December Dance Concert Dec. 3-5 Has All the Right Moves

Story posted November 20, 2009

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Dancers from the spring 2009 concert.

The Department of Theater and Dance will present its annual December Dance Concert on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, December 3, 4 and 5, 2009, at 8 p.m. in Pickard Theater, Memorial Hall.

The performance is free and open to the public. General admission tickets are available at the David Saul Smith Union information desk (207-725-3375) and at the door.

The concert features an Independent Study Project by seniors Alexandra Pfister and Elisa Kim, based on their study of cellular biology. Occurring at the junction of social, artistic and scientific desire, the dance is marked by flying lab coats, dancing science professors and lush microscopic imagery.

Faculty-directed dances range from a celebration of the music of Quartette Indigo (a rhythmically driven, tonally rich jazz string quartet) to a mediation on the color blue—an exploration of light and shadow that includes dancing flashlights and a duet for a single dancer and her spotlight.

Choreographic devices, scores, and sources will be exposed through studies, short dances, and improvisations by a choreography class whose members embody a range of dance histories and practice, from hip-hop, to ballet, to modern dance, and beyond.

A public reception will be held in Drake Lobby after the final performance on Saturday, December 5.

The December Dance Concert is produced with assistance from the Alice Cooper Morse Fund for the Performing Arts.

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