SMC’s Global Motion World Dance Company to Perform Nov. 8-9 at The Eli & Edythe Broad Stage

SMC’s Global Motion World Dance Company to Perform Nov. 8-9 at The Eli & Edythe Broad Stage

Performance Features a Work by SMC Alumna Choreographer Jade Lelievre

SANTA MONICA, CA — The Santa Monica College (SMC) Global Motion World Dance Company is proud to present its fall 2025 performance of dances from around the world. Performances are on Saturday, Nov. 8, and Sunday, Nov. 9, at 7:30 p.m. in The Eli & Edythe Broad Stage at the SMC Performing Arts Center, 1310 11th Street (at Santa Monica Boulevard), Santa Monica. SMC students will present the excitement and diverse beauty of cultures through showcasing traditional and contemporary World Dance styles — including West African, Flamenco, Ballet, Asian, Hawaiian, Mexican Folklórico, Salsa, and more.

The performance includes a work by French dancer and choreographer Jade Lelievre, who grew up in Paris and began her path as a ballet dancer and trained at the Conservatory of Boulogne-Billancourt. At 18, Lelievre moved to Los Angeles to pursue her dream of becoming a professional dancer. She earned her Associate degree in Dance at Santa Monica College, where she was introduced to contemporary and world dances, performing with both SMC companies — Synapse Contemporary Dance Theater and Global Motion World Dance Company — as well as Kybele Dance Theater, founded and choreographed by Seda Aybay. Today, Lelievre continues to grow as both a concert and commercial dancer, while developing her own somatic healing practice. Her work is dedicated to creating spaces where movement becomes a path to transformation and self-discovery.

Advance tickets are $20 for general admission (a modest service charge applies) and may be purchased online at smc.edu/tickets or by calling 310-434-3005 (Monday-Friday; limited hours). Tickets may also be purchased on the day of the performance for $23 (a modest service charge applies) at The Broad Stage Box Office at the SMC Performing Arts Center. Free parking on premises. Seating is strictly on a first-arrival basis.

Global Motion World Dance Company was founded over 50 years ago by Judith Douglas, former chair of the SMC Dance Department, to bring knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of the diverse beauty of dance throughout the world, and to give SMC students the essential experience of working with choreographers and performing as a professional company, on a professional stage.

The SMC Dance Department uses The Eli & Edythe Broad Stage — including the stage and lighting crew and support staff — for performances. Costumes are handmade each season by professional costumer Patricia Oliva.

Global Motion is under the artistic direction of Raquel Ramirez and Sri Susilowati. Ramirez is a dance professor at SMC and the founder and director of a folklórico performance group dedicated to supporting the traditions and cultures of Mexico. Susilowati, originally from Indonesia, creates and performs traditional and contemporary works that focus on community, gender, and ethnicity.

Faculty choreographers are Laura Canellias (Salsa), Keali’i Ceballos (Hawaiian, Viennese Waltz), Angela Jordan (West African), Raquel Ramirez (Mexican Folklórico – Veracruz), and Sri Susilowati (Indonesian – Zapin).

Guest choreographers are Jade Lelievre (Contemporary Ballet) and Amayah Woodard (Hip Hop).

SMC dance students audition to choreograph pieces for Global Motion. This spring’s student choreographers are Lyric Limqueco (Hip Hop), Venice West Gonzales (Martial Arts), Sonny Lira, and Mar Marroquin (American Musical Theatre Jazz).

SMC’s Global Motion World Dance Company has toured extensively and performed at schools, festivals, and special events throughout California and Mexico for more than 40 years, and has also performed in Beijing, China; Bracciano, Italy; Santiago, Chile; Lloret de Mar, Spain; and Paris, France.

More information is available at smc.edu/dance or by calling 310-434-8763. All performances subject to change or cancellation without notice.

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