HH11 Dance Festival

February 16 through 19, 2017

Nebula dance Lab presents

HH11 Dance Festival

Presented by Nebula Dance Lab, HH11 Dance Festival is an annual dance festival in its 3rd year, showcasing 37 works within three unique shows, plus 5 additional performances featured at the Thursday Festival welcome reception including the Apogee Awards honoring Dance Education & Youth. HH11 strives to bring together international & national artists both emerging and established in three professional-quality performances. Each show is unique featuring a diverse representation of professional dance works. Styles featured this year include contemporary ballet, jazz, tap, modern, classic indian, and new this year hip-hop/street style. Don't miss any of these amazing performances!

Thursday February 16th - Welcome Reception/Apogee Awards 

Free to the Public. An evening kicking off the HHII Festival, highlighting and honoring Dance Education & Youth. The Apogee Awards revamped for 2017 will honor dance professionals dedicating their lives to educating the next generation of artists. The awards will also highlight and honor one youth artist with the first ever scholarship by the Apogee Award program.

Throughout the evening you will be treated to performances by several youth companies as well as professional dance artists. Featured performances include: 

State Street Ballet Young Dancers, Santa Barbara

The Dance Network, Teen Dance Company, Santa Barbara

Watson Dance, Los Angeles

Panther Dance Company, Peabody Charter School, SB

Allan Hancock College Dance Company, SM

Join us as we celebrate Dance Education & Youth!

Friday February 17th

Santa Barbara City College Dance Company [SB]; Until East Meets West by Shelby Lynn Joyce 

Alyssa Casey [WA]; Squatch! 

Lyndsay Lewis [WI]; this digging reminds you 

Shieldwall Dance Company [LA]; 5 Women With Big Balls 

Peter & Co. [SF]; Interstice 

Nebula Dance Lab [SB]; Rogue Planets by Meredith Cabaniss

Robin Bisio Films [SB]; Aphrodite's Wave 

R.ED - Rhapsody En Dance [NY]; SPEAK 

FUSE Dance Company [LA]; Pictoral Maxim 

Kelli Forman [SB]; Imprints 

Shieldwall Dance Company [LA]; Bells for the Blind 

FELEDI Project [Budapest, Hungary]; Idők folyamán / In the Course of Time 

Saturday February 18th

Santa Barbara City College Dance Company [SB]; We Are Made of Stars by Weslie Ching 

The Dance Network [SB]; Bumble Rumble 

Peter & Co. [SF]; Transverse Course 

Kiruthika Rathanaswami [Canada]; Thillana 

Eternity Dance Theatre Company [LA]; Sankofa 

Hannah Ruth Brothers [SB]; Movin for Miles 

Irishia Hubbard [LA]; Driven by the Bass 

Robin Conrad [LA]; We became by the way of loss

Jessica Kondrath | THE MOVEMENT [LB]; Feed the Material Back Out of the Machine 

The Dance Network [SB]; Slumber Party 

Project 21 Dance [LA]; A Matter of Time 

SELAH Dance Collective [SB]; Endgame 

Kelli Forman [SB]; Imprints 

Weslie Ching Dance [SB}; The Enterity of Us 

Sunday February 19th

FUSE Dance Company [LA]; White Lies 

Robin Conrad [LA]; T(w)o Still Becoming

Ashley Kohler Reynolds [SB]; Here Again 

Santa Ana College Dance [Orange, CA]; outLook by Leann Alduenda 

SOULSkin Dance Company [Fairfax, CA]; Rock Steady - An excerpt from A Pop Culture Journey Part 2: From Funk to Punk 

Carisa Carroll [SB];Sticks & Stones 

Mauricio Vera [SB]; Dear Childhood... 

re|Dance Group [IL]; The Mysterious Disappearance of the Second Youngest Sister 

ArtBark International [SB]; What’s the Solution?  

Alyssa Mitchel (SF); Reroute

Santa Barbara City College Dance Company [SB]; passing, pausa, gap by dannah bella

Irishia Hubbard [LA]; Sacred Matters

Get your festival pass and participate in the rich experience the HHII Dance Festival provides [passes are transferable]. VIP Festival passes are available for patrons interested in early entry, a complimentary beverage, and the opportunity to personally select and reserve your seat prior to the show [early VIP entry is half hour prior to showtime, General entry is 15 minutes prior to showtime].

"HHII Dance Festival reaches for the stars..." The Santa Barbara Independent

"International & National artists under one roof, three unique performances, 30+ dance works, across three days...exhilarating" Devyn Duex, Founder/Artistic Director | Nebula Dance Lab

"Galaxy of Dance: HHII Dance Fest promises three days of new and recent work" Santa Barbara News-Press

February 16th Evening Reception &Apogee Awards honoring Dance Education & Youth 7pm [Tickets for this performance are free, however donations to help defer the costs of the show are encouraged and deeply appreciated. You can purchase a regular ticket instead of the comp ticket, or add a donation when you get your ticket in person or online, and mention that you would like the donation to go to Nebula Dance. If you are purchasing online you can leave this note in the comment section. THANKS!] 

TIMES: Thursday, February 16, at 7:00 P.M. SOLD OUT

TIMES: Friday, February 17, at 8:00 P.M. 

TIMES: Saturday, February 18, at 8:00 P.M. 

TIMES: Sunday, February 19, at 2:00 P.M.

TICKETS: $23 general, $16 student, $55 Festival Pass, $65 VIP Festival Pass (includes preferred seating, and complimentary beverage at each performance)

All seating is general admission. All ticket sales are final at the time of purchase. There are no refunds or exchanges. For all performances late seating is on a limited basis, or is not allowed at all once the performance begins. Please plan your arrival time accordingly.

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