Benita Bike's DanceArt — 45th Season Shows

Benita Bike’s DanceArt marks its 45th season this weekend with two Pasadena performances built around chamber modern dance and a new anniversary program. (lineagepac.org) The shows are set for Saturday, April 25, at 8 p.m. and Sunday, April 26, at 3 p.m. at Lineage Performing Arts Center, 920 E. Mountain Street in Pasadena. (lineagepac.org) Tickets are listed from $25 to $45 on the venue and ticketing pages, while LAist’s weekend guide rounds the general admission price to about $40. (lineagepac.org) (laist.com) The anniversary program pulls together works made between 2017 and 2026, including a premiere set to gamelan music and an original composition by Dean Wallraff. (eventbrite.com) Other pieces on the bill include *From Where I Sit*, *Aspects of Me*, *Schoenfield Dances* and *Benches*, a lineup that mixes character studies, solos, duets and group scenes. (eventbrite.com) Benita Bike’s DanceArt describes itself as a company focused on modern dance, with a mission that pairs performance with education about how modern dance uses movement. (danceart.org) That history stretches back four and a half decades, and the company’s own site is now promoting the concert under the banner “45 Years of Dancing & Still More to Come!” (danceart.org) The Pasadena venue also carries its own link to the company: Lineage founder Hilary Thomas previously danced with Bike’s company before building Lineage Dance into the present-day Lineage Performing Arts Center. (pasadenanow.com) For audiences this weekend, that means an anniversary concert by a five-member Los Angeles chamber company on a Pasadena stage with ties to its past. (dance-enthusiast.com)