A host of the area’s diverse dance companies are uniting for the second weekend of DanceCincinnati 2014 at the Aronoff Center’s Jarson-Kaplan Theater. Now in its sixth year, the mini-festival of pre-professional and professional companies offers a broad range of dance delights, from classical ballet to contemporary. The brainchild of de la Dance Company (and its affiliated school) directors Mario de la Nuez and Meridith Benson, a sample of this weekend’s lineup includes ballet tech ohio, Demetrius Klein, MamLuft&Co. Dance (Friday only), de la Dance Company performing a new work choreographed by Diane Germaine and others.
8 p.m. Friday and Saturday. $33.25-$37.25. Aronoff Center, 650 Walnut St., Downtown, 513-621-ARTS, cincinnatiarts.org.
This article appears in Apr 2-8, 2014.