ChinaCat Dance Presents Aquaria

Dates: December 12 and 13

Time: 8pm

Location: Rice Recreation Center Dance Theater in the Gibbs Recreation Center at Rice University

Tickets: $10 general admission, $7 seniors, students, and children
For more information please visit http://chinacatdance.com or e-mail chinacatdance@yahoo.com

ChinaCat Dance presents Aquaria, a fantasy world where urchins wear tutus and fish dance ballet, December 12 and 13 at Rice Recreation Center Dance Theater. You’ve seen them do fire, now you can watch the Cats tackle the water as they become mermaids, fish, jellies, octopi, and a range of fanciful denizens of the deep. Always inspired by animals, artistic director Maggie Lasher now takes the ChinaCats somewhere they have never been before by merging dance, theater, costuming and puppetry to create this watery realm. Aquaria is supported by the Rice Dance Program, a division of the Barbara and David Gibbs Recreation Department at Rice University, and was the winner of the Best Costume/Design award in the 2013 Houston Fringe Festival.

Artistic Director: Maggie Lasher

Choreography: Maggie and the Cats

Costumes: Maggie Lasher

Technical Direction and Design: Nicholas Abrams and Andy Karavitis

Performers: Courtney Allen, Brittany Barnett, Jilianne Barzilla, Jessica Ledford, Lyndsay Lunsmann, Cindy Lou Parker, Brian Ponce, Elissa Turner

About the Artistic Director/Choreographer

Maggie Lasher has been involved in dance and the performing arts her entire life. She has obtained dance degrees from the University of Wyoming, Case Western Reserve University, and Sam Houston State University, danced in works by David Dorfmann, Martha Graham, and Pascal Rioult, and performed with regional companies in Arizona, Colorado, Ohio, and Texas. Maggie has presented her choreography at ACDF as well as with local companies, universities, and community groups. In addition to choreography, Maggie has taught at a number of colleges and is currently Professor of Dance at Houston Community College. In 2013 Houston Press named Maggie one of the 100 Creatives.