By WHITNEE ICE
St. Joseph Post
The Dance Arts Center brings stories to life this weekend with their performance of Turning the Page.
Owner of the Dance Arts Center Marla Heeler says this is a great story based on a movie about perseverance.
"There was a film in the early 90s called the Pagemaster," Heeler tells St. Joseph Post. "In the movie, it's about a little boy who's being bullied and he basically escapes into his books, and the Characters within the book help him to learn to become stronger and find his courage and stand up to the bullies."
Heeler says characters from childhood favorites are present throughout the performance.
"From Mr. Popper's Penguins, there's characters from the Lord of the Flies, there's Harry Potter of course," says Heeler.
The show is on March 13th at the Missouri Theater at 2:00 and 7:00 p.m. The performance is about an hour long and is family-friendly.