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Nov. 21,
2005
Contact: Gordon
Ovenshine: 724-738-4854; gordon.ovenshine@sru.edu
SRU DANCE
DEPARTMENT TO OFFER DEC. 2 CONCERT
SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa.
– Slippery Rock University dance faculty and students will
wrap up fall semester with a Dec. 2 concert featuring student
choreography.
The concert will be held
from 5 to 8 p.m. in Swope Recital Hall. Tickets are $2 and may be
purchased from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Nov. 28 and Nov. 30 in the Morrow
Field House Lobby.
The concert features
works by dance faculty Jaya Mani, Tom Truss and SRU dance majors.
Students from Mani’s world dance course will present three
dance pieces in the Bharatanatyam tradition titled
“Pushpanjali,”
“Alarippu” and
“Kolattam.”
Truss will present a
work in progress titled “Carrying” that includes
movement, text and original music composed by new dance faculty
Andrew Hasenpflug. Twenty two dance students will perform Carrying.
This piece will be presented in its finished form in the SRU winter
concert next semester.
Student choreographers
will present pieces based on a range of styles such as modern
dance, tap and ballet. The student and choreographers have
participated in a rigorous creative process during fall semester
under the direction of SRU’s Ursula Payne, associate
professor of dance.
For more information,
call 724-738-2036.
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