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Dance at George Mason
The George Mason University Dance Company holds its annual gala concert at 8 p.m. tomorrow and 8:30 p.m. Saturday at the Center for the Arts Concert Hall.
Susan Marshall's "Working Memory" will lead off the gala. "Beautiful Day," Mark Morris's duet, is the third of his dances that he has allowed George Mason dancers to perform. Bach (Hoffman) Cantata No. 53 will be performed by soprano Rosa Lamoreaux and a chamber ensemble.
Laura Dean's "Sky Light," inspired by ritual dance, pattern and repetition, will be performed with a cadre of percussionists on stage. And Daniel Ezralow's "Read My Hips," originally created for Hubbard Street Dance, will be the finale.
Tickets are $20 for adults; $12 for students and seniors.
For tickets, call 888-945-2468 or visit http:/
Bringing Suffrage Alive
The Lorton Arts Foundation presents a dramatic interpretation about suffragists housed in the Lorton Workhouse in 1917, by the Kathy Harty Gray Dance Theatre.
The performance will be at 8 p.m. Friday at Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center on the Alexandria Campus of Northern Virginia Community College.
It will feature the debut of the group's newest work, "Women Win the Vote," showcasing the struggles and victory of the women's suffrage movement.
The dance company also performs "Baroque Excursion," featuring elaborate costumes and lighting design, court dances from the period and more modern dance movements.
There will also be a restaging of "Garden," which premiered at the Piccolo Spoleto Festival in 2000 and explores the thoughts and emotions of a person gardening.
Tickets are $20; $15 for students, seniors and military. For information, call 703-413-3811 or visit http:/
Brass Concert
The Annandale Brass performs "Festive Favorites" at 4 p.m. Sunday at Northern Virginia Community College's Ernst Community Cultural Center Forum.
