The Arts Artistic adventures COCAdance Alumni Concert set C O C A’ s s t u d e n t d a n c e c o m p a n y, k n o w n f o r i t s professionalism and cutting e d g e c h o r e o g r a p h y, p r e s e n t s the annual alumni concerts, featuring guest appearances by recent graduates as well as professional dancers performing in national companies. Choreographers represented in this season’s concerts include Alicia Graf (former principal dancer with Alvin Ailey now teaching at COCA) Jon Lehrer (LehrerDance, Buffalo) Lara Te e t e r ( We b s t e r U n i v e r s i t y ) , f re e l a n c e c h o re o g r a p h e r K a t e Skarpetowska, Cecil Slaughter ( Wa s h i n g t o n U n i v e r s i t y ) a n d COCAdance alumna Amy Allen. S h o w t i m e s a r e S a t u r d a y, Janu a r y 9 , a t 2 p . m . a n d 7 : 3 0 p.m. at the Founders’ Theatre at COCA, 524 Trinity Avenue, just off the Delmar Loop in U. City. Tickets ($15 adult/$12 student)
are available at the COCA Box or www.COCAstl.org. COCAdance is an advanced level student dance company for students ages 11-18. COCAdance company members rehearse and perform at COCA and a ro u n d t h e S t . L o u i s re g i o n . Members perform in a wide variety of styles on account o f C O C A’ s c o m m i t m e n t t o providing students with the experience of working with guest choreographers. Over the years, COCAdance members have studied with Robert Battle (Battleworks), Frank Chaves and Sherry Zunker (RiverNorth Dance Co.), Lane Alexander (Chicago Human Rhythm Project), Doug Elkins (Doug Elkins Dance Company), Clyde Evans, Jr. (Rennie Harris Puremovement), Jason Samuels S m i t h ( N Y O T S ) a n d J u i l l i a rd graduates Jessica Lang and Gelan Lambert, among others. Work set on COCA students by these choreographers has become an important component of their
repertoire. COCAdance students have graduated to college dance programs including The Juilliard School,
State University of New York/ Purchase, Point Park College, N o r t h C a ro l i n a S c h o o l o f t h e Arts, and Columbia University. COCAdance members are
dancing professionally at The Houston Ballet, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Ballet Hispanico, Trisha Brown Dance Company and Philadanco.
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