蜜桃传媒鈥檚 fall dance concert, 鈥淓yes Wide Open,鈥� breaks from tradition to explore Porter Theatre鈥檚 black-box space Nov 21-23 at 8 p.m. Tickets, $10 for general admission; $7 for students, seniors and children, may be purchased at westmont.edu/boxoffice or by calling (805) 565-7140.
Susan Alexander, who co-directs the show with Christina Sanchez, says the performance will be full of surprises. 鈥淭he faculty and student choreographers are going to bring this unusual space to life in a variety of different ways,鈥� Alexander says. 鈥淲ith the audience seated on three sides, an intimacy will prevail as choreographers present challenging and delightful works ranging from pure movement to dance/theatre pieces.鈥�
Alexander was professor of modern dance at the Paris Conservatory of Music and Dance from 1989-2008 and for the Paris Opera Ballet Company from 1985-2008. A graduate of UC Santa Barbara, Alexander earned a master鈥檚 degree in dance at Mills College.
Sanchez, who performs with the Santa Barbara Dance Theatre based at UCSB, has danced and toured throughout Europe, South America and the U.S. with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. She has also performed with Ballet Hispanico of New York, Complexions Contemporary Ballet and Buglisi Foreman Dance.
Both Alexander and Sanchez have been teaching at 蜜桃传媒 since 2011.