Cultural education is an important part of the instructional program at Scotland Elementary School. One of the components of this cultural education is an annual dance program sponsored by the PTA. In 2008, all of the students in the school participated in a special program on African Dance and Drumming. This was followed in 2009 [...]
James Robey Dance will premiere “Mudras” at the Redding Meditation Center at 9 Pickett’s Ridge Road on Sunday Nov. 22 at 2 p.m. This duet will feature Melissa Gerth and Amy Piantaggini, both instructors at the Ridgefield Conservatory of Dance. “Mudras began as an exploration of hand gestures from various spiritual traditions and developed into [...]
St. Joseph College presents its Seventh Annual 5X5 Dance Festival, which features 17 professional and college troupes, master classes and dance photography by Arthur Fink. A collegiate showcase is Friday at 7 p.m. featuring choreography from St. Joseph College, Eastern Connecticut State University, Trinity College, Connecticut College, Naugatuck Valley Community College and Central Connecticut State [...]
Scotland Elementary School continued its cultural education of dance curriculum by exposing its students to the evolution of jazz--a uniquely American dance form. Through lively dance performances and small group interactive workshops led by James Robey--artistic director of the Ridgefield Conservatory of Dance, a non-profit dance studio--students experienced dance styles ranging from the Charleston to [...]
The Reach Dance Project’s third annual benefit dance concert “Bridges” will benefit Person-to-Person and include a performance by Darien Dance Center. “Bridges” will be held at 8 on Saturday, March 28, at New Canaan High School. A silent auction will begin at 7. “Bridges” will also feature performances by local dance companies including Bernier Dance [...]
DANBURY -- It takes quite a bit of money to train to be a dancer, and some students who have the talent may not have the money to pursue their dreams. But thanks to a scholarship fund established in the memory of Western Connecticut State University professor Khalda Logan-Eaton, and the fund-raising efforts of the [...]
Those who braved a winter storm to attend the concert last Saturday night were officially crowned as "the hearty souls of the RSO" by Executive Director Sarah Miller. Music Director Gerald Steichen graciously encouraged everyone to move up closer and take advantage of many seats left empty by the faint of heart who stayed home. [...]
The first of two Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra performances in the Playhouse Series sponsored by Union Savings Bank will include works by Igor Stravinsky and Joseph Haydn. The chamber concert will take place Saturday, Jan. 10, at 8 p.m. at Ridgefield Playhouse, 80 East Ridge Avenue. When Igor Stravinsky wrote “The Soldier’s Tale” in 1918 during [...]
Vista resident Peter O’Brien was only 8 years old when he first thought about making dancing the focus of his life. “I grew up in a town in northeastern England where this was unusual,” he said. “But my mother had danced classical ballet before and after World War II, and was a member of a [...]
While other Ridgefield students her age are beginning their junior year at Ridgefield High School, Izzy will take a combination of academic classes at E.C. Glass High School in Lynchburg, and dance and theater classes at Virginia School of the Arts. She will be living in a dormitory on the arts school campus. "I'm going [...]
