Tucson Weekly: Dance (January 25

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.
LINDY HOP AND SWING DANCE. Armory Park Senior Center. 220 S. Fifth Ave. 620-6510. Dance the night away with the KGB band January 27 from 8 to 11 p.m. Has it been a while since you put on your dancing shoes? Then drop by at 7 p.m. for a dance lesson. Admission is $5 and includes lesson, dance and refreshments.
ODYSSEY 2001. Centennial Hall. University of Arizona Campus. 621-3341. The UA Dance Ensemble with Orts Theatre of Dance and Ballet Tucson present Odyssey 2001 January 31 at 7:30 p.m. The program features Carmina Burana, which is danced to Carl Orff's score; Classical Symphony, set to the music of Prokofiev; Indri's Dream, which is based on a story of a Hindu girl and her love for Krishna; and Balanced Edge, a piece that blurs the lines between dance, poetry, video and music. Tickets are $8 and $10 at the Centennial Hall box office.
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 and 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.
SNAKE DANCE. UA Museum of Art. UA campus near Park Avenue and Speedway Boulevard. 621-7567. UA dance students perform a snake dance January 28 at 2 p.m. to coincide with the museum's exhibit of 50 sketches and sculptures, including a 40-foot-long Great Rain Snake, by artist Robert Stackhouse. Admission is free.
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.
Upcoming
ARIZONA BALALAIKA ORCHESTRA/KALINKA RUSSIAN DANCERS. Russian Winter Festival concerts. PCC Center for the Arts. 2202 W. Anklam Road. 623-7136. February 3 and 4, 2 and 7 p.m.
CONTRA AND SQUARE DANCES. YMCA. 60 W. Alameda Ave. 293-3783. February 3, 8 p.m. Admission is $6. First-time dancers are free.
DAVID DORFMAN DANCE. Centennial Hall. University of Arizona. 621-3341. Sponsored by UApresents. February 24, 8 p.m.
MOSCOW FESTIVAL BALLET. Centennial Hall. University of Arizona. 621-3341. Sponsored by UApresents. February 15, 7:30 p.m.
Announcements
DANCE WORKSHOPS. Barbea M. Williams Performing Company. Sixth Street Art Studios. 44 W. Sixth St. 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.
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.