Dance minors to perform in spring concert

Dance minor students are preparing for the upcoming Dance Minor Spring Concert that will take place April 30 at 8 p.m. and May 1 at 2 p.m. in Russell Auditorium.

More than 60 university dance students will perform in the spring concert, which will also feature nine student choreographed dance numbers. Dance genres will include jazz, ballet, modern and contemporary dance.

Emily Hensley, Corrine Przedpelski, Elena Henson, Hannah Waldman, Christina Hamilton, Christine Breyman and Chelsea Thomas are student choreographers who are all presenting dances.

 

Emily Hensley, senior nursing major, choreographed one of the ballet pieces. Hensley also collaborated with Chelsea Thomas to create a jazz dance imitating choreography from that of Bob Fosse, a famous musical theater choreographer. Hensley has been practicing and rehearsing with other dancers since the end of December.

“We have been working really hard for about four months now,” Hensley said.

The dancers plan on performing three different ballets featuring music from George Gershwin as well as a 25-person, high-powered tap piece to Cole Porter’s “Anything Goes.”

Dance instructor, Julie Mulvihill, will present a contemporary modern dance using multimedia; the pieces are entitled “Are We There Yet?” “Fly” and “Avalanche.”

The Dance Minor Spring Concert will also feature a guest artist, the modern dance company, Company Rose. The company will present two works; the first piece is a solo “Leveche Part 1, or Windy Lines,” inspired by Yeats. The second performance, “Serendipity 3,” is a selection of a larger evening length work, and this performance will feature five dancers.

Live vocalist, Laurie Meeks, will be singing to various dance numbers. Meeks is a local vocalist, who has several Christian albums.

Georgia College’s advanced lighting design class and instructor, Beate Czogalla, will be featured during the concert.  The 18-students from this class have taken on the spring concert as a class project.

“This is going to be the best light show on campus, in my opinion,” Pelton said.

Christina Spilkner, senior biology major and dance minor, will be performing a modern and contemporary ballet piece, as well as a jazz piece.

“We have been working hard all semester and I am excited to see it all come together,” Spilkner said.

“Every year the concert greatly varies,” Pelton said. “It is completely different year, and it depends on what the students come up with,” Pelton said.

Dance students started auditioning for pieces in the concert in October 2010.

General admission is $5 for students, $7 dollars for faculty and non-Georgia College students, and $11 for senior citizens. Tickets are available at www.gcsutickets.com.