July Events Announced for the Black Box Theatre

Mesilla Valley Dance Collective is bringing a creative and collaborative dance festival to the Black Box Theater, 430 N Main Street in Las Cruces, on July 15th and 16th, 2017. The Las Cruces-based dance company is bringing pieces from their past, and future shows along with guest companies from El Paso, Las Cruces, and Alamogordo.

The Mesilla Valley Dance Collective will showcase favorite pieces from previous shows as well as a special sneak peek performance from their upcoming February show choreographed by their newest member Janessa Player. "The River is a wok in progress choreographed in remembrance of a young life lost" says Player. "The piece represents our journeys, and contrasts our expectations and reality. I don't believe anyone is prepared for or expects to lose a young loved one. Tragedy and loss aren't always easy to articulate. But they can, fortunately, be genuinely conveyed through the art of dance." Mesilla Valley Dance Collective is also proud to welcome featured guest performers Jessica Trembly, of 575 Dance in Alamogordo, NM, Human Nature Contemporary Ballet of El Paso, as well as many others.

Performances are Saturday, July 15 at 8:00 p.m. and Sunday, July 16 at 2:30 p.m., Tickets are $15.00 Regular Admission and $12.00 for Students and Seniors over 65. Reservations (575) 523-1223

Celebrating its 48th anniversary, and for the first time in its history, the Gilbert & Sullivan Company of El Paso presents "Yeomen of the Guard, or The Merryman and His Maid" for its 2017 summer production. Performances are July 21-23 at the Black Box Theatre, 430 N Downtown Mall in Las Cruces.

"Yeomen of the Guard, or The Merryman and His Maid" was called "a genuine English opera" when it premiered in London in 1888. Now, 129 years later, the Gilbert & Sullivan Company of El Paso brings it to life under the artistic direction of Stephanie J. Conwell and Marsha Watley, vocal director. Ballard Coldwell is piano accompanist.

The Gilbert & Sullivan Company of El Paso is a community theater group that incorporates newcomers and generations of loyal members who love to sing and perform these operatic works. It has an unbroken history of annual Gilbert & Sullivan productions since 1969 when it was founded by its first artistic director, Joan Quarm (dec.), to preserve and present the works of W.S. Gilbert & Arthur Sullivan. The company is funded and supported in part by the City of El Paso Museums and Cultural Affairs Department and the Texas Commission on the Arts.

PERFORMANCE DATES AND TIMES:
FRI JUL 21 | 7:30 PM
SAT JUL 22 | 7:30 PM
SUN JUL 23 | 3:00 PM

Reservations: (575) 523-1223. Tickets are $15.00 Regular Admission and $12.00 for Students and Seniors over 65.

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