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# R Dance Company presents Freedom Dances at Highways Performance Space
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/042106-story-20060421-3/
- Published: 2006-04-21T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T17:38:53.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Entertainment, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Daily Press staff*

A local dance troupe is inviting members of the public to come see what’s shaking. The R Dance Company is now showing Freedom Dances, a tribute to the tenacity and strength of the human spirit. Artistic directors/choreographers Roberta Wolin- Manker and Robert Whidbee are joined by Meri Bender, Ola Hudson, Kathryn Rossum and special guests Marion Scott with Craig Ng for dance and poetry.

Roberta Wolin-Manker, nominated for two Lester Horton Awards, premieres “Freedom Suite;” Robert Whidbee, second place winner in the William Couser Black Choreographer Awards, presents “Eternity;” and Marion Scott, now 83, recipient of the Lester Horton Lifetime Achievement Award in Dance, premieres “Into the Light” with Craig Ng.

The show is being held at 8:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, April 28 and 29, and at 2 p.m. on Sunday, April 30, at the Highways Performance Space, 1651 18th St., one block north of Olympic Boulevard.

Tickets are $16 for adults, $14 for students. For reservations, call (310) 315-1459\. Treasure film to be featured at fest

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on April 21, 2006.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/042106.pdf?ref=smdp.com)