‘A Dancing Garden,’ talk on Maj. Gen. Sedgwick, Bonhoeffer’s drama

‘A Dancing Garden’

Ballet, tap and theater dance pieces will tell the story of “A Dancing Garden,” a free recital to be performed this weekend by Rogers Ballet students and Friends University ballet majors. The storyline winding through the dances is of a dandelion who wants to take her place in a beautiful garden, while characters such as the tiger lily, frogs, fairies, be-bop bees, bubbling fountains and wind chimes dance in. Ballet majors Victoria Lauder and Maylon Tibbets will dance the Bluebird Pas de Deux and variations from “The Sleeping Beauty,” while young dancers take part in the Lady Bug Ballet. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday, May 17in Sebits Auditorium on the Friends campus.

Our Sedgwick roots

Historian and filmmaker Ken Spurgeon will give a talk about the man for whom Sedgwick County is named on Saturday at the Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum. Maj. Gen. John Sedgwick is one of 45 Civil War heroes honored in the names of Kansas counties. He was the highest-ranking Union casualty in the war, killed by a sharpshooter at the Battle of Spotsylvania on May 9, 1864. Spurgeon’s talk, at 2 p.m., is included in museum admission: $5, $2 for children under 12 years.

Bonhoeffer’s drama

Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s opposition to Hitler will be dramatized by the Guild Hall Players when they present “The Beams Are Creaking” at St. James Episcopal Church. Douglas Anderson’s drama about the Lutheran pastor who was executed by the Nazis will be performed at 8 p.m. Thursday through May 23 and at 7 p.m. May 24 at the church at 3750 E. Douglas. Tickets are $12, $10 for students. Call 316-683-5686.

Annie Calovich

This story was originally published May 13, 2015 at 8:22 PM with the headline "‘A Dancing Garden,’ talk on Maj. Gen. Sedgwick, Bonhoeffer’s drama."