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Regularly scheduled
dancing:
Wednesday evenings, Ethnic
Express international folk dancing, 6:30 pm at
CHAC
Israeli folk danicng, on
Sunday evenings at Dance Charisma, is dark until after
Passover, sometime in mid-April - look for future announcements.
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Additional performances and
dancing:
Friday - Sunday, March
30 - April 1: 18th Annual
Invitational Native American Arts Festival
Clark County Museum, 1830 S. Boulder Highway •
455-7955
9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. • Adult $5; Children 3 - 15, $3; children
under 3 free
This annual festival highlights the history
and artistry of Native American cultures and includes the Native American Craft
Market that features invited artists and demonstrators from across the Southwest
and across the artistic spectrum, and provides continuous Native American dance
and music in the Performance Area. For more information
click here.
April 1 (Sunday)
Celtic Cove performs at Lake of Las
Vegas
Celtic Cove, a traditional celtic music trio, is performing this
Sunday, 2p-5p, April 1st (no fooling), at the Auld Dubliner, Lake of Las
Vegas. The group features vocals, accordion, guitars, mandolin,
tenor banjo, dulcimer, whistle, and percussion.
April 5 (Thursday) and April 16
(Monday):
English Country Dancing rises anew
Relax from your work day with the soothing
tunes and dance moves of English Country Dancing, the "more-refined"
cousin of contra dancing. Think elegeance, grace, propriety, and, of course,
eye-contact and just a little bit of flirting... Sponsored by
University Historical Dance Enthusiasts. A wide range of
dances are featured, including those danced prior to 1700 as well as modern
dances. All levels of dancers are welcomed, and
all dances are taught and cued after the music begins. Dress is
casual and wear comfortable shoes! Want to read more about ECD? Go
to our website, http://snocd.raincloudpub.com/
Location: Jewel
Box Theatre, Clark County (Flamingo) Library, 1401 E. Flamingo
Ave.
Time: 6:30 to 8:45 pm.
Admission:
Free
Info: return e-mail, or
656-9513
Directions: The library is between Maryland
Parkway and Eastern Ave., on the south side of the street. The library
entrance that is close to the Jewel Box theatre is the door closest to the
intersection of Flamingo and Escondido. Inside the door, turn left, go
down a short flight of stairs, and the Jewel Box is the room on your
right.
April 5 (Thursday):
Dances of Universal
Peace
Location: Christ the King Catholic
Community
Address: 4925 S Torrey Pines
Dr.
Southwestern corner of Torrey Pines and
Tropicana
Time:
7:00 to 9:00 PM (with a little time for community at the
end).
If you need additional information,
please see the DUP of southern Nevada webpage ( http://raincloudpub.com/dupsn/ ), or call Oma (702 371-2273), Linda (702 240 6275), or Dave
(702 658 4094).
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Sunday, April 8: World
Steps: Debki dance (Lebanese) starring Nabila
Mettualli
Winchester Cultural Center, 3130 S. McLeod •
455-7340
2 p.m. • General
admission $10; seniors and children $7
World Steps is a monthly world dance series featuring
various ethnic dances and costumes that showcases the wealth of cultural
resources in the Las Vegas Valley.
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April 20, 2007, Friday, Lambarena -
An African Inspired Ballet
West Las Vegas Library Theatre, 6
pm
The Nevada Ballet Theatre, Inc. presents a thrilling
fusion of African dance and ballet. "Lambarena," conceived and
choreographed by Val Caniparoli, is an eight movement, emotion-filled work
that boldly merges the vocabularies of classical ballet and African dance.
Comprised of African rhythms and melodies with extended passages from J.
S. Bach, the music, played on African and Western instruments, was
composed to honor Albert Schweitzer, an is a ballet rich in cultural
significance and meaning.
For more information, please call the
West Las Vegas Library at 702-507-3989 or contact Dr. Victoria
Holley-Foster, Nevada Ballet Theatre, Inc.'s Director of Education and
Outreach at 702-243-2623, ext. #249. Free and open to the
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April 20 - 22: 15th
Annual Arizona Outback Spring Fiddlefest, Salome AZ, Lots of
music, food and fun. 928-859-4621.