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A while back, we announced the news that the BareFoot Dance Collective was moving in with Tacoma City Ballet in the Merlino Building, sharing space, classes and possibly performances. Well, the partnership has begun, and this Saturday you can see both companies working together and combining with local artists and musicians for the Tacoma City Ballet Studio Gallery evening.
TCB had a couple of these champagne art evenings last summer, and they were a hit. The light, airy ballroom space and smaller studios are ideal for showing art, and TCB doesn't take a commission - artists get what they sell. Both TCB and the BareFoot contemporary dancers will be performing a few vignettes, New York jazz guitarist Hui Cox (last heard with the Northwest Sinfonietta Jazz Quartet last October) will play with his group. MLKBallet will also make a guest appearance, and there'll be champagnes and desserts. Featured visual artists include Lia Craven, TCB design team Elwit, TCB director Erin Ceragioli, Julie Manhan, Ashley Martin, Sonya Morgan, Tammy Scarlett and Daniel Sebree.
Further down the track, Joel Myers of Spectrum Dance will be holding his annual Joel Show at TCB next weekend, the BareFoot 8@8 evenings start up on August 31, and both companies are holding classes. But the plans go further.
"I'm starting to collect dancers to make a dance center," says Erin Ceragioli, who says she got the idea when some BareFoot dancers came along to TCB adult classes and mentioned their current lease was ending. "The TCB studio is very pliable for performances: it can be in the round, or traditional. All it needs is a sound and light system. I think we can turn this space into something really nice."
The TCB Studio Gallery will be from 7-9 p.m. July 18 at Tacoma City Ballet, 508 6th Ave., Tacoma. Admission $5, 16 and over only. 253-272-4219, www.tacomacityballet.com, www.barefootcollective.org</div>
