FIRST FRIDAY ON
THE PASEO
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Thursday, July 2, 2015
FIRST FRIDAY ON
THE PASEO
Friday, June 26, 2015
TWILIGHT CONCERT
PRESENTS KALO'S
BLUES AND R&B BAND
PRESENTS KALO'S
BLUES AND R&B BAND
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Repost:
OU SUMMER DANCE
PERFORMS PIECES BY
OKLAHOMA FESTIVAL
BALLET AND
CONTEMPORARY DANCE
OKLAHOMA
OU SUMMER DANCE
PERFORMS PIECES BY
OKLAHOMA FESTIVAL
BALLET AND
CONTEMPORARY DANCE
OKLAHOMA
The University of Oklahoma School of Dance (SOD) is hosting Summer Dance
performances in Reynolds Performing Arts Center, studio 3002 on June 26
at 8:00 p.m., June 27 at 3:00 and 8:00 p.m. and June 28 at 3:00 p.m.
Oklahoma Festival Ballet and Contemporary Dance Oklahoma will
participate in the production and the performances will be followed by a
champagne and dessert reception with the dancers and choreographers.
The 2015 Summer Dance
choreographers include SOD professors Ilya Kozadayev, Austin Hartel,
and SOD director Mary Margaret Holt, as well as graduate student Tye
Love. Lighting design will be by Professor Emeritus Jerry Lewis. Each
summer, students from the School of Dance spend four weeks learning and
perfecting original and traditional choreography as well as
participating in intensive technique classes. Director Holt has said,
“We greatly enjoy the opportunity to expand our companies’ repertoires
during the summer, often experimenting with works that have a lighter or
more experimental feel as well as a more intimate connection with the
audience.”
These
performances provide a unique opportunity for the audience because they
take place in Studio 3002, which is transformed by theatrical lighting
from a studio space to a performance space. The audience sits only feet
from the performers, in a more intimate environment, requiring dancers to communicate with
more subtly than would be the case on a traditional proscenium stage.
Following the performance, the audience has the opportunity to discuss
the production with both the dancers and choreographers over dessert and champagne.
Chelsea Walker, SOD senior, describes Summer Dance: “It is an opportunity to expand my performance skills while training at the University. After two years of Summer Dance I can honestly say these have been my favorite performance opportunities at OU.”
Tickets
for the performance and reception cost $27 for adults and $15 for
students and are available for purchase with credit card by calling the
OU Fine Arts Box Office at (405) 325-4101. Tickets will also be
available for purchase one hour before each performance by cash or check
only. Due to limited seating advance purchase is recommended.
The University of Oklahoma’s program in dance was founded in 1963 by
Yvonne Choteau and Miguel Terekhov, former principal dancers with Ballet
Russe de Monte Carlo. What had been a department became the School of
Dance in 1998, with Mary Margaret Holt as Director. Undergraduate and
graduate dance majors, along with general education students, total
approximately 1000 enrollees in dance classes per semester. The School
of Dance's state-of-the-art facility in the Donald W. Reynolds
Performing Arts Center was completed in 2005.
From staff sources
Friday, June 12, 2015
DEAD CENTER FILM
FESTIVAL IN PROGRESS
Because of the press of time, please see this link for the Dead Center Film Festival information:
http://www.deadcenterfilm.org/festival/2015-festival-schedule.
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