Three fantastic events to consider adding to your agenda for the first weekend in November:

CALO Flamenco presents an encore of Levanto at the Chandler Center for the Arts on November 3rd, with a matinee and an evening performance!
Flux Dance Project premiere’s In the white of the Eye at ASU’s Dance Studio Theatre, with shows throughout the weekend of November 2nd-4th.
And finally, a Valley favorite, Scorpius Dance Theatre presents A Vampire Tale from October 31st-November 10th!

Check the event calendar for show times and other details!

Theater Works is pleased to present the first annual Northwest Dance Festival on Saturday, November 10th, 2007 7:30pm, at Peoria Center for the Performing Arts. The evening features the choreography and work of dance groups Conder/dance, 32 Flavors, Footklan, and Casey Blake/ Beth Bradford. Including Hip-hop, modern, and contemporary dance together under one roof, this is a unique event that you don’t want to miss.

Check the event calendar for ticket cost and other details!

Candy Jimenez teaches advanced modern class at al Moro Dance Studio
802 E. Camelback Rd.
Phoenix, AZ 85014

$15.00/session
$65.00/5 week session

602-570-7635

No class on Nov. 3, Nov. 17, and Nov. 27

Hollywood Edge Dance Studio opened in Tempe recently. Situated on the southeast corner of Mckellips and Scottsdale (near Food City or across from Starbucks), this beautiful new space with two studios is offering a variety of classes. For more information http://www.hollywoodedgedance.com/.

THIS WEEK ONLY - $5/class:

October 1, 2007
Monday HIP HOP CLASS AT 8:00PM

October 2, 2007
Tuesday CARDIO KICKBOXING AT 7:00pm

October 3, 2007
Wednesday YOGA AT 6:30PM, JAZZ CLASS AT 7:00PM, AFRICAN DANCE AT 7:30PM

ASU Dance present: New Danceworks I

Oct. 11-13, 7:30 p.m.; Oct. 14, 2 p.m.
Dance Theatre, PE East 132
Tickets: $7-$20

Experience the moving original choreography of Emily Wright, Nicole Manus and Christina Harrison, M.F.A. dance candidates.

Taylor’d Dancewear - get your season needs from local costume designer and manufacturer, Michelle Taylor. Follow the link to get what you’ve been looking for…

www.taylorddance.com

Convergence Zone

October 5-7, 2007 (Friday & Saturday 8:00pm, Sunday 2:00pm)

Tempe Center for the Arts – Studio, 700 West Rio Salado Parkway, Tempe, AZ

Desert Dance Theatre: 480-962-4584 or www.DesertDanceTheatre.org

TCA Box Office: 480-350-2822 or http://tca.ticketforce.com/

Cost: $20 Adult, $18 Senior, $15 Student, Friends of DDT, and Arizona Dance Coalition (ADC) members, $12 Group of 10or more; Sunday 2 for 1 Special – 2 people for $20

Desert Dance Theatre (DDT) will perform its opening repertory event at the new Tempe Center for the Arts. They will present a collection of eclectic dances ranging from abstract, comical, dramatic, and athletic. The dances will move and stimulate the senses. The highlight of the show will be a premiere work by guest choreographer and DDT founding member, Billbob Brown.

Billbob Brown is the artistic director of Chaos Theory, a company that combines movement, voice, and video to create a unique theatrical experience that takes its inspiration from science and physics; recent performances include London, England, Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, Harvard University, Roger Williams University, Hampshire College, and SUNY Potsdam. He was co-founder of Desert Dance Theatre along with Margie Romero Wolf, Debbie (Schofield) Blackmon, and Dorothy (Anderson) Garant in 1979, and was the artistic director of the company for nine years. Presently, he is an associate professor of dance at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst/Five College Dance Department.

32 FLAVORS DANCE COMPANY PRESENTS: THE FIRST TASTE
The newest valley dance company in their debut performance.

MESA ARTS CENTER, Nesbitt/Elliot Theatre
Saturday, September 29, 2007 @7:30pm

Admission
General admission: $20-$25 (special student rate)
Box Office: http://www.mesaartscenter.com or 480-644-6500

32 Flavors Dance Company storms the stage with their debut performance, The First Taste.
Heralding a fresh change for
the valley’s dance scene, this contemporary dance company integrates
elements of theatre, performance art, and various forms of dance in their
lively work. Featuring choreography by the company’s co-founders and
directors, Meghan Bingle and Lauren Harrison, anything but the norm is
what to expect at this show. What you can expect is to enjoy an
experimental evening of entertainment where each piece seamlessly connects
into the next. From a plethora of Podcasts, to an aspiring and slightly
obsessive housewife, even a barrage of methodical apples; the imagery
never stops. Premiering seven new works, the concert also includes a
re-staging of Bingle’s piece, Airborne in Middle-class Suburbia, which was
first performed at Arizona State University in February of 2006.

Holding their Bachelors of Fine Arts in Dance from ASU in 2006, ambitious
graduates Bingle and Harrison first concocted the idea of starting their
own dance company in January. After launching an online search and
auditions for their ideal dancers in April, they have been working full
speed ahead ever since. In addition to the masterminds behind 32 Flavors,
the company consists of nine other dancers from the phoenix-metropolitan
area who each bring their own unique flavor and experience to the table.
The First Taste is surely one not to miss.

Directions
Mesa Arts Center
1 East Main Street
Mesa, AZ 85211
Located at the southeast corner of Main and Center Streets in Downtown Mesa.

For more information on 32 Flavors Dance Company, visit their website at
http://www.32flavorsdance.com, send an email to info@32flavorsdance.com,
contact Meghan Bingle at 520.591.0549, or write to:

32 Flavors Dance Company
P.O. Box 3396
Tempe, AZ 85280

September 20-23, 2007 (Thursday-Saturday 7:30pm, Sunday 2:00pm)
Nova: A New Trajectory (ASU Dance Faculty & Alumni Concert)

Galvin Playhouse/Nelson Fine Arts Center, Arizona State University, 51 E. 10th Street, Tempe, AZ

Herberger College Box Office: 480.965.6447 or http://herbergercollege.asu.edu/calendar/eventOne.php?ID=809&

Cost: $7-$20

Explore the thrilling new and classic work of Arizona’s dance stars: the faculty and alumni turned professionals of Herberger College Dance.

CONDER/dance is looking for choreographers to present new and innovative work for a fully produced evening of dance at the new Tempe Center for the Arts on Saturday, December 8, 2007.

Designed to promote diverse, high caliber contemporary choreographic work, “Breaking Ground” will be produced and curated by CONDER/dance.

Applications will be accepted from Arizona choreographers in the contemporary dance genre.

Take advantage of this opportunity to present your work to a broad audience and contribute to the inaugural season of the new Tempe Center for the Arts.

Event Details
- Breaking Ground : Choreographer’s Showcase
- Saturday, December 8, 2007
- Tempe Center for the Arts
- Curated and produced by CONDER/dance
- Applications for work currently being accepted
- Deadline for Applications: September 13, 2007

Application Requirements:
1) Information Sheet -
http://www.conderdance.com/events/

2) Current Resume
3) Video of work to be considered
- must be the work that will be performed in Breaking Ground
- work must be presented in its entirety, no partial video recordings
- 15 minute time limit
- VHS or DVD format
4) $25 application fee - one work submitted
- $10 for each additional dance to be considered

Send complete applications to:
CONDER/dance
2022 E. Malibu Drive
Tempe, AZ 85282

Application Fee: $25.00
Participation Fee: $100.00

Deadline for entries: September 13, 2007