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Transmotion
Washington University Dance Theatre to feature original works Dec. 4-6
Nov. 20,
2009 --
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| It Sang A Long Time Ago |
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Washington University Dance Theatre (WUDT), the annual showcase of professionally choreographed works performed by student dancers, will present Transmotion, its 2009 concert, Dec. 4 to 6 in Edison Theatre. Performances — sponsored by the Performing Arts Department (PAD) in Arts & Sciences — will feature more than three dozen student dancers, selected by audition, in seven original works by faculty and guest choreographers. Pieces range from ballet and contemporary dance to works drawing on Chinese and Native American traditions.
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Chance Aesthetics Concert
Performance to feature avant-garde music Oct. 7
Sept. 29,
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| John Cage |
Since the early 20th century avant-garde writers, artists and composers have championed the creative possibilities of the arbitrary and the accidental. Next week the Department of Music and the Dance Program in the Performing Arts Department, both in Arts & Sciences, along with the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum will host a concert exploring the use of chance in modern and contemporary music. The performance — held in conjunction with the exhibition Chance Aesthetics, now on view at the Kemper Art Museum — is free and open to the public and begins at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 7, in the 560 Music Center's E. Desmond Lee Concert Hall.
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Ragtime
The Black Rep and Performing Arts Department join forces for acclaimed musical Oct. 16 to Nov. 1
Sept. 24,
2009 --
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| Shaun Hudson as Coalhouse Walker, Jr., and Renae Adams as Mother |
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Ragtime, Terrence McNally's acclaimed adaptation of the 1975 novel by E.L. Doctorow, is a sweeping and ambitious tale of race, class and the promise of America at the dawn of the 20th century. It is also a tremendously demanding theatrical production, requiring almost 50 actors and at least a dozen musicians. Indeed, Ragtime is so logistically challenging — more than 150 different costumes must be designed and sewn — that it virtually precludes staging by all but the largest of regional theaters. Yet next month, The Black Rep will join forces with the Performing Arts Department in Arts & Sciences to present this Tony Award-winning musical as the fall Mainstage production.
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underground
David Dorfman Dance at Edison Theatre Sept. 25 and 26
Sept. 8,
2009 --
"Does what you do make a difference?" "Is violence ever justified?" "When can activism become terrorism, or vice versa?" Such provocative questions lie at the heart of underground, an ambitious evening-length multimedia dance piece by acclaimed choreographer David Dorfman. On Sept. 25 and 26 Dorfman — a Washington University alumnus — will return to Edison Theatre with his company, David Dorfman Dance, to launch the 2009-10 OVATIONS Series.
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Dancing Who I Am
Concert/panel discussion to examine dance and ethnic identity Sept. 12; film screening Sept. 13
Sept. 3,
2009 --
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| Rulan Tangen |
Around the world dance is often quite literally the physical embodiment of cultural identity and practice. Yet for individual dancers, the power of such traditions can give rise to certain expectations and even stereotypes based on perceived identity. On Sept. 12 the Dance Program in the Performing Arts Department in Arts & Sciences will explore the role of ethnicity in contemporary dance with "Dancing Who I Am," a panel discussion and informal concert featuring faculty members as well as leading critics and choreographers from around the country. The event comes as part of the semester-long series "Ethnic Profiling: A Challenge to Democracy," organized by the Center for the Study of Ethics and Human Values. Also as part of the series, the Kathryn M. Buder Center for American Indian Studies will screen Ancestor Eyes, an award-winning Native American short film, Sept. 13.
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"A Challenge to Democracy"
Fall series to explore past and present of ethnic profiling
Aug. 12,
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| Passing Poston: An American Story (2008) |
Ethnic profiling is illegal in the United States, prohibited by the Fourth Amendment, which requires probable cause for searches and seizures, and by the Fourteenth Amendment, which calls for equal protection under the law. And yet as the recent arrest of Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates demonstrates, the issue remains far from settled. This fall Washington University in St. Louis will present "Ethnic Profiling: A Challenge to Democracy," a semester-long series exploring the history, impact and ethical issues surrounding ethnic profiling through lectures, readings, performances, panel discussions and other events.
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Transformations
Performing Arts Department announces 2009-10 season
Aug. 7,
2009 --
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| David Marchant |
| Young Choreographers Showcase |
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Live performance has always been a multidisciplinary event, its three great streams — theater, music and dance — forever shifting and combining in new and unpredictable ways. For its 2009-10 season, the Performing Arts Department (PAD) in Arts & Sciences will present a handful of works that together highlight both the boundless possibility and transformational power of the stage.
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Mother Courage and Her Children
PAD to present Bertolt Brecht classic April 17 to 26
April 3,
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| Senior Kaylin Boosalis as Mother Courage |
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Armies burning with religious fervor, towns overrun by mercenary violence, a family disintegrating amidst the crossfire. Bertolt Brecht's Mother Courage and Her Children is widely considered the greatest anti-war play of the 20th century. Later this month Washington University's Performing Arts Department will present this epic tale of a protective yet all-too pragmatic matriarch as its spring Mainstage production.
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Helen Clanton Morrin Lecture
Tracy Davis to discuss performance theory April 1
March 19,
2009 -- Tracy Davis, the Barber Professor of Performing Arts at Northwestern University and president of the American Society for Theatre Research, will present Washington University's 2009 Helen Clanton Morrin Lecture at 4 p.m. Wednesday, April 1. Titled "The Witness Protection Program: Making Theatre, Everyday," the talk is free and open to the public and sponsored by the Performing Arts Department in Arts & Sciences.
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Overdrive
PAD students present work at American College Dance Conference
March 17,
2009 --
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| Falling Petals by Ting-Ting Chang |
Fourteen students from the Dance Program in the Performing Arts Department in Arts & Sciences took part in the Central Region American College Dance Conference, held March 11 to 14 at Hendrix College in Conway, AZ. Adjudicators chose two works — Stuck in the Waiting by junior Eliotte Henderson and Falling Petals by lecturer Ting-Ting Chang, the Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Dance — to be performed as part of the concluding Gala Concert.
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