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Weekend highlights include a dance performance by Adelphi students, a dramatic look at the life of playwright Oscar Wilde and swinging tunes by the Ray Abrams Swing Band
Dance Performance
Paul Taylor Selections
Taylor 2, a unit of the Paul Taylor Dance Company, concludes its residency at Adelphi University with a restaging of selections from Paul Taylor’s signature pieces with Adelphi dancers. Audiences will enjoy seeing a new generation of dancers take on this master choreographer’s work. In addition to the honor of performing Taylor’s pieces, Adelphi Dancers will present a series of dances choreographed by Adelphi faculty, including Greg Askins’s new work, accompanied by live classical guitar.
Thursday and Friday, Nov. 4-5, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, Nov. 6, 2 and 8 p.m.; Sunday, Nov. 7, 2 p.m. $15 and $10. Adelphi University’s Olmsted Theatre, South Ave., Garden City. (516) 877-4000.
Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde
Moises Kaufman’s drama, presented by Nassau Community College’s Department of Theatre and Dance, chronicles Oscar Wilde’s real-world trial for “gross indecency” that captured the attention of Victorian society. Wilde, considered the greatest playwright and humorist of 19th-century London, faced three court trials stemming from a relationship with the handsome and much younger Lord Alfred Douglas, which led to his being charged with criminal acts of homosexuality. Drawing from real-life trial transcripts and Wilde’s words, the play looks at the eternal battle between art and morality while emphasizing the way that the powers-that-be try to exercise control over people’s private lives.
Thursday through Saturday, Nov. 4-6, 8 p.m.; Sunday, Nov. 7, 3 p.m. $9, $7 seniors. Nassau Community College’s Mainstage Theatre, Garden City. (516) 572-7676.
Swinging Sounds
Ray Abrams Big Swing Band
Groove to the beat when the Ray Abrams Big Swing Band visits the Elmont Memorial Library stage for an evening of swing and classic jazz. The 17 members of this acclaimed swing band consistently recreate the unforgettable hard swinging, finger snapping, toe tapping sounds of the greatest swing-bands of the ‘40s and ‘50s. Musical arrangements feature the band’s exceptional soloist, Tulivu-Donna Cumberbatch, performing swinging vocals and a fine selection of love ballads.
Saturday, Nov. 6, 7 p.m. Elmont Memorial Library, 700 Hempstead Tpke., Elmont.
(516) 354-5280.
