Graduate/Undergraduate Concert
Space Place Theater, North Hall
December 8, 9, 10, 2011 at 8pm
All works choreographed by graduate and undergraduate students in the Department of Dance are brought to life on stage at Space Place Theater this December.
UI Press Release for Graduate/Undergraduate 2011:
UI Department of Dance presents Grad/Undergrad concert Dec. 8-10
The University of Iowa Department of Dance will present a Graduate/Undergraduate Dance Concert at 8 p.m. Dec. 8-10 in the Space Place Theatre of North Hall.
The performance will feature:
--"Stars falling up the sky," an exploration of ritual, choreographed by Jennifer Harge.
--"Is the grass greener?" by Courtney Paulsen, who questions whether ignorance is really bliss?
--Hope Spear's "For a Diamond Ring," demonstrates the need women feel to constantly please the opposite sex.
--Kevin Schroder's "Weimar Duet," depicts a couple meeting in the woods before Kristallnacht.
--"Shift," set by Brittany Reuss to music by Loscil.
--Melinda Myers' "30 years ago, 40 years from now," featuring music by Eddie Money, John Waite, Ann Wilson, and Mike Reno.
--The family portrait "Hearthside" by Michael Medcalf.
--"Call to Center" by Gabriel Anderson, inspired by the sculptural imagery of Andy Goldsworthy.
--The lighthearted "40, 70, 110, 180¼ ... " by Kristin Marrs, in which dancers interact with metronomes.
--"You…but Better: A Girl's Guide to Getting Gorgeous," in which Jennifer Pray was inspired by the advice given in Glamour magazines.
--"Thee-ology," by Ashley Michalek, who explores how we often don't understand why we act the way we do.
--"Big, dark," by Chris Masters, investigating hiding and being hidden inside gender and sexual identities.
Admission is $12, $6 for senior citizen and youth, and free to UI student with a valid UI ID. Tickets are available in advance through the Hancher Box Office at 319-335-1160, 1-800-HANCHER, or http://www.hancher.uiowa.edu/tickets.
Photo by Erin Fitzgerald
