The Spring 2008 Senior Dance Project Concert is the culminating event for the
VCU Department of Dance and Choreography.
This year’s event, “Back 2 Back,” will take place over the course of two weekends,
unlike past years, when only one weekend was allocated for the event. The change
was due to the high volume of graduating seniors.
Concert A, to take place this weekend, will present the works of four seniors.
“The Kitchen Table,” an original piece by Samantha Crawford, features a
quartet illustrating the “interpersonal dynamics” of the personal interactions of
daily life.
The mundane and the uncommon weave together to exemplify the inherent
connectivity of humankind in “twine and bark” by Katie Dean. The five performers
will use their bodies to unfold their individual experiences and how they pertain
to the subject matter.
Hannah Frisch challenges the idea of reality versus a fabricated atmosphere in
“World,” her acrobatic foray into the real significance of truth and actuality, while
Danielle Victoria King derives inspiration from another medium for her piece,
“Pathways To..” With Tupac Shakur’s poem “What Is It That I Search 4” as her
muse, King fuses literature with motion to portray the catalysts that drove her to
seek out dance as her artistic outlet.
The second installment of senior projects, Concert B, will take place next
weekend, with six pieces focusing on a range of emotional extremes and exploration
of the spiritual self.
One’s struggle with his or her personal demons is the focal point of Melaney
Cash’s “Guided Reflection,” which utilizes the talent of seven performers.
“Configured Time,” a piece by Tony E. Colden Jr., also concentrates on the
internal. This piece is a choreographed entity that alters the common conception
of time to depict the progression of self-development.
Emotion drives “preSSed” by Ami Dowden-Fant, while women are the motivation
behind the works of Tashara Gavin-Moorehead and Adrienne LaNee’ Moody.
Sensuality is touched upon in Gavin-Moorehead’s “Spirit Wrapped in Flesh” and
Moody’s “It’s Time She Knows” motivation comes from the book “Captivating:
Unveiling the Mystery of a Woman’s Soul” by John and Stasi Eldredge.
Alex Meigel addresses the eternal question of whether there is life after death.
Using six dancers and various lighting techniques, his”Ethereal Emissions” ponders
the possibility of a connection existing between the living and non-living plane.
The Senior Project Concert will be held at the Grace Street Theater at 934 W.
Grace St. Tickets are $10 for the general public and $5 for students. For more
information, contact the Grace Street Theater Box Office at 804-828-2020.