Footlight is pleased to celebrate, MANY VOICES – a weaving of professional guest artists from the Boise area, Chicago and beyond who have been touched by dance education with Footlight Dance Centre. Monday – Friday, July 22-26 they will conduct a workshop intensive at the Footlight Studios at the Community Campus, Hailey for ages 10-adult. Three levels will be offered: Advanced, Intermediate and Juniors. On Saturday, July 27, 7:00 pm, these guest artists, and workshop students, including other alumni, will present a performance in celebration of this 40th Anniversary of Footlight Dance Centre.

Tickets $10.00 at Iconoclast Books, Hailey and at the Door (WRHS Performing Arts Theater, Community Campus, 1050 Fox Acres, Hailey).

Performances by Adrienne Kerr, Principal dancer from Ballet Idaho & Lydia Sakolsky-Basquill from Project Flux (summer faculty with FDC) will dance a duet. Lem Reagan (former FDC alum) and Libby Schmoeger from Idaho Dance Theatre will dance a piece commissioned from choreographer Kaley Pruitt (former FDC alum), Artistic Director of Kaley Pruitt Dance. Mackenzie King (current FDC faculty), Artistic Director, and Megan Rhodes from Moonwater Dance Project. Robyn Fox (current FDC faculty and former alum). Hayley Allen (former FDC alum), recent BFA Dance graduate of NYU. Shea Slanetz (former FDC alum) senior dance major at the Berlin Dance Institute, Germany. Dakota Barth (former FDC alum) dance minor at University of Utah. Alumni of FDC will also come together to perform again in a “family of dancers” improvisational piece. A second part of the performance will include short workshop pieces by students, our next generation of dancers, who have be studying with our guest artists at the Dance Tapestry Workshop. The 5-day workshop prior to our celebration that allows our students the opportunity to share with professionals this art form of dance, the movement expression of our human spirit.