Mark Morris Dance Group

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Paramount Theatre Daily from Fri., May 16 until Sun., May 18, 8:00pm

Last week, a group of scholars spent an enjoyable evening picking apart the different elements of Mark Morris’ L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato—the original poems by John Milton and the score that George Frederic Handel set to them; the evocative illustrations by William Blake and their analogue to the choreography; and the place that the work holds in Morris’ development. All fascinating topics, but in the end, all of them less satisfying than the dance itself. Using some of the simplest movements, Morris has his cast run and skip, slide, and sway through an ideal world. As critic and SW alum Roger Downey pointed out, Mark Morris uses steps that everyone in the audience would know, to create the sublime. Paramount Theatre, 911 Pine St., 467-5510, www.theparamount.com. $35–$75. 8 p.m. (Also: 8 p.m. Sat., May 17; 2 p.m. Sun., May 18.) SANDRA KURTZ

International Ballet Theatre

Giselle, starring Natalia Toriashvilli and Yuri Andreev from the St. Petersburg State Academic Theatre of Ballet.

Meydenbauer Center

$20-$45. Thu., May 15, 7:30pmFri., May 16, 7:30pmSat., May 17, 2:00pmSat., May 17, 7:30pmSun., May 18, 2:00pm

Emerald City Contra Dance

Participatory dance (all dances taught, no partner necessary) each Friday. No dance May 23 (se them at Folklife). Beginners at 7 p.m., dance at 7:30.

Phinney Neighborhood Center

$4-$7. Every week Friday, 7:30pm

Rain Country

GLBT country-western dance, no partner necessary, with lessons in two-step, country waltz, West Coast Swing, and various levels of line dance. At the Cuff, 1533 13th Ave., on Fridays (lessons 7:30 p.m., open dance 8:30 p.m.), and at Swank, 24437 Russell Rd., Kent, on Mondays (7 p.m.).

Various locations

Every week Monday, Friday

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