The Southwest Washington Dance Center will host the 30th annual Dance Festival Northwest, on Saturday, March 23, at 7 p.m.
Dance Festival Northwest brings dance companies from around the Pacific Northwest to the Twin Cities area.
The dancers attend master dance classes together as a group before each individual company performs prepared dance pieces at the Corbet Theatre in Centralia.
“This year, you will see very diverse forms of dance performed; from contemporary and classical ballet on pointe, modern/contemporary dance, jazz, ballroom and hip hop,” the Southwest Washington Dance Center said in a news release.
The host company, under the direction of Artistic Director Brianna Jones, is Southwest Washington Dance Ensemble from Chehalis.
“For over 40 years, Southwest Washington Dance Ensemble has given the gift of dance to the Lewis County area,” the Southwest Washington Dance Center said in a news release.
The dance ensemble has performed for audiences at the Lewis County Community Concerts, Miss Lewis County Pageant, The Nutcracker Ballet, Northwest Wind Symphony and the Merce Cunningham Tribute. They have also danced at Dancepalooza in Seattle, Dance to Make a Difference Charity Gala, and Olympia Dance Festival. The ensemble also tours, every spring, with a production for elementary schools in greater Lewis County and South Thurston County.
Visiting companies this year include:
• Ballet Northwest from Olympia
• Centralia Ballet Academy from Centralia
• Dance West Seattle from West Seattle
• Evergreen City Ballet from Renton
• Johansen Olympia Ballet Center from Olympia
• Luminary Dance Academy from Longview
• Maple Valley School of Ballet from Black Diamond
• Olympic Ballroom Dance from Olympia
• Studio West Dance Theatre from Olympia
• Studio West Dance Academy from Olympia
• Southwest Washington Dance Ensemble from Chehalis
Tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for seniors ages 62 and up, students, military and children.
Tickets are available online at www.swwdance.org, in person at the Southwest Washington Dance Center at 437 N. Market Blvd. in Chehalis, and at the door if available.
For more information, call the dance center at 360-748-4789.
