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Repertory Company Theatre will offer a musical theatre dance class for performers and actors from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Mondays, Feb. 5, 12, 19 and 26, at the Promenade Theatre, 650 N. Coit Road, No. 2320.
Adults at intermediate and advanced levels can attend. Tuition is $50 a month. Cassie Parker, professional dancer and choreographer, will instruct the class.
To register, call 972-690-5029. For more information, visit www.rcttheatre.com.
Posted by Angela Chambers 
at 12:02 PM (E-mail this entry)
The Chinese New Year celebration bringing ancient East beauty with life in San Francisco will be held Sunday and Monday, Feb. 4 and 5, at the Charles W. Eisemann Center Hill Performance Hall, 2351 Performance Drive.
Celebrate the holiday season in a world of mythical dragons, heavenly maidens and exhilarating drummers. Sumptuous music, striking scenery and gorgeous costumes evoke the beauty and grandeur of ancient China in this unique and unforgettable production featuring an outstanding cast of international vocalists, musicians and classical Chinese dancers.
Show times are 7:30 p.m. Feb. 4 and 10 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Feb. 5. Students ages kindergarten through twelfth can see the show at noon Feb. 5.
Tickets range from $20 to $79. Call the Eisemann box office at 972-744-4650 or visit www.eisemanncenter.com. Group discounts are available.
Students, teachers or chaperons can purchase tickets for $10 for the noon show by calling 817-907-7563 or 214-682-7788.
For more information, visit http://shows.ntdtv.com.
Posted by Angela Chambers at 11:45 AM (E-mail this entry)
Paul Slack, CEO of WebDex Inc., will speak about Internet marketing at the National Association of Women Business Owners Collin and Denton Area Council meeting at 11:45 a.m. Monday at Holiday Inn Select, 1655 N. Central Expressway. For more information on cost and the program, call 214-428-7475.
Posted by Mark Macesich at 6:23 AM (E-mail this entry)
David Ariel, a Jewish mysticism author and president of Siegal College in Ohio, will present “Masters of Ecstasy: Hasidism and the Last Spiritual Revolution in Judaism” at 9 a.m. Sunday at Congregation Beth Torah, 720 Lookout Drive.
For more information and to make reservations, call Beth Torah at 972-234-1542 or visit www.congregationbethtorah.org.
Posted by Mark Macesich at 6:20 AM (E-mail this entry)
The Japan-America Society Mochitsuki New Year's Celebration, canceled in January due to bad weather, has been rescheduled for 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday in the cafeteria of Fujitsu Network Communications Inc., located at 2801 Telecom Parkway in Richardson. Admission to the event is $5 and free for children age 12 and under.
Mochitsuki is the pounding of Japanese sweet rice to make rice cakes, with a kine (mallet) and usu (mortar) used to pound the steamed mochi rice.
The festival will include live Japanese performances by Dallas Kiyari Daiko drummers, Cherry Blossom Chorus children’s choir, Tapioka teen girls’ band, and Yosakoi Dancers with lively folk dancing.
Other Japanese activities include kakizome, the first calligraphy of the New Year, New Year’s games for children, and cultural displays.
Guests can also sample green tea with anko (sweet bean paste), kinako (roasted soy bean powder) or nori (seaweed wrap with soy sauce).
The Japan-America Society of Dallas/Fort Worth is a non-profit organization founded in 1970 to foster U.S.-Japan relations in the metroplex through business, cultural and educational programs.
Posted by Mark Macesich at 5:00 AM (E-mail this entry)
