Mar. 10—The Southwest Washington Dance Center will host the 31st annual Dance Festival Northwest at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 22.
Dance Festival Northwest brings dance companies from around the Pacific Northwest to the Centralia and Chehalis area.
This year, the featured performers and guest master teachers are Arcadian Broad and Taylor Sambola. The married couple comes from their base in New York City.
Broad has many film and television credits, including “America’s Got Talent” and “The Ellen Show,” along with principal and soloist roles with professional ballet companies internationally.
Sambola trained at many prestigious ballet schools nationally and danced professionally with the Miami City Ballet, The Ellison Ballet in New York City and the Orlando Ballet.
Broad and Sambola will be featured in the Dance Festival performance and will teach master classes to all of the dancers participating in the festival.
The host company, under the direction of Artistic Director Brianna Jones, is the Southwest Washington Dance Ensemble. The Dance Ensemble has performed for over 42 years for audiences at the Lewis County Community Concerts, the Miss Lewis County Pageant, The Nutcracker Ballet, the Northwest Wind Symphony and the Merce Cunningham Tribute.
They have also danced at Dancepalooza in Seattle, the Dance to Make a Difference Charity Gala and the Olympia Dance Festival.
The ensemble also tours every spring, with a production for elementary schools in greater Lewis County and South Thurston County.
Visiting companies this year include:
—Ballet Northwest from Olympia
—Evergreen City Ballet from Renton
—Maple Valley School of Ballet from Black Diamond
—Olympia Ballet Center from Olympia
—Olympic Ballroom Dance from Olympia
—Seattle Civic Dance Theatre from Seattle
—Studio West Dance Theatre from Olympia
—Studio West Dance Academy from Olympia
—Vashon Dance Academy from Vashon Island
—Southwest Washington Dance Ensemble from Chehalis
Tickets cost $25 for adults and $20 for seniors 62 and older, students, military and children.
Tickets for the online live stream cost $20.
Tickets are available online at www.swwdance.org, in person at Southwest Washington Dance Center at 437 N. Market Blvd., Chehalis, and at the door if available.
For more information, call the Dance Center at 360-748-4789
