IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Gita Brown, 401-456-8465, gbrown@ric.edu
Laura Hart, 401-456-8977, lhart@ric.edu
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – RIC’s Performing Arts Series will present Tango Buenos Aires, a dance company direct from Argentina, on Tuesday, Feb. 17, at 7:30 p.m. in Roberts Hall Auditorium (reserved seating $35). This production is titled “Song of Eva Perón,” tracing her rise to fame in the 1930s to her early death in 1952.
New York-based KEIGWIN + COMPANY (K+C), also presented by the Performing Arts Series, will take the stage on Wednesday, March 11, at 7:30 p.m. in Roberts Hall Auditorium (reserved seating $35). K+C’s repertoire has been described as an “electrifying brand of contemporary dance” that embodies “a theatrical sensibility of wit, style and heart.”
RIC will also offer two student productions this season:
From Feb. 13-15 the RIC Dance Company will hold its annual Spring Dance Concert in Sapinsley Hall (admission $15), featuring choreography by Jennifer Archibald, Kellie Ann Lynch, Deb Meunier, Jessica Pearson, Marta Renzi and Jenny Rocha. Concert times are 7:30 p.m. (Feb. 13-14) and 2 p.m. (Feb. 15).
The RIC Dance Company’s final performance of the season – the Student Choreography Showcase – will be a culmination of a yearlong exploration of dance through classes and teacher-mentored rehearsals. The showcase will be held on Thursday, April 30, and Friday, May 1, at 7:30 p.m. in the Forman Theatre (admission $15).
RIC’s Dance Company is an innovative and widely recognized modern dance ensemble. The company provides high quality educational dance and performance programming for RIC students and for the Rhode Island community. Its programs and events fulfill a twofold purpose by providing RIC students with highly professional dance training and performance opportunities and by providing the larger RIC community with performance and educational programs that foster an appreciation of contemporary dance. The company’s hallmark has been its involvement with the local, regional and national dance communities.
For tickets, visit www.ric.edu/pfa or call the RIC Box Office at (401) 456-8144. Sapinsley Hall in the Nazarian Center, in Roberts Hall Auditorium and the Forman Theatre are located on the RIC campus, 600 Mt. Pleasant Ave., Providence.
Established in 1854, Rhode Island College serves approximately 9,000 graduate and undergraduate students through its five schools: the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the Feinstein School of Education and Human Development, the School of Social Work, the School of Management and the School of Nursing. For more information, visit www.ric.edu.
