William's University Junior and Senior Dance Students
  This year's concert will feature duets and solos choreographed and performed by the Junior and Senior Dance/Performance Studies majors. Featured in the performance will be a tap solo entitled RhythmLine choreographed and danced by junior Jeff Mahmood. The piece uses a compilation of funk, rock and roll, and jam band music. Also featured will be a solo entitled Individual Eminence choreographed and danced by junior Dee DiVito. This dance is a portion of a quintet called Eminence Disruption that is based on the choreographer's experiences studying abroad in London this past fall semester. Another piece is a self-exploratory work called A Blossoming choreographed and danced by senior Danielle Bento to afro-percussion music.
  (posted 18Feb05/updated 22Feb05)
  
  
• RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE DANCE COMPANY
  46th ANNUAL SPRING CONCERT SERIES
  MARCH 3 thru 6
  Auditorium
  Roberts Hall
  Rhode Island College
  600 Mt Pleasant Ave
  Providence RI 02908-1991
  Time: 8pm March 3-5/2pm March 6
  Tickets: $10.00 general/Discounts for seniors & students
  Box Office: 401-456-8144
  Website: RIC DANCE
  Spring Concert Series showcases six new dance works
  Dances of Life...A diversity of approaches to the body and to the traditions of performance is the impetus for the offerings featured in the Rhode Island College Spring Dance Concert 2005. Premieres to be unveiled in this year's concert include works by New York-based Alexandra Beller, and Kwikstep, along with prominent local choreographers Paula Hunter, Melody Ruffin Ward, and Jackie Henderson.
  
  Beller, formerly of the Bill T. Jones/ Arnie Zane Company, is currently developing dances and directing a small project company. Her powerful performance technique and nontraditional plus size have always drawn attention in the dance world, and now, her highly physical and issue-driven dance works are gaining a strong following. Beller's thought provoking work entitled, Diet Coke Can Save Your Life, discusses the unrealistic body image that females struggle to obtain through narratives and images presented by the media and celebrity images in today's culture.
  
  Kwikstep is half of the husband-and-wife team of Gabriel 'Kwikstep' Dionisio and Anita 'Rokafella' Garcia of Full Circle Productions. Their mission is to "celebrate 360 degrees of NYC hip hop culture". Kwikstep's, along with, local hip hop choreographer, Jackie Henderson's, work provides the RIC dance concert with the culturally engaging vocabulary of street dance derivative of inner city urban expressions. An exciting an energetic addition to this year's program.
  
  Hunter, a Providence choreographer and performance artist, has created quirky, bittersweet solo dances for over 20 years. Hunter's work, A Day Abroad, examines the violence of Mother Nature in the wake of the recent Tsunami tragedy. Hunter motivates the dancers to examine the idea of calmness juxtaposed the emotion of immediate fear. Realizing, the most devastating moments in our lives are apt to occur in the idleness of a day.
  
  Melody Ward, an associate professor of dance at RIC, is a powerful, expressive choreographer who creates work that explores the human struggle through individual histories. Ward's work, Shifting Inside Some Other Place, invites the dancers to explore memory beyond the confines of the mind. Allowing the memory of the cellular body to re-create the stories of past events with honesty and unedited objectivity. (posted 16Feb05)



• REST/LESS
  An evening of multimedia dance theater
  Created by Jamie Jewett, text by Thalia Field.
  MARCH 04 & 05, 2005
  Carriage House Theatre
  7 Duncan Ave
  Providence RI
  Time: 8pm
  Price: $8.00
  Information and tickets: 401-831-9479
  Carriage House http://www.everettdancetheatre.org
  Lost Wax http://www.lostwax.org
  Lostwax is presenting their newest work of multimedia dance theater: Rest/Less. REST/LESS dramatizes a dance-world composed of life's fleeting fragments, shards of stories which literally make the maps we travel by. Set on an interactive grid of wind, music and poetry, five dancers discover and embrace this windswept landscape, their movement illuminating intimate stories, their small phrases adding up to a journey. Based on a text by Thalia Field, REST/LESS displays dance and technology at its most lyrical. And the audience can play on it too! Performers: Laura Blakely, Johan C. de Besche, Emily Randolph, Hannah Ramsey
  (posted 17Jan05/rescheduled from Jan 22 & 23 due to snow storm)
  
  
• INCA SON - MUSIC AND DANCE OF THE ANDES
  SATURDAY 05 MARCH 2005
  Blackstone River Theatre
  549 Broad Street
  (across from Ann & Hope)
  Cumberland RI 02864
  Phone: 401-725-9272
  Time: 8pm
  Price: 12.00 general
  Reservations: 401-863-7596 or info@adli.us
  Website: http://www.riverfolk.org
  Inca Son, an internationally-acclaimed music and dance ensemble, introduces audiences to the beautiful melodies and rhythms of Andean and Latin American music. The group presents traditional music and dance of the Andes Mountains of Peru and Latin America in authentic and colorful Inca attire. Every song and dance has a special importance, meaning or background in Andean folklore, and thus each is briefly described before being performed. Inca Son performs traditional songs, which the musicians rearrange to create a unique style, as well as original compositions. Several of the songs from their last three recordings - including Ascope, Tierra del Amanecer, Cholita Tania, El Abuelito, and Inti Libertad by Cesar Villalobos - are hits in Peru. The instruments that are used, with the exception of the stringed instruments, are made by the musicians themselves. The group launched The Year of the World Indigenous People at the United Nations in New York in 1992. In 1993 and 1995 the Boston Music Awards nominated the group for its outstanding accomplishments. The group has shared the stage with many performers, including Tito Puente, and has performed at International Festivals in all the United States, in Canada, Europe and Peru. Inca Son also contributed music for the PBS program Columbus and the Age of Discovery, a series which aired worldwide. (posted 03Mar05)



• AMERICAN DANCE LEGACY WINTER DANCE CONCERT WINTER DANCE CONCERT
  SATURDAY 05 MARCH 2005
  Ashamu Dance Studio
  77 Waterman Street
  (between Brown and Thayer)
  Providence RI
  Time: 8pm
  Price: 15.00 general/10.00 students & seniors
  Reservations: 401-863-7596 or info@adli.us
  Website: http://www.adli.us/newsevents.html
  The American Dance Legacy Institute runs an annual one day dance history conference followed by an evening concert. Make your reservations now because it always sells out.
  The Mini-Fest Concert includes work by Chris Elam described in the New York Times by Jennifer Dunning as "a true original...one of the most individualistic of modern dance voices today," and two works by Laura Bennett: Reverie, which has been compared to Balanchine in its musicality and use of space; and Part Two, described as "unabashedly beautiful" by Viola Farber, founding member of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company. Also featured on the program are new works by Caedra Scott-Flaherty, Annamaura Silverblatt, Julie Strandberg, and Tina Vasquez. Returning companies to the Mini-Fest's intergenerational roster include, the Catalyst Dance Company, Dance Extension, and Dancing Legacy.
  See more about the ADLI Mini Conference
  (posted 24Sep04/updated 24Jan05)



• RIBT presents BALLET BRUNCH
  SUNDAY 06 MARCH, 2005
  Performing Arts Center
  Roger Williams University
  One Old Ferry Road
  Bristol RI
  Time: 2pm
  Price: $20.00
  Information and tickets: 401-847-5301
  Ballet Brunch - A Dance and Food Sampler
  Rhode Island's Ballet Theatre presents a sampler of ballet styles. The program, entitled Ballet Brunch, will include classical, lyrical and modern ballets as well as a sampling of Broadway theater dance. Featured selections of the performance are Here, There, Everywhere, a lyrical ballet set to the famous Beatles song; Harp Dances, a contemporary ballet performed to harp music; As One, a modern ballet performed to Amy Grant's El Shaddai; March of the Wooden Soldiers, a pointe ballet for Leon Jessel's classic composition; and Ballerina's on Broadway, consisting of four pieces in the manner of Fosse. Following the performance there will be a variety of complimentary refreshments.
  (posted 16Feb05)
  
  
• THE NATIONAL BLACK-LIGHT THEATRE OF PRAGUE
  THURSDAY 10 MARCH, 2005
  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/child
  (WGBH Member Discount Cards honored)
  Reservations: 401-456-8144 open 10am-4pm M-F
  Website: http://www.ric.edu/pfa/pas.html
  The National Black-Light Theatre of Prague performs a stunning multi-visual show containing live performance with amazing black-light theatre effects, big screen projections, and fantastic magical tricks. Their production, Fantasy Travelers, is inspired loosely by Alice in Wonderland and Gulliver's Travels.
  RIC Performing Series
  (posted 04Aug04)



• Up CLOSE, on HOPE III
  SATURDAY MARCH 12, 2005
  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.
  More about this performance
  (posted 03Aug04)




• JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR
  MARCH 18 & 19, 2005
  Seekonk Congregational Church
  600 Fall River Avenue
  Seekonk, MA
  Time: 7:30pm
  Price: $8.00 adults/$4.00 youths & seniors
  Tickets will be available at the door
  Information: 1-508-336-9355
  An interpretation of the beloved musical Jesus Christ Superstar directed by Nancy-Lee Devane and featuring Franklin Dean Wilmoth as Jesus, C.R. Fox as Judas and Studio 34's Artistic Director Debbie Brzozowy as Mary Magdalene. Music by Andrew LLoyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice.
  (posted 06Jan05/updated 14Jan05/11Feb05)
  
  
• BLOOD FROM A TURNIP
  FRIDAY MARCH 18, 2005
  Perishable Theatre
  95 Empire Street
  Providence RI
  Date: Friday March 18, 2005
  Time: One Night Only, Two Shows
  Programme A: 8PM
  Programme B: 10PM (adult screening, must be 18)
  Price: $5.00 (no reservations - first come, first serve basis)
  Information: 401-331-2695x106 or imarsian@mac.com
  Ladies and gentlemen, hold onto your seats! After a string of controversial curatorial decisions, theatrical genius, Vanessa Gilbert and savvy puppet mogul, Marsian have teamed up once again to take the puppet community by storm with Blood From A Turnip. This latest groundbreaking installment of Rhode Island's Only Late Night Puppet Cabaret is dedicated to Puppet Film and Video and claims to appeal to the strangest common denominator with works ranging from the mundane to the subversive. BYOP (bring your own popcorn).
  More about this event
  (posted 17Jan05/updated 28Feb05)
  
  
  
• EVERETT - THE SCIENCE PROJECT 2005 PREMIERE
  FRIDAY MARCH 18, 2005
  Carriage House Stage
  7 Duncan Avenue
  Providence RI
  Time: 8pm
  Tickets: $50
  Phone: 401-831-9479
  Website: http://www.everettdancetheatre.org
  Everett Dance Theatre will present the 2005 premiere of it's innovative dance theatre piece, The Science Project, at the Carriage House Stage in Providence (at 7 Duncan Avenue), with a special reception with the artists to follow. Chairing the event will be internationally renowned children's author/illustrator, David Macaulay. The event will benefit the professional and community work of Everett Dance Theatre and the Carriage House Stage and School. The Science Project will be performed four more times at the Carriage House, on Saturdays, March 19 and 26, and Friday and Saturday, April 1 and 2.
  More about this performance
  (posted 16Feb05)
  
  
  
• EVERETT presents THE SCIENCE PROJECT 2005
  SATURDAY MARCH 19, 2005
  Carriage House Stage
  7 Duncan Avenue
  Providence RI
  Time: 8pm
  Tickets: $15
  Phone: 401-831-9479
  Carriage House http://www.everettdancetheatre.org
  Everett Dance Theatre will present the 2005 version of it's innovative dance theatre piece, The Science Project. Blurring the boundaries between art and science, Everett Dance Theatre explores time, space, motion, and the process of experimentation and discovery undertaken by artists and scientists alike. The Science Project will be performed three more times at the Carriage House, on Saturday March 26 and Friday and Saturday, April 1 and 2.
  (posted 16Feb05)
  
  
• ISLAND MOVING CO presents CONSENT TO GRAVITY
  MARCH 19 & 20, 2005
  RISD Auditorium
  South Main Street
  Providence RI
  Time: March 19 at 8pm
  March 20 at 3pm
  Price: $20 general
  $15 for seniors and children
  $10 for RISD students wt ID
  Tickets: www.arttixri.com & at the door
  Information: 401-847-4470
  Choreographers Daniel McCusker and Carol Somers, the Providence String Quartet, composer Christopher Eastburn under the direction of Miki Ohlsen and Project Director Thomas Palmer, and the eight dancers of the Island Moving Co. have created a work based on the scores (and equally evocative texts) of famed artist Frederick Sommer. Under various sets of improvisational structures, they offer a performance that is as original as their source material.
  More about this performance
  (posted 20Jan05)



• Up CLOSE, on HOPE III
  MARCH 19 & 20, 2005
  Festival Ballet
  Grand Studio
  825 Hope Street
  Providence RI
  Time: 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.
  Festival Ballet Season
  (posted 03Aug04)



• FUSIONWORKS in TE DEUM
  SATURDAY MARCH 19, 2005
  Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul
  30 Fenner Street
  Providence RI
  Time: 8pm
  Tickets: 15.00 in advance/$22.00 at the door
  Phone: 401-521-5670
  Fusionworks will join the Rhode Island Civic Choral Orchestra in a performance of Arvo Part's Te Deum. Having become known for our interesting collaborations, are once again embracing a new experience with another top-notch group of artists.
  
  Responding to the contrast of Arvo Part's solemn, compelling score and the uplifting and praise-filled text of the Te Deum, Deb Meunier has created a moving and emotional dance that looks into questions about faith and its relationship to sorrow and suffering. Using soloists representative of the archetypes of the Outcast, the Christ figure and the Guardian Angel with a reflective ensemble that functions as a Greek chorus, Ms Meunier weaves a parable of shattered belief and redemptive hope.
  (posted 15Feb05/updated 14mar05)



• OUT OF LINE presents THE SOULS OF OUR FEET
  MONDAY & TUESDAY 21, 22 MARCH, 2005
  Performing Arts Center
  Roger Williams University
  One Old Ferry Road
  Bristol RI
  Time: 8pm
  Price: Adults $5.00/students & seniors $3.00
  Information: 401-254-3626 or mmetzler@rwu.edu
  The Souls Of Our Feet is brilliantly choreographed and performed by the soul members from OUT OF LINE: Stephanie Franck, Meghan Metzler, and Lyndsey Stewart. This evening length performance is the melting pot of three unique styles. Flawlessy molding together the grace, beauty, strength, and dynamic of each performer's personality.
  (posted 17Feb05)
  
  
• ST PETERSBURG STATE BALLET THEATRE presents ROMEO AND JULIET
  TUESDAY 22 MARCH, 2005
  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/child
  (WGBH Member Discount Cards honored)
  Reservations: 401-456-8144 open 10am-4pm M-F
  Website: http://www.ric.edu/pfa/pas.html
  The St. Petersburg State Ballet Theatre occupies a very special place among the ballet theatres of the world. The younger brother of the Kirov and the Bolshoi Ballet Theatre, the St. Petersburg Ballet Theatre was born over a quarter-century ago. They are considered one of the most distinguished classical companies in Russia. The company will perform their new production of Romeo and Juliet.
  RIC Performing Series
  (posted 04Aug04)




• RE-VERSE WT BIG NAZO PUPPETS
  FRIDAY MARCH 25, 2005
  Carriage House Stage
  7 Duncan Avenue
  Providence RI
  Time: 730pm
  Tickets: $5
  Phone: 401-831-9479
  Carriage House http://www.everettdancetheatre.org
  Join Everett Dance Theatre and their accomplished mentor students for Comedy Improv that captures the moment. Followed by big skits with the big creatures of Big Nazo. Then, watch as creatures and improv comedians interact, bringing their two worlds together. And bring your instrument, tap shoes, poem, dance - because the evening ends with an open stage format.
  (posted 24Mar05)
  
  
  
• EVERETT presents THE SCIENCE PROJECT 2005
  SATURDAY MARCH 26, 2005
  Carriage House Stage
  7 Duncan Avenue
  Providence RI
  Time: 8pm
  Tickets: $15
  Phone: 401-831-9479
  Carriage House http://www.everettdancetheatre.org
  Everett Dance Theatre will present the 2005 version of it's innovative dance theatre piece, The Science Project. Blurring the boundaries between art and science, Everett Dance Theatre explores time, space, motion, and the process of experimentation and discovery undertaken by artists and scientists alike. The Science Project will be performed two more times at the Carriage House, on Friday and Saturday, April 1 and 2.
  (posted 16Feb05)
  
  
  
• EVERETT presents THE SCIENCE PROJECT 2005
  JUST ADDED!!
  THURSDAY 31 MARCH, 2005
  Carriage House Stage
  7 Duncan Avenue
  Providence RI
  Time: 8pm
  Tickets: $15
  Phone: 401-831-9479
  Carriage House http://www.everettdancetheatre.org
  Everett Dance Theatre will present the 2005 version of it's innovative dance theatre piece, The Science Project. Blurring the boundaries between art and science, Everett Dance Theatre explores time, space, motion, and the process of experimentation and discovery undertaken by artists and scientists alike.
  (posted 30Mar05)
  
  
• DOUBLE EDGED THEATRE presents THE UnPOSSESED
  THURSDAY MARCH 31, 2005
  Bass Auditorium
  Rites and Reason Theatre
  Angel Street
  Brown University
  Providence RI
  Time: 8pm
  Tickets: $15.00
  Information: psi@brown.edu
  PSI WEBSITE
  ART TIX WEBSITE
  Likening it to the films of Fellini, the New York Times call The UnPOSSESED, "fervid, otherworldly, poetic, bathetic, punning and perverse."For 23 years, Double Edge Theatre has been fusing intense physical theatricality, popular and circus arts, shadow puppets, stilts, and commedia dell'arte, with live original music in intimate settings. In response to the events of 9/11, the international company of Double Edge has created a world both visceral and hallucinatory in this daring new etude version, directed by founder and artistic director Stacy Klein.
  See more about the PSi conference and performances.
  (posted 29Mar05)
  
  
• PAULA HUNTER AND MELODY RUFFIN WARD
  LEGIBLE BODIES, HEARTS AND MINDS
  MARCH 31 thru APRIL 1, 2005
  Forman Theatre
  The Nazarian Center
  Rhode Island College
  600 Mt Pleasant Ave
  Providence RI 02908-1991
  Time: 8pm
  Tickets: $12.00 general/Discounts for seniors & students
  Box Office: 401-456-8144
  Website: RIC DANCE
  (posted 06Jan05)



• PAULA HUNTER AND MELODY RUFFIN WARD
  LEGIBLE BODIES, HEARTS AND MINDS
  MARCH 31 & APRIL 1, 2005
  Forman Theatre
  The Nazarian Center
  Rhode Island College
  600 Mt Pleasant Ave
  Providence RI 02908-1991
  Time: 8pm
  Tickets: $10.00 general/Discounts for seniors & students
  Box Office: 401-456-8144
  Website: RIC DANCE
  The Rhode Island College Dance Company will perform Legible Bodies, Hears and Minds: works by Paula Hunter and Melody Ruffin Ward on Thursday and Friday, March 31 and April 1 in the Forman Theater in the Nazarian Center.
  
  Paula Hunter is a Providence choreographer and nationally known performance artist. Her unique voice - both tragic and hilarious - is irrepressible, as if she cannot stop making dances that both reveal too much about her zany life and at the same time, leave the audience wanting more. She will perform several of her classic solos including There is nothing more unexpected than an Erect Penis, Extinct, Tutu with Glasses and Shoes, Savior and 9/12. 9/12 was first performed for NYC's Dixon Place and it was part of Dixon Place's AFTERIMAGES, a marathon of short poetry, theater pieces, performance art and dance works that consider how the terrorist attacks continue to resonate in our lives. The text was published in NEWSDAY. Hunter's work has been produced in many location throughout the U.S. Dance Magazine's Julinda Lewis wrote about a performance of Hunter's, "One in One, Walk the Dog and Petro-Chemical Mom all make you feel as if you've crossed into a time zone where human motion follows laws you've never learned and may never understand."
  
  Melody Ruffin Ward is an associate professor of dance at RIC, and her annual concerts have become a highlight of the programming. Her work informs the present through rewriting the past. A powerful and expressive performer and choreographer, she explores human struggle through individual histories - attempts at legibility within a too often exclusionary normative. Poet Tim Seibles describes Ward's choreography and dancing as "...having the physical capacity to articulate the delights and lyrical mysteries of being human..." Drawing on personal experience, Ruffin Ward's work Stop, Pause, Breathe will focus on identity and racism, and the sense of voicelessness frequently experienced by African American dancers. "The past year I have been examining the sense of identity that is wound so tightly around the black dancing body within the construct of American concert dance, " Ruffin Ward said. (posted 06Jan05/updated 21Mar05)

• CHRIS ELAM/YIN MEI/NEW WORKS
  EXCEPTIONAL INCORPOREALITIES
  MARCH 31 & APRIL 1, 2005
  Stuart Theatre
  Faunce House
  Brown University
  Waterman Street
  Providence RI
  Time: 730pm
  Tickets: $15.00
  Information: psi@brown.edu
  PSI WEBSITE
  ART TIX WEBSITE
  Website: RIC DANCE
  An evening of new dance works developed by choreographers from China, Burkina Faso, Paris, Mali, West Africa, the Caribbean, and the US. Choreographers include Yin Mei (China/NY) Chris Elam (NY), and the New Works collective led by Michelle Bach-Coulibaly (US) and featuring Lacina Coulibaly (Burkina Faso) and Jude Sandy (Trinidad). The movement vocabularies used are infused with hot stepping, hip-hop, Jamaican Dance Hall, West African ceremonial dances, Balinese dance traditions, Contact work, and American concert and vernacular forms.
  See more about the PSi conference and performances.
  (posted 29Mar05)
  

APRIL 2005


• PSi presents ENNOBLING NONNA
  FRIDAY APRIL 01, 2005
  Ashamu Studio
  Lyman Hall
  Waterman Street
  Brown University
  Providence RI
  Time: 8pm
  Tickets: $15.00
  Information: psi@brown.edu
  PSI WEBSITE
  ART TIX WEBSITE
  Inspired by the work of Japanese director Tadashi Suzuki and directed by Thomas DeFrantz, Maria Porter creates a story through physical movements, spoken texts, recorded music, projections and everyday objects. Ennobling Nonna is the story of a woman's search for cultural identity through an intensely physical performance. Second Wind is a performative poetry ensemble that uses striking video and soundscapes and whose work bridges diverse ethnic and cultural communities to collectively addresses themes that range from sexuality and spirituality, the politics of bodily desire, consequences of sexual violence, and intersections of race and sexuality.
  See more about the PSi conference and performances.
  (posted 29Mar05)
  
  
• CHICAGO
  01 thru 03 APRIL 2005
  Providence Performing Arts Center
  220 Weybosset Street
  Providence RI
  Box Office: 401-421-2787
  Website: http://www.ppacri.org
  Times: 8:00pm
  Price: $40.00 - 60.00
  Performance Times:
  Friday, April 1 at 8:00pm
  Saturday, April 2 at 2:00 & 8:00pm
  Sunday, April 3 at 1:00 & 6:30pm
  Box Office: 401-421-2787
  Murder makes a great basis for a musical. Fabulous dancing! Don't miss.
  (posted 09Nov04)
  
  
• SEASONS OF MIGRATION
  TUESDAY 02 APRIL, 2005
  Auditorium
  Roberts Hall
  Rhode Island College
  600 Mt Pleasant Ave
  Providence RI 02908-1991
  Time: 730pm
  Tickets: $26.00 general/$23.00 senior/$15.00 student/child
  Reservations: 401-456-8144 open 10am-4pm M-F
  Seasons of Migration is an odyssey of cultural transformation by Cambodian American choreographer Sophiline Cheam Shapiro with a cast of 54. The work will intermingle Cambodian and American forms by juxtaposing Cambodian classical dance and new music. The result is meant to describe an artistic equilibrium that is neither wholly of one tradition nor the other.
  RIC Performing Series
  (posted 04Aug04)




• PSi presents DANCE THEATRE OF BALI
  SATURDAY APRIL 02, 2005
  McCormack Family Theatre
  70 Brown Street
  Brown University
  Providence RI
  Time: 730pm
  Tickets: $15.00
  Information: psi@brown.edu
  PSI WEBSITE
  ART TIX WEBSITE
  Some of the most acclaimed performers of Bali, Indonesia, supported by a full gamelan orchestra, demonstrate the brilliance of Balinese dance and theatre. The show culminates in a Topeng Prembon - distinguished by its striking masks, colorful costumes, improvised comic dialogue, plaintive singing, and elaborate interplay between movement and music. In stories drawn from semi-historical chronicles, ancestral heroes and clownish servants follow each other in rapid succession, forging links to current events: an attempt to overthrow a foreign tyrant meets with unexpected problems and a surprising solution. Performed in Balinese and English.
  See more about the PSi conference and performances.
  (posted 29Mar05)
  
  
• PSi presents AVIVA GEISMER
  APRIL 02 & 03, 2005
  Stuart Theatre
  Faunce House
  Waterman Street
  Brown University
  Providence RI
  Saturday 4/2 at 730pm and Sunday 4/3 at 2pm (double bill)
  Tickets: $15.00
  Information: psi@brown.edu
  PSI WEBSITE
  ART TIX WEBSITE
  Aviva Geismer (Drastic Action) was recently named one of "25 to watch" by Dance Magazine for her unique explorations of the comic and grotesque. Against soundscapes that range from bossa nova to the baroque, her dances create a world that is part Hieronymus Bosch, part Dr. Seuss. Ex.Pgirl (Waving Hello) is an dance collective of artists from the US, France, Japan, and Argentina that draw from the techniques of European clowning, satire, vaudeville, rock concerts, and performance art to create images of America though ex-patriate eyes.
  See more about the PSi conference and performances.
  (posted 29Mar05)
  
  
  
• EVERETT presents THE SCIENCE PROJECT 2005
  01 & 02 APRIL, 2005
  Carriage House Stage
  7 Duncan Avenue
  Providence RI
  Time: 8pm
  Tickets: $15
  Phone: 401-831-9479
  Carriage House http://www.everettdancetheatre.org
  Everett Dance Theatre will present the 2005 version of it's innovative dance theatre piece, The Science Project. Blurring the boundaries between art and science, Everett Dance Theatre explores time, space, motion, and the process of experimentation and discovery undertaken by artists and scientists alike.
  (posted 16Feb05)
  
  
• FESTIVAL BALLET presents CARMEN
  08 thru 10 APRIL, 2005
  Veterans Memorial Auditorium
  1 Avenue of the Arts
  Providence RI
  Time: 730pm Apr 08 and 09/ 230pm Apr 10
  Prices: $12.00 to $50.00
  Information: 401-353-1129
  Festival Ballet brings back the thrilling ballet Carmen created by a most talented young choreographer. Boston Ballet's Viktor Plotnikov fashioned a bold, full-length production of Carmen last season for Festival Ballet Providence. All three performances received standing ovations! Set to Bizet's compelling score, this Carmen is a contemporary ballet that conveys the impassioned story through Mr. Plotnikov's powerfully expressive dance vocabulary.
  Festival Ballet Season
  (posted 04Aug04/updated 18Jan05)



• STUDIO 34 DANCE COMPANY SPRING CONCERT
  09 & 10 APRIL, 2005
  Classical High Auditorium
  770 Westminster Street
  Providence RI
  Time: 7pm(Saturday) 2pm(Sunday)
  Tickets: $12.00 General/$10.00 under 10
  Reservations/info: 401-474-6150
  Website: http://go.to/studio34danceco
  Studio 34 Dance Company will present its spring concert entitled TIMELESS, which will feature an 80's theme of favorite tunes and musicals. Choreography by Artistic Director Deb Brzozowy, and Studio 34's instructors, Gina Carbone, Mary Mallozzi, and Karen Kaplan.
  (posted 18Nov04)
  
  
• SPINDLE CITY BALLET presents CINDERELLA
  APRIL 09 & 10, 2005
  Margaret L. Jackson Arts Center
  Bristol Community College
  777 Elsbree Street
  Fall River MA
  Time: Saturday, April 9 at 7pm
  Sunday, April 10 at 2pm
  Price: $15.00 adults/12.00 seniors & students/10.00 children under 12years
  Master Card and Visa Accepted
  Box Office: 508-677-2130 ext 2
  Web site: http://www.spindlecityballet.org
  Experience this classic fairy tale of Cinderella told through dance as her Fairy Godmother grants her a most special wish and she finds her true love, the Prince. Under the artistic direction of Lisa J. Bibeau, the Spindle City Ballet proudly presents their magical ballet version of the classic tale of Cinderella. Immediately following the Sunday 2pm performance there will be a childrens' party with a charge of $5.00 per child.
  (posted 29Mar05)
  
• CRAZY FOR YOU
  12 & 13 APRIL 2005
  Providence Performing Arts Center
  220 Weybosset Street
  Providence RI
  Box Office: 401-421-2787
  Website: http://www.ppacri.org
  Time: 7:30pm
  Price: $47.50, $42.50, $32.50
  Box Office: 401-421-2787
  CRAZY FOR YOU is an adaptation of the George and Ira Gershwin 1930 hit Girl Crazy. Crammed with standards like I've Got Rhythm, Embraceable You, Someone To Watch Over Me, They Can't Take That Away From Me and Nice Work If You Can Get It; CRAZY FOR YOU is the hilarious romp of a stage-struck playboy in a Nevada mining town – where romance, mistaken identities and show-stopping musical numbers add up to irresistible fun.
  (posted 09Nov04)
  
  
  
• THOMAS DEFRANTZ presents MONK'S MOOD
  A Performance Meditation on the Life and Music of Thelonious Monk
  15 & 16 APRIL, 2005
  Carriage House Stage
  7 Duncan Avenue
  Providence RI
  Time: 8pm
  Tickets: $15.00
  Phone: 401-831-9479
  Carriage House http://www.everettdancetheatre.org
  Artist Website: http://www.mit.edu/people/defrantz
  Monk's Mood tells a story of the life of the late Bebop composer/pianist Thelonius Monk through the language of tap dance. Boston-based tap-master Thomas DeFrantz has devised a particular tap technique which echoes Monk's erratic phrasing and percussive musical attack. The results are unlike any narrative exploration of tap dance being performed anywhere in the world. In DeFrantz's words, " work to uncover the generative improvisational impulse embedded within rhythmic structures, and exploring the relationship of tap dance to angular physical posture and narrative storytelling."
  
  This innovative piece also embraces digital technology. Specially-developed sensor pads respond to DeFrantz's moves and project imagery related to Monk's life onto a custom-made scrim created by visual artist Eto Otitigbe. The sensor pads are also employed to create an improvised soundscore in a sequence of the work, using computer programs written by Luigi Castello and Bert Schiettecatte.
  
  Thomas DeFrantz is Associate Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he holds the Class of 1948 Career Development Professorship. He organizes the dance history program at the Alvin Ailey School, and edited Dancing Many Drums: Excavations in African American Dance (Wisconsin University Press, 2002). His recently published volume Dancing Revelations: Alvin Ailey's Embodiment of African American Culture (Oxford University Press, 2004) offers the first full analysis of Alvin Ailey's significant body of creating work. DeFrantz's creative work includes Queer Theory: A Musical Travesty, to be presented by the Theater Offensive of Boston in 2005.
  
  An accomplished tap dancer, DeFrantz has performed the Morton Gould Tap Concerto with the Boston Pops, conducted by Keith Lockhart, as well as the Duke Ellington Tap Concerto with the Aardvark Jazz Orchestra, led by Mark Harvey. As a performer, he recently made the duet Encounters, a work about cross cultural legacies of dance and tradition, with Ananya Chatterjea, artistic director of Women in Motion. This work has been shown recently in Boston, Minneapolis, and in New Delhi at the India International Center. DeFrantz also recently choreographed Cane Suite, Bathrooms, and Object Lessons for the MIT Dance Theater Ensemble.
  
  An active director and choreographer, he recently staged Tom Stoppard's Rough Crossing for the Geva Theatre in Rochester, New York, and served as choreographer/associate director for Paul Robeson - All American by Ossie Davis for Theatreworks/USA. He scripted and directed Crossing Borders and Patria! for Ballet Hispanico's arts-in-education program. In 1997 he enjoyed a directing residency at the NY Public Theater on George C. Wolfe's production of On The Town. He staged Pure PolyEsther for the Theater Offensive, and directed for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf for the MIT Dramashop. He is an active member of the Drama League of New York. Recently in Boston, DeFrantz provided movement to Daniel Alexander Jones's Bel Canto at the Theatre Offensive, and directed and choreographed Of Thee I Sing for Emerson Stage. He staged the Cabaret for the Boston-based NOMTI 2004 Festival of New Works.
  
  DeFrantz earned degrees from Yale, the City University of New York, and earned his PhD from the Department of Performance Studies at NYU. He has taught at Stanford, NYU, and at MIT, where he teaches courses on Hip Hop, Theater, and Dance. He has published widely, including recent essays on breakdancing and afro-futurist filmmaking. A director and choreographer, he has affiliations with the Drama League of New York, the Theater Offensive of Boston, and the performance research group Slippage: Performance Interventions in Culture and Technology, in residence at MIT.
  (posted 30Mar05)
  
  
• PROVIDENCE COLLEGE presents BRIGADOON
  APRIL 15 THRU 17, 2005
  Blackfriars Theatre
  Smith Center for the Arts
  Providence College
  Providence RI
  Times: Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 pm; Sundays at 2:00pm Price: $10.00, $7.00 (seniors), $5.00 (students)
  For more information, call 401-865-2327
  Box Office: 401-865-2218 open weekdays 1pm-5pm
  Web site: http://www.providence.edu
  Providence College's Department of Theatre Dance and Film presents Brigadoon, a musical by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe, directed and choreographed by artist-in-residence Brendan Byrnes, Providence College class of 1992. Christopher T. Kelton will lead a 14 piece orchestra of Providence College student musicians. With the collaborative team of Lerner and Loewe, Brigadoon is considered by many to have one of the finest Broadway scores of all time, including, Almost Like Being in Love, Waiting for My Dearie, and There But for You Go I.
  (posted 31Mar05)
  
  
• YOU NEVER KNOW
  APRIL 15 thru MAY 22, 2005
  Trinity Repertory
  201 Washington Street
  Providence, RI 02903
  Times: various
  Price: various
  Box Office: 401-351-4242
  Website: http://www.trinityrep.com
  A world premiere musical from Charles Strauss - the Tony and Grammy Award-winning composer of Bye Bye Birdie, Annie, and Applause. Set in a glamorous Miami resort in 1948, this musical-within-a-musical gives us a philandering Presidential candidate, his movie-star wife, and our hero - the plucky composer of a Broadway hit that's waiting just over the horizon. A love letter to the great American musical, in an irresistible blend of romance and suspense, with a heart-warming ending.
  (posted 11Jun04)
  
  
• SEASONS OF MIGRATION
  TUESDAY 26 APRIL, 2005
  Auditorium
  Roberts Hall
  Rhode Island College
  600 Mt Pleasant Ave
  Providence RI 02908-1991
  Time: 730pm
  Tickets: $26.00 general/$23.00 senior/$15.00 student/child
  (WGBH Member Discount Cards honored)
  Reservations: 401-456-8144 open 10am-4pm M-F
  Website: http://www.ric.edu/pfa/pas.html
  Seasons of Migration is an odyssey of cultural transformation by Cambodian American choreographer Sophiline Cheam Shapiro with a cast of 54. The work will intermingle Cambodian and American forms by juxtaposing Cambodian classical dance and new music. The result is meant to describe an artistic equilibrium that is neither wholly of one tradition nor the other.
  RIC Performing Series
  (posted 04Aug04/date correction 11Mar05)



• PROVIDENCE COLLEGE SPRING DANCE CONCERT
  APRIL 28 thru 30, 2005
  Bowab Studio Theatre
  Smith Center for the Arts
  Providence College
  Providence RI
  Time: 8pm on Thursday and Friday/2pm on Saturday
  Price: $5 general
  For more information, call 401-865-2327
  Box Office: 401-865-2218 open weekdays 1pm-5pm
  Web site: http://www.providence.edu
  Student choreographers show their work which includes 15 short dances ranging from modern to jazz to tap. The choreographers are: Devan & Lindsay Ahern, Katie Bouquet, Kim Dubuc, Robyn Forcier, Jeanette Gentile, Athena Karalekas, Rafaela Kirloss, Mary Manning, Natalie Nucifora, Linsey Skalamera, Kate Souza, and Emily Wood. (posted 12Jul04/updated 26Oct04/25Apr05)
  
  
• RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE DANCE COMPANY
  STUDENT CHOREOGRAPHY SHOWCASE
  APRIL 28 & 29, 2005
  Forman Theatre
  The Nazarian Center
  Rhode Island College
  600 Mt Pleasant Ave
  Providence RI 02908-1991
  Time: 8pm
  Tickets: $8.00 general
  Box Office: 401-456-8144
  Website: RIC DANCE
  (posted 06Jan05)




• ROGER WILLIAMS DANCE THEATRE SPRING CONCERT
  APRIL 28,30 & MAY 1, 2005
  Performing Arts Center
  Roger Williams University
  One Old Ferry Road
  Bristol RI
  Times: April 28,30 & May1 at 8pm/April 30 & May 1 at 2pm
  (There are no performances on Friday April 29.
  Price: 10.00 general/5.00 students and seniors
  Tickets available at the door or in advance at the Performing Arts Center No phone orders. Box Office hours Monday-Friday 8:30-3:30
  Information: 401-254-3626
  The Roger Williams Dance Theatre will present its Spring concert with choreography by guest artists, students and faculty. The concert will include choreography by guest artists, students and faculty. Featured are four dances by students Danielle DiVito, Stacey Heman, Jeff Mahmood and Meghan Metzler. Metzler's piece portrays the inner monologue of her twelve dancers. She examines the relationships that both unify and divide. A solo choreographed by junior Danielle DiVito is based on the choreographer's experience studying in London last semester.
  
  Included in the evening is choreography by guest artists Ellis Wood and Michael Bolger. Ellis Wood has danced in the companies of Stephen Petronio, Dan Wagoner, and Bay Area Repertory Dance. She graduated from U.C. Berkeley in Dramatic Art/Dance, where she studied with her parents Marni and David Wood who both danced with Martha Graham. At Berkeley she was awarded the two highest dance awards, The Eisner Prize and The Florence Schwimley Award, as well as being named Athlete of the Decade in the sport of gymnastics. Her work has been presented at Dance Theater Workshop for five seasons, Danspace Project at St. Marx Church and other NYC venues. Michael Bolger currently performs with the Island Moving Company of Newport. He has been a guest artist with The Connecticut Concert Ballet, The Spindle City Ballet and carolsomersDANCE of Boston. He has most recently been appointed the Director of Education for the Island Moving Company.
  Also included are pieces by faculty members Kelli Wicke Davis, France Hunter, Pam Raff and Gary Shore.
  (posted 17Apr05/updated 25Apr05)
  
  
• RE-VERSE
  With Thomas DeFrantz, Brian Jones & Everett's Comedy Improv
  FRIDAY APRIL 29, 2005
  Carriage House Theatre
  7 Duncan Ave
  Providence RI
  Time: 730pm
  Price: $5
  Information and tickets: 401-831-9479
  Cased Closed combines break dancing, Capoiera, spoken word poetry, and hip-hop dance to create a performance that will burn up the floor and get you out of your seats. Directed by Everett Dance Theatre member Sokeo Ros, Cased Closed performs at festivals and events throughout Rhode Island. For these performances they are joined by Popper Kevin Fabian, winner of the national Usher contest, and Providence street dancer Joey Palmer.
  Carriage House Theatre Season
  
  (posted 17Apr05)
  
• PETER PAN
  19 thru 24 APRIL 2005
  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
  In her farewell performance, Tony Award nominee Cathy Rigby takes flight in the 100th Anniversary of the immortal James M. Barrie tale Peter Pan. This timeless musical masterpiece complete with evil Captain Hook, a crafty crocodile and the enchantment of Never Never Land will touch, inspire, dazzle and charm every generation.
  (posted 14May04)
  
  
• PROVIDENCE COLLEGE presents BRIGADOON
  APRIL 22 THRU 24, 2005
  Blackfriars Theatre
  Smith Center for the Arts
  Providence College
  Providence RI
  Times: Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 pm; Sundays at 2:00pm Price: $10.00, $7.00 (seniors), $5.00 (students)
  For more information, call 401-865-2327
  Box Office: 401-865-2218 open weekdays 1pm-5pm
  Web site: http://www.providence.edu
  Providence College's Department of Theatre Dance and Film presents Brigadoon, a musical by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe, directed and choreographed by artist-in-residence Brendan Byrnes, Providence College class of 1992. Christopher T. Kelton will lead a 14 piece orchestra of Providence College student musicians. With the collaborative team of Lerner and Loewe, Brigadoon is considered by many to have one of the finest Broadway scores of all time, including, Almost Like Being in Love, Waiting for My Dearie, and There But for You Go I.
  (posted 31Mar05)
  
  
• ELIZABETN KEISER in IGNORant
  APRIL 22 & 23, 2005
  Carriage House Theatre
  7 Duncan Ave
  Providence RI
  Time: 8pm
  Price: $15
  Information and tickets: 401-831-9479
  This original musical comedy by Elizabeth Keiser explores the consequences of ignorance in society. By magnifying reality and embracing the supernatural, IgnorAnt lets us laugh at the absurd, while allowing us to glimpse the dire costs of societal unawareness. Showcasing pedestrian pettiness and glamorizing greed, Keiser's work makes ants of us all. With Keiser's comical characters and Big Nazo's creatures in the mix, IgnorAnt will have you chuckling at human nature.
  Carriage House Theatre Season
  
  (posted 17Apr05)
  
  
• FUSIONWORKS - AUDIENCE FAVORITES
  APRIL 29 & 30, 2005
  Greenwich Odeum
  59 Main Street
  East Greenwich, RI
  Times: April 29, 2005 at 8:00 pm
  April 30, 2005 at 3:00 pm Unwrapped
  Price: $20.00 General/$18. Students with college ID's/$15.00 WGBH and RI PBS members
  Tickets: At the door
  Information: 401-946-0607
  Website: http://www.fusionworksdance.org
  Fusionworks will present an all-request concert of their Audience's Recent Favorites including Deb Meunier's elegant Vesperae, the sassy, sexy, glam-filled romp Oh Tom, You Naughty Naughty Boy (with Hip Hop dancers from Phaze II), and the primal, heart-stopping The Hunt.
  Saturday's matinee performance is an exclusive Behind the Scenes concert. Deb Meunier takes you behind the scenes of this concert. By providing spoken introductions to each work, presenting insights into the choreographer's inspiration, explaining a dancer's approach to each piece, and learning how music is selected, you'll understand what goes into putting on a concert.
  (posted 18Jan05)
  
  
• THE NATIONAL ACROBATS OF TAIWAN
  TUESDAY 19 APRIL, 2005
  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/child
  Reservations: 401-456-8144 open 10am-4pm M-F
  The National Acrobats of Taiwan return to our campus after performing to standing-room-only on our 01/02 Series. Their perfect movements and flexible showmanship have provided entertainment and relaxation to people from all walks of life for centuries. A family night out.
  RIC Performing Series
  (posted 04Aug04)



• PETER PAN
  19 thru 24 APRIL 2005
  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
  In her farewell performance, Tony Award nominee Cathy Rigby takes flight in the 100th Anniversary of the immortal James M. Barrie tale Peter Pan. This timeless musical masterpiece complete with evil Captain Hook, a crafty crocodile and the enchantment of Never Never Land will touch, inspire, dazzle and charm every generation.
  (posted 14May04)
  
  
• PROVIDENCE COLLEGE SPRING DANCE CONCERT
  APRIL 28 thru 30, 2005
  Bowab Studio Theatre
  Smith Center for the Arts
  Providence College
  Providence RI
  Time: 8pm
  Price: $7 general/$5 (senior citizens)/$3 (students)
  For more information, call 401-865-2327
  Box Office: 401-865-2218 open weekdays 1pm-5pm
  Web site: http://www.providence.edu
  (posted 12Jul04/updated 26Oct04)
  
  
• RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE DANCE COMPANY
  STUDENT CHOREOGRAPHY SHOWCASE
  APRIL 28 & 29, 2005
  Forman Theatre
  The Nazarian Center
  Rhode Island College
  600 Mt Pleasant Ave
  Providence RI 02908-1991
  Time: 8pm
  Tickets: $8.00 general
  Box Office: 401-456-8144
  Website: RIC DANCE
  (posted 06Jan05)

MAY 2005


• LET YOURSELF GO!
  MODERN JAZZ DANCE COMPANY
  SUNDAY MAY 01, 2005
  Robert's Hall
  The Nazarian Center
  Rhode Island College
  600 Mt Pleasant Ave
  Providence RI 02908-1991
  Time: 7pm
  Price: $12.00 advance/15.00 at the door
  Tickets: 401-521-6226
  Information: 401-521-6226 or MJDC1985@aol.com
  Please join us for an evening of dance, music and song as Carousel Dance Studio and the Modern Jazz Dance Company presents Let Yourself Go. This adult song and dance revue is directed by Elaine Colaneri and features many well-known RI entertainers.
  
  An exciting evening is planned with musical selections ranging from nostalgic tunes of the 1940's to today. Dance will include tap, jazz, ballet and hip-hop performed by current adult students of Carousel Dance Studio/Modern Jazz Dance Company. The audience will be entertained by the Ronnie Bianchi Trio with Tom Pasquarelli on bass and Vinny Pagano on drums. The entertainment will continue with performances by song stylists Mary Andrews, Robin Pimental and Debbie Projian. Professional dancer and former student, Jamie Norcini will be visiting from New York City to join the show. There will also be a special reunion performance by 25 students from the early years of Carousel Dance Studio and the Modern Jazz Dance Company.
  
  Proceeds from this event will benefit Amos House in memory of Caroline Colaneri, the Roger Williams Cancer Research Program in memory of Doria Coppola and the Providence Library Literacy Program in memory of Carol D'Orio.
  We hope you will join us for this special performance!
  (posted 30Mar05)

• URI DANCE COMPANY ANNUAL RECITAL
  SUNDAY MAY 01, 2005
  Edwards Auditorium
  University of Rhode island
  Upper College Road
  Kingston RI
  Time: 1-5pm
  Price: $5.00
  Information: 401-874-2840 or email uridancecompany@yahoo.com
  The URI Dance Company will present its Annual Spring Recital. Original choreography will be performed in the styles of tap, jazz, ballet, lyrical and hip hop in group, duo and solo dances.
  (posted 25Apr05)
• SMOKEY JOE'S CAFE
  SUNDAY MAY 01, 2005
  Providence Performing Arts Center
  220 Weybosset Street
  Providence RI
  Box Office: 401-421-2787
  Website: http://www.ppacri.org
  Time: 1:00 & 6:30pm
  Price: $47.50, $42.50, $32.50
  Box Office: 401-421-2787
  A little dancin' and a whole lot of great music.
  (posted 09Nov04)
  
  
• RE-VERSE
  With Alec K. Redfearn, Community MusicWorks and Everett's Improv
  FRIDAY MAY 05, 2005
  Carriage House Theatre
  7 Duncan Ave
  Providence RI
  Time: 730pm
  Price: $5
  Information and tickets: 401-831-9479
  Everett Dance Theatre and their Mentees' comedy Improv is followed by a presentation of Community MusicWork musicians and students. Accordionist/vocalist Alec K. Redfearn then performs an eclectic set of music, featuring an array of guests from Providence's own Baker Street Kollektief, of which he is a charter member. Then, watch as musical improvisation meets theater improv creating an abundance of sounds. And bring your talent as the evening concludes with an open stage session.
  Carriage House Theatre Season
  
  (posted 17Apr05)
  
• BROWN DANCE CONCERT
  MAY 5 thru 8, 2004
  Stuart Theater
  Brown University
  77 Waterman Street
  Providence, RI
  Time: May 5-7 at 8pm/May 8, 2005 at 3pm
  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
  Website: http://www.brown.edu/Facilities/Theatre/desc05.htm
  Edgy, rich, faceted, textured and intense, this season's Spring Concert is electric with passion and diversity. From classic modern to West African dance, multidisciplined to multi-media, artists in residence join the Brown University dance faculty to provide an evening full of thrilling and evocative dance. Performed by Brown students, this year's program features some of the hottest choreographers around.
  
  Carol Abizaid confronts the loss and celebrates life with Falling Cedars"and Civil Liberties; Annamoura Silverblatt explores family dynamics with His Mother; Laura Bennet shares her Reverie; Troika Ranch presents their multi-media marvel 6 evolutions; Lauren Hale brings her migration inspired Swept; and Straight from PSi #11 Chris Elam inspires with his Heavy Train; and Michelle Bach-Coulibaly brings an excerpt from her piece Dreamscapes from the Famished Road.
  (posted 10Mar05/updated 03May05)
  
  
• SOKEO ROS presents CASE CLOSED
  MAY 6 & 7, 2005
  Carriage House Theatre
  7 Duncan Ave
  Providence RI
  Time: 8pm
  Price: $10
  Information and tickets: 401-831-9479
  Cased Closed combines break dancing, Capoiera, spoken word poetry, and hip-hop dance to create a performance that will burn up the floor and get you out of your seats. Directed by Everett Dance Theatre member Sokeo Ros, Cased Closed performs at festivals and events throughout Rhode Island. For these performances they are joined by Popper Kevin Fabian, winner of the national Usher contest, and Providence street dancer Joey Palmer.
  Carriage House Theatre Season
  
  (posted 17Apr05)
  
  
• STOMP
  6 thru 8 MAY 2005
  Providence Performing Arts Center
  220 Weybosset Street
  Providence RI
  Box Office: 401-421-2787
  Website: http://www.ppacri.org
  Website: STOMP
  Times: Friday at 8:00pm
  Saturday at 2:00 & 8:00pm
  Sunday at 1:00 & 6:30pm
  Price: $25.00 - $45.00
  Box Office: 401-421-2787
  Music, Dance, Theatre, Choreography and Performance Art. Movement and music created with trash cans, oil drums, ball point pens and other items not typically thought of as musical. An incredible feat of dance as music and music as dance.
  (posted 23Jun04)
  
  
• MOVIN' OUT
  10 thru 15 MAY 2005
  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
  Five-time Grammy winner Billy Joel and legendary director & choreographer Twyla Tharp have joined forces to create the spectacular new musical, Movin' Out. 24 Billy Joel classics tell the story of five life-long friends over two turbulent decades. It all adds up to one unforgettable Broadway musical.
  (posted 14May04)
  
  
• ANDARY DANCE & GUESTS AIDS BENEFIT CONCERT
  FRIDAY MAY 13, 2005
  The Carriage House Theater
  7 Duncan Avenue
  Providence, RI 02906
  Date: Friday, May 13, 2005
  Time: 7 pm
  Tickets: $12, kids and students $10
  Tickets: 401-831-9479
  Press: 401.454.6714
  Providence's newest contemporary dance company, Andary Dance teams up with Aids Project Rhode Island to celebrate their 20th Anniversary by hosting a benefit concert to raise monies and awareness for HIV prevention and education. This year, all proceeds from the Andary Dance Concert will go directly to help the Aids Project Rhode Island.
  
  Andary Dance creates thought provoking and exquisite work. Choreographer Nathan Andary uses a keen sense of choreography and multi-media in his performance that makes for an exciting and innovative show. The dance work, Released features the music of Bjork and an original video accompaniment by Providence based video artist-Alison Powell. Dancers include Rhode Island based Nikki Carrara, Kimberly Miller, and Paige Parks. Garden Mystique features dancers Ellen Godena, Kimberly Miller, and Paige Parks, and mixes modern dance and the Japanese Avante Garde movement known as Butoh. Music is courtesy of Blu Mar Ten and She Moves Through. A Stream of Consciousness is a solo dance piece being performed by Kerrie Jean-Hudson with music from an original score created by Jude Goergen.
  
  Two other Rhode Island based modern dance choreographers are contributing works at the concert and will present their pieces in tandem with Andary Dance to support the efforts of APRI.
  (posted 21Mar05)
  
  
• STATE BALLET OF RHODE ISLAND BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT
  MAY 13 & 14, 2005
  The Auditorium in Roberts Hall
  Rhode Island College
  600 Mt Pleasant Ave
  Providence RI 02908-1991
  Time: Friday, May 13 at 7:30 PM/Saturday, May 14 at 5:00 PM
  Tickets: $18,$14,$12
  Box Office: 401-456-8144
  Information: 401-334-2560
  Website: STATE BALLET
  With music from Gounod's opera, Faust, enter a world of fantasy with Walpurgis Night. Be ready to meet the royal family when you attend Princess Aurora's wedding from Act III of The Sleeping Beauty. You'll be seated alongside your old friends Cinderella, Puus in Boots, Bluebird and more. Back by popular demand is the the 2004 Ballet West. Set to the music of Aaron Copeland, this high spirited and fast paced ballet pays tribute to our country's pioneer spirit.
  (posted 18Jan05)



• JORDAN FUCHS DANCE COMPANY in NEARLY
  SATURDAY MAY 14, 2005
  Carriage House Theatre
  7 Duncan Ave
  Providence RI
  Time: 8pm
  Price: $15
  Information and tickets: 401-831-9479
  New York based Jordan Fuchs returns to Providence with Nearly, an evening-length piece for five dancers exploring a claustrophobic realm of physical relationships at close quarters. Intentionally limiting the available performance space, Nearly confines the dancers to within the reach of an arm or a leg. Offering the audience dance on an intimate scale, Nearly unveils a near-space realm of surprising nuance and detail, making visible the visceral sensations of movement and blurring the boundaries between touching and not touching, and between nearly and actually.
  Carriage House Theatre Season
  
  (posted 17Apr05)
  
  
• SAVION GLOVER - IMPROVOGRAPHY
  FRIDAY MAY 20, 2005
  Providence Performing Arts Center
  220 Weybosset Street
  Providence RI
  Box Office: 401-421-2787
  Website: http://www.ppacri.org
  Time: 8:00pm
  Price: $45.00, $40.00, $30.00
  Box Office: 401-421-2787
  Arguably the greatest tap dancer of all time, Savion Glover's feet speak a private language all their own – fluent in jazz, hip-hop, rock-n-roll, funk, rhythm and blues. Come hear the art form that is tap dance as only Tony Award winner Savion Glover can translate it.
  (posted 09Nov04)
• YOU NEVER KNOW
  APRIL 15 thru MAY 22, 2005
  Trinity Repertory
  201 Washington Street
  Providence, RI 02903
  Times: various
  Price: various
  Box Office: 401-351-4242
  Website: http://www.trinityrep.com
  A world premiere musical from Charles Strauss - the Tony and Grammy Award-winning composer of Bye Bye Birdie, Annie, and Applause. Set in a glamorous Miami resort in 1948, this musical-within-a-musical gives us a philandering Presidential candidate, his movie-star wife, and our hero - the plucky composer of a Broadway hit that's waiting just over the horizon. A love letter to the great American musical, in an irresistible blend of romance and suspense, with a heart-warming ending.
  This new musical has an award-winning pedigree with music and lyrics by Tony and Grammy Award-winning composer Charles Strouse, and will be brought to the stage under the guiding hand of director Amanda Dehnert with choreography by Christopher d'Amboise, who has worked as a choreographer, director and dancer. On Broadway, he co-starred with Bernadette Peters in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Song and Dance, earning him a Tony nomination. His choreography was featured in the original production of High Society and Terrence Mann's Romeo and Juliet. He has also created over 70 ballets for companies including the San Francisco Ballet, the New York City Ballet, the Het National Ballet in Amsterdam and The Royal Ballet of Flanders. The multi-faceted artist comes from a dance-heavy family. He starred in Song and Dance with his sister Charlotte d' Amboise - whose credits include Contact, Chicago, Company and Carrie. (She's been in the press lately when she replaced an injured Christina Applegate in Sweet Charity.) Their father, Jacques d'Amboise, is a world famous former principal dancer for George Balanchine and went on to a career as a choreographer and arts administrator. A very young Jacques also played the brother Ephraim in the classic musical Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.
  
  A love letter to the great American musical from the composer of Bye Bye Birdie, Annie, and Applause, Charles Strouse's You Never Know is a multi-layered story within an irresistible blend of romance and suspense. The start of the story is deceptively simple, as we meet a young man who has found a musical that his grandfather wrote but never finished, and decides to bring the show to life. We travel back to that musical's setting - a swanky Miami resort in 1948 with a colorful cast of characters – the womanizing politician, his movie-star wife, and our young songwriter hero.(posted 11Jun04/updated 25Apr05)
  
  
• ACADEMY PLAYERS MY FAIR LADY
  MAY 6-8,12-15 & 19-21, 2005
  The Greenwich Odeum
  59 Main St
  East Greenwich RI
  Time: May 6,7,12,13,14,19,20,21 at 8PM and May 8 & 15 at 5pm
  Prices: $16/Seniors (62 and over) $14.00/Children(12 and Under) $12.00
  Tickets can be purchased in advance at the East Greenwich Chamber of Commerce or reserved by calling 401-885–6910
  Website: http://www.academyplayers.org
  The story of Eliza Doolittle who learns to speak properly and Professor Higgins who learns to love. One of the all time great musicals.
  (posted 06May05)
  
  
• MOVIN' OUT
  10 thru 15 MAY 2005
  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
  Five-time Grammy winner Billy Joel and legendary director & choreographer Twyla Tharp have joined forces to create the spectacular new musical, Movin' Out. 24 Billy Joel classics tell the story of five life-long friends over two turbulent decades. It all adds up to one unforgettable Broadway musical.
  (posted 14May04)
  
  
• SAVION GLOVER - IMPROVOGRAPHY
  FRIDAY MAY 20, 2005
  Providence Performing Arts Center
  220 Weybosset Street
  Providence RI
  Box Office: 401-421-2787
  Website: http://www.ppacri.org
  Time: 8:00pm
  Price: $45.00, $40.00, $30.00
  Box Office: 401-421-2787
  Arguably the greatest tap dancer of all time, Savion Glover's feet speak a private language all their own – fluent in jazz, hip-hop, rock-n-roll, funk, rhythm and blues. Come hear the art form that is tap dance as only Tony Award winner Savion Glover can translate it.
  (posted 09Nov04)
  
  
• BLOOD FROM A TURNIP
  FRIDAY MAY 20, 2005
  Perishable Theatre
  95 Empire Street
  Providence RI
  Date: Friday May 20, 2005
  Time: 8pm
  Price: $5.00 (no reservations - first come, first serve basis)
  Information: 401-331-2695x106 or imarsian@mac.com
  What could be better in May than sweeps week?... That's right, theatrical powerhouse, Vanessa Gilbert and much-sought-after puppet mogul, Marsian have joined forces to bring you an all new "Blood From A Turnip". This latest installment - the season finale of Rhode Island's Only Late Night Puppet Salon - features an all new crop of performers which include Uncle Nappy (Jim Napolitano), Dan Goldrick, Jessica Crandall, Leslie Wicks with charming musical interludes by Matt Everett. BYOP (bring your own popcorn).
  More about this event
  (posted 03May05)
  
  
• STEVEN JOBE and THREE DANCES
  MAY 20 thru 22, 2005
  Carriage House Theatre
  7 Duncan Ave
  Providence RI
  Time: Fri & Sat 8pm/Sun 2pm
  Price: $15
  Information and tickets: 401-831-9479
  Minneapolis-based dance company Three Dances has fabulous outfits, quirky characters, and slightly outrageous moves that make lookin' bad look easy. Using a theatrical approach, the company adopts an array of facial and bodily expressions to create a cast of vivid characters that populate their dances. Three Dances will perform a number of pieces including Pretty Pretty Princess, in which post-modern clowning has a sympathetic edge in a pretty but pitiful dance. The music is composed by Rhode Island's own Steven Jobe who collabores with the company. A live band accompanies the dancers.
  Carriage House Theatre Season
  (posted 17Apr05)
  
  
• FRAZIER FESTIVAL
  SATURDAY MAY 21, 2005
  Frazier Terrace
  RISD
  Benefit Street
  Providence RI
  Time: 2pm to 4pm
  Price: Free!!
  Information: 401-831-9479
  An outdor festival featuring local and regional independent dance and performance artists. All performances were crafted around the the Frazier Terrace - an intimate park located across from the RISD museum. The Frazier Festival features different dance and movement forms including butoh, contemporary dance, hula and physical theatre. Performances by Joan Merwyn, Amy Lynn Budd, Tovah Bodner, Nikki Carrera, Carol Ann Buckley and Andary Dance. Free and open to the public. Sponsored by Andary Dance and the Rhode Island Dance Alliance.
  (posted 07May04)
  
  
• MADELINE MARSHALL BENEFIT CONCERT
  SUNDAY 22 MAY 2005
  Sapinsley Hall
  Nazarian Center
  Rhode Island College
  600 Mt Pleasant Ave
  Providence RI 02908-1991
  Information: 401-934-2238
  Time: 730pm
  Tickets: $10.00 general/$5.00 for 12 years and under
  This dance concert benefits the Madeline Marshall Scholarship Fund. Performances in theatre, jazz, ballet, tap and african by studios from all over the state including the Jasper School of Ballet, Dance Connection, Dance RI, Carolyn Dutra School of Dance, Art In Motion, RI Ballet Arts Academy, ProviDance and Narragansett Performing Arts Center. Special guest dancers Nikki Carrera and Brian Jones.
  More about this performance and scholarship
  (posted 09Feb05/updated 09May05)



• PROVIDENCE YOUTH BALLET SPRING CONCERT
  SUNDAY MAY 22, 2005
  Greenwich Odeum
  59 Main Street
  East Greenwich, RI
  Times: 6pm
  Price: $15.00 general $10.00 seniors/students $8.00 children under 12
  Tickets: At the door or call 861-4842
  Information: 401-861-4842
  The Providence Youth Ballet is having its second annual spring performance featuring three original pieces choreographed by Michael Bolger and Eva Marie Pacheco as well as the classic Peter and the Wolf.
  (posted 14May05)
  
  

  JUNE 2005

  
  • PAULA HUNTER and HOI POLLOI
    JUNE 03 & 04, 2005
    Carriage House Theatre
    7 Duncan Ave
    Providence RI
    Time: 8pm
    Price: $15
    Information and tickets: 401-831-9479
    Providence-based Paula Hunter and Boston's Hoi Polloi share a weekend of zany storytelling and dance. Hunter, known for her whacky solos, performs Blink, which was created in response to 9/11, and Extinct, featuring Hunter at her most frenetic, covered in stuffed animals she's sewn on to a cute coat one might find on a Talbot's rack. Hoi Polloi will perform Cup Cake and other works. Cup Cake follows a young girl as she suffers through the often-nightmarish ritual of having or giving or wishing for a birthday party. Dance critic Suzanne Carbonneau writes, "[Artistic Director] Rabidoux's choreography is original - fast, furious, deliberately awkward, with a divine sense of homeliness that is at once utterly fierce and utterly dear."
    Carriage House Theatre Season
    
    (posted 17Apr05)
    
    
  • THEATRE EXPANSIONS'S DANCESTRAVAGANZA
    Spring concert and benefit
    JUNE 10 & 11, 2005
    Carriage House Theatre
    7 Duncan Ave
    Providence RI
    Time: 730pm
    Price: $25/$20 seniors and students with valid school ID
    Information and tickets: 401-831-9479
    Carriage House http://www.everettdancetheatre.org
    The lineup includes performances by The Theatre Expansion, Phaze II Dance Company and international performance artists Joan Merwyn with choreography by Nikki Carrera, Phaze II. Afterparty included in the price with food, spirits, and live acoustic music of the Becky Chace Band (Friday) and Chris Rosenquest (Saturday). We will also be raffling off fabulous prizes such as a gift certificate to LaBrie's Shoes, swing dance lessons, free tickets to The Theatre Expansion's 2005 season opening, and much more!
    (posted 11Feb05/updated 11Mar05/24May05/02Jun05)
    
    
  • DANCE THEATRE OF RHODE ISLAND
    Studio Performance
    JUNE 11 & 12, 2005
    Stadium Theatre
    28 Monument Square
    Main Street
    Woonsocket, RI 02895
    Time: Saturday at 7pm/Sunday at 2pm
    Price: $15.00
    Tickets: In person or by phone 401-762-4545
    Box Office hours are:
    Monday through Friday From 9am to 5pm
    And Saturdays From 9am to 1pm
    All major credit cards are accepted
    Dance Theatre Of RI: http://www.dancetheatreofri.com
    Stadium Theatre: http://www.stadiumtheatre.com
    Please join us for two magical performances of dance, including award winning Jazz and Tap routines performed by some of Rhode Island's most talented young dancers.
    (posted 17May05/updated 19May05)
    
    
  • HERITAGE BALLET'S EVENING OF DANCE
    FRIDAY JUNE 17, 2005
    Stadium Theatre
    28 Monument Square
    Main Street
    Woonsocket, RI 02895
    Time: 7pm
    Price: $20.00
    Tickets: In person or by phone 401-762-4545
    Box Office hours are:
    Monday through Friday From 9am to 5pm
    And Saturdays From 9am to 1pm
    All major credit cards are accepted
    Heritage Ballet: http://www.heritageballet.com
    Stadium Theatre: http://www.stadiumtheatre.com
    An evening of Dance including Act 2 of Swan Lake
    (posted 14Apr05/updated 18Apr05)
    
    
  • HERITAGE BALLET'S EVENING OF DANCE
    Studio Performance
    SATURDAY JUNE 18, 2005
    Stadium Theatre
    28 Monument Square
    Main Street
    Woonsocket, RI 02895
    Time: 7pm
    Price: $20.00
    Tickets: In person or by phone 401-762-4545
    Box Office hours are:
    Monday through Friday From 9am to 5pm
    And Saturdays From 9am to 1pm
    All major credit cards are accepted
    Heritage Ballet: http://www.heritageballet.com
    Stadium Theatre: http://www.stadiumtheatre.com
    An evening of Dance including Act 2 of Swan Lake
    (posted 14Apr05/updated 18Apr05)
    
    
  • DOOR OF NO RETURN
    MONDAY JUNE 27, 2005
    Rites and Reason Theatre
    Churchill House
    155 Angell Street
    Providence, Rhode Island 02912
    Time: 7pm
    Price: Free but reservation suggested
    Box Office: 401-863-3558
    Work-In-Progress Presentation
    Staged Reading & Performed Excerpts
    Praisesongs, Mongologues, A Shadow Play & Homespun Divinations
    This original piece asks who of us inherits the legacy of slavery?
    Who gets to call this place home? Playwright Nehassaiu deGannes excavates Rhode Island's multicultural landscape to unearth a web of buried recognitions. Directed by Kelli Wicke Davis and supported by A Rhode Island Foundation New Works Project, Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, Rhode Island Committee for the Humanities, Brown University and individual donations.
    We share this evening in the spirit of the research-to-performance method of play development
    (posted 23Jun05)
    
    

  JULY 2005

  
  • ISLAND MOVING COMPANY'S INVISIBLE SINS OF FORT ADAMS & FLIGHT OF STEPS
    FRIDAY JULY 15, 2005
    Fort Adams State Park
    Fort Adams Road
    Newport RI
    Time: 530pm Sins 630pm Flight of Steps
    Tickets: 10.00 adults SINS of Fort Adams/$15.00 STEPS general,$10.00 for children and seniors
    Combination ticket will be offered - price TBA
    Box Office: 401-847-4470
    Also online at: http://arttixri.com (In May)
    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. This year, audiences can also see a reprise of the sensation of last season's Open for Dancing festival, The Invisible Sins of Fort Adams, a site specific performance piece choreographed by New York choreographer Noemie Lafrance for the tunnels and hidden spaces of the Fort.
    (posted 19Apr05)
    
  • PHAZE II STEP INTO MY WORLD
    JULY 15, 16, 17, 2005
    Carriage House Theatre
    7 Duncan Ave
    Providence RI
    Time: July 15 and 16 at 8:00pm
    July 17 at 3:00pm
    Price: $15/$12 children under 10 and those who mention Ridance when ordering tickets
    Information and tickets: 401-439-8487
    Phaze II website http://www.PHAZEII.com
    Carriage House website http://www.everettdancetheatre.org
    The performance will include original choreography from Phaze II. These former members of the popular group Dance Planet (now based in LA), will be performing a mix of Los Angeles and New York style hip-hop, as well as classic jazz and a touch of modern. From Jennifer Lopez and Missy Elliot, to Tina Turner and Peggy Lee, Phaze II promises a fun, exciting, energetic evening! We will also be raffling off fantastic prizes!
    
    
  • ISLAND MOVING COMPANY'S INVISIBLE SINS OF FORT ADAMS
    JULY 15 thru 17, 2005
    Fort Adams State Park
    Fort Adams Road
    Newport RI
    Time: 3, 4 & 5pm on Saturday, July 16 and Sunday, July 17th, with a special preview performance on Friday night, July 15th at 5:30pm.
    Tickets: $10.00
    Box Office: 401-847-4470
    Also online at: http://arttixri.com (In May)
    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. This year, audiences can also see a reprise of the sensation of last season's Open for Dancing festival, The Invisible Sins of Fort Adams, a site specific performance piece choreographed by New York choreographer Noemie Lafrance for the tunnels and hidden spaces of the Fort.
    (posted 21Feb05/updated 19Apr05)
    
    

    JULY 2005

    
    • BARNACLED MOREXTRA – MUSIC FOR PATIENCE
      SATURDAY JULY 30, 2005
      A Benefit for Nicole Reinert
      AS220
      115 Empire Street
      Providence RI
      Time: 9pm
      Suggested donation: $5 – $25
      Information: 401-831-9327
      Saxophonist/composer/improviser Jason McGill presents a new music improvisation structure for large ensemble, with the premiere of Music For Patience. Performing the piece will be the Providence-based sound-collective, Barnacled, with tens of extra guests, in a unique orchestral arrangement. The group—entitled Barnacled Morextra for this occasion--will number around 50, and include a wide array of instruments, from electric guitars to bassoons to cellos to tuned percussion, and much much more of the sonic universe.
      
      The performance is intended to help raise funds for Nicole Reinert, a Rhode Island based writer who has suffered from a complex immune disorder for the past nine years. The disease severely limits her mobility, brain function, and heart function. She has recently made headway in treatment, but is still forced to spend most of her time bedridden and unable to tend to daily tasks. Thus, she is unable to work, and her medical bills have forced her to go into significant debt.
      
      Music For Patience calls for the performers not to read scores, but to improvise within a creative structure that has much more to do with deep listening than stylistic conformity; sound is shaped according to the moment, not to prescribed idiomatic practice. The music is not completely “free,” however, as the piece calls for specific tonal, temporal, and dynamic developments over its course. In essence, Music For Patience is a 'map' for a landscape that will not exist until the moment of performance, and as such it is meant to be ripe with surprise.
      
      The members of Barnacled Morextra hail from a wide variety of backgrounds, each bringing particular expertise to the table--from classical performers to rockers to world music experts to free-improvisers, and much in-between. On hand will be some of the most talented players in the region, from Rhode Island composer/hurdy gurdy player Steven Jobe, Boston-based bandleader/trumpeter Brian Carpenter (Beat Circus), New York electronic musician and recording artist Nick Forte, and members of Providence creative rock bands Lightning Bolt, Mahi Mahi, The Eyesores, and Black Forest/Black Sea.
      
      McGill founded Barnacled in 2000 with composer/accordionist Alec K. Redfearn, and the group has gone on to perform in multiple genres throughout the region, recording for the Corleone and White Denim record labels. In this time Barnacled has explored a lively variety of sounds, from quirky jazz structures to Eastern European musics, to Minimalism, to name a few. Previously, McGill was the leader and conductor of the improvisational big band Stream Orchestra, where he developed a unique symbol-based communication system to compose and conduct music on-the-spot, with a trained band. Music For Patience, however, will not be a conducted piece. The musicians are simply provided with a set of verbal instructions, and are then left on their own to interpret them.
      
      Donations to help with Nicole Reinert's health-related costs can be sent to:
      Nicole Reinert
      PO Box 2409
      Providence RI 02906
      posted 18Jul05
      
      
    • ISLAND MOVING COMPANY'S FLIGHT OF STEPS
      20 thru 24, 2005
      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 (In May)
      Rhode Island's annual outdoor summer dance festival held at historic Fort Adams in Newport. The dancers of Island Moving Co. perform a changing repertoire. The mainstage concerts for the first weekend will feature a performance by the dancers of the Island Moving Co. as well as Debra Noble and Colin Connor, who bring a program of solos and duets. Colin is nationally known as a ballet choreographer, having created three works for the Island Moving Co. as well as work for the Richmond Ballet, Hartford Ballet and Ballet Pacifica, among others. In addition, he created the Company's The Rose Garden, which premiered last summer at Flight of Steps. The second weekend will feature IMC's repertory - details of which have yet to be announced.
      More about this event
      posted 21Feb05/updated 19Apr05
      

    AUGUST 2005

    
    • THEATRE EXPANSION in PAINTED ALICE
      AUGUST 26, 27 & 28, 2005
      Carriage House Theatre
      7 Duncan Ave
      Providence RI 02906
      Time: Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings: 8:00pm
      Half-priced preview Thursday, August 25th, 8:00pm
      Price: $15.00 general/$10.00 students and seniors
      Information and tickets: 401-440-5440
      Website: http://www.theatreexpansion.org
      Painted Alice, a new comedy based off Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland, tells the story of a painter struggling to finish a commissioned work for a wealthy buyer and suddenly finding herself in the fantastic world of her own painting. Four actors play twenty-two different roles while, dance, music and video projection aid in the unraveling of this witty and satirical romp through our everyday quest for a balance between our love life and our work. This play which was a smash hit at Boston's Industrial theatre and the Theatre Alliance in Washington DC, will now delight Providence for three consecutive weekends.
      posted 18Jul05/updated 10Aug05
      
    • THEATRE EXPANSION in PAINTED ALICE
      SEPTEMBER 3, 4 & 5, 2005
      Carriage House Theatre
      7 Duncan Ave
      Providence RI 02906
      Time: Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings: 8:00pm
      Price: $15.00 general/$10.00 students and seniors
      Information and tickets: 401-440-5440
      Website: http://www.theatreexpansion.org
      Painted Alice, a new comedy based off Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland, tells the story of a painter struggling to finish a commissioned work for a wealthy buyer and suddenly finding herself in the fantastic world of her own painting . Four actors play twenty-two different roles while, dance, music and video projection aid in the unraveling of this witty and satirical romp through our everyday quest for a balance between our love life and our work. This play which was a smash hit at Boston's Industrial theatre and the Theatre Alliance in Washington DC, will now delight Providence for three consecutive weekends.
      posted 10Aug05
      
    • MY FAIR LADY
      06 thru 11 SEPTEMBER 2005
      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 02May05
      
      
    • THEATRE EXPANSION in PAINTED ALICE
      SEPTEMBER 3, 4 & 5, 2005
      Carriage House Theatre
      7 Duncan Ave
      Providence RI 02906
      Time: Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings: 8:00pm
      Price: $15.00 general/$10.00 students and seniors
      Information and tickets: 401-440-5440
      Website: http://www.theatreexpansion.org
      Painted Alice, a new comedy based off Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland, tells the story of a painter struggling to finish a commissioned work for a wealthy buyer and suddenly finding herself in the fantastic world of her own painting . Four actors play twenty-two different roles while, dance, music and video projection aid in the unraveling of this witty and satirical romp through our everyday quest for a balance between our love life and our work. This play which was a smash hit at Boston's Industrial theatre and the Theatre Alliance in Washington DC, will now delight Providence for three consecutive weekends.
      posted 10Aug05
      
    • RAPHAEL LYON'S PSICKLOPT
      THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 29, 2005
      Carriage House Theatre
      7 Duncan Ave
      Providence RI
      Time: 2 shows - 7:30 pm & 9:30 pm
      Price: Free (donations will be accepted!)
      Information and tickets: 401-831-9479
      Psicklops website: http://www.freematterfortheblind.com
      Raphael Lyon's Psicklops (pronounced 'cyclops') presents a fresh approach to audio-based art, in that it is designed specifically for public screenings. This pre-recorded, 64-minute piece is not a radio-play, meant merely for open broadcast, but an altogether new artistic vocabulary—what Lyon calls Dark Cinema. The idea: present a production in a public place, much in the manner of a movie screening, turn down the lights, and then present only audio without visuals—a type of soundtrack to a movie that plays in audience members' own heads. This process is intended to bring the listener closer to the art, in a community setting.
      
      Thematically, Psicklops was conceived as a 21st century answer to Kafka’s The Trial, weaving a narrative about the power of advertising, surveillance, and modern-day capitalism. Using found sounds, field recordings, sampled creative common works, studio actors, experimental electronics, and music, Psicklops deftly combines the point-of-view vocabulary of movies with the abstract impressionism inherit in audio to produce an effect in which the audience is treated not just as an outside observer but complicit in, and anticipated by the piece itself.
      
      UK-based reviewer Mark Coyle has written of Psicklops:
      "The piece brings together many musicians who provide 'soundtrack' to the movie which requires and rewards your concentration. It's new regime is one of petty controls, of living within the tiny rules and restrictions which are hidden behind a veil of service oriented language. Listening to the piece will take you through a movie, on a journey and will confront your concept of liberty and how easily this can slip away. It is a powerful and in many ways quite moving piece which every thinking person should hear."
      
      The themes raised in Psicklops are brought more effectively to an audience that shares the listening experience in the dark. In essence, the confinement of the darkened theater recreates the issues of social control raised in the work.
      
      This event at The Carriage House is part of an international series of Psicklops soundings, all taking place between Saturday September 24th and Saturday October 1st, 2005. These events will occur throughout the United States, United Kingdom, Europe, Australia, and Japan, organized in public and private venues of many kinds. It will also air during this time period on conventional radio in dozens of cities, and then be available to the public as a CD thereafter. A running list of international screenings is available at: http://www.freematterfortheblind.com/psicklops-screenings.html
      
      Doors open at 7pm with espresso and cake available from Cafe Intelligencia. The program starts promptly at 7:30. There will be a second sounding at 9:30. Programs are free, and donations will be accepted at the door.
      
      Raphael Lyon is a Providence-based artist, filmmaker, musician (performing often under the moniker mudboy), former member of the Fort Thunder collective, and mastermind of FreeMatterfortheBlind, producer of experimental multi-textural audio zines, and record label of strange sounds for strange people.
      (posted 28Sep05)
      
      
    • FRIDAY NITE LIVE
      FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 30, 2005
      Carriage House Theatre
      7 Duncan Ave
      Providence RI
      Time: 7-8pm
      Price: $5
      Information and tickets: 401-831-9479
      Psicklops website: http://www.freematterfortheblind.com
      Starting Sept 30th, every Friday night at 7pm, Everett Dance Theatre members Bravell Smith and Rachael Jungels will be heading up an comedy improv group, including some of the most outstanding teen talent that has graduated from the Carriage House School. Come and see for yourself!
      
      Tell them you saw this on riDance and you get in for free (Sep 30 only)!
      (posted 28Sep05)
      

    OCTOBER 2005

    
    • RENNIE HARRIS' PUREMOVEMENT presents STUDENTS OF THE ASPHALT JUNGLE
      SATURDAY 01 OCTOBER, 2005
      VMA Arts & Cultural Center
      1 Avenue of the Arts
      Providence RI
      Time: 800pm
      Price: $15, $20, $25, discount for students and seniors, or if purchased in combination with Laurie Anderson ticket
      Tickets: 401-272-4862(VMA) or 1-800-919-6272 (tickets.com)
      Tickets: http://www.tickets.com
      Website: http://www.firstworksprov.org
      Rhode Island premiere. FirstWorks Providence presents PureMovement's jaw dropping twists and turns, fused with unbelievable pure movement. It's a great night of hip hop!
      PS - There's a Waterfire until midnight
      FirstWork Providence Schedule
      posted 11Aug05
      
      
    • RI'S COMMUNITY ARTISTS BENEFIT
      FRIDAY 07 OCTOBER 2005
      Aspray Boathouse
      located off Narragansett Pkwy
      Pawtuxet Village
      Warwick RI
      Box Office: 401-467-9542
      Times: 7pm
      Donation: $10.00
      Information: 401-421-2787
      Our expression of Art is a way of showing we care!
      Rhode Island Dancers, Singers and Musicians - Kim E. Greenberg, Deb Brzozowy, Gina Carbone, Karen Kaplan, Nancy-Lee Devane, Frank Wilmoth, Kerry O'Hara & Cheryl Faria
      ALL proceeds go to the Red Cross. posted 17Sep05
      
      
    • PAUL TAYLOR DANCE COMPANY
      FRIDAY 07 OCTOBER 2005
      Auditorium
      Roberts Hall
      Rhode Island College
      600 Mt Pleasant Ave
      Providence RI 02908-1991
      Time: 8pm
      Tickets: $28.00 general/$25.00 senior/$16.00 student/child
      Reservations: 401-456-8144 open 10am-4pm M-F
      Tickets: $30.00general/$27.00senior/$15.00 student or child
      The Paul Taylor Dance Company, one of the world's most exquisite dance ensembles, will celebrate 50 years of dance by visiting 50 states in 05/06. This performance serves as RI's entry into their country-wide performance marathon. Taylor's work is called modern, but it's highly eclectic, dipping into jazz, ballet, even tap. A family night out.
      RIC Performing Series
      (posted 28Sep05)
    
    
    
    • MOMIX
      SATURDAY OCTOBER 08
      Providence Performing Arts Center
      220 Weybossett Street
      Time: 8pm
      Price: $17-$35 ($12 for children under 15)
      Tickets: www.ppacri.org or PPAC box office at 401-421-2787
      Or in person at VMA Box Office
      Momix: Opus Cactus
      A spectacular blend of physical theater, circus, athleticism and humor, Momix creates a wildly entertaining multimedia experience.
      Artists Up Close: Momix talk-back session - immediately following the performance, Providence Performing Arts Center. Free to ticket holders.
      FirstWorks Providence Schedule
      
      
      
    • BROWN PARENTS WEEKEND DANCE CONCERT
      13 thru 16 OCTOBER 2005
      Ashamu Dance Theater
      Brown University
      77 Waterman Street
      Providence, RI
      Time: Thursday-Saturday at 8 pm and Sunday at 2 pm
      Tickets: 15.00 general/10.00 seniors/5.00 full time students with ID
      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.
      Brown Dance 2005/2006 Season
      posted 09Sep05
      
      
    • TANGO FLAMENCO
      MONDAY 17 OCTOBER 2005
      Auditorium
      Roberts Hall
      Rhode Island College
      600 Mt Pleasant Ave
      Providence RI 02908-1991
      Time: 8pm
      Tickets: $30.00 general/$27.00 senior/$15.00 student or child
      Reservations: 401-456-8144 open 10am-4pm M-F
      Tango Flamenco is a fusion of flamenco and classical Spanish dance with Argentine Tango music. The company of 24 artists transforms the musical language and choreographic expressions of flamenco by gradually assimilating Argentine tango airs and influences, ultimately leading to a climatic and spellbinding blending of Argentine tango music with Spanish dance.
      RIC Performing Series
      (posted 28Sep05/corrected 17Oct05)
    
    
    
    • LION KING
      20 OCTOBER thru 04 DECEMBER 2005
      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 02May05)
      
      
    • FESTIVAL BALLET presents ROMEO & JULIET
      21 thru 23 OCTOBER, 2005
      Veterans Memorial Auditorium
      1 Avenue of the Arts
      Providence RI
      Time: 730pm on Oct 21 & 22, 230pm on Oct 23
      Prices: $16.00 to $51.00 (Theater restoration fee included)
      Information: 401-353-1129
      Tickets: www.tickets.com (800.919.6272), VMA Arts & Cultural Center, 401.272.4862
      Festival Ballet Providence, 401.353.1129
      By sending email inquiries to info@festivalballet.com or visiting www.festivalballet.com.
      Website: http://www.festivalballet.com
      The world premiere of Yves de Bouteiller's Romeo & Juliet. While keeping to Shakespeare's beloved story of star-crossed lovers from two conflicted families, this production will bring audiences dramatic and passion-filled choreography. New costumes and sets will round out this engaging new work.
      More about this performance
      (posted 10Aug05)
    
    
    
    • NEW WORKS/WORLD TRADITIONS presents MELTING INTO GLASS
      27 & 28 OCTOBER 2005
      Sapinsley Hall
      Nazarian Center
      Rhode Island College
      600 Mt Pleasant Ave
      Providence RI 02908-1991
      Time: 8pm
      Tickets: $14.00 general/12.00 seniors, groups and students/$4.00 RIC students wt ID
      Reservations: 401-456-8144 open 10am-4pm M-F
      Information: 401-456-9791
      The incongruities of cultural memory, inverted reflection, and love letters from some imaginary place. Dancers and musicians create a new landscape of cross-cultural possibilities using Jimi hendrix music retrofitted along with new compositions. New Works/World Traditions with artistic director, Michelle Bach-Coulibaly.
      RIC Dance
      (posted 17Oct05/updated 19Oct05)
    
    
    
    • Up CLOSE, on HOPE I - THE WIDOW'S BROOM
      OCTOBER 29 & 30, 2005
      Festival Ballet
      Grand Studio
      825 Hope Street
      Providence RI
      Time: 730pm on Friday & Saturday
      6pm on Sunday
      Tickets: $30.00
      $85.00 for a full subscription to all three programs
      Tickets & Information: 401-353-1129
      Website: http://www.festivalballet.com
      A special family Up CLOSE opens the Hope Street season October 29th to 31st with the revival of the company's signature Halloween work, Viktor Plotnikov's The Widow's Broom. With witches, a magical dancing broom, sets by Eugene Lee and story by Providence's own Chris Van Allsburg, this will be a prized Halloween event for the entire family.
      Festival Ballet's 2005/2006 Season
      (posted 10 Aug05)
      
      

    NOVEMBER 2005

    
    • LAURIE ANDERSON in THE END OF THE MOON
      FRIDAY 04 NOVEMBER, 2005
      VMA Arts & Cultural Center
      1 Avenue of the Arts
      Providence RI
      Time: 800pm
      Price: $17, $22.50, $30, discount for students and seniors, available at the PPAC box office
      Tickets: 401-272-4862(VMA) or 1-800-919-6272 (tickets.com)
      Tickets: http://www.tickets.com
      Website: http://www.firstworksprov.org
      Anecdotal, wide-ranging and epic, The End of the Moon draws on Anderson's recent experiences as NASA's first artist-in-residence. Part travelogue, part personal philosophy, part daydream, The End of the Moon looks at the relationships between war, aesthetics, spirituality and consumerism. It explores the meanings of freedom, time and beauty in our contemporary world.
      
      One of the world's leading performance artists, Laurie Anderson's multi-media presentations have consistently intrigued, entertained and challenged audiences, and have cast her in roles as varied as visual artist, composer, poet, photographer, filmmaker, ventriloquist, media art pioneer, vocalist and instrumentalist.
      
      "Laurie Anderson is a minimalist painter of melancholy moods who addresses universal themes in the vernacular of the commonplace" - Rolling Stone.
      FirstWork Providence Schedule
      posted 11Aug05
      
      

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