The Santa Ynez Valley Performing Arts Company 35th Milestone Anniversary Celebration

The Santa Ynez Valley Performing Arts Company, housed at the Fossemalle Dance Studio is delighted to present its 35th Milestone Anniversary Celebration of “An Invitation to Dance” under the direction of Christine Fossemalle, assisted by Sonia Ibarra Corona.

The performances will be held at the High School Little Theater in Santa Ynez, the evenings of Thursday, Friday and Saturday June 20th, 21st and 22nd at 7:00 P.M. The latecomers will be seated during the first short pause.

The range of ages and expertise from our dancers makes for an entertaining performance of ballet, lyrical, jazz, hip-hop and tap choreographies.

This celebratory presentation showcases our “most favorites” choreographies from the past 35 years. Once selected our returning alumni votes for their favorite’s to perform along side our Company members!! Our 20 plus alumni have traveled from far (Mexico City, Texas, Utah, Indiana) and near to rejoin the SYVPAC to relive their childhood memories.

In addition, this 25 th season welcomes a generation of newcomers, our dedicated Corps de Ballet continuing their technical as well as artistic evolution and celebrates our graduate: Mr. Marcelo Andrade.

For our dancers, these performances are either the reward of their first year of involvement; for many others it is the compiling effect of years of devotion to their craft; for our alumni, it is a return to the source.

From the most classical sounds of Tchaikovsky, to the powerful ones of Khatchaturian and contemporary ones of Stravinsky, the range is wide and thrilling! Jazz, lyrical, tap and hip-hop will have you dance on your seats and delight in the famous tunes of Viva Las Vegas, Lollipop and admire the lyricism of Against All Odds and others too numerous to name.

Each dancer has the same desire to express themselves through dance and cherish these upcoming performing moments in the process.

For us, choreographers, we appreciate the continued opportunity to share our Passion with our dancers as a beautiful gift we are most grateful for. It was given to us and as Artists, we feel compel to pass it on to the next generation, for them to perform and blossom, and for you, our supportive audience, to enjoy.

Tickets are currently on sale and will be available exclusively at the Fossemalle Dance Studios in Santa Ynez. For more information please call us at 688-8494.