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‘DANCING COMMUNITIES’ CONCERT DEC 4-5 AT MSU
The Minnesota State University, Mankato Department of Theatre & Dance will welcome student dancers from various local studios in its “Dancing Communities” concert being presented at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 4, and 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5, in the Ted Paul Theatre of the Performing Arts Center. More than 50 Minnesota State students and more than 30 guest student dancers will participate.
By making connections with the performers from Mankato’s Dance Express and Mankato Ballet, plus the Waconia Performing Arts Center, the Dance Program continues its goal of bridging with different art forms and groups. These performers have been rehearsing with and will perform with their Minnesota State Mankato dance student counterparts to enhance everyone’s learning experience.
Student choreographer Jessica Bowers had her piece “Cops and Robbers” chosen for performance. She joins faculty members Dr. Julie Kerr-Berry and Daniel Stark, and Nadine B. Andreas Guest Artists Carla Bode, Mary Davies and Sue Gunness as choreographers for the concert.
Tickets for “Dancing Communities” are on sale NOW by calling or stopping by the Theatre & Dance Box Office between 4 and 6 p.m., Monday-Friday, in the Performing Arts Center lobby. They also may be purchased at MSUDance.com or MSUTheatre.com. Prices are $9 regular, $8 for seniors, youth 16 and under and groups of 15 or more, and $7 for current Minnesota State Mankato students.
For the first time, student choreographers whose pieces did not fit in the “Dancing Communities” concert will have a Student Dance Showcase concert at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 6, also in the Ted Paul Theatre. Tickets are $5 and will be available immediately before the concert in the PA lobby (cash or check only, please).
Dancers rehearse Daniel Stark's "Meaningless Variations on no Particular Theme" for the Spring Collection 2009 concert. See more photos. See what The Free Press of Mankato newspaper wrote.
This summer just before classes start, the Dance program will hold placement auditions to help determine the skill level of students entering the program this fall. These auditions will take place in PA 126, the lower level Dance Studio, at 1 p.m. Friday, Aug. 21 (note: this is a date change). Attend the Dance majors'/minors' meeting at 4 p.m. Monday, Aug. 24, in the lower level Dance Studio. For students planning to enter the program in fall 2010, there will be Freshman Talent Grant auditions on Friday, March 5.
For more information about either of these dates, contact Julie Kerr-Berry.
For more information about the program, drop us an e-mail.
A contingent from Mankato attended the American College Dance Festival (ACDF).
The Mankato Free Press reports on the program's growth.
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Dance major, Dance minor, K-12 Dance Education, University Repertory Dance Theatre
2006 Spring Collection
2007 Spring Collection
2008 Spring Collection
2008 Fall Bridge Project Concert: Moving Texts
2009 Spring Collection / Video sampling
Julie Kerr-Berry, Director of Dance; Daniel Stark; Paul Finocchiaro
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