The Gold Canyon Arts Council presents "Footworks Percussive Dance Ensemble” on Friday, Nov. 13, 2015, at 7:30 p.m. at the Gold Canyon United Methodist Church, 6640 S. Kings Ranch Road, Gold Canyon, AZ.

“Footworks Percussive Dance Ensemble”, with their signature show, “Incredible Feets”, presents the world of percussive dance with the stepdances of Ireland, England, and Canada, the clogging of Southern Appalachia, and the jazz tap, hoofin’, and hambonin’ of the American South. 

"The sheer rhythmic and visual magic of Footworks…kicking out a dazzling array of hardshoe clogging routines from around the world, match breathtaking physical talents with brilliantly imaginative choreography.”   The Scotsman, Scotland's National Newspaper

  Under the direction of artistic director, Eileen Carson, a NEA Choreography Fellow. the dance troupe has performed throughout the world in diverse venues such as:

* London, England, as guest artists with “Riverdance”

* The Kennedy Center, performing “Steps and Stripes”, for the 200th Anniversary of “The Star Spangled Banner”

* Opening of the 25th Annual International Bluegrass Awards

"Footworks presents beat-based folk dance as a continuum of good old-fashioned inventiveness and ingenuity.  The vigor of the choreography and the eruptive joy of Footworks' dancers are as contagious as laughter".  The Washington Post

Purchase advance adult tickets for $25, and students for $5 at Canyon Rose Storage, 6405 S. Kings Ranch Rd., Gold Canyon, and at the Apache Junction Chamber of Commerce office on the Apache Trail.  Adult tickets at the door are $30.  Also, order via PayPal on our Canyon Sounds website  http://www.gcac1.com/cynsnds.html. 

  The Gold Canyon Arts Council, a non-profit organization, promotes the performing and visual arts through its Canyon Sounds Artist Series.  More about the organization can be found at www.gcac1.com. The Council is supported in part by grants from the Arizona Commission on the Arts, Western States Arts Federation, the National Endowment for the Arts, local corporations, and businesses.

Want a little preview of the group? Go online to https://youtu.be/TfBSldxW8lU to see an overview of Steps and Stripes, a production from Footworks Percussive Dance Ensemble in celebration of the bicentennial of the Star Spangled Banner, written in Baltimore, Maryland.

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