DANCE

The Santa Barbara Dance Arts and The Arts Mentorship Program presents
CONFIGURATION 2023

March 11 - 18, 2023

See Santa Barbara’s premiere youth dance company at the annual sell-out smash, Configuration. Featuring high-energy hip-hop, evocative contemporary, and entertaining jazz numbers. Performing at Center Stage Theater. For tickets, visit www.centerstagetheater.org or call 805-963-0408.

Old Spanish Days - Fiesta presents 2023 Spirit & Junior Spirit of Fiesta Final Auditions on Saturday, April 15, 2023 at 2 PM. The pageantry of Old Spanish Days Fiesta will be on full display when 22 talented young dancers step on the stage on the historic Lobero stage, where Fiesta began in 1924. The community is invited to share in the excitement of the day and watch the talented dancers perform. The show will culminate with the announcement of the 2023 Spirit and Junior Spirit of Fiesta.

Santa Barbara Centre for Aerial Dance presents La Escalada (The Climb) on Sunday, May 28, 2023 at 7 PM. The debut of their newest, evening-length aerial dance works, unveiled in three acts, distills the power and beauty of this ancient art form into a fresh melange of kinetic movement that transitions seamlessly from floor to air. Part dance theatre and part performance art, this breathtaking production will feature abstractions and compositions on trapeze, corde lisse, lyra, and aerial fabrics set to a heady soundtrack of strings and percussion.