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Dressed in Marion Williams’ sepia toned costumes and beautifully lit by Michael T. Ford, the ensemble resembled a Greek chorus whose twisting limbs, soaring arches and aching backbends told the real story. In whimsical contrast, Trey McIntyre’s “Oh, Inverted World,” first premiered by Smuin in 2010, ended the program like a wacky day at the beach after a trauma. Set to hummable tunes by the Shins and costumed in Sandra Woodall’s gym shorts for the men and shorts and tank tops for the women, the work came off Saturday as a witty romp full of melting limbs that rendered the group a kind of blind centipede, able to shrink and expand organically. It’s a dance too thin for a stage like Zellerbach’s, but sized right for the Lesher, where its sweetness and humor hit the audience like welcomed bursts of summer air.

Tickets are $35, For information on showtimes and dates, call 925-943-7469 or visit www.lesherartscenter.org, Volunteer Information Day at Bedford Gallery, All interested community members are invited to learn ballet slippers at target about volunteer opportunities at the Bedford Gallery from 10 a.m, to noon Monday, May 4, Visitors can talk to current volunteers, meet curator Carrie Lederer, have refreshments and browse the current show, “Blow Up: Inflatable Contemporary Art,” and enter for a chance to win door prizes..

Sacred Music of East and West: Slavyanka Men’s Chorus and Salvyanka Women Singers perform Theodore Dubois’ cantata “The Seven Last Words of Christ” and Russian sacred choral compositions. March 25, 7 p.m. $15 general/$12 students and seniors. St. Leo the Great, 88 Race St., San Jose. slavyanka.org. Sing with Mission Valley Chorus: Are you a woman who loves to sing? Do you want to experience the joy of singing every week? The Mission Valley Chorus invites you sing with them. Visit any Tuesday, 7:15-10 p.m., at Nordahl Hall, 580 West Parr Ave., Los Gatos. For questions or more information, call 408-821-1198 or visit: missionvalley.org.

For this year’s program Seiwert invited New York-based choreographers Jennifer Archibald and Gabrielle Lamb to join her in creating new work for Imagery’s eight dancers, Archibald’s choreography is fusion cuisine, She hails from Toronto, where she says “being classically trained was really important to my parents, When I was ballet slippers at target in college I was doing a lot of hip-hop in the club scene and belonged to a crew before I moved to New York, That urban aesthetic has always been a really strong voice within my classical technique training.”..

Group dance number two — Aaron, Jasmine, Fik-Shun, Amy, Alexis, Tucker and Paul. This contemporary routine by Bonnie Story was about bullying and was inspired by an actual case. She even had the victim speak to the group on the phone about the problem. It was a beautifully danced routine and the dancers worked very well together. The judges’ comments had more to do with the subject of bullying than with the actual dancing. However, Nigel made a point to tell Fik-Shun that he had to improve his technique to match his other qualities.