Th.- Sn., Feb. 7-10, Dances for the Gold Coast,
featuring Robin Gilbert and Carlos Fittante in Baroque and Balinese fusion works (Chaconne de Phaeton, Tigerlily and the Dragonfly, Eden’s Mandala, and Folia-A Baroque Pageant) for the program, Let’s Dance! San Francisco Baroque Dance, created by Voices of Music. www.voicesofmusic.org.
Th., Feb. 7 at 8 p.m. at All Saints' Episcopal Church, Palo Alto, CA
Fr., Feb. 8 at 8 p.m. at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Belvedere, CA
St., Feb. 9 at 8 p.m. at St. Mark's Lutheran Church, San Francisco, CA
Sn., Feb. 10 at 7:30 pm at Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists, Berkeley, CA
Tickets: Adult: $35, Seniors/students/SFEMS/EMA/ARS member $30
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Sn., Feb. 10, 2 -3 p.m., Captivating Rhythms: Dances of Bali & Spain, FREE
An educational family friendly dance presentation featuring Balinese and Spanish Escuela Bolera dances. Fort Lee Public Library, 320 Main Street, Fort Lee, NJ
For further information, contact the Fort Lee Public Library at 201-592-3615.
BALAM’s resident Balinese guest artist, Nani Devi
BALAM’s resident guest actor and host of the program, Inma Heredia
Guest Artist Isabel Soler, co-artistic director of Danzas Españolas.
Program: Panyembrama, Margapati, Caracoles Antiguos, Jaleo de Jerez , El Toro y la Luna, Fandangos de Huelva , Isle of Bali Video, Audience Dance Lessons, Q&A
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Th., Feb. 21, 3:30-6 p.m. Balinese dance performance & masterclass
NYU Gallatin School of Indiviudalized Study (closed event)
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St., Feb. 23, 8 p.m. $15.
In the King's Palace: Spanish Music &Dance from the Renaissance to the Escuela Bolera
The Renee Weiler Concert Hall at GREENWICH HOUSE, 46 Barrow Street, NYC
Danzas Españolas, is back with an intimate performance spanning hundreds of years of Spanish music and dance traditions from the Renaissance, Baroque and Escuela Bolera periods. With special guest musicians Federico Rossignoli and Teodora Tommasi from Trieste (Italy) and special guest dancer Carlos Fittante from BALAM Dance Theatre.
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Fr. March 8, Clarion Society Masked Ball
Carlos Fittante, Olsi Gjeci, Caitlin Klinger- guest dancers (Invitation only)
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Sun., April 7, 1-4 p.m., The Art of Presence” Workshop, $50
World Yoga Center, 265 W72nd St., New York, NY
Former BALAM company member Shelley Lynne Cummins will be offering a three hour workshop utilizing imaginative sensory exercises that foster heightened self awareness, ease and comfort and creativity. Shelley is an Oneness Blessing Trainer and Yoga/meditation teacher. Part of the workshop will include a creative movement exercise lead by BALAM’s Artistic director, Carlos Fittante, using techniques based on his choreographic process. At the conclusion of the workshop, BALAM’s ballerina Robin Gilbert will join Fittante in a performance of the tantric duet, “Eden’s Mandala”.
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Sat., April 13, 2-3 p.m., Commedia dell’Arte: The Silly Truth. FREE
Leonia Public Library, 227 Fort Lee Rd., Leonia, NJ. 201-592-5772
A new program from BALAM’s Out & About touring series featuring the company’s resident guest actor, Inma Heredia in a family friendly show of theatre, song and dance inspired by the Commedia dell’Arte with BALAM dancers Carlos FIttante, Olsi Gjeci and apprentice Anton Zea Nadal.
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Sat., April 20, 8 p.m., “The Bishop’s Band”, $25
Music of late 18th-century Trujillo, Peru presented by Gemas at the
Hispanic Society of America, (Visitor entrance on Audubon Terrace)
Broadway between 155th and 156th Streets, New York, NY
Robin Gilbert and Carlos FIttante, two guest dancers in this program that features new Peruvian cultural dance inspired choreographies by Fittante.
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Boston Early Music Festival’s 2013 Festival
Handel’s first opera, Almira, Carlos Fittante, co-choreorapher and dancer
Sunday, June 9, 2013 at 3:30 pm
Wednesday, June 12, 2013 at 7 pm
Friday, June 14, 2013 at 7 pm
Sunday, June 16, 2013 at 3:30 pm
Cutler Majestic Theatre at Emerson College, Boston, MA
Friday, June 21, 2013 at 7 pm
Saturday, June 22, 2013 at 7 pm
Sunday, June 23, 2013 at 2:30 pm
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington, MA
July – Dec forthcoming…
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