Susie Steinlein, left, Jessie Griggs, Windy Kahana, Heather Kenyon and Regina Wolins are part of “Dance Sites: New works in Choreography and Performance.”
Dance Sites concert set to inspire
Susie Steinlein, left, Jessie Griggs, Windy Kahana, Heather Kenyon and Regina Wolins are part of “Dance Sites: New works in Choreography and Performance.”
An eclectic mix of dance and music will be presented in this year’s annual Dance Sites: New Works in Choreography and Performance. Talented faculty and students, as well as two guest choreographers, will show off their skills in nine vastly different performances.
“There’s a wealth of talent right here in Sacramento, and all these choreographers are making new and original works in their style and their genre and involving the students in their choreographic process,” says professor Lorelei Bayne, director. “The concert fosters that creativity that we all have.”
Professor Melissa Wynn’s modern dance piece was inspired by recent personal struggles. “Sometimes we lose motivation,” Wynn says. “So I started asking myself what sorts of things I could do to become re-inspired?” The choreography is a continuation of that idea, she says. Six female dancers share personal trials through dance and some speech.
“For her piece, we’re actually putting ourselves onstage,” dancer Windy Kahana says of Wynn’s choreography. Kahana is studying for her second bachelor’s degree in dance, and will participate in the event for the second time.
Dancing will be supplemented by sand art that will be projected on the backdrop behind the performers. “The artist will be out in the audience making designs and patterns that will be projected,” Wynn says.
Bayne is choreographing her own piece for the show, inspired by composer John Zorn’s piece “Spillane.” It’s a mix of different music such as jazz, and “film noir inspired sounds” and Bayne creates a collage of movement to complement the collage of the music.
Performances will be in the University Theatre at 8 p.m., Dec. 4-6 and 12-13; at 6:30 p.m., Dec. 11; and at 2 p.m., Dec. 7 and 14. Cost for the 6:30 p.m. show is $8 general admission and $5 for children 11 years old or younger. All other performances are $12 general admission; $10 for students, seniors and Sacramento State employees; and $8 for children. Tickets are available at the Sacramento State ticket office at www.tickets.com.
Call 278-6368 or visit www.csus.edu/DRAM/index.html for more information about the Theatre and Dance program.
| About the writer: Sacramento State’s Lana Tsiberman can be reached at 278-6156. |