When: 8 p.m. Friday.
Where: Iowa Western Community College, 2600 College Road, Council Bluffs.
Tickets: $25 adults; $16 students; tickets for the 6:30 p.m. pre-show reception are $10; call 712-388-7140.
You can't keep a good ballet company down.
That, at least, is the message of “Dance Omaha,” a benefit performance Friday night for Ballet Nebraska, the region's new professional dance company.
The troupe is made up primarily of dancers from Omaha Theater Ballet, which disbanded last month.
Erika Overturff, one of Omaha Theater Ballet's former dancers, will serve as Ballet Nebraska's new artistic director and choreographer. She plans to announce the new company's inaugural season, which begins in the fall, sometime next week.
“We've been working hard, and we're going to have a great first season,” Overturff said.
Friday's concert, which will be performed at Iowa Western Community College, is being billed as a season preview.
The dancers will perform one of Overturff's dances, “The Diner,” which is set in a retro greasy spoon. The piece features dancers moving through a series of entertaining skits, all performed to songs about food. The company will also perform Harrison McEldowney's “Swing, Swing, Swing!” and Marius Petipa's “Don Quixote Pas de Deux.”
Several other community dance groups will also perform. They include African Culture Connection, Conservatory of Contemporary Dance, Lincoln Contemporary Dance Ensemble and Motion 41 Dance.
“It's going to be a real celebration of dance by companies from the entire region,” Overturff said.
Contact the writer:
444-1076, john.pitcher@owh.com
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