The experience gained after four years in the dance and choreography department
comes to a head for dance students this Friday and Saturday when the department
presents “Con.tra.dis.tinc.tive,” the fall 2007 senior dance concert.
Featuring seven choreographers, the event’s works focus on a cultural, religious
or personal aspect of their choice and is meant to convey these analyses through
“insight and articulate choreography,” said Lea Marshall, producer of the event.
Stevie Dunham’s “Fatal Faith” seeks to find answers about religious fundamentalism
and the justification of murder in the name of a deity. Through ornate pairing
and floor work, Dunham said she hopes to extract answers from her dancers in
the form of physical expression.
Influenced by the great comedians of the silent era, Margaret Egorova’s “Baroforo
Slap” seeks to incorporate slapstick comedy and the energetic music of the
early ’30s with her profound knowledge of modern dance.
Focusing on herself as the theme, Amanda Garrison’s “With Time Comes
Change” looks at her dance career through the sculptural and pedestrian actions
of five women representing Garrison’s emotions, trials and epiphanies.
“Litost” is a piece by senior Megan Harrold focusing on a spectrum of human
emotions in a constantly changing social scene. Incorporating seven dancers,
Harrold’s subtleties as a choreographer promise to stimulate and enlighten.
Also using seven dancers, Allie O’Hare’s “Sweet Endeavors” indulges the theme
of guilty pleasures. Be it chocolate or infidelity, the dancers will move to show
O’Hare’s interpretations of guilty pleasures and how the mind functions before,
during and after the often-traumatic events of infidelity or betrayal.
Rachel C. Warren tackles the majestic Argentine dance, the tango. In her
piece, titled “Into Being,” Warren delves into another identity of the fiery dance
and throws romantic conventions out the window while focusing on the cultural
identity of the dance.
Jessica Wright’s work, titled “the prototype of a representation,” touches on
signals and symbols and how they relate to human interaction. The dancers tell
their stories and witness how their communication affects whom they communicate
with.
“Con.tra.dis.tinc.tive” will take place this Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. at the
Grace Street Theater, 934 W. Grace St. Tickets are $10 to the public and $5 with
a valid I.D. Rambucks accepted. Tickets can be reserved by calling the Grace Street
Theater Box Office at (804) 828-2020.