UB Prof Melanie Aceto Takes Her Dance Troupe on the Road This Summer

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Dance aficionados looking for something "UB" to do this summer may want to consider attending a performance by Melanie Aceto Contemporary Dance (MACD), which will be on the road in July and August.

The troupe, founded and directed by Aceto, assistant professor of theatre and dance at the University at Buffalo, will appear at the 2010 Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival in the Berkshires in July, followed by appearances at the Dance 2 Danse Festival in Toronto and a Vision of Sound Concert at the historic Jan Hus Presbyterian Church and neighborhood house on New York's Upper East Side.

For additional information, contact Aceto at melanieaceto@yahoo.com or 585-201-0656 or go to http://www.melanieacetocontemporarydance.com.

• MACD at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Becket, Mass.

Inside/Out Series, July 21, 6:15 p.m.

Free. Information: http://www.jacobspillow.org/

• MACD at Dance 2 Danse Festival, Toronto, Ont.

The Cabaret Series, Aug. 18, 9 p.m.

The Rivoli, 332 Queen St. West

$15 Tickets: http://www.totix.ca

• MACD at Dance 2 Danse Festival, Toronto, Ont.

D2D Duels Aug. 21, 4:40 p.m.

The Winchester Street Theatre, 80 Winchester St.

$15 Tickets: http://www.totix.ca

• MACD at Vision of Sound Concert of Live Music and Dance

Aug. 29, 1 p.m.

Jan Hus Presbyterian Church, 351 East 74th St., New York, N.Y.

Free. Information: 212-288-6743; greetings@janhus.org

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