‘Color Purple’ dancer will assist workshop

YOUNGSTOWN — Archangel Dance Theater will present a Liturgical Dance Technique workshop from 1-8 p.m. Saturday at Ballet Western Reserve, 218 W. Boardman St., downtown. The cost is $50. Registration begins at 12:30 p.m on the day of the workshop.

Levensky Smith, who is performing in the Broadway show “The Color Purple,” will be among the instructors, which also include Lindsay Benton, a dance major at Howard University; teacher/choreographer Jessica Oliver of Cleveland School of the Arts; Joshua Green of the American Musical and Dramatic Arts Academy; Joette Johnson, Archangel national workshop leader, and Archangel founder and artistic director Karen Clark-Green.

The workshop will offer instruction in technique for beginners, Afro-Caribbean, contemporary, hip-hop, modern, choreography, flags and tap.