Monday, March 9, 2009

New York meets So. Cal. at Carpenter Center

(Photo courtesty of the Carpenter Center website.)

On Mar. 21 at 8 p.m., the Richard and Karen Carpenter Performing Arts Center at CSULB will host "Armitage Gone! Dance," an artistic ballet and modern dance performance.

Tickets can be purchased at Carpenter Center online or by calling the Arts Office at (562) 985-7000. Ticket prices are $50 for general admission and $45 per student and senior.

The Carpenter Center website describes the performance as having two parts. One part titled "Ligeti Essays" will focus on a dance routine that moves to classical music composed by György Ligeti. The other part titled "Time is the echo of an axe within a wood" is praised by the New York Times.

According to the press release sent out by Michael Field, director of marketing at the Carpenter Center, "Armitage Gone! Dance" began in New York and has taken stages throughout the United States, Italy, France and Mexico. The critically acclaimed performance will make its premiere in Southern California on Mar. 21.

Sarah Garcia, CSULB junior, finds it "intriguing" that the performance mixes classical music with both ballet and dance styles. "I would definitely consider going to see it," she said.

More information about the performance can be found here.

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