“Dance &Choreography Showcase” will be an exhibit of dancing genres – ballet, modern, jazz and lyrical – and a highlight for the people at Whidbey Island Dance Theatre.
The performance runs Saturday and Sunday at Whidbey Island Center for the Arts in Langley.
“The dancers get an opportunity to show their wide range of talent,” said Susan Campbell Sandri, co-artistic director of the dance theater.
It is a dance theater tradition to showcase multiple choreographers, and this year’s show is no exception. Canadian-born choreographer Leigh-Ann Cohen danced and choreographed internationally before working with the Whidbey group, and Romanian-born choreographer Laurentia Barbu has a long list of international credits.
Sandri’s piece, “The Sacred Feminine,” was selected by a national critic to be performed at the 2007 National Festival of Regional Dance America last month in Pittsburgh, Pa.
“Seven Keys to Baldpate”: This mystery becomes all the more intriguing as director Karen Lund throws in stylistic conventions from film noir and then we’re sure to be drawn in as writer Billy Magee tries to win his outrageous bet and get out of Baldpate in one piece.
Taproot Theatre’s production of “Seven Keys to Baldpate” opens tonight and runs through June 16.
In this melodramatic farce, Billy Magee has accepted a bet – to write a best-selling novel in 24 hours. No problem. He’s got the only key to the remote Baldpate Inn and a typewriter. When unexpected visitors, a stolen pile of money and six more keys to Baldpate interrupt his work, instead of typing, Magee is entangled in this ever-surprising mystery of connivery, romance and deception.
Intiman Interview series: To celebrate Intiman’s 35th anniversary, the theater is inviting in an audience to watch, listen and laugh as pairs of artists talk with each other on stage.
The interview series kickoff is Monday at Intiman in Seattle. The series is presented on selected Mondays through October.
Monday’s interview is with Seattle actors David Pichette and R. Hamilton Wright, who will discuss “Comedy and Other Pursuits,” including insights into the art of acting comedy and their many years of collaboration on stage. Pichette and Wright have worked together in numerous productions at ACT, The Empty Space, Seattle Rep and Intiman, where they appeared as the title characters in “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead” in 1989.
The series will continue on June 25 with guests Karen Gjelsteen, a scenic designer, and actor Timothy McCuen Piggee. Clayton Corzatte and Michael Winters will be the guests on July 16 for a program titled “Acting the Classics,” focusing on Shakespeare, Chekhov, Shaw and other great writers.
The final interviews, scheduled for Aug. 20 and Oct. 15, will be announced later.
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Whidbey Island Dance Theatre presents Dance &Choreography Showcase this weekend in Langley.
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