Dance minors to show off on stage
Special to the Colonnade
The Russell Auditorium stage will be filled with GCSU dancers as the Music and Theatre Department will present the Dance Minor Spring Concert on Saturday, April 26 at 8 p.m. and April 27 at 2 p.m.
Dancers had to audition for the concert in November. After Christmas break, dancers learned choreography for their pieces and rehearsals began.
Sophomore choreographer Christy Breyman will present a group piece.
“I started coming up with the piece in the summer. I had the entire concept and I knew what I wanted for the entire piece,” Breyman said.
There is a lot of work that goes into the choreography of the pieces performed for the concert, as well as for the dancers who learn and perform the choreography.
“I am excited to see all the elements come together, the costumes, the lights and the movements. It will be neat to see something that I have choreographed finally come together,” said Breyman.
This year’s concert will have choreographically diverse pieces ranging from pointe, tap, modern and contemporary. There will also be a wide range of musical selections including the classical works of Beethoven and Vivaldi to the more urban music of the Postal Service, Evanescence and Les Tambours du Bronx.
Other choreographers in the show include senior student choreographers Jessica Gore and Michelle Wiltshire, who will each be performing an original solo along with sophomore Chelsea Losh. Two of the modern pieces in the show will be choreographed by Emily Mlot, dance instructor at GCSU.
Mary Jane Pennington, a former GCSU student and dance minor, will be the guest artist for this year’s show.
Tickets are $6 for general admission and $3 for GCSU students with a valid ID.
For more information, call 478-445-4226.
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on Apr 25 2008. Filed under Features.
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