Zodiaque Dance Company to Perform Oct 18-22

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present Zodiaque Dance Company: "8-Dance Is," Oct. 18-22 in the Drama Theatre in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus. Performances will be held at 8 p.m. on Oct. 18-21 and 2 p.m. Oct. 21 and 22.

Zodiaque Dance Company, under the direction of Tom Ralabate, enters its 33rd season with "8-Dance Is." The company remains committed to creative exchanges among its members and guest choreographers and continues to offer audiences the thrill of university dancers performing a tremendous range of techniques and styles.

Choreographers include UB faculty members Melanie Aceto and Tressa Crehan; UB Young choreographer Richard Ashworth; and guest choreographers Joseph Celej, a UB graduate and member of Elisa Monte Dance Company; Joseph Cipolla, artistic director, Configuration; Leslie Wexler, artistic director, Buffalo Contemporary Dance; and Jody Dombrowski, a former Zodiaque member.

Aceto's choreography will be showcased by music composed by Mark Olivieri, a composer-in-residence at SUNY Brockport and Ph.D. candidate at UB. The new work will be performed live by guest artist Nicola Melville, a New Zealand-born concert pianist.

Tickets for Zodiaque Dance Company are $16 general, $8 for students and seniors. Tickets are available from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday in the Center for the Arts Box Office and all Ticketmaster locations, including Kaufmann's. To charge tickets, call 852-5000; in Canada, call 1-416-870-8000. For group sales, call 645-6771. For more information, call 645-ARTS. The Center for the Arts is a Ticketfast location. Students (of any school) must present valid student ID at the Center Box Office to receive this discount.