Annual Young Dance Concert Friday

Dancers as young as two through 60 years, who are members of the Texas A&M International University Young Dancer Program and students of the TAMIU Ballet Folklórico Juvenil will be featured at the annual TAMIU Young Dancer Christmas Recital Friday, Dec. 12 at 7 p.m. at the Center for the Fine and Performing Arts’ (CFPA) Recital Hall.

This event is free and open to the public.

Highlights from the program include excerpts from Tchaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker” and traditional holiday favorites.

The songs will be performed to a variety of different types of dances from pointe, ballet, jazz, hip-hop, folklórico to flamenco.

The Young Dancer Program is a community-based program that holds classes from September-May, offering children ages two to 11 a combination class including ballet, tap and Spanish dance and Teen/Adult classes in ballet, tap, jazz and Spanish dance.

For more information, please contact Bede Leyendecker, chair, department of fine and performing arts, at 326.2649, e-mail bleyendecker@tamiu.edu or visit offices in CFPA 217.

University office hours are 8 a.m. – 5 p.m., Monday – Friday.

Journalists who need additional information or help with media requests and interviews should contact the Office of Public Relations, Marketing and Information Services at prmis@tamiu.edu