Plenty of performances to choose from this Valentine’s Day
Hear that tap-tap-tapping at your front door? That’s Cupid reminding you that Valentine’s Day is tomorrow.
Hopefully, your plans for the evening have already been made.
But just in case, Tucson’s arts community has a few performances in store:
Ballet Tucson
Ballet Tucson is transforming its annual Roots of Choreography show into a tiffany and co V-Day extravaganza this year.
The series, dubbed “Ballet Tucson ROCS III: Dances From the Heart” this year, is meant to showcase works created by company members and artists around Tucson.
The program will feature choreography by Amy Barr-Holm for members of the Thom Lewis Dance Company and by Ashley Bowman, a Ballet Tucson alumna earning her master’s in choreography from the University of Arizona. The evening will also include a performance by Pacific Northwest Ballet dancers Margaret Mullin and Andrew Bartee.
Patrons will be treated to champagne, chocolate and a chance to win jewelry for their significant other.
The event is at the intimate Temple of Music and Art, 330 S. Scott Ave. Tickets are $25, with discounts available. 903-1445.
Zuzi Dance Company
Modern-movement fans can catch Zuzi Dance Company’s youth night edition of its “Gotta Have pendants HeART! No Frills Dance Happenin’” on Saturday.
The evening, which may or may not sound at all romantic, will include performances by the hip-hop club from University High School, El Graves from the Human Project, acro yoga, belly dancers and the Utterback Middle School dance team. This in addition to performances by Zuzi company members and its “Many Limbs” youth aerial troupe.
Zuzi will host its adult choreographers showcase tonight at 7:30. The evening will feature works by The Human Project, Mirasol, The Movement Salon, Elizabeth Breck and Carie Schneider.
Saturday’s performance also begins at 7:30 p.m. Tickets for either show are $10. 629-0237.
Tucson Jazz Society
If music is more your thing, the Tucson Jazz Society is hosting smooth-jazz sax players Marion Meadows and Jessy J at the Loews Ventana Canyon Resort, 7000 N. Resort Drive.
Meadows lives in Phoenix, so it is not uncommon to see him playing Tucson. Jessy J, on the earrings other hand, brings a new flavor to the Old Pueblo.
Jessy grew up in California with a deep admiration for artists such as John Coltrane and Cannonball Adderley. She went to USC and earned a degree in jazz studies as well as the title of Most Outstanding Jazz Student in her class.
Her official career as an artist began on Valentine’s Day three years ago when she performed as part of guitarist Paul Brown’s band at a festival in Fresno.
Jessy has performed and recorded with the likes of Michael Buble, The Temptations and Jessica Simpson, as well as Mexican artists Gloria Trevi and Armando Manzanero.
Doors for the show open at 8 p.m. Tickets are $35, with discounts and specials available, through the Tucson Jazz Society, 903-1265.
Contact reporter Gerald M. Gay at 573-4137 or ggay@azstarnet.com.