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The InSPIRAtions Dance Company presents Cotton Club Moves

After acclaimed seasons at the Green Point Stadium and Port Elizabeth Opera House in July, the newly established InSPIRAtions Dance Company under the auspices of Dance for All, will present Adele Blank's sassy Cotton Club Moves at On Broadway from 13 August to 5 September 2009.
The InSPIRAtions Dance Company presents Cotton Club Moves

The production, with music by George Gershwin, Cole Porter and Duke Ellington amongst others, is set in the Cotton Club era and is both choreographed and directed by Adele Blank. It features the InSPIRAtions company members in various dance styles with guest artist Amos ‘Lollicat' Kitlele, formerly from Blank's Free Flight Dance Company , who will also provide the vocal element of the show.

The Cotton Club was a famous night club in New York City that operated bewteen the 20's and 40's. Whilst the chic club featured many of the greatest African American entertainers of the era, such as Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie and Nat King Cole, it also served as a chic meeting spot in the heart of Harlem, at which celebrities such as Mae West and Irving Berlin would appear.

Tickets cost R85 per person. Dinner is served from 18h30, and the show begins at 20h30. Guests only attending the show need to be seated by 20h00. For bookings please call 021 424 1194 or visit www.onbroadway.co.za.
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