Ballet incorporates swing, martial arts in 'Across the Tracks'
Canyon Concert Ballet presents 'Across the Tracks'
By Coloradoan staff • April 23, 2009
Canyon Concert Ballet presents "Across the Tracks," an energetic and eclectic dance production, this weekend at the Lincoln Center.
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Part of the Finding Home immigration series - sponsored by local arts group Beet Street - "Across the Tracks" is the tragic story of two teenagers with loyalties to warring ethnic gangs who find themselves falling in love.
Featuring a unique and diverse blend of dance styles, including ballet, jazz, street and social dances, "Across the Tracks" also features fight choreography based on a combination of different martial arts, Artistic Director Jessica V. Freestone said.
Freestone is collaborating with three local choreographers: Adam Yee, a third-degree black belt karate instructor and former dancer with CCB; and Peggy Lyle and Chris McCullough with Fort Collins swing dance troupe The Rhythm Company.
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