Dance Showcase 2016
Boston University Dance Program presents “Dance Showcase 2016″ on Friday, September 30 at 8 pm and Saturday, October 1 at 8 pm.
Tickets – no online sales
$20 – General Admission
$18 Seniors and BDA
$12 Students and BU Community
The performance will be in the Boston University Dance Theater.
The concert includes teen and seasoned performers in works by BU faculty choreographers Lynn Modell, Margot Parsons, DeAnna Pellecchia, Marin Orlosky-Randow, Colleen Roddy, and Liz Roncka; excerpts from BBII’s repertory by Jaime Sierra and Marius Petipa and Alexander Gorsky; and a piece from BU’s summer teen apprenticeship program, Reach. Lighting design for the concert is by Lynda Rieman.
Courtesy of Boston Ballet, BBII will perform a piece by Jaime Sierra, an exhilarating and light-hearted all male ensemble piece, Legion La Superior. It is choreographed to music by Zoe Keating and was an ensemble winner at the New York finals of Youth America Grand Prix. They will also will perform the classic female duet from Ocean and Pearls, with choreography by Marius Petipa and Alexander Gorsky, staged by Peter Stark. The music is by Cesare Pugni.
Dance Visions’ Margot Parsons will be presenting solos and duets on Rachel Miscenich Catanzariti and BU law professor, Khiara Bridges. Parsons’ contemporary ballet pieces are known for their striking sculptural and architectural designs.
Under the direction of DeAnna Pellecchia, KAIROS will present Blue Girl Gold, a two part excerpt from #LikeAGirl, their evening-length contemporary dance-theater performance piece currently in development. A parody of classic female stereotypes, #LikeAGirl presents a satirical and humorous, yet disturbing and alarming portrayal of the unattainable standards placed on women in cultures worldwide. Using poetry by Eve Ensler, text by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and iconic images from magazines and , Blue Girl Gold features fierce, athletic dancing by KAIROS’ four professional dancers in couture costumes by fashion designer Carlos Villamil.
Marin Orlosky-Randow will perform Phantom Limb, a solo she choreographed for aerial sling. Phantom Limb explores distortions of memory, form, and gravity.
Liz Roncka and Paul Laurey have co-created “Body Talk”, a humorous and heartfelt structured improvisation of dance and language.
Lynn Modell takes a humorous look at women of a certain age getting nostalgic for her piece Hot Flashback. Her cast includes dance faculty and colleagues.
BU alumni Colleen Roddy and Stefanie Gordon have been working together for years developing intricate partnering and an athletic movement vocabulary. Roddy will premiere a duet for this concert that focuses on reliance and dependence.
The concert will also include a Hip Hop quartet that enthralled audiences as part of BU’s Summer Outreach Teen Apprenticeship Program, Reach. Choreographed by teen apprentice, Mary Craig and mentored by Reach staff, this piece is performed by young and ardent dancers.