Photo essay: Dancing in the fall

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The Pierce College Performing Arts Complex Main Stage hosted the mixture of dancing arts, ‘Melange,’ Nov. 12 and 13, 2011.

Before the curtain rose dancers and musicians readied themselves by stretching and tuning their instruments.

Showtime arrived and each performance transported the audience to a different place in the world.

From Bulgaria, where the performers wore leather shoes, called “opanki,” to Hawaii in the 1970’s and a mountainous region that separates Europe from Asia, performers enchanted and entertained. The Pierce College Dance Theatre is solely supported through concert sales, off campus performances and other means of revenue.

"IMAIJ" is a process of transformation of some finding roots of humanity.

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Jenny Quezada Ghiglia is the soloist during a dance referred to as Chuy.

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Sarah Siskin and her partner Distin Daiidi during their performance of "Thackeray," choreographed by Denise Gibson.

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Vortex is done to a mix of various artists' music and choreographed by Walter Moran.

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Presentation of flowers by the cast to Marian S. Weiser, director of the Dance Theatre.

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