Email your item to alamedanews@bayareanewsgroup.com or mail to Alameda Journal, 1516 Oak St., suite 105, Alameda CA 94501. Please submit your item two weeks before event date. “Footloose” at AHS. The Alameda High School Theater Department presents their spring musical, “Footloose,” filled with dancing, fun and songs new and old. 8 p.m. March 4, 5, 10, 11, 12 and 2 p.m. March 6. Hofman Auditorium, 2000 Central Ave., Alameda. $20 general. $15 students. www.alameda. A Wilde Victorian Ball. The Green Carnation Ball, a grand Victorian ball in honor of the genius and wit of Oscar Wilde, starts off with a dance lesson and continues with live late Victorian ballroom dance music, a no host bar, a light snack buffet, an elegant artists’ salon, and theatrical performances directed by Wilde himself. Late Victorian costume, romantic attire, or modern evening dress admired, but not required. 7 p.m. March 5. Alameda Elks Lodge, 2255 Santa Clara Ave., Alameda. $25. 510-522-1731, www.peersdance.org.
Then check out “Aerial Ice Extreme,” the cool new show at California’s Great America theme park in Santa Clara, The ambitious production is a mix of ice skating, aerial acrobatics and theatrics, It features Aerial Ice, the high-flying troupe that competed on season eight of NBC-TV’s “America’s Got Talent.”, Aerial Ice made 3-d ballet dancer's leg warmers & ballet shoes refrigerator magnet quite a splash on “America’s Got Talent.” The troupe received solid reviews from judges Howard Stern, Heidi Klum, Mel B, and Howie Mandel, Aerial Ice made it all the way to the quarterfinals of “America’s Got Talent.”..
Not every group involves choreography, but many body music practices represented at the IBMF are inextricably intertwined with organized movement that fits comfortably in the world of dance. “Éric Beaudry does perform seated, but it’s a Quebecois art form where they just wail with their feet,” says Keith Terry, the festival’s founder and artist director. “He doesn’t move in space, but it’s definitely dance.”. Presented in association with Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, the International Body Music Festival runs Monday through Nov. 6 at locations around the Bay Area. Beyond the two showcase performances Nov. 3-5 at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Forum (and a Nov. 6 family matinee), the festival includes teacher trainings and workshops for adults and teens in San Francisco and Oakland, a panel discussion and master class at UC Berkeley, a body music open mic at Amnesia in San Francisco, and Berkeley and Oakland in-school assemblies.
TheatreWorks, “Of Mice and Men.” By John Steinbeck, Directed by Robert Kelley, Featuring AJ Meijer as “Lennie” and Jos Viramontes as “George.” Previews April 4-6, Opens April 7, Through April 29, TheatreWorks at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St., Mountain View, $19-$69, 650-463-1960 or theatreworks.org, Bus Barn 3-d ballet dancer's leg warmers & ballet shoes refrigerator magnet Theater, “The Government Inspector.” Adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher from the original by Nikolai Gogol, April 12 through May 5, Bus Barn Theater, 97 Hillview Ave., Los Altos, $24-32, 650-941-0551 or www.busbarn.org..
Bay Shore Lyric Opera, “Hansel and Gretel,” Saratoga Civic Theater, 13777 Fruitvale Ave., Saratoga. Enjoy a family-friendly, English language version of the fairy tale opera adapted to 80 minutes. 6 and 8 p.m. Also 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Dec. 14. $10-$16 at brownpapertickets.com. Symphony Silicon Valley Chorale’s 10th annual “Carols in the California,” California Theatre, 345 S. First St., San Jose. Come for the traditional sing-along of your favorite carols and a performance of John Rutter’s “Magnificat.” 7 p.m. $26 and $36 at symphonysiliconvalley.org or 408.286.2600.