Dancers Over 40 Inspire Audiences in Annual Concert

Ageless Grace, the annual concert presented by Dance Baltimore that features performances by dancers in their 40s, 50s, 60s, and 70s, will be staged at the Creative Alliance at The Patterson, 3134 Eastern Avenue on Sunday, May 29, 2016, 4pm. This year, performing tap, modern, bellydance, African, Polynesian, jazz, and more, senior companies will include solo, duet and ensemble performances.

In a discipline filled with young, energetic and flexible dancers, it isn’t often that seniors have the opportunity to take to the stage and offer their own expressions through movement. Leg extensions may not be as high as they used to be, lunges as deep as they used to be but the senior dancers stand on solid ground with deep emotion and vast experience guiding their performance, evident in every step on stage. Dancers in this year’s Ageless Grace production are both former professional dancers as well as “community” dancers who perform in more recreational forms.

“The annual Ageless Grace concert has become one of the most inspiring productions we present, “says Cheryl Goodman, Director of Dance Baltimore, now in its 13th year. “The dancers onstage are older but our audience for this event is always mixed in age with everyone touched by seeing life so passionately and continuously expressed, regardless of age. At 58, I love watching the show; I love dancing in the show. This year, our oldest dancer is 76!”

Performing soloists and ensembles include: Antonia (bellydance), Branch Morgan (modern), Hot Hula Fitness (Polynesian), Tapsicore (tap), Leslie Ebert (modern), Cedric Teamer & Sheena Black (Casino de Rueda Baltimore/Afro Caribbean Salsa), Itinerant Dance Theatre (comedic dance, Delaware) and two selections featuring Dance Baltimore students from its Broadway Jazz and Intermediate Modern classes.

Dance Baltimore is an arts service organization with a mission to enhance the role of dance in the Baltimore metropolitan area. The non profit organization regularly offers free and discount adult dance classes, performances, and dance inspired activities to encourage new audiences for dance. Dance Baltimore is a membership organization and has been in existence in the area since 2003.

Tickets for Ageless Grace can be purchased online at www.creativealliance.org. General admission seating, $15/advance, $18/at the door. For more information about Dance Baltimore and all upcoming concerts, visit www.dancebaltimore.org or call 410.370.8994.