3 CAMPUS FEA TURES
Meredith to host North Carolina
Dance Festival this weekend
Festlvai will Include
performances and les
sons and present a
wide variety of artists
and styles.
TIFFANY ADAMS
Managing Editor
Meredith will host the
annual North Carolina
Dance Festival in Jones
Auditorium on Jan. 30-Feb.
1. The event features sever
al touring artists as well as
local artists, including
Meredith Dance Theatre
Director Carol Finley.
Tickets cost $10 for the
general public and $6 for
senior citizens, but tickets
are free for children 12
years and under and
Meredith faculty, staff and
students.
Jan Van Dyke of the
North Carolina Dance
Project in Greensboro,
N.C., organizes the tour
each year. She chooses up
to eight choreographers
from the state to show
work at four or five festival
sites.
The sites for this year’s
tour are Appalachian State
University, University of
North Carolina at
Greensboro, the Diana
Wortham Theatre in
Asheville, N.C., and
Meredith College.
Finley organizes the
Meredith site and chooses
the local artists for the fes
tival. She is responsible for
marketing, choosing guest
artists, setting the program
order, setting up the techni
cal schedule in the theatre,
creating work to be fea
tured in the event and plan
ning the masters classes
that accompany the NC
Dance Festival. She pro
duces the event with help
from her dance students
and the Jones Auditorium
technical staff.
The three-day festival
showcases the work and
talents of several local and
touring artists and choreog
raphers throughout North
Carolina. Touring artists
featured this year are
Martha Connerton, Gerri
Houlihan and NC Dance
Theatre II from Charlotte;
Two Near the Edge from
Durham; John Gamble and
Jan Van Dyke from
Greensboro; Paige Whitely
Baugess from New Bern;
and Caroline Williford
from Chapel Hill.
"Hosting the festival is
great for the profile of the
dance program at Meredith.
Many dance professionals
in the community come to
the Meredith campus for
this event," Finley said.
She said faculty, students
and staff at the college will
be exposed to quality cho
reography from regions in
our state that they might
not have seen otherwise.
The first concert for the
Meredith site will be held
on Thurs., Jan. 30 in Jones
Auditorium at 8 p.m.
Touring artist Gerri
Houlihan will present a
duet entitled "In Your
Dreams," performed by
dancers Sean and B.J.
Sullivan to the music of
Robert Schumann. In addi
tion, Two Near the Edge,
L.D. Burris and Carol
Childs, will also perform a
duet they directed and cho
reographed called "Zoots."
This duet is set to music
from the Greg Gelb Swing
Band.
Also on Thursday, Amy
Chavasse will present "The
Fruit Axiom," which will
be performed by dancers
Allison Waddell and
Thaddeus Bennett. Finley
will present her "Settling
Part I and II."
The show on Friday,
which also begins at 8 p.m.
includes presentations from
the Jan Van Dyke Dance
Group, Caroline Williford,
NC Dance Theatre II, the
junior company of the
North Carolina Dance
Theatre and Allison
Waddell.
The Jan Van Dyke Dance
Group will present
"Watching as I Go," a quar
tet set to the music of Franz
Schubert that Van Dyke
choreographed in collabo
ration with the dancers.
Williford will present "Via
Negativa: Elegy for the liv
ing," which is set to music
from Tortoise, Andrew Bird
and Radiohead. The NC
Dance Theatre II will pres
ent "Subtle Perspective,"
which is choreographed by
dancer Mary Hudetz. In
addition, they will also per
form "Widow," choreo
graphed by Mark Diamond.
Waddell will present an
excerpt from her latter
work "To Once Upon and
Ever After" entitled "I
Often Imagine Myself"
She will also perform
"Residue," a solo. Finally,
ChoreoCollective will pres
ent a reprise of "The Firm
Believer".
Saturday is the final
evening of the festival at
Meredith College. The
John Gamble Dance
Theater is to present
excerpts from "Virtual
Lies." The work is directed
and choreographed by John
Gamble in collaboration
with Byron Woods on
dance and dramaturgy, as
well as dancers with move
ment invention.
Also on Saturday,
Baugess will perform
"Guardian Angel," a dance
solo that is set to violin by
Heitirich Biber, and will be
played by live violinist
Annie Loud. Martha
Connerton with Kinetic
Works will present "Duet
for Four." She will also
perform her solo entitled
"Basically." ^onique
Newton and Jennifer
Sommers will also present
works that will be set to
music from various artists
such as Rokia Trore and
Beethoven.
In addition to hosting the
North Carolina Dance
Festival, Meredith will also
hold a Master Artist Series
with artists performing in
the festival. The Master
Artist Series will be held
on Saturday prior to the
evening concert.
L.D. Burris of Two Near
the Edge will teach an
African dance class from 1
until 2:30 p:m. During the
same session, Beth
Newsome will teach a
Pilates mat class as well.
Carol Childs of Two
Near the Edge, will teach
an intermediate modem
dance class from 3-4:30
p.m. Carlota Santana will
also teach a Flamenco
dance class during this
time. All classes in the
Master Artist Series will be
held in Weatherspoon Gym.
Finley said the event is
an opportunity for people
to see a wide variety of
excellent dancing. She said
the festival will be intellec
tually challenging and
entertaining for the audi
ence.
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