City Dance presents "Still Fresh"

HOUSTON, TX – Echoing themes presented earlier in the season in “Fresh,” City Dance, continues to give us a new look at ourselves and the world in which we live. Under the direction of Sherese Campbell, founder and artistic director, City Dance presents “Still Fresh” Saturday, April 28, 7:30 p.m. at Hamman Hall on the campus of Rice University.

With pieces called “Contact,” “Precious Lord,” and “Frantic Groove,” Campbell’s dancers are certain to jazz, hip-hop and leap their way into your psyche.

Campbell ventures into uncharted territory as she explores the inner child with “Nursery Rhymes for Grown Folk,” which she wrote and choreographed. Not recommended for those under the age of seventeen, the two-act musical piece has the company dancers strutting and voicing their way through some of life’s delightfully humorous, and at the same time thought-provoking, dilemmas.

A word of warning to the jaded and world-weary: be prepared to be refreshed with a jolt of energetic, urban choreographic style.

Tickets, $20, $10 for students with ID, can be purchased at the door or online at www.houstoncitydance.com. For more information, call 713-529-6100.

ABOUT CITY DANCE
Founded in 1994 by Sherese Campbell, City Dance is a multiethnic company that presents an urban choreographic style that includes a vibrant mix of jazz, hip-hop and classical styles in theaters and at cultural events on the local and international scene. The company performs frequently at Hamman Hall at Rice University, where they enjoy artist-in-residence status. City Dance is a 501(c)3 organization, funded in part by grants from the City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance, The Julia & Albert Smith Foundation, Richard Bost, and Bobby and Phoebe Tutor.

“STILL FRESH” PROGRAM:

CONTACT
Choreography: Sherese Campbell and Elijah Gibson
Music: George Benson
Dancers: City Dance Company

PRECIOUS LORD
Choreography: Sherese Campbell
Music: Reverend Leo Daniels
Dancers: Joan Galvan and Jaimee Vilela

FRANTIC GROOVE
Choreography: Jaimee Vilela
Music: David Brubeck
Dancers: City Dance Company

LOVE GONE CRAZY
Choreography: Jasmin Roser, blocking by Anthony Poydras
Music: Jill Scott
Dancers: City Dance Company

NURSERY RHYMES FOR GROWN FOLK (Exploring Your Inner Child)
Written, Directed and Choreographed by Sherese Campbell
Music: Adrian Kennedy
Dancers: City Dance Company

City Dance Company Dancers:
Jimmy Diaz
Joan Galvan
Benjamin Gil
Maria Lopez
Anthony Poydras
Shelly Shephard
Jaimee Vilela

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