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Arts & Entertainment
Thursday, October 27, 2011
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Fall Dance Concert set for this weekend Leighanne Lockhart Printz Writer Before going out to one of the local bars or hanging out all night in a coffee café, plan to put on those classic autumn weather dresses, scarves, button-downs, sweaters and shiny shoes, grab a friend or significant other and come experience a genre of the arts right on campus. The University of Southern Mississippi Repertory Dance Company will be having its Fall Dance Concert this weekend, beginning tonight and ending Sunday in the Mannoni Performing Arts Center. “The audience should prepare themselves to take home a new enlightenment on the broad variety of modern dance,” Lee
Brooks, a senior dance education major, said. “This concert consists of nine completely different works that showcase the many faces of a modern dancer’s and a performer’s agility.” Featured pieces include Key, choreographed by Charlotte Boye-Christensen, artistic director of Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company based out of Salt Lake City, Utah. The work is inspired by the life and work of Canadian pianist Glenn Gould and was performed by select USM company members during a weeklong residency convention with Ririe-Woodbury. Senior dance performance and choreography major Jamie Fisher got the chance to work with the choreographer during a technique class. “I have to say it was definitely
News in brief:
“Rule Britannia,” tonight at 7:30 in Bennett Auditorium The University of Southern Mississippi Symphony Orchestra will present its second concert this season, “Rule Britannia,” tonight at 7:30 in Bennett Auditorium. The performance will include the music of British composers such as Ralph Vaughan Williams, Benjamin Britten and Sir Edward Elgar. Elgar’s “Pomp and Circumstance March”
very pedestrian with an abstract sense of movement quality.” Space in Between is a duet representing the balance of equality among individuals. Relative Triptych is a trio divided into three sections with three different songs to show the various ways one can work with the number three. Nocturna will feature seven dancers who will portray support and reliance on one another. Creed of Fools is a large ensemble piece inspired by a few classic musical selections. “I hope the audience enters the facility with a receptive mind and leaves with much inspiration, whether this be being moved by the movers on stage or having an increased appreciation for what we, athletes, train to do every day,” Fisher said.
an experience in that her way of working and her movement aesthetic is intense,” Fisher said. “It consists of a lot of dynamic changes, quick floor work and acute detail.” The concert will also feature four works choreographed by faculty members. These include Space in Between by Kelly Ferris Lester and Meredith Early; Relative Triptych, also by Kelly Ferris Lester; Nocturna by Elizabeth Lentz and Creed of Fools by Meredith Early. Fisher, Brooks and senior dance performance and choreography major Josh Frazier all identify Early’s Creed of Fools as being their favorite piece in this show. “I am a performer in this piece and dancing it feels like everyday life,” Frazier said. “It is
will open the show, and Williams’ “Pastoral Symphony” will close the performance. “Variations on a Theme of Purcell” by Britten will also be featured. For more information about tickets to the event, contact the Southern Miss Ticket Office at 601266-5418 or visit www. southernmisstickets.com.
Four student choreographers will also be showcasing their works, which were selected through a strict judgment process. Included are works by Brooks and junior Kristen Rizzuto, Fisher’s Fester and Frazier’s Back to the Forth, which will be featured as the opener of the concert. General admission is $15, $10 for faculty, staff, seniors and military and $6 for students. Tickets are available at the PAC box office, by calling 601-2665418 or through southernmisstickets.com. Shows start at 7:30 p.m. and also include a matinee at 2 p.m. on Sunday. There will be a choreographer presentation at 1 p.m. prior to the matinee.
Rocky Horror “Let’s do the time warp again!” The Hattiesburg Saenger Theater will be presenting Rocky Horror Picture Show Friday at 8 p.m. Tickets are $10. A pre-show costume contest will be held at Southern Fried Comics. Following the show, Bianchi’s Pizzeria will host Rocky Horror Picture Show’s official after party and will feature the Thomas Jackson Orchestra beginning at 10 p.m.
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