Practicing Arts Alchemy at the Yard

What do you get when you cross the bad boy of downtown dance with Carmen Miranda, Lenny Bruce, and a whole bunch of hard working bodies? Another tour de force show from the Yard, of course. This weekend the artistic love child of Patricia Hoffbauer and Mark Dendy, entitled Para-dice, pushes the boundaries of dance, theatre and performance.

Mr. Dendy, an Obie and Bessie award winner, hooks up with Brazilian-born Ms. Hoffbauer and her company on a work that in her words explores versions of paradise advanced since Columbus’s time. Ms. Hoffbauer also calls the piece a new adventure for her, expressing the feeling that you get better as you get ancient.

Show times are Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 4 p.m. (a free family matinee) and 8 p.m., and Sunday at 6 p.m. Ticket prices are $50 for premium seating, $25 for general seating, and $15 for seniors and under 30. For tickets and details, call 508-645-9662 or go online to dancetheyard.org.

The Yard is on Middle Road near Beetlebung Corner in Chilmark.