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Published: November 1, 2009
Updated: 10/31/2009 07:35 pm
Friday
Helen Simoneau of Winston-Salem will perform the gentlessness was in her hands, her award-winning solo work, at the N.C. Dance Festival at 8 p.m. in Aycock Auditorium, UNC Greensboro.
Simoneau says that gentleness "weaves between an automated and sometimes eerie doll-like quality and exquisitely intimate moments. Like surrendering to a memory, the performer allows glimpses of vulnerability to be exposed before reverting back to numbness."
Tickets are $15, with discounts for seniors and children. Call 334-4849. Visit www.ncdancefestival.org for more information on the festival, which will also be presented in Boone, Raleigh, Charlotte and Wilmington through February.
Saturday and next Sunday
The Sidelong Dance Company will present "Spectrum" in the Enrichment Center, 1006 S. Marshall St.
The concert will feature several works, including Falling out of Blind Faith, by Sidelong's artistic director Karla Finger Coghill and described as a "tribute to and a warning against all those little things that we passionately believe in -- even though they may be against our better judgment."
Performances will be at 8 p.m. Saturday and at 2 pm. next Sunday. Tickets at the door are $10, with discounts for students. See www.sidelongdance.org or call 722-5922.
Nov. 17-22
"Six Days in November" equal six days of plenty to do in Winston-Salem.
"Six Days" is an initiative of the Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County and other organizations. Its centerpiece will be the Piedmont Craftsmen's Fair, Nov. 20-22, in the Benton Convention Center, around which several performances of music, theater and dance will be presented, in addition to exhibits and activities. The performers will include the Piedmont Wind Symphony, the Winston-Salem Symphony and alban elved dance company.
The idea is to "celebrate (Winston-Salem's) heritage as a center of crafts, arts and innovation," said Milton Rhodes, the president and chief executive of the arts council.
See www.thecityofthearts.com or www.visitwinstonsalem.com for more information.
Nov. 19
John Mauceri, the chancellor of UNC School of the Arts, will conduct the N.C. Symphony in "Hollywood Emigres and Proteges" at the Stevens Center. The concert, part of "Six Days," will begin at 8 p.m.
The program "is inspired by the journey to America by the two greatest Viennese composers in the 20th century: Arnold Schoenberg and Erich Wolfgang Korngold," Maurceri said. It will illustrate how they helped shape the Hollywood sound.
Audiences will hear music by Schoenberg, Korngold, Bernard Herrmann, Richard Strauss and John Williams, with the selections taken from such films as Close Encounters of the Third Kind, The Adventures of Robin Hood and Psycho.
"Hollywood" is a joint benefit concert to support the N.C. Symphony Music Education programs and the UNCSA School of Music Scholarship Program. Tickets are $25-$75, with discounts for students. Visit www.uncsa.edu/perfomances or call 721-1945.
Nov. 19-21
The Fourth Street side of the Pepper Building will be peppered with images during "Six Days."
The images, the Winston-Salem Light Project's latest effort, will be designed and implemented by Norman Coates' lighting students from the School of Design and Production at UNC School of the Arts. They will focus on world-resources depletion, the environment and sustainability.
Up to 100 images will be projected during each of several 15- to 20-minute cycles, with cycles to run continuously from 7 to 11 p.m. each day.
The Pepper Building is at the corner of Trade and Fourth streets.
For more information, call 770-3399.
Dec. 2-6
"Deck the Halls," the annual fundraiser for the Sawtooth School for Visual Art, will feature many items made by artists, instructors and students affiliated with the school.
The items range from inexpensive crafts to exquisite pieces of art.
Because of major renovations at the Sawtooth Building, "Deck the Halls" will be held this year in Commerce Plaza, 411 W. Fourth St.
Admission to all sale days is free. Tickets for a preview party, on Dec. 2, are $20 in advance, $25 at the door.
For more information, visit www.sawtooth.org or call 723-7395.
Dec. 4-13
The N.C. Black Repertory Company will do its part to brighten the holiday season by presenting Langston Hughes' Black Nativity at the Arts Council Theatre.
The story of Christ's birth will be told in gospel-flavored songs, energetic movement, narration, preaching and praise. Mabel Robinson is the director and choreographer, and Tony Gillion is the music director.
Tickets are $22, with discounts for students, seniors and groups. Visit www.ncblackrep.org or call 723-2266.
Dec. 5
From plum pudding to stockings to brightly decorated evergreen trees, Christmas is about tradition -- and nothing is more traditional than carols sung by the Piedmont Chamber Singers.
David Schildret will lead the group at Ardmore Baptist Church. The program will include the Charpentier Midnight Mass, based on French carols popular in the late 17th century, as well as many old favorites. There will also be a sing-along.
The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. Advance tickets are $16, with discounts for seniors and students. See www.piedmontchambersingers.org or call 722-4022.
Dec. 5-13
Get ready to crack a different "Nut" at the Stevens Center.
The Nutcracker that UNC School of the Arts has presented for more than 40 years will return with changes in its choreography and in its sound.
The choreography will be by dance dean Ethan Stiefel and others, replacing that of Robert Lindgren and Sonja Tyven. Student musicians from UNC School of the Arts will perform in the pit, replacing pro musicians from the Winston-Salem Symphony.
Tickets are $25-$66, with discounts for families, groups and children 13 and under. See www.uncsa.edu/perfomances or call 721-1945.
Dec. 21-24
Don't let the current economic hardships get you down. Celebrate another "Christmas for the City" at the Millennium Center.
"Christmas" will feature a free party from 5 to 9 p.m. Dec. 21-23, followed by a candlelight service at 6 p.m. on Dec. 24.
The party will include live performances, original works by local artists, a "make-your-own" toy workshop, multicultural Christmas traditions and, of course, Santa Claus.
For information about "Christmas," see www.christmasforthecity.com or call 759-7517.
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