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honors dance program founder Berta Almaguer
The Parks and Recreation Department proudly boasts the longest running municipal dance program in the country. The year-long celebration began with BRAVO Hispanico, a dance performance at the Arneson River Theatre in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month and Miss Almaguer and is continuing in March with the Spring Fling at Sunken Garden Theatre.
March 20, 2010 - Spring Fling with The Wild Things. Saturday afternoon of youth dance performances at Sunken Garden Theatre, Brackenridge Park, 3700 N. St. Mary's St. Let's Step up to Recreation and come out to the park. Includes a Parks and Recreation
information booth, lifeguard hiring and summer pool information, face painting, San Antonio Public Library booth, Animal Care Services information booth with $15 micro-chipping for pets, forestry booth, Japanese Tea Garden tours, and Augie's barbecue booth. Feel free to bring a
Frisbee, football, etc., to play with and enjoy a picnic on the lawn. Free.
More events will follow in 2010. Stay tuned for details!
Other events celebrating the 75th anniversary of dance in 2009 have
included:
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En La Sombra de sus Pasos (In the Shadow of her Footsteps)
Review by Jasmina Wellinghoff
Special to the San Antonio Express-News
Posted January 17, 2010
A Dance Performance in Collaboration with Jumpstart Theatre, the performances
Jan. 15 - 17 featured Parks and Recreation Department dance troupes Alamotion and Fandango with specially commissioned choreographed pieces by Timo Lizano and Carmen "La Chiqui" Linares.
The shows took place at the Sterling Houston Theater, formerly Jumpstart Theatre. Also featured
were live flamenco music and a tribute to dance program founder Berta Almaguer.Flamenco artists
included Jackie Rodriguez, Denise Guerra, Sonya Jimenez, Francisco Orozco "YiYi," and Steve Arispe.
October 6, 2009
• FREE House Music Dance Party – Dance enthusiasts are invited to a first of its kind National Night Out event. The Parks and Recreation Department and the San Antonio Dance Umbrella are collaborating to offer this free event to be held from 6:30 to 10 p.m. at the Berta Almaguer Dance Studio, 138 S. Josephine Tobin Dr. House Music will be provided by Mi Casa Su Casa.
• Our Part of Town Talent Show Finals, 2 p.m., Carver Cultural Center. Free. Performance will include the premiere of two contemporary choreographies in collaboration between Alamotion and Fandango dance troupes. It will also include an audio-visual show that will educate the audience on the 75th Anniversary of Dance. November 1, 2009
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Dia de los Muertos. “Vida Nuestra: Altar and Exhibit Show” Altar and Performances in honor and memory of Berta Almaguer. Co-hosted by the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, 1300 Guadalupe Street. 3 p.m. Free. Multi-dimensional: video documentary with interviews with family, students, and friends of Berta. Video on stage with photos from the 1930, 40s, 60, 70s. Past students who are now teachers will bring in their students on a rotating basis to perform.
November 18, 2009
November 28 & 29, 2009
• Holly Daze on the River. Saturday and Sunday performances at the Arneson River Theatre, 118 La Villita St., featuring troupes and dance students. 2:30 p.m. dance performances on Nov. 28 and 29. $5 General Admission. Tickets available at the theatre box office one hour before show times. Take Note will offer a free musical performance at 6:30 p.m. on Nov. 28.
ARTS in Our PARKS
• Holly Daze Performances in Market Square featuring traditional seasonal songs brought to life by Alamotion, Fandango dance troupes, Take Note Youth Band, and Parks and Recreation Department participants, 514 W. Commerce. 11 a.m.
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