The other women in class curled dumbbells as they lunged. But Lindsay Macaleer put down her weights and instead gently rocked her double stroller to soothe her 2-year-old and 10-week-old sons. “I just want them to be quiet, so I’m modifying my workout,” whispered the Arlington, Va., resident, who was grateful to be back into her exercise routine at all. For Macaleer, 34, that’s three days a week taking either a Stroller Strides class, which combines high-intensity aerobics and strength-building moves, or Stroller Barre, which borrows sculpting techniques from ballet and Pilates.

Not surprisingly, Montalvo, 30, has programmed a signature work by Moses, 2008’s “Toward September,” and a commissioned duet from Amy Seiwert, The presence of a new work, which does not yet have a title, by the prolific Seiwert is likely to quicken the pulse of any dance lover, which is why Montalvo says, “As soon as I was offered this position, it was an easy decision to approach her.”, “Amy has always been making great work, It’s really hard to find someone with such a strong individual ballet aesthetic, She’s pushing boundaries while still holding on to technique, She has a wonderful way of showing her yellow and gray baby shower chevron invitation girls girl ballet ballerina tutu / personalized digital invitation printable desi individuality in all of her work.”..

A music educator, and the author of a number of jazz improvisation method books, Dave has also composed for Lucas Films copywork, the Dick Bright Orchestra, Foothill Community College and more. He’s got three of his own CDs out which includes “Full Circle – Take One” on Jazz Mind Label. Bendigkeit said they called the “Full Circle” record “Take One” because he, Nichols and Suraci did only one take of every song. “I met (Chet Atkins-style guitarist) Jim Nichols in the late ’70s,” Dave said of his Sunday afternoon band mate. “And Jim is world famous. I met him through Smith Dobson (a renowned South Bay pianist) at a club called Garden City in San Jose. I think it was a mob club because they paid us all this money!”.

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Smuin Contemporary Ballet “Dance Series 01”: With the news that Smuin just purchased an old Potrero Hill ballroom as a permanent home, the company is kicking off its 25th season on a note of confidence that’s amplified by this program. Set to music by R&B great Etta James, the acclaimed choreographer Trey McIntyre’s “Blue Until June” is the centerpiece of “01,” surrounded by two Michael Smuin favorites (“Schubert Scherzo” and “Eternal Idol”) and new works by company dancers Nicole Haskins, Ben Needham-Wood and Rex Wheeler developed in Smuin’s Choreography Showcase.