VENTURA: The Ventura College Dance Department’s spring show, Now Playing: A Dancer’s Perspective, celebrates all forms of dance, music, and narrative. A Dancer’s Perspective will please all dance lovers with a full range of genre, including ballet, modern, jazz, hip hop, ballroom, and tap..
Now Playing: A Dancer’s Perspective will be in the main theater at Ventura College Friday May 15th at 8:00 pm, Saturday May 16th at 3:00 p.m. and 8:00 pm and a 3:00 pm matinee performance on Sunday May 17th.
This original dance production is the artistic creation of the students in Dance 30, a course offered at Ventura College to give students real experience in choreography and performance. Now Playing: A Dancer’s Perspective is directed by Becky Contreras of Santa Paula.
Guest artists participating in the show include the Moorpark College Dance Department under the direction of Robert Salas, Devin Fulton, a member of the Los Angeles Contemporary Dance Company, MacKinnons Dance Company and Connor Casavan, a principle dancer of Dance Prism, a Boston area teaching company that prepares young dancers for professional careers.
Students from around the county will be participating in this series of performances: Nathan Burdine and Emily Martinez of Camarillo, Fernando Ayala, Noemy Barboza, Yardira Barboza, Isaias Castillo, Martin Garcia, Glacy May Guijo Shynna Harper, Rudy Larrazolo, Jennifer Lemons, Ixchel Lopez, Heather Landry, Carolyn Luu, Ashley Martinez, Rafael Ramirez, Henry Vargas, Jr., and Louis Wicke all of Oxnard; Stephanie Banks, Michelle Iniguez, Sierra S. Marble, Nicole Morgan, Lindsay Winegar of Ventura, and Eddie Mendoza and Jessica Mayorga of Santa Paula.
All tickets at the door will be $10.00. Pre-sale tickets are $10.00 for general admission, $8.00 for students, seniors, and faculty members. For more information, or to order tickets contact Becky Contreras at 805-207-5877.