Mosaic Dance Theater Company and Viva Flamenco in an evening of Folklore, Fantasy and Flamenco in NJ April 17, 2009

Westminster Arts Center presents Mosaic Dance Theater Company and Viva Flamenco in an evening of Folklore, Fantasy and Flamenco, with a dazzling array of dance works celebrating the rich dance heritage of the Near East and Spain. Presented at Westminster Arts Center in Bloomfield, NJ. Performances are at 8:00 PM on Friday and Saturday, April 17 & 18, 2009.

Mosaic Dance Theater Company’s program features exciting new choreographies by Samara, a Folkloric Dance of Upper Egypt and a contemporary, interpretive Middle Eastern dance, a dance/story theater adaptation of an Arabian Nights’ tale, Ubar, The Lost City of Brass, adapted and directed by Morgiana Celeste Varricchio, and Mystique et Spirituelle, originally choreographed by the late Ibrahim Farrah for his world-renowned Near East Dance Group and re-staged for MDTC by Phaedra. The performers in the company are: Samara, Morgiana Celeste Varricchio, Adriana Rosa, Nina Brewton, Nahoko Sugiyama, and Romy Zamora, student apprentices Ayana Alexis, Najla Nikole, Derya Samawi, Audrey Werner and Special Guest Artists Phaedra and Mish Mish B’int Amira. Popular Arabic singer Maurice Chedid and drummer Gamal Shafik provide on-stage musical accompaniment.

Viva Flamenco comprises the second portion of the program, and features some of the area’s finest flamenco performers: dancers Antonia Messina and Peter Suarez, guitarist and singer Cristian Puig singer and dancer Gisele Assi , and guitarist Mike Moroch.

Tickets for Mosaic Dance Theater Company /Viva Flamenco are $20.00, general admission, $13.00 for senior citizens. For ticket reservations and information, please call Westminster Arts Center at 973-748-9008, ext. 279. For additional information, visit www.MosaicDanceTheaterCo.org

This program is made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts and administered by the Essex County Division of Cultural and Historic Affairs.

Official Website: http://www.MosaicDanceTheaterCo.org