Meredith Herald
November 17,1999
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Campus News
Meredith Dance Theatre shares talent, works
Ayana Rhodes
SlafI Wnler
Meredith Dance Theatre will
showcase its talent this week in
a concert that will feature both
professional and student chore
ography. MDT is the only area
of Meredith’s Dance program
that requires auditions. The
fourteen women chosen to per
form have been working on the
upcoming concert since their
auditions on the first day of
classes this semester.
According to dance profes
sor and MDT Artistic Director
Alyson Colwell-Waber. dance
performances are very different
from theatrical performances in
ihe amount of work and cre
ativity required of the perform
ing company, so Meredith’s
dancers had to begin working
on the upcoming program right
away. While other theatrical
performances have a script
already written, the choreogra
pher of a dance program must
begin with a “blank slate.” said
Colwell-Waber.
One of the highlights of
MDT is that every year the col
lege provides funds for a pro
fessional dancer to visit Mered
ith and create or set existing
pieces of choreography for the
college’s dancers- This year’s
guest artist was Doug Varone,
whom Colwell-Waber called a
“very prominent young con
temporary dance choreograph
er."
Varone has his own theater
company which has performed
“Aperture,” the piece lhat
MDT will perform. Colwell-
Waber said that Varone worked
with the dancers for about a
week, “Aperture" is a two-sec-
tion piece usually performed
by a trio of dancers; however,
six Meredith women will be
performing it as the final piece
at the concert.
The two sections of “Aper
ture” have identical choreogra
phy, but one is set to a classical
piece of music, while the other
is set to a Janis Joplin song.
Colwell-Waber said she want
ed six students to work on the
piece to give more students the
opportunity to work with a pro
fessional in their field. Three of
the women will perform the
first section, while the other
three perform the second.
In addition to Varone’s
work, the students will perform
a work choreographed by Col
well-Waber. The piece, titled
“Wilted Porches.” is based on
Charles Fra/.ier’s book Cold
Moumain. according to Col-
well-Waber. Though the b(H)k
focuses on a Confederate st)l-
dier returning home to the
mountain.s of North Carolina,
Colwell-Waber said that she
was interested in the women
who were left behind and their
survival. These women were
the inspiration fur her dance
piece set to Appalachian music.
The concert will also feature
five pieces that were choreo
graphed by students- Accord
ing to Colwell-Waber. giving
the students a chance to show
case whai they have learned is
“what it’s all about-” Each of
the student pieces was choreo
graphed by one student who
was involved in the entire pro
duction of the piece. Each stu
dent directed her own piece,
leaching the dancers, choosing
the music, and deciding on the
aesthetics of the stage.
The student pieces iritlude
“Moonlight Duet” choreo
graphed and directed by Kim
Clendenen. a business major,
which is set to Beethoven’s
Moonlight Sonata and is per
formed by two dancers, "Less,”
by senior Nancy Smith, is per
formed by a larger group of
dancers-This piece has more of *
a jazz theme that Colwell-
Waber thinks students will con
nect with.
One of the most powerful
pieces is called “Crossing the
Line.” Junior Krystal Tyndall
choreographed and performs
this solo piece about a woman
who has been violated.
According to Colwell-
Waber. dance falls in the same
category that poetry does. She
said. “It evokes feelings with
out dictating what chose feel
ings should be,” Dance can
use the “symbolic or metaphor
ic” in its expression, she said.
The MDT concert will be in
Jones Auditorium on Thursday,
Nov, 18. and Friday, Nov, 19 at
8p-m, There will also be a Sat
urday matinee at 2 p,m, on
Nov, 20, that will allow faculty
with young children to come.
The tickets are free for the
Meredith community.
Operation Christmas
Child needs your help
Sam Carothhrs
Campus Uinisler
Mark your calendars for “Operation
Christmas Child "
Katie Lambeth, MCA outreach co-chair,
will answer many of your questions about
the project (or call the office of the campus
minister at 76)-834ft).
This annual event is your chance to share
in the joy of giving. It also presents a won
derful opportunity for campus clubs or res
idence halls to adopt as a Christmas project,
A basic shoe box is filled with a variety
of gifts for either a boy or girl from ages 2
through 14.
Through gift filled boxes, this unique
project of Christian relief has touched mil
lions of children’s lives.
Shoe boxes may be turned in to Campus
Ministry any time this week. However, all
shoe boxes must be turned in by 3 p,m- on
Monday. Nov. 22,
The following is a list of sugge.stions for
shoe-box fillers. In addition, there is a list
of things not to put in the boxes.
Suggested Shoe Box Gifts;
* Toys: small cars, balls, dolls, stuffs
animals, plastic kazoos, harmonicas, yo
yos. small Etch-A-Sketch, toys that light up
or make noise (with extra batteries). Slinky,
etc.
* School Supplies: pens, pencils and
sharpener, crayons or markers, stamps and
ink pad sets, coloring books, writing pads or
paper, solar calculators, etc.
* Hygiene Items: toothbrush, toothpaste,
soap. comb, washcloth, etc.
* Other: hard candy, lollipops, mints,
gum, sunglasses, flashlights with extra bat
teries, bull caps, socks. T-shirts, toy jewelry
sets, hair clip.s, watches, small picture
bo«')k,s, etc-
Do not include the following items in the
shoeboxes:
* Used items
* War-related items (toy guns, knives,
etc.)
* Perishable items (chocolate, canned
foods, crackers, etc-)
* Liquids (shampoo, lotion, bubbles, etc,)
* Medicines (chewable vitamins, cough
drops, ointment, etc.)
* Breakable Items (mirrors, china dolls,
glass items, etc.)
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