SOUTH PARIS — Cottage Street Creative Exchange will present its second “Globalocal” show at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 27, in the Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School auditorium. Free tickets are available at Books N Things in Norway.
“Globalocal” is a term created by the Debi Irons, artistic director of CSCE, as a simple way to express the mission of the CSCE to connect people and cultures on local and international levels. Several local Maine teen and adult dance groups will be performing, including Art Moves Dance Ensemble, Collective Motion, The Moving Company and Portland Youth Dance.
Global acts are still being sought and will be announced closer to the performance. Simple Brazilian and Jamaican dances will be taught in local schools and studios, at 6:30 p.m. on stage before the show and as a tutorial on CSCE’s Facebook page. For more information or to schedule a free half-hour class for your group, please contact debi@artmovesdance.com.
CSCE is a publicly supported, nonprofit corporation with a mission to spark integration into dance and the arts, locally and globally one step at a time. Programs include free classes for kids, collaborative opportunities for Maine dancers and cultural exchange programs with dancers from other countries.
To become involved in programs or the CSCE mission, contact artistic director Debi Irons 207-743-5569. You may also connect to the CSCE through one of the Art Moves Dance Ensemble members: Sasha Richardson, Tegan Bullard, Karianna Merrill, Erika Lindstrom; or through a member of the CSCE board of directors: Aranka Matolcsy, Mickie Shibles, Amanda Daniels, Shellie Leger, Michael Myreck. For more information click on “Project” at www.artmovesdance.com.
PHOTO CAPTION: Local dancers after a recent show at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School: Koley True, Sasha Richardson, Karianna Merrill, Debi Irons, Erika Lindstrom, Tegan Bullard and Mackenzie Jordan.