Cornish Dance Theater Spring 2008 Concert
April 25, 8pm
April 26, 2pm & 8pm
Broadway Performance Hall
1625 Broadway
Tickets: $10 general, $5 students, alumni, and seniors.
Ticket purchase information is available here.
Cornish Dance Theater, the performing ensemble of the Dance Department at Cornish, is pleased to present their Spring 2008 Concert showcasing choreography by guest and faculty choreographers. This semester's performance will include five dances that showcase the work of guest choreographers Alex Little and Michael Rioux, in addition to Cornish faculty members Courtney Harris, Pat Hon and Wade Madsen.
Pat Hon's Five Etudes is a ballet on pointe set to music by Alexander Scriabin and Karol Szymanowski. First premiered in 1985, Etudes is a study of speed and romantic lines and features pas de deux and ensemble sections. Inspired by 60s and 70s funk, Wade Madsen's What is Hip? invites the audience to experience a dance party with fun music by Nina Simone, Sharon Jones, and Laura Nyro. Michael Rioux's piece - alone, in a room, together - is a modern dance piece set to original music by Mikhail Kaschock. Rioux's choreographic process is largely founded in collaboration and improvisation techniques. Courtney Harris' dance is about the life philosophies of Canadian pianist Glenn Gould. Harris uses four quotes by Gould to inspire this contemporary ballet. Set sometime between the 1940s and 1960s, Alex Little's jazz dance, with music by Charles Mingus, Duke Ellington, Paris Combo and Sonny Criss, follows a group of women through dating rituals at a night club as they spend an evening out on the town. The Cornish Dance Theater Spring 2008 Concert will take place at the Broadway Performance Hall on April 25 & 26.
Please note: the Saturday, April 26 matinee performance will be followed by an informal question and answer period.
