El Paisano

Issue date: 5/14/10 Section: Entertainment

Media Credit: Ruben Marquez Graceful dancers afire for "Evening of dance."

"Evening of Dance" was a memorable evening with entertaining music, a big crowd, and
beautiful dancing that took place May 6-8, in the Wray theatre.

On opening night the theatre
was packed.

Just to get into the theatre there was a bit of difficulty because of the crowd that was
waiting to get inside.

"Evening of Dance" was performed by the Rio Hondo Dance Collective, which is an advanced dancers class that tours around and performs in festivals in the area, workshops
and dance concerts, including, "Evening of Dance" and "Works in Progress."

So, if anybody would like to be part of the Rio Hondo Dance Collective all they have to do is audition on May 17 at 2:25 p.m. in the Dance room at G132.

The director of "Evening of Dance" and of Rio Hondo Dance Collective is Alyson Cartagena, and her training resume is an amazing list.

Part of her training was from American Dance Festival, International Ballet Competition, Harvard University, University of
California Irvine, and also Cartagena's performance in Loretta Livingston's Blooming,
Re-Joyceing was named one of the Best Dance Performances of 2006 by LA Times.

There were multiple styles of dance that took place that night. Some dance routines
were choreographed by, Cartagena. There was Ballet, Bollywood, and Modern.

Some of the dances told stories, such as one dance titled "It's All in Her Head."

"It's All in Her Head", told of a story about how as people we are constantly under some kind of scrutiny; the message is that we either need to be slimmer, reduce some things, or change some other part of ourselves.

This story was assisted with the dancers wearing long sleeved and black shirts and
pants with words written on them saying, "slim, reduce, tuck" and so forth.

There was also another dance routine called "Up, Up, and Away", which depicted the playfulness of childhood.

The song choice they used was from the movie "Up".

The performers came out with balloons and started playing with the balloons, by hitting
them up in the air and then dancing with them and pretending as if they were flying away.

"Up, Up, and Away" was a very playful performance and the audience seemed to enjoy it a lot.

After the show, William Trevilla talked about how much he enjoyed being part of
"Evening for Dance."

Trevilla stated, "They were not nervous. But, for most of the dancers it was their first time performing."

Trevilla also mentioned how some of the dancers were so pleased with the performance
that they "want to keep the same momentum."

The dancers of this school are truly talented and deserve all the support they can get from everyone at Rio Hondo.

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