Bay Area troupe brings dance diversity

The New Style Motherlode Dance Company

The New Style Motherlode Dance Company will bring its eclectic mix of dance styles to Sacramento State March 9 to 12 as part of the American College Dance Festival on campus. Performances will be at 8 p.m., Thursday, Friday and Saturday, March 9, 10 and 11 and 2 p.m., Sunday, March 12, in Solano Hall 1010.

The Oakland-based troupe’s visit is one of a variety of art, music, theater and dance events during the University’s 14th annual Festival of the Arts, March 2-12.

New Style Motherlode directors Corey Action and Teela Shine Ross created the company in 1997 to fuse hip-hop, jazz, ballet, modern and theatrical themes. The culturally diverse dance group was designed to promote self-expression, cultural relativity, training and education through dance.

The event is sponsored by Sacramento State’s Department of Theatre and Dance and S/BAD, Sacramento Black Art of Dance.

Tickets are $18 general, $15 for students and seniors, and $12 for children and are available at the Sacramento State Ticket Office at 278-4323 or at Tickets.com.

For more information, contact the Theatre and Dance department at 278-6702 or www.csus.edu/dram.