Susan Shields Ballet Cocktail
American Repertory Ballet, Boston Ballet II, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Richmond Ballet, Washington Ballet
Center for the Arts
George Mason University
Fairfax, Virginia
April 28, 2007
by Alexandra Tomalonis
copyright 2007 by Alexandra Tomalonis
George Mason University has an excellent dance series. This season, it included performances by Mark Morris Dance Group, Moscow Festival Ballet, Momix, Shen Wei Dance Arts, several folk and international ensembles, and D.C.–based choreographer Dana Tai Soon Burgess. The Center for the Arts offers free parking, good sight lines, and reasonable prices (tickets for Susan Shields’ show ranged from $22 to $44, and the 12–event series starts at $195 and tops at $390). Every time I’ve attended a dance event at GMU, the house is full or nearly full; the Center is Exhibit A in the case that there IS an appetite for dance today. Make the tickets affordable, and they will come.
