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Spring Dance '08 |
| Event Type: | | Dance |
| Facility: | | Theatre 2 (THR) |
| Presented By: | | School of Dance |
| Description: | | T h i s e c l e c t i c p r o g r a m o f d a n c e h i g h l i g h t s t h e t e c h n i c a l b r a v a d o o f t h e U S F d a n c e r s , a s w e l l a s t h e e n g a g i n g a n d s o p h i s t i c a t e d c h o r e o g r a p h y o f t h e e v e n i n g s d i v e r s e p r o f e s s i o n a l a r t i s t s .
F e a t u r e d o n t h e P B S s c i e n c e s p e c i a l W I R E D S c i e n c e , t h e c o l l a b o r a t i v e e f f o r t b e t w e e n a r t a n d t e c h n o l o g y i s t h e i n s p i r a t i o n o f U S F f a c u l t y m e m b e r M e r r y L y n n M o r r i s . U t i l i z i n g h u m a n t r a n s p o r t
d e v i c e s s u c h a s S e g w a y s , t h i s p i e c e e n t i t l e d B l o o d M a t r i x w i l l e x p l o r e t h e f l u i d e s s e n c e / m o t i o n o f b l o o d i n i t s s i g n i f i c a n c e a s a u n i v e r s a l c o n n e c t o r .
V i s i t i n g p r o f e s s o r a n d f o r m e r d a n c e r w i t h t h e T r i s h a B r o w n D a n c e C o m p a n y , M a r i a h M a l o n e y , h a s c h o r e o g r a p h e d a n e w w o r k b a s e d o n t h e c o n t e m p o r a r y v i s u a l a r t i s t F r i d a K a h l o s l i f e a n d w o r k .
D a n c e U S F f a c u l t y m e m b e r J e a n n e T r a v e r s c h o r e o g r a p h y t i t l e d , M e m o r i e s o f t h e S t o n e , d r a w s i t s i n s p i r a t i o n f r o m t h e r u i n s o f C a t h a g e i n T u n i s i a .
U S F p r o f e s s o r J o h n P a r k s h a s r e s t a g e d e x c e r p t s f r o m D o n a l d M c K a y l e s R a i n b o w R o u n d m y S h o u l d e r . T h e p i e c e f o c u s e s o n t h e t r i a l s a n d f a n t a s i e s o f m e n w o r k i n g o n a c h a i n g a n g .
T h e p e r f o r m a n c e a l s o i n c l u d e s t w o w o r k s c h o r e o g r a p h e d b y t a l e n t e d U S F d a n c e m a j o r s w h o s e w o r k h a s b e e n s e l e c t e d t o b e p r e s e n t e d a t t h e A m e r i c a n C o l l e g e D a n c e F e s t i v a l i n M a r c h , 2 0 0 8 .
E a c h p e r f o r m a n c e , 1 5 m i n u t e s b e f o r e t h e s h o w i s t o b e g i n , w e i n v i t e t h e a u d i e n c e t o e n t e r t h e t h e a t r e e a r l y a n d t a l k w i t h o n e o f o u r c h o r e o g r a p h e r s f r o m t h e s h o w .
D o n t m i s s t h i s g r e a t e v e n i n g o f d a n c e !
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| Date: | | 2/23/2008 |
| Ticket Information: | | http://www.ticketmaster.com/venue/107070 |
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| Performance Location: | | THR-Hall/Stage |
| Performance Start: | | 8:00 PM |
| Performance End: | | 10:00 PM |
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