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Rosemary Ponnekanti is the arts reporter at The News Tribune, and has been a classical music nerd nearly all her life. Besides spending way too much time in galleries, museums and concert halls, she occasionally brings a whistle or double bass to Celtic jam sessions, and insists on singing "Happy Birthday" in four-part harmony.
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Things are getting busy for arts in Tacoma. This Friday alone I have four events that I could be (and wish I were) going to: "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues" at Theater on the Square (which I *am* going to), the Second City chamber players, the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields at the Pantages, and the Barefoot Dance Collective.
Not that I'm too sorry about missing the last, because I'll be making it to their Sunday show, and they're running all next weekend as well. It's a new dance collective, born from the ashes (so to speak) of the former Barefoot Studio group when directors Paul and Jo Zmolek left town in May.
The new collective, made up of dancers from Tacoma and Seattle, is already doing great things: I saw their first show in September, and choreographers Katie Stricker and Stephanie Kriege explored alternative settings (dancing underneath paintings suspended from the roof) and themes for a really thoughtful and beautiful night of dance. The space is also unique: where else can you sit just inches away from the performers, hearing their breath and seeing their muscles? (The chartreuse/purple decor is also pretty cool.)
This weekend, some of the other collective members strut their stuff, exploring internal themes of personality with "Peeples." Michael Hoover, Marianne Gary, Amanda Hermann and Rosa Vissers will all contribute pieces, some multimedia (with film), and Stricker will dance another of hers. As is usual at Barefoot, dancers range in age from 14 to 65.
"Peeples" runs at 8 p.m. October 17, 18, 19, 24, 25 and 26 at Barefoot Studios, 1604 Center St., Tacoma. Tickets are available online at www.brownpapertickets.com or at the door: $15 general admission, $12 student/senior/military. Information: www.barefootcallous.org
