Coming up at the Redfern
From Jackie Hooper, Redfern Arts Center:
Dayton Contemporary Dance Company will perform dances rooted in the African-American experience during a concert on Tuesday, March 23, at 7:30 p.m. at the Redfern Arts Center on Brickyard Pond.
Founded in 1968, DCDC is the oldest modern dance company in Ohio and one of the largest companies of its kind between Chicago and New York City. The company has won national and international acclaim and is renowned for powerful, artistic performances, a diverse repertoire of works by world-class choreographers, and excellence in educational programming.
From Connie Lester:
The Keene State College Music Department presents a faculty and guest artist recital of fine music on Friday, March 26, at 7:30 p.m. in the Alumni Recital Hall of the Redfern Arts Center on Brickyard Pond.
The program will feature pianists Maura Glennon and Heather Gilligan in works for two pianos, including Maurice Ravel’s Pavane for a Dead Princess, Leonard Bernstein’s Symphonic Dances from West Side Story, and Gilligan’s Speculation for two pianos. Boston-based guest harpist Franziska Huhn will join faculty guitarist José Lezcano for a set of innovative works by Manuel Ponce, Alan Hovhaness, and Jorge Morel. The program will also feature the United States premiere of Christopher Swist’s Two Movements for Violin and Piano, played by Marcia Lehninger and Maura Glennon, and a performance of Elaine Broad Ginsberg’s Cat Songs, with Diane Cushing and Maura Glennon. In commemoration of the 200th anniversary of Chopin’s birth, Maura Glennon will also perform the famed composer’s Tarantelle in A-flat Major, Op. 43, and the Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 52.
For information or more information (including video of the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company), visit the Redfern’s website. To request accommodations for a disability, please call the box office at 603-358-2168.
