COMMUNITY BRIEFS
By Daily Press staff
Santa Monica College students will join more than 40 students from several area high schools — all dual-enrollment students who are taught by SMC professors — in a concert Dec. 5 that will feature Mexican, Brazilian, ballet and Salsa dance.
Performing will be Folklórico de SMC — the acclaimed multi-cultural student dance company that has performed throughout California and Mexico — along with dance students from Santa Monica, Gardena and Hamilton high schools, as well as the Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies (LACES). This is the first time that dual-enrollment high school students will be performing with SMC.
The program will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 5, at Morgan-Wixson Theater, 2627 Pico Blvd. Tickets are $10. Call (310) 434-4856 or (310) 434-4594.
From Mexico, dances from several regions — Veracruz, Sonora, Chihuahua, Durango, Sinaloa and Jalisco — will be featured.
Folklórico de SMC is under the direction of Judith Douglas. The SMC professors teaching in the high schools — whose students get both high school and college credit for their classes — are Raquel Ramirez at Gardena, Linda Yudin at Hamilton, Laura Canellias at LACES and Angelina Meany at Santa Monica.
SMC’s dual-enrollment program is offered at 14 high schools in the Los Angeles area, as well as the Museum of Contemporary Art, which has a partnership program with several high schools. In addition to dance, the dual-enrollment program offers college-level courses in art, English, speech, music and psychology.
The acclaimed Folklórico de SMC — with its performances, music and costumes — seeks to train performers, educate audiences, and disseminate information about the rich history and lore of Latino and other cultures.
The troupe has toured extensively throughout Mexico and California for more than 15 years at schools, festivals and special events.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on November 19, 2004. Read the original PDF.