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30th ANNUAL WILL ROGERS
GARDEN FESTIVAL
TODAY 6/13 8:00 am to 2:00 pm
30th ANNUAL WILL ROGERS
GARDEN FESTIVAL
TODAY 6/13 8:00 am to 2:00 pm
Saturday, June 13, 2020
OKLAHOMA CONTEMPORARY
DANCE FESTIVAL AUDITIONS
DUE BY JUNE 15TH
DANCE FESTIVAL AUDITIONS
DUE BY JUNE 15TH
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OKC PHIL SHOW HOUSE
OPENS TODAY WITH MASKS
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OKCMOA REOPENS
WED. JUNE 19 th WITH
FREE KIDS ADMISSION
17 AND UNDER
WED. JUNE 19 th WITH
FREE KIDS ADMISSION
17 AND UNDER
Drum
roll please! Beginning June 17 (and moving forward), while we open to
the general public with this summer’s special exhibition POP Power from Warhol to Koons, OKCMOA will offer FREE admission for children 17 and under!
Free children’s admission is possible thanks to generous support from The Chickasaw Nation, Cresap Family Foundation, and Chuck and Renate Wiggin.
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Sunday, January 19, 2020
OU YOUNG CHOREOGRAPHERS
SHOWCASE: Thurs. Jan 23 - Sun. Jan 26
University Theatre will present a production of engaging,
original dance works created by select student choreographers from
the University of Oklahoma School of Dance in
Young Choreographers’ Showcase. The production is scheduled to
open at 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 23.
Always an audience favorite,
Young Choreographers’ Showcase
presents talent, imagination and energy in an innovative
production of choreographic premieres. The dance production will take
place in the Elsie C. Brackett Theatre, 563 Elm Ave., on the OU Norman
campus. Additional performances are set for 8 p.m. Jan. 24 through 25
and at 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 26. This production
is suitable for all audiences.
The School of Dance welcomes students from the Talulah Centro Integral de Danza to
Young Choreographers’ Showcase, as they present two dance
works. OU School of Dance alumna Vanessa Villaneuva is the director of Talulah Centro
Integral de Danza, Cancun, Mexico. This dance company unites their dance styles and build on their strengths to elevate the spirit of dance.
"Each year
our students amaze and inspire audiences with their creativity and risk
taking,” said Michael Bearden, director of OU School of Dance. “This
year’s program will not disappoint
as the students in the School of Dance have channeled their talents in
order to speak powerfully with their youthful artistic voices.”
OU School of
Dance faculty adjudicated students’ choreography to showcase 10
exceptional dance works for the production. This year’s choreographers
are Keeleigh Everett, Tessa Fungo,J’aime
Griffith, Joni Keaton, Noah Klarck, Greta Nuñez, Caroline Preskitt,
Justin Rainey, Christa St. John and Cameron Terry. These dance works are
created in collaboration with Helmerich School of Drama student
lighting designers. They are Harrison Best, Lydia Brinkmann,
Cassi Crain, Ian Evans, Logan Roscoe, Colby Smith, Anna Steele and
Logan Wynn.
A brief description of each work highlights a mix of aesthetics and perspectives by the choreographers.
Keeleigh Everett
is
a modern dance performance sophomore from Garland, Texas. Her piece titled,
Joke No More,
is about
the idea that the happiest people can be the saddest people as well. The piece features the mental state of a clown who puts
on a happy face for others, but by the end we learn how he truly feels.
Tessa Fungo is a modern dance performance sophomore from La Cañada Flintridge, California.
Her dance work Sighs of the Depths plays with the idea of nothingness… lacking narrative
and existing in a void. The title of the song being used is Suspirium, which translates
to “sigh,” functioning as a homophone to play with the idea of how large nothingness can be.
J’aime Griffith
is a first-year master of fine arts in modern dance candidate from New Orleans. Griffith choreographed
Am I There Yet?—a
piece about the journey of self-discovery onward, upward and forward.
Joni Keaton
is
a ballet performance and international area studies senior from Rockville, Maryland.
Her dance work titled
She Was a Planet,
delves into
the physicality of embodying a “new skin,” as the dancers use movement
to push the boundaries of curiosity that we feel about ourselves and the
limits of our abilities.
Noah Klarck
is a ballet performance junior from Collierville, Tennessee. His piece,
Salvation,
explores a relationship between two people and how they interact with one another under stressful circumstances.
Greta Nuñez is a first-year master of fine arts in dance candidate in dance from Mexicali,
Baja California, Mexico. Her piece SWITCH
is about how people react differently to
big changes in life. The way one was raised determines how one
confronts life in hard situations, such as being alone and away from
your family and friends.
Caroline Preskitt
is a ballet performance and neurochemistry senior from Denver, CO. Her piece
Interitus,
stems
from the Latin word for ruin. The dance is about the ability of
humankind to destroy as well as its ability to change for better. It
features a collaboration with
OU students Alex Leasau, sound designer, and Montserrat Ruffin, visual
artist from the OU School of Visual Arts.
Justin Rainey
is a ballet
pedagogy senior from Fayetteville, Arkansas. His piece is titled One Day at a Time.
Christa St. John
is a second-year master of fine arts candidate in the OU School of Dance. Her piece,
Nocturne,
is an excerpt from the ballet Divertimento
created in collaboration with composer and Baker Professor of Music
Brian St. John. The work is a fusion of electronic music, animation and
ballet.
Cameron Terry is a modern dance performance junior from Atlanta, Georgia. His piece,
That 70s Shuffle, explores
the idea of blending classical ballet and modern dance to 70s music by
African American musicians. With classical ballet considered
historically a white art form, it creates a sense of irony and
juxtaposition with the music and allows the dance to be educational
for dancers and audience alike. The work demonstrates that different
types of music can be used to create bold and innovative ballets and
that there isn't one set type of music to which ballet must be
performed.
The
production staff consists of Bearden, artistic director; Boyko Dossev
and Leslie Kraus, OU School of Dance faculty coordinators;
Charlotte McGaughy and Tatum Smith,
stage managers; Jeff Baldwin, technical director; Kasey Allee-Foremen, associate producer; and Mary Margaret Holt, producer.
Advance tickets for
Young Choreographers’ Showcase
are $25 for adult; $20 for senior adult, OU employee
and military; and $10 for student, plus handling fee. Tickets at the
door are $35 for adult and $15 for student, cash or check only.
Tickets also may be purchased online at theatre.ou.edu, by calling (405) 325-4101 or by visiting the OU Fine Arts Box Office in the Catlett Music Center, 500 W. Boyd
St.
For accommodations, please call the box office at (405) 325-4101.
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