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Tapestry Dance Company rearranged my cells.  I said goodbye to my DNA.

Left brain gave way to meticulous aboriginal choruses.  Right brain collapsed into brief slow motion silences.  In those spaces of mimetic time, simple circular arms took my entire body tumbling over waterfalls to one side, then roaring back to the other side.

Sound erupted from my entire body forming one word, “YES.”  I will never be the me that I knew before being immersed in this much clarity. 

Never the Same Again,  Tim Hurst,  092611,  Tapestry Dance Company, “The Souls of Our Feet”  September 24, 2011

http://www.tapestry.org  See them Sept 24 for an opportunity to implode all cells to awake the brain.

Encoded sound is the way we make the day go round.  Each sentence we use is our lively rhythm or our sedated avoidance.

Scientists say we listen and our brains go click click.  We have to listen and tap the sound to make our brains go click click and clack.

Now only our youngest ones remember that our brains require our bodies to recreate the musical intricacies of our delight. 

The Dance Zone is hosting a Pro Dance Prep Workshop and Team Training Camp on April 30th from 1-4pm taught by instructor and owner,  Liz Walter.

You will learn style-specific routines from  professional dance teams, kick lines, special pro team specific workout moves to get you in your best shape as well as tons of other tips and tricks to help you prepare for the upcoming audition season. Including how to get the judges attention, what the directors/judges for each of these teams is looking for ie: what to wear, how to do your makeup and hair, what technical skills to focus on most in your private lessons, why you should add cardio classes and whether or not this is really right for you.

Special guest and Dallas Cowboy’s Cheerleader, Alyssa Sarasani, will also be attending and is eager to share her extensive knowledge about auditioning for professional dance teams. Sarasani began her dancing career in Austin by taking Walter’s UT Informal Street Jazz classes before The Dance Zone opened in 2003 and since then she has danced and cheered with the Ice Bats Batgirls Dance Team, Texas Wranglers, Dallas Stars, Dallas Mavericks and Dallas Cowboys. She will be an invaluable source of information regarding the audition process for these professional dance teams.

To  RSVP ASAP for this event email liz@inthedancezone.com

Pre-registration is open and recommended.

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Tapestry Dance Company presents Are You Listening To Me? @ The Long Center Saturday April 9 @ 2pm and 8pm, Sunday April 10 @ 2pm, a spring celebration portraying the journey of life through the love of rhythm.

“This Tapestry production challenges the audience to not only be observers but to find themselves in the characters we are portraying as we take them on a rhythmic journey with tap and spoken word. This is not your average tap dance show!” –Brenna Kuhn

512-474-9846

www.tapestry.org

For tickets www.thelongcenter.org

Feb 26-27 @ Third Coast Dance Center, 2565 Jackson Keller Rd, San Antonio TX 78230, Beg & Adv levels, 210-863-5190, www.pilarandujar.net

Photo by Peter Tsai

The Chaddick Dance Theater’s contemporary dance performance exploring self image, feminine energy and anger “Tender Voices in Flight” will be Feb 17-19th at 8pm and 20th at 2pm, Austin Ventures Studio Theater at Ballet Austin, 501 W. 3rd St. This event will include four evocative pieces with choreography and dance by Cheryl Chaddick and three performances by company members. Purchase tickets in advance at www.brownpapertickets.com. **A percentage of the proceeds from Thursday night’s performance will go to Safeplace.**

Tapestry Dance Co presents the jazzy rendition of everyone’s favorite holiday story entitled Of Mice And Music: A Jazz Nutcracker at the Long Center, Dec 14-19. This professional, non-profit dance company has prepared a rhythmic masterpiece of flappin’ and tappin’ feet that you can’t afford to miss this season. Sunday matinee is already sold out! To get your tickets quickly click here.

Blue Lapis Light will premiere Limitless, their newest site-specific dance work, outside the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum Thursday and Friday Nov. 4-5 at 7pm. This aerial dance company will astound, amaze and entertain the audience by utilizing the museum’s outer architecture as their stage, theatre and performance space. This piece was inspired by the  museum’s current special exhibit, Tango Alpha Charlie: Texas Aviation Celebration which will be on showcase until January 9, 2011. You will want to arrive early to secure the best view from the Lone Star Plaza directly in front of the museum,  located at the corner of N. Congress and MLK (1800 N. Congress).   It is $12 for a seat in the risers and free to stand, donations are encouraged. See you there!

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Choreography that slices open the melon, exposing the intricate life of a growing pod.  The juices rise to heal the incision willingly offering seeds and pulp for nourishment and pleasure.

Choreography that splashes the taste of chocolate in explosive man and woman, I not only savor their melding of darkness and sweetness, I bounce with them over and against and through the bitterness of cigar.

Choreography that stuns me with possibility for union, the sweet burst in my mouth, the sound of rich chocolate folding and gushing over my tongue and into every cell with a pleasure of longing for this moment to never end.

And in this moment of longing, choreography points the way inside man and woman where pain envelops exuberance and births new life.

Thank you to:  Voice Dance Company, Gina Patterson choreographer  Dance Institute Austin 051910 

from: Tim Hurst

Fusebox Festival kicks off tonight with T is for Two Hundred Two-Steppers on the steps of the Texas Capital.  Choreographer Allison Orr and composer Graham Reynolds team up to bring Austin a unique dance experience with local, seasoned two-steppers showing off their moves on the capital grounds.  Spectators are encouraged to join in at the end.  Also part of the first day’s festivities is a performance by Japanese choreographer Kaiji Moriyama at The Paramount Theater.  Tonight is the U.S. debut of his newest work The Velvet Suite.  It was created for the 2007 Dance Venice Biennale: “Body and Eros” and includes live violin played by Koichiro Muroya.   Don’t miss this opportunity to see unique performances by acclaimed international  and local artists.