EVENT: OCCC-Cruz/Calderon Primeau Concert
DATE: Jan. 26
What better way to warm up on a cold January night than with the Latin sounds of guitarist Edgar Cruz alongside the dance talent of Shannon Calderon Primeau? Order your tickets now as the two will present an extraordinary evening of guitar and Latin dance on stage at OCCC, Tuesday, Jan. 26 as part of the college’s Cultural Arts Series.
Latin music lovers are sure to enjoy the performance beginning at 7 p.m. in the Bruce Owen Theater on the OCCC campus.
Named Oklahoma’s Top Performing Artist and Acoustic Guitarist for over ten years by the Oklahoma Gazette, Edgar Cruz thrills audiences everywhere with his precision, speed and command of the instrument. With Shannon Calderon Primeau’s critical dance acclaim, this collaboration has become known as one of Oklahoma’s favorite performances, not to be missed.
Performing over 200 live shows annually, Cruz collaborates with other industry luminaries, orchestras and flamenco dance troupes, and is known for delivering an array of genres, from Latin to classical, and rock to jazz.
Entertaining with Cruz, Shannon Calderon Primeau is the director and owner of Everything Goes Dance Studio, and director of the Las Americas Dance Troupe. Dancing since the age of three, Primeau studied ballet, pointe, tap, jazz and flamenco under Jimmie & Carol Crowell. She also studied flamenco and folkloric in Mexico with El Arca, and tap and jazz in Los Angeles with Patsye Swayze, and flamenco greats Lydia Torea, Jose Junco and Adela Clara.
Shannon was honored as one of Oklahoma's official Artists in Residence and is an instructor with the National Endowment for the Arts Creative Communities program.
Tickets for the 2009-2010 Cultural Arts Series performances are still available. For more information on tickets, please call the Cultural Programs office at (405) 682-7579, or visit www.occc.edu/cas.
Special thanks to the following for support of the 2009-2010 Cultural Art Series: Oklahoma Arts Council, Mid-America Arts Alliance, National Endowment for the Arts, Classical Radio KCSC 90.1, Kirkpatrick Family Fun and the Ad Astra Foundation.