Benita Bike’s DanceArt, a Los Angeles chamber modern dance company, returns to its roots with two Boston area performances in March. The Company will present a program of elegant classical modern dance on March 30, 8pm and March 31, 7pm at The Dance Complex.

Benita Bike’s DanceArt was established in Boston in 1980, and the Company then relocated to Los Angeles in 1990. Founder Benita Bike served as Chair of the Boston Dance Alliance and taught for many years at her downtown Boston studio and at Boston Center for Adult Education. In addition, the Company also served as Company-in-Residence at Massachusetts College of Art. Benita Bike’s DanceArt has performed throughout the US and abroad. The Company’s work is known for its musicality, elegance, and expressivity. Benita makes sensitive observations on life employing expressive gesture, evocative contemporary movement, and an architectural use of space.

“If Georgia O’Keeffe’s pastel landscapes were dances, they’d be the plains elegies of …choreographer Benita Bike and her company, DanceArt. Sweeping and full of muscular femininity, her works take charge of the space and evoke the metaphysical power of ritual…” – Los Angeles Times