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UO Repertory Dance Company announces Spring Tour, April 18, 19 performances
Event will feature seven dances by faculty members. Performances are scheduled on campus, in Cottage Grove and Coos Bay.
EUGENE -- (April 9, 2008) -- The University of Oregon Repertory Dance Company will present an evening of new and restaged contemporary works at the Dougherty Dance Theatre on April 18 and 19. Performances are at 8 p.m. at the Dougherty Dance Theatre on the third floor of Gerlinger Annex, 1484 University St.
Tickets are $10 general admission, $5 for students and seniors. Seating is limited, and the house opens at 7:30 p.m. The performance also will be on tour in western Oregon, with residencies in Cottage Grove and Coos Bay during April and May.
This year’s seven dances represent works by faculty members Steven Chatfield, Sarah Franco, Rita Honka, Walter Kennedy and Amy Stoddart. The company is composed of seven dancers and a production staff, with undergraduate and graduate students. Jenifer Craig, dance department chair, is the artistic director and lighting designer for the company.
New works for 2008 include Franco’s "The Lineage of Eve" set to composer Arvo Pärt’s "Lamentate V: Solitudine-Stato d’animo." Chatfield has created a duet, "We the people..." set to music by Angelo Badalemente. Honka’s "Oyá" is a full company piece set to Balinese gamelan music, reverberating between recurring themes and motifs. Also on the program is Honka’s recently premiered duet, titled "Two," a tribute to her twin nephews.
Other highlights include Stoddart’s "Practica," a tango-inspired duet set to music by Astor Piazzolla; Kennedy’s contemporary solo, "Eclipse," set to music by Talvin Singh, and a restaging of Kennedy's "Fields of Play" for the full company of seven women.
The UO Repertory Dance Company Spring Tour includes performances at the Cottage Theatre in Cottage Grove on Saturday, May 3, and in Coos Bay at the Hales Performing Arts Center on Saturday, May 24. Additional residency activities will take place in each location, including master classes and lecture demonstrations by the company. In addition, community outreach demonstrations will take place at Churchill High School on Friday, April 18, and at Springfield High School on Friday, April 25.
For more information call 541-346-3386.
Media relations contact: Pauline Austin, 541-346-3129, paustin@uoregon.edu
UO Repertory Dance Company contact: Walter Kennedy, 541-346-4133, wck@uoregon.edu
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