The Southwest Washington Dance Center will host the 32nd annual Dance Festival Northwest at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 21.
Dance Festival Northwest brings dance companies from around the Pacific Northwest to the Centralia and Chehalis area, a news release from the dance center stated.
The dancers attend Master Dance Classes together as a group and then each individual company performs dance pieces that they have prepared at a performance at Corbet Theatre in Centralia.
This year will include diverse forms of dance, including contemporary and classical ballet on pointe, modern and contemporary dance, jazz, ballroom, tap and hip hop.
The host company is Southwest Washington Dance Ensemble from Chehalis, under the direction of Hollie McGovern.
For over 43 years, the Southwest Washington Dance Ensemble has operated in the Lewis County area. The Dance Ensemble has performed for audiences at the Lewis County Community Concerts, Miss Lewis County Pageant, The Nutcracker Ballet, Northwest Wind Symphony and the Merce Cunningham Tribute. They have also danced at Dancepalooza in Seattle, Dance to Make a Difference Charity Gala and Olympia Dance Festival. The ensemble also tours every spring with a production for elementary schools in greater Lewis County and South Thurston County, according to the release.
Visiting companies this year include:
• Ballet Northwest from Olympia
• Centralia Ballet Academy from Centralia
• Evergreen City Ballet from Renton
• Johansen Olympia Ballet Center from Olympia
• Olympic Ballroom Dance from Olympia
• Port Townsend Ballet from Port Townsend
• Seattle Civic Dance Theatre from Seattle
• Studio West Dance Theatre from Olympia
• Studio West Dance Academy from Olympia
• Trinity Dance Prosser, Prosser
• Vashon Dance Company from Vashon Island
• Southwest Washington Dance Ensemble from Chehalis
Tickets are available at www.swwdance.org or in person at Southwest Washington Dance Center, 437 N. Market Blvd., Chehalis. Tickets will also be available at the door if the event is not sold out.
Tickets are $25 for adults and $20 for seniors 62 and up, students, military and children under 18. Tickets for the livestream are also available for $20.
