The Brand Associates Dance Series presents four performances in May at Brand Library & Art Center, 1601 W. Mountain St. in Glendale. This series, curated by choreographer, teacher and producer Jamie Nichols, presents top dance companies from Southern California performing site-specific work in non-traditional performance spaces around Brand Library. The Dance Series is sponsored by the Brand Associates, the performances are free and open to the public. Seating is limited. Performances begin at 5 p.m. 

• Pennington Dance Group on Saturday, May 3 
• Afro-Peruvian Dance Experience Co. on Saturday, May 10
• Volta Collective on Saturday, May 17
• No Easy Props on Saturday, May 31

Pennington Dance Group (PDG) is committed to artistic excellence in creating, performing and preserving the work of founding director John Pennington, and of other contemporary and past dance artists. Collaborating with visual and performing artists of note, PDG creates and performs works that contain social, emotional, political, abstract and scientific themes that appeal to a wide audience. 

PDG aspires to cultivate an understanding and love of dance through education in the schools and in the community, through national and international performances, and other innovative programs.