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Arabian Nights Dance & Music of the Near East at West Orange JCC

JSDD’s Wellness, Arts, Enrichment
(WAE) Center launches the 8th season of its Global Beat Series with “The Art of
Sense and Soul,” a performance of dance, music and story from the Near East by
Mosaic Dance Theater Company (MDTC). The production is scheduled for 3 PM on
Sunday, October 20, at JCC’s Maurice Levin Theatre, 760 Northfield Ave., West
Orange, NJ  07052. A pre-show workshop introducing techniques for
using personal experiences as artistic expression starts at 2 PM. All events
are free of charge.



In addition to favorites from
MDTC’s diverse repertory, the Company will premier The Ebony Horse: A
Tale from the Arabian Nights, 
a dance/theater presentation featuring a
heroic prince, a beautiful princess, and a magical, mechanical, flying horse.
This oft-anthologized tale is adapted and directed by Morgiana Celeste
Varricchio and choreographed by Samara Adell.  Also featured
are Red Desert, an interpretive work exploring the conflicting
emotions of a woman living in a restrictive society, and Raks Al-Sa’id,
a buoyant work of folkloric dance from Upper Egypt. On-stage musical
accompaniment will be provided by popular Arabic musicians from the
NY/NJ metropolitan area.



“The Art of Sense and Soul” will be presented
free of charge to the general public, and there is NO reserved seating. Contact
973-272-7154, monica@waecenter.org  for
additional information or special needs requests (two week advance notice for
ASL requests).

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Visit www.MosaicDanceTheaterCo.org or www.WAECenter.org.





This program is made possible
in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of
State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts and administered
by the Essex County Division of Cultural and Historic Affairs.

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