DANCE FEVER

Dance companies
from Brooklyn and beyond will kick up their heels in Von King
Park as part of the CityParks Dance program on Aug. 12 and 19.



Two of the troupes – Urban Bush Women and Creative Outlet Dance
Theater of Brooklyn – are homegrown talent, based in Fort Greene.



The Urban Bush Women will stage "Rocking with Pearl: Africa
Diaries." The unique UBW piece tells the true story of Pearl
Primus, a choreographer and social activist who traveled to Africa
and brought back an original native dance to America, said UBW
Managing Director Amy Cassello.



"It’s very lyrical," Cassello said. "And it includes
readings from Pearl’s diaries about her experiences in Africa."



Creative Outlet Dance Theater, known for interpreting socio-cultural
issues through poetry, song and dance, "will be performing
’Forves,’" said Norva Alleyne, the company manager. "It
incorporates the New Orleans tragedy with mother nature, earth,
water and rain through modern dance infused with a little African."



Also performing are Manhattan’s Nicholasleichterdance (pictured)
and a hip-hop import from Cleveland, Illstyle & Peace Productions.



See the Urban Bush Women and Illstyle & Peace Productions
on Aug. 12 and Nicholasleichterdance and Creative Outlet Dance
Theater of Brooklyn on Aug. 19 at Von King Park (Greene Street
and Marcy Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant) at 3 pm. All performances
are free and open to the public. For more information, visit
www.cityparksfoundation.org
or call (212) 360-8290.