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Volume CXXXIII, Number 12 |
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Theater and Dance presents: The December Studio Show
EKA THOMSON
STAFF WRITER
"Dancers enhance music."-Dizzy Gillespie
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| The members of Arabesque, a ballet group, pose before their big performance. (Colin LeCroy, Bowdoin Orient) |
Performing tonight at 8:00 p.m. in Pickard Theatre, the
Bowdoin College Department of Theatre and Dance will be holding its annual
December dance performance. Formally known as the Studio Show, the program
includes ten pieces, with dances by the Introductory, Intermediate, and
Advanced repertory classes. The dances will be choreographed by Paul Sarvis
and Gwenyth Jones, both lecturers in dance performance, and June Vail,
associate professor of dance. The dances will comprise "Still Lifes"-a
fast-paced dance inspired by poet Mark Doty's Still Life with Oysters
and Lemons-as well as a variation of the Shim Sham. In addition, the dancers
will perform a 1930s classic swing-era jazz routine to the Erskine Hawkins'
version of Tuxedo Junction, accompanied by Eider Gordillo '04 on drums.
June Vail noted that "the evening still has an informal
atmosphere, with minimal lighting and costumes. As always, there will
be a broad range of dance styles-something for everyone." Campus
dance clubs including the Bowdoin Unity Step Team, Arabesque, and Vague
will perform in addition to independent student choreographed dances,
involving salsa, hip-hop, and pop music.
One of the pieces, called Eleven Twenty-Nine, was choreographed
by Natalie Handel '04 and Abby Klein '03 to the music Bang Bang by Dizzy
Gillespie. Concerning this piece, Handel said it was "so much less
stressful than you would imagine it to be. It's fun." She added,
we are "grateful to all [our] dancers because we asked them to give
up their free time and dance for us."
The performances are free and open to the public. Free tickets are available from the Smith Union information desk weekdays from 8:45 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Tickets will also be available at the door. For more information please call 725-3375.