Nov. 25, 2008
UWSP students to stage their choreography
Eight student choreographers at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens
Point will present new dances in a range of styles during the
Afterimages dance concert on December 5-7 and 10-12.
This
year, the UWSP Department of Theatre and Dance concert will be
staged in the Noel Fine Arts Center’s state-of-the-art Studio
Theatre for the first time, offering an intimate setting with
audience members seated on three sides of the performance floor.
Performances will be offered at 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday,
December 5-6, and Wednesday through Friday, December 10-12. A 2 p.m.
matinee performance will be held on Sunday, December 7.
Tickets are $17 for adults, $16 for senior citizens and $12 for
youth and are available at the University Information and Tickets
Office in the Dreyfus University Center, 715-346-4100 or online at
www.uwsp.edu/centers/uit/ordering.asp.
The collection of student dances will include:
- With an (Un)known Destination,
by Amy Larson. This piece deals with ideas of passage and
destination and the relationships that come and go throughout our
personal journeys.
- No Hole in the Catching Net, by
Stacy DeMorrow. This work investigates the dancers’ response to loss
or the fear of loss and the sense of isolation that can develop from
this fear.
- Justly Judge the Beauty of the Fields,
by Elizabeth Swingle. This new work explores the themes of the seven
deadly sins and how struggles and burdens hurt and interfere with
relationships among people.
- Thesmophoria, by Brittany
Vukovich. This work touches upon subconscious thoughts and feelings.
It is a feminine, bold and sensual look into a woman’s heart and
soul.
- In Dependence, created and
danced by Thomas Bevan and Carolyn Marcotte. This piece explores the
relationship between the creator and creation through manipulation
and puppet-like movement, revealing the desire, or need, for
creation, production of creation and the final product in relation
to reality.
- Here and Now, by Kayla Schetter.
“Here and Now” is a high energy dance about the process of change
and finding what one wants. Schetter focuses on the relationships
between dancers and their space patterning.
- Pastiche, by Sara Tan. The
influence for “pastiche” is rooted in the postmodern movement in
English literature. The cast and choreographer investigated many
elements related to this movement, viewing it as a collage of events
and arbitrary happenings, as are the lives we lead.
- Glass Houses, in Eleven
Sections, by Jesse Schmitz-Boyd. This piece explores universal
concepts that are deeply personal and centered on exploring the
love, tension and absurdity found in one of the most influential
forces of our lives: family. Part memoir, part social commentary,
this work strives to illuminate the dynamics of family through
movement.
