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"la danza del desierto" is Spanish for "The Dance of The Desert".
It is the opening movement of a larger work consisting of four parts composed entitled "The Arizona Suite" by Kevin Julien. It was written for "Piano Fusion"an Arizona based group incubated as an “Emerging Artist Group”, supported and incubated ten years ago at SNAP. They now perform regularly at the MIM, founded and led by virtuoso Pianist Diana Cobb. Originally conceived for 4 hands on 1 piano it needed to be rearranged for orchestra due to the challenges of social distancing arising from the Covid-19 Pandemic. The spectacular music video was filmed on location in Arizona with choreography by Bridgette Maria that includes Tango Argentino, Pasodoble, Flamenco and Waltz.
The 2020 City of Scottsdale Arts and Culture Covid-19 Relief Grant funding
Additional Funding provided through the Arizona Commission on the Arts.
The 2020 Federal CARES Act Funds provided relief to state arts organizations and gratefully also to SNAP.
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Trisha Hart Ditsworth, Vocal Instructor
Trisha Ditsworth is thrilled to be teaching voice lessons and audition coaching (voice and theatre) at Scottsdale Neighborhood Arts Place. She has taught lessons for the last 5 years and teaches ages 5 and up. She has the most experience coaching musical theatre, hence her BFA in Musical Theatre from The University of Arizona. Her teaching includes sight reading, basic theory, classical/legit style singing and belt/mix techniques. She has trained for over 15 years and continues her training with several local teachers including Christy Welty, Craig Bohmler, and Jeff Kennedy. She is an accomplished full-time musical theatre artist and singer, continuing her career here in Arizona with companies including Arizona Broadway Theatre, Phoenix Theatre Company, Childsplay, Showtune Productions, Lonely Street Productions, and TAD Management. For video, audio and theatre bio go to trishaditsworth.com. Feel free to reach out via her website if you are interested in lessons. Support local theatre!
