Sea Legs, a dance troupe, is bringing fresh, new, and edgy dance works from the USA to Sri Lanka this January. 12 professional dancers from various dance centric cities in the US will share their artistry during their visit from January 10 - 17, 2016.
Under the direction of Tikiri Shapiro, a George Mason University School of Dance graduate, Sea Legs is a troupe made of dance artists with backgrounds in modern, jazz, ballet, hip hop, and training from esteemed collegiate dance programs. These artists currently perform in other dance companies as well as choreograph their own shows. Some of them are experienced dance travelers. The director, Shapiro, has already performed in Sri Lanka when Footwork Events brought over a US dance ensemble in 2004. Two of the company members, Edwardo Brito and Megan Guinta, have danced outside their home country by performing in Vietnam and China respectively. For others, this is their first time out of the US and they are all looking forward to new cultural experiences.
Sea Legs artists use their professionalism to inspire enthusiasm among their audience while simultaneously presenting complex quality shows for all ages to enjoy. They strive to embody their name "Sea Legs" by forever adapting to the different places and possibilities dance can offer. Thought out the performance, you’ll see modern dance stories with influences of contemporary, ballet, jazz, and hip hop styles. The show, Dance Adventures, presents dance narratives in motion though athleticism, variety, and artistry.
Sea Legs Dance Adventures is presented by Footwork Events a company that promoted and enriched the dance scene in Sri Lanka through the years. The Show in Kandy is organized by the Past Pupils Association of Hillwood College.
Sea Legs Dancers will be performing at two school shows in Hillwood College Kandy on January 13 and at Visaka Vidyalaya on January 14.
There will be a series of dance workshops by Sea Legs dancers on January 15 at the Sasakawa Hall, Colombo 3. The workshops will be on ‘Introduction to Modern Dance’, ‘Jazz’, ‘Ballet’, ‘Choreography’ and ‘Yoga’.
The two public shows will be on January 13 at the Hillwood College, Kandy and the other on January 16 at the Lionel Wendt Theatre, Colombo 7. Tickets will be available at the Lionel Wendt and Palayakats, Kandy.
For more details please call 0777 777 111 (Colombo) and 0714145775 (Kandy).
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