RoCo Dance Celebrates 20th Anniversary With New Original Dance Production, PETER

PETER is a surreal fantasy bridging the old world with the new and into the future. Each chapter of the story is stylized though genres of dance by introducing ballet, modern, hip hop, jazz and break dancing. RoCo narrates PETER through dynamic movement, video projection, original music score, costumes and unique light design. Performers include selected upper level dancers from RoCo Dance's teen program. The first half of each evening will open with its own separate showing of "RoCo Dance Onstage", which will showcase dances of all genres and age groups. This performance will include RoCo's youth dancers that are not performing in the main production. RoCo's PETER performance will begin after intermission.

PETER is directed by Annie Rosenthal Parr with original music composed by Beth Custer and costume design by Molly DeVries. Choreographic collaborators include acclaimed bay area artists such as Christine Cali, Joe Gray, Miles Kenedi, Jennifer Meek, Melinda Neal, Helen Nowik, Gabrielle Thompson, Casey Thorne, Kate Vigmostad and Meegan Herstensteiner.

Tickets are $18 (rows 30 - 34), and $23 general seating and can be ordered through the Marin Center Box Office at 415-473-6800 or visit www.marincenter.org.

When: Friday, June 1 at 7 p.m., and Saturday, June 2, at 6 p.m.

Where: Marin Veterans' Memorial Auditorium, 10 Avenue of the Flags at Civic Center Drive in San Rafael, CA 94903.

What: To celebrate their 20th anniversary, RoCo Dance is presenting a new original dance production entitledPETER, a modern twist on the classic story of Peter Pan.