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Dance, No Matter What

Think you can’t plan a dance performance online, without partner interaction? A group of local Acro Fusion dancers prove you can
Avatar photo Cayla Clark

Local dance instructor Lindsi Kay first founded her youth Acro Fusion program in 2015. After COVID-19 closures, Kay was forced to put long anticipated performances on hold for an unexpected—and challenging—three months.  “My youth Acro Fusion program runs from September to June, following the school year’s structure,” Kay explained. “We spend the first three or […]

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Pick’s Eclipse Picks

Events for the Apoc-Eclypse
Anne Pick

Odds are you’ve had your eclipse plans cemented for months now—but just in case you’re looking for something to occupy your time prior to and after the (roughly) two minutes of totality this weekend, we’ve got you covered. Safe travels! Thursday 17 Know Cosmos – Weird History of Eclipses HISTORY — Join Meg Thatcher from […]

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Old Stone Performing Arts Center

Angela Moore

There are some serious changes that are happening in Bend. New businesses are popping up everywhere! Just look around. What about a revamping of a business that has been around since before Bend was even Bend? I’m talking about the Old Stone Church, or as it is now called The Old Stone Performing Arts Center […]

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Pirouettes at the Old Stone Performing Arts Center

“Ballet Treasures” opens May 13
Angela Moore

The Old Stone Performing Arts Center (OSPAC), formerly the Old Stone Church, turns its attention from music to arts and culture and dance as the historic hub for all things performing arts. This weekend, dancers from the Victor School of Performing Arts present “Ballet Treasures” in three performances, capturing the classics of ballet within an […]

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Celebrate the 1930s: Fashion, Dance and Music

High Desert Museum brings vintage fashion to life
Angela Moore

Step back in time to the 1930s, with a fashion show, music and dance, part of “Art for a Nation: Inspiration from the Great Depression,” a special High Desert Museum collaboration. The fashion show, curated by Linda Evans, will take place at the Tower Theatre on Friday, May 13. This lively and entertaining event is […]

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Picks 2/25-3/4

The Source Staff

thursday 26 Back from the Dead BLUEBRASS—No one plays by the rules anymore. But that’s fine. As a result, we come across a new musical portmanteau at least once a week. This week’s winner: blue-brass, a fusion of bluegrass and brass band. Think Tom Waits meets Louis Armstrong, with the lyrical sensibilities of Johnny Cash. […]

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1001 Reasons to Dance

Eugene Ballet performs “Scheherazade”
Avatar photo Brianna Brey

Don’t even try to pronounce it. “Scheherazade,” has almost as many consonants as core dancers (24 to be exact—performers that is). And the ballet retelling of the prologue of 1001 Arabian Nights is equally elaborate with a score by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, a haram of some fourteen rhinestone-adorned dancers, a golden slave and a murderous vengeful […]

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