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Thursday, April 18th, 2013

At least in Santa Cruz, National Dance Week is an occasion for celebration of dance of all kinds

By WALLACE BAINE Santa Cruz is moving. In fact, it’s always in motion. For decades, Santa Cruz has enjoyed an astoundingly rich and diverse dance subculture from ballet to contemporary to folk and all shades in between. So, it’s no surprise when National Dance Week comes along and is not treated as just another blip

Thursday, April 11th, 2013

Sharon Took-Zozaya’s STAMPING ZEBRA DANCE THEATRE and Carol Fields’ VIZ-ART-DANCE presents: It’s About Time

Three performances by two intriguing dance companies in the multi-media dance theatre works-in-progress: It’s About Time SATURDAY APRIL 20/8PM FRIDAY & SATURDAY APRIL 26 & 26/8PM The 418 Project 418 Front Street Santa Cruz, CA 95060 www.the418.org...

Wednesday, March 13th, 2013

Kirby Scudder: Abra Allan keeps Santa Cruz moving at Motion Pacific

Back Flap, Chug, Dig Ball, Flea Hop, Pickup Change, Railroad, Shim Sham, Vamp. These are just some of the many terms used in teaching the art of tap dancing. Count Basie once said “If you play a...

Thursday, March 7th, 2013

Lorraine Kinnamon’s Te Hau Nui dance school fires passion for island dance in mainland dancers

{ MARCH 10, Two shows, 1 and 5 p.m. (remember Daylight Savings Time). Aptos High School Performing Arts Center, 100 Mariner Way, Aptos. $22 general; $15 students, seniors and children, advance; $3 more at the door. Details:...

Thursday, January 24th, 2013

The choreography of history

In ‘Prime Movers,’ the pioneers of the rich Santa Cruz County dance community look back at how far they’ve come { FRIDAY, JAN. 25, 7:30 p.m. Crocker Theatre on the campus of Cabrillo College. $13 general; $11...

Wednesday, January 16th, 2013

Body vs. Time

‘Your Body is Not a Shark’ is an exciting new dance/poetry collaboration which grapples with the inevitable decline of the body {THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. Jan. 17-20. 8 p.m. Motion at the Mill, 131 Front St., Santa Cruz....

Tuesday, January 15th, 2013

coolpicks: GAIL RICH AWARDS

  NEXT WEEK GAIL RICH AWARDS Call it Santa Cruz’s version of the Lincoln Center Awards. From the among the vast numbers of artists, performers and writers making their home in Santa Cruz, six individuals are chosen...

Friday, January 11th, 2013

Past Gail Rich Award Winner

1997 Rick Walker, musician Peter, Diana, Marina and Lyle Troxell, family of artists Holt Murray, sculptor Bob Lowery, blues musician Laura Ellen Hopper, radio pioneer Sara Wilbourne, dancer Eric Schoeck, talk-show host Joe Ferrara, comic-book merchant Philip...

Saturday, January 5th, 2013

2013 Gail Rich Award Winners

Santa Cruz County is that place where the guy behind the café counter is a singer/songwriter, the woman showing you a house for sale is a landscape painter and your next-door neighbor is writing her third novel....

Friday, January 4th, 2013

Author Jaimal Yogis explores the neuro-scientific roots of fear by facing his own

Though he doesn’t look like it at first glance, journalist Jamail Yogis possesses a reptile brain. In that respect, he’s no different than the rest of us seven billion or so homo sapiens currently living on earth...

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