Quick Take
Dancers of a multitude of disciplines wowed audiences along Pacific Avenue last week, delivering everything from ballet and classical dance to hip-hop and folk styles on a gorgeous April evening.
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What a day last Thursday when downtown Santa Cruz attracted a few hundred people (and almost as many dancers) in the beginning of Santa Cruz Dance Week. If you weren’t there, you missed a chance to see the genuine diversity of dance styles that are practiced in Santa Cruz County, from ballet and classical dance, to hip-hop, to folk styles like the arresting Balinese style.
The dancing took place simultaneously on three separate stages, a short stroll from each other, on a breathtaking April afternoon, on the closed-off streets on the northern end of Pacific Avenue. It was all very intoxicating, a telling indication that after a pandemic slog and a punishing winter, maybe this capricious world is going to let us enjoy life a little after all.
