Tucson Weekly: Dance (January 18

DANCE
Events This Week
BOHEMIAN BOOGIE. Orts Space. 121 E. Seventh St. Don't miss the chance to dance with all the motion and emotion of many musical styles at the Barefoot Ballroom every Friday night from 8 to 11. Smoke free. Admission is $3. Call Carol at 575-5813 or Josh at 322-8020 for information.
CONTRA AND SQUARE DANCE. Armory Park Senior Citizen Center. 220 S. Fifth Ave. Tucson Friends of Traditional Music presents a contra and square dance with local callers and a live string band January 20 from 8 to 11 p.m. Bring a friend or come alone and dance with different partners all evening. Admission is by donation. All are welcome. There is an introductory dance session at 7:45 p.m.
PILOBOLUS DANCE THEATRE. Centennial Hall. University of Arizona. 621-3341. Sponsored by UApresents, Pilobolus dances with The Klezmatics in a new, co-commissioned work that concentrates on "holy sparks"--passion, loneliness, confusion--January 26-27 at 8 p.m. Tickets range from $22 to $38. A free Arts Encounter discussion takes place 45 minutes before each performance in room 102 of the Center for English as a Second Language, 1100 E. North Campus Drive, just north of Centennial Hall.
VIRANGANA. Berger Performing Arts Center, Arizona School for the Deaf and Blind. 1200 W. Speedway Blvd. The India Cultural Association of Tucson presents Virangana, an ancient classical dance form of South India, to benefit the Brewster Center for victims of domestic violence, January 27 at 8 p.m. Virangana profiles five different images of courage among Indian women from Indian mythology, history and contemporary times. This dance drama features graduate and undergraduate students from the Arathi School, and UA and ASU students. Tickets range in price from $15 to $45 and are available through Ticketmaster at 321-1000 and Wherehouse Music, Tower Records and Robinsons-May.
Announcements
DANCE WORKSHOPS. Barbea M. Williams Performing Company. Sixth St. Art Studios. 44 W. Sixth Street. African, pre-ballet, creative, Brazilian and Cuban dance classes are now forming for children, teens and adults. For more information and to register call 628-7785.
SIZZLING SALSA. International Arts Center. 516. N. Fifth Ave. Seduce your senses with the Latin dances of salsa and merengue Wednesday evenings from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. for new and beginning dancers. For those who want to spice up their moves, join the intermediate class Wednesdays from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Both workshops run from January 24 through February 28. Admission is $5. Call 573-7701 for more information and to register.
TANGO AND CHA-CHA WORKSHOPS. Armory Park. 220 S. Fifth Ave. The U.S. Amateur Ballroom Dancers Association sponsors Argentine tango and cha-cha workshops January 20 at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Classes are $15 per hour with discounts for multiple classes. Beginners are welcome. Call 770-9540 for more information.
ZUZI. Zuzi! Little Theater. 738 N. Fifth Ave. (in the YWCA). The Zuzi! Move It Dance Company presents The Women's Initiative for Youth and Elders, a multicultural, intergenerational dance project that seeks to guide women through critical passages in their lives. Classes are from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. and continue through the spring. Applications are now being accepted; no dance experience is necessary. For more information call 629-0237.
Upcoming
LINDY HOP AND SWING DANCE. Armory Park Senior Center. 220 S. Fifth Ave. 620-6510. January 27, 8 to 11 p.m. Admission is $5.
MOSCOW FESTIVAL BALLET. Centennial Hall. University of Arizona. 621-3341. Sponsored by UApresents. February 15, 7:30 p.m.