April 2017 Triangle Dance Calendar

The Carolina Ballet will present George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, choreographed by choreographer-in-residence Zalman Raffael, at 8 p.m. April 20 and 21, 2 and 8 p.m. April 22, and 2 p.m. April 23 in Raleigh Memorial Auditorium
The Carolina Ballet will present George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, choreographed by choreographer-in-residence Zalman Raffael, at 8 p.m. April 20 and 21, 2 and 8 p.m. April 22, and 2 p.m. April 23 in Raleigh Memorial Auditorium
The Carolina Ballet will present George Gershwin's <em>Rhapsody in Blue</em>, choreographed by choreographer-in-residence Zalman Raffael, at 8 p.m. April 20 and 21, 2 and 8 p.m. April 22, and 2 p.m. April 23 in Raleigh Memorial Auditorium
The Carolina Ballet will present George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, choreographed by Zalman Raffael, at 8 p.m. April 20 and 21, 2 and 8 p.m. April 22, and 2 p.m. April 23 in Raleigh Memorial Auditorium

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the Triangle Review’s Master Dance Calendar for the entire month of April 2017. If your productions are not listed in this calendar, please e-mail the SHOW TITLE(S), DATE(S), LOCATION(S), and the name of the PRESENTER(S) to RobertM748@aol.com, and be sure to e-mail all your news releases and publicity PHOTOS — with CAPTIONS and PHOTO CREDITS — to that address. (Our “snail mail” address is Triangle Review, 1828 Honeysuckle Road #13, Raleigh, NC 27609-6220.)

April 1: Make a Splash, a benefit for Global H2O to fund a clean-water well in South Uganda (Stage Door Dance Brier Creek at North Raleigh Arts and Creative Theatre).

April 1-2: The Wolf (Theatre Raleigh’s Family Series in the Kennedy Theatre in Raleigh).

April 6-7: NCSU Dance Company Concert (N.C. State Dance Program Stewart Theatre in NCSU’s Talley Student Center in Raleigh).

April 14-15: ChoreoLab 2017 (Duke University Dance Program in R.J. Reynolds Industries Theater on Duke University’s West Campus in Durham).

April 16-17: Set and Setting: An Evening Length Improvised Dance Performance, with live musical accompaniment by D-Town Brass (Department of Improvised Dance at 21c Museum Hotel in Durham).

April 20-23: George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue: Unofficial Anthem from the American Canon Carolina Ballet in Raleigh Memorial Auditorium).

April 29: Coppelia (Carolina Youth Ballet in A.J. Fletcher Opera Theater in Raleigh).

EDITOR’S NOTE:

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By Robert W. McDowell

Robert W. McDowell is a Raleigh, NC-based freelance writer, editor, and critic. He has written theater, film, book, and music previews and reviews for The News & Observer, The Raleigh Times, Spectator Magazine, and Classical Voice of North Carolina, all based in Raleigh. In 1980-91, he covered business, industry, government, and education for (We the People of) North Carolina magazine, published monthly by N.C. Citizens for Business and Industry. In April 2001, McDowell started Robert's Reviews, a FREE weekly e-mail newsletter that provides comprehensive, in-depth coverage of the performing arts in the Research Triangle area of North Carolina, which includes Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, and Carrboro. Triangle Review is the latest-and-greatest version of McDowell's original newsletter. (To start your FREE subscription, e-mail robertm748[at]aol.com and type SUBSCRIBE TR in the Subject: line.) From December 1980 until September 2017, McDowell served on the board of directors of The Cinema, Inc., a Raleigh-based nonprofit film society formed in 1966. He currently publishes a weekly list of FREE advance screenings of movies in the Triangle area. (To have your e-mail address added to this FREE list, e-mail robertm748[at]aol.com and type SUBSCRIBE FFL FREE in the Subject: line.) McDowell also co-edited and supervised the production of Jim Valvano's Guide to Great Eating (JTV Enterprises, 1984), a 224-page sports celebrity cookbook; and he served as a fact checker for Valvano: They Gave Me a Lifetime Contract, and Then They Declared Me Dead (Pocket Books, 1991).