The Department of Theatre and Dance Presents "Moving Stories"
MOVING STORIES Fall Showcase of Original Student Choreography November 13-14 at 8 .m., November 15 at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Dorothy H. Baker Theatre, Trexler Pavilion for Theatre & Dance, Muhlenberg College Information & Tickets, 484.664.3333 or www.muhlenberg.edu/tickets : Campus $5Monday, November 3, 2008 11:22 AM
The Department of Theatre and Dance presents MOVING STORIES, a concert of original choreography by talented young choreographers from one of the top dance programs in the country. Under the artistic direction of Charles O. Anderson, selected dance majors have developed original work in collaboration with their peers. Anderson advises the choreographers in the process of developing what Anderson calls, "the visceral tales that excavate the inner landscapes of the dance makers."
Anderson is the artistic director of the Philadelphia based company, dance theatre X. He joined the faculty of Muhlenberg in 2003, where he teaches such courses as modern technique, dance composition, African Dance and Culture. In 2007, he was named one of 12 recipients of the prestigious Pew Fellowship in the Arts. “These stories," he says of Moving Stories, "are not narratives in the traditional sense of verbal or written story-telling, but rather, they embody the complicated, illogical and conflicting journeys experienced in the recesses of our minds and hearts.”
2008 choreographers include Amanda Ebert ’09. Rebecca Haverson ’10, Laura Mayerson ’10, Dana McGowan ’10, Meghan Meehan ’09, Lauren Naab ’09, Michele Sasso ’10, Janel Sipla ’09, and Olivia Wingerath ’09. In their pieces, the students honor the interrelationships between different disciplines in the arts and sciences, drawing on their experiences in fields from philosophy to neuroscience to create multi-dimensional performance art. Performing to music from Bach to Radiohead, choreographers engage their diverse liberal arts experience to push the boundaries of dance. Faculty guest artist Sarah Carlson is choreographing a new work that explores the nature of human reaction. Carlson’s work has been presented throughout New York, as well as in Boston; Charlottesville, VA; New London, CT; Hattiesburg, MS; Seattle, WA; The Yard on Martha's Vineyard and in Benin, Africa, where she completed a Fulbright Grant studying sacred dance forms. Karen Dearborn is the founding Director of the Dance Program at Muhlenberg College, which earlier this year was represented at the finals of the American College Dance Festival in New York City with a piece choreographed by Anderson.
