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AFA(at)ArtsLynchburg.net |
The Academy of Fine Arts
600 Main Street
Lynchburg, VA 24504
Tel: 434.528.3256 |
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2008-09 Season:
 In
the Mood
October 10, 2008 at 8 p.m.
A musical salute to the "swing" sound of the
early '40s featuring a big band, fabulous singers and dancers, great
songs and dazzling costumes. A retro look at the life & times of
America's greatest generation. With music that combines up-tempo big
band rhythms to mellow intimate ballads. Come experience the swing &
rhythm of this most sentimental and romantic era.
Dancing
with Strings and Other Things
January 31 & February 1, 2009 8p.m. & 3 p.m.
  The finest dancers and musicians of the
Virginia School of the Arts and the Lynchburg Symphony share the
Academy's stage with an original evening featuring a ÒmarriageÓ of
music and dance like the city has not seen before. Passion inspires
passion. Eclectic and energetic, Dancing with Strings and Other
Things celebrates the musician and dancer - together - creating and
moving to music.
42nd
Street
May 1-3, 7-9, 2009; 8 pm/3pm Sunday
 The definitive Broadway musical. The backstage story of rehearsals
for a new musical and a chorus girl who becomes an overnight
sensation. A terrific cast of singers and dancers giving us great
songs and tap dancing up a storm. This is the story of hard work,
being in the right place at the right time, talent and love. Musical
hits include You're Getting to Be a Habit with Me, Dames, I Know
Now, We're In the Money, Lullaby of Broadway, Shuffle Off to Buffalo
and Forty-Second Street. |
Dancing with Strings and Things
World Premiere Postponed until
Spring 2009 |
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LCTheatre(at)ArtsLynchburg.net |
Lynchburg College Theatre & Dance
Lynchburg College, 1501 Lakeside Drive, Lynchburg, VA 24501
(434) 544-8100 |
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2008-2009 Season
Dance Works - Splashes of Color
November 21-23, 2008
Staff and student choreographed
pieces in a variety of dance styles. Free performances, no tickets
required.
Dance Works - Time: Looking Back and Moving Forward
May 1-3, 2009
Staff and student choreographed pieces in a
variety of dance styles celebrating Walt Disney musicals and
movies. Free performances, no tickets required.
Show times,
unless noted otherwise, are
7:30 p.m. on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays
and 2 p.m. on Sundays. |
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Babcock(at)ArtsLynchburg.net |
Babcock Season
Sweet Briar College
Sweet Briar, VA 24595
{434) 381.6100 |
 "Bharatha
Natyam" Indian Classical Dance performed by Padmarani Rasiah Cantu
September 15, 2008 | 7:30 p.m.
Murchison Lane Auditorium, Babcock Fine Arts Center
Ticket
Information | Tickets go on sale September 8th
Padmarani Rasiah Cantu, who hails from Sri Lanka,
is a versatile dancer with an international reputation. Cantu has
been a selected artist with the Virginia Commission for the Arts
Tour Directory for 18 years and is the artistic director of the Fine
Arts Society of Yogaville, Va., where she teaches Bharatha Natyam.
Bharatha Natyam is an ancient classical dance form
of India. It is acknowledged as one of the oldest art forms in the
world and has been in existence for more than 4,000 years. Born
within the precincts of the temple, Bharatha Natyam uses the rich
repertoire of Indian mythology as a fine medium of expression. This
highly developed, stylized and sophisticated art form is performed
in colorful costumes and sparkling jewelry giving aesthetic delight
to art lovers around the world.
A
reception will follow the concert.
This
performance is partially supported by funding from the Virginia
Commission for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.
 "African
Dance, Music and the Oral Tradition" performed by the Elegba
Folklore Society
April 2, 2009 | 7:30 p.m.
Murchison Lane Auditorium, Babcock Fine Arts Center
Ticket
Information | Tickets go on sale March 30th
Transport on a journey through the
mind-body-spirit-earth holistic experience of African culture in
this interactive music and dance program that engages audiences of
all ages while exploring diverse cultural perspectives. Dancers,
drummers, singers and masquerades focus primarily on West Africa to
spur an evolving understanding of the cultural and historical
underpinnings of the dance and its music while showing its
relationship to the United States.
A
reception will follow the performance.
This
performance is partially supported by funding from the Virginia
Commission for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts. |
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