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Dance Brochure CoverConservatory Dance Company at Point Park University

March 2 – 4, 2012
Show Times: Friday - Saturday at 8:00 pm / Saturday & Sunday at 2:00 pm
Tickets: $18-$20 / Students $7-$8
GRW Performance Studio – PPU Campus

Featuring the works of accomplished dance faculty including Kiesh Lalama-White, Garfield Lemonius, Peter LeBreton Merz, Nicolas Petrov and Ron Tassone, our students shine on the stage at Point Park University.

DANCE.byhamConservatory Dance Company at the Byham

April 19 – 21, 2012
Show Times: Thursday - Friday at 8:00 pm / Saturday at 2:00 pm and 8:00 pm
Tickets: $18-$20 / Students $7-$8
Byham Theatre, Pittsburgh Cultural District

Showcasing the diverse and impressive talents of the Conservatory dance students, this performance features an exciting array of dance legends and styles.  Each has influenced the dance world’s past and tonight, inspires its future.

Remarkable works featuring:
                                                        Martha Graham
                                                        Ohad  Naharin
                                                        Ann Reinking
                                                        Val Caniparoli

   
DANCE.connectionsPoint Park Connections

April 27 – 29, 2012
Show Times: Friday - Saturday at 8:00 pm / Saturday & Sunday at 2:00 pm
Tickets: $18-$20 / Students $7-$8
GRW Performance Studio – PPU Campus

In Point Park University’s adjunct dance faculty, our dance students have access to a wide range of styles and experiences.  With artful choreography, this performance features very special works created for this season’s culminating performance.


 

LOOK WHAT YOU MISSED IN 2011-2012...

DANCE.scpStudent Choreography Project

September 30 – October 2, 2011
Show Times: Friday - Saturday at 8:00 pm / Saturday & Sunday at 2:00 pm / Sunday at 6:00 p.m.
Tickets: $18-$20 / Students $7-$8
GRW Performance Studio – PPU Campus

The Conservatory Dance Company opens the season with Student Choreography Project, a showcase of original choreography from its top students. Regularly recognized for national festivals and awards, this edgy and inspired concert features selections from a variety of dance genres by some of today’s most promising young artists.

DANCE.contemporaryContemporary Choreographers

November 11-13 & 18-20, 2011
Show Times: Friday - Saturday at 8:00 pm / Saturday & Sunday at 2:00 pm
Tickets: $18-$20 / Students $7-$8
GRW Performances Studio – PPU Campus

Luminaries of the dance world collaborate with Point Park University students in a performance like you’ve never seen before. Today’s most sought-after choreographers bring their unique perspectives to an evening that will leave you in awe. This is an exciting, innovative fusion of styles you can’t find anywhere else.

Featured Choreographers:

Sidra Bell
LILY,
Sidra Bell's new work, looks at female portraiture imaging and satire in contemporary culture and is set to music by various artists. Bell is the artistic director of Sidra Bell Dance NY, in addition to being an award-winning choreographer and master teacher.

Alan Hineline
Twist
, by Alan Hineline, was created for the Alabama Ballet in 2003. Twist is a collaboration between Hineline, composer Jerome Begin and fashion designer Sebastian St. John. Hineline describes the piece as "an abstract work that uses repetitive structure as a through line for each of the four energetic movements." A sought after choreographer and ballet master, Hineline is the CEO and a resident choreographer with the Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet.

Darrell Grand Moultrie
Modes Of Expression
, is a new piece created by Darrell Grand Moultrie for Point Park, set to music by Chiel Meijering and Mikael Karlsson. "It is a pure dance work that sends the dancers cutting through space while exploring different emotions and feelings one encounters while embarking on the journey to becoming a better artist." Moultrie, who is fast emerging as one of America's most sought after choreographers and master teachers, has performed on Broadway and is one of the youngest African American choreographers working in both the ballet and modern dance genres.

Alan Obuzor
The Other Side of Now
, a premiere work by Alan Obuzor, is a high energy, vibrant contemporary ballet piece set to music by Toto Bona Lokua, Yo-Yo Ma, Silk Road Ensemble, Ayub Ogada and Teresa Bright. Each of the five sections is completely unique, but made to fit together as a complete work. Obuzor is a Pittsburgh native who danced with Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre. He teaches at several schools throughout the city and is the founder and artistic director of Texture Contemporary Ballet.

DANCE.jazznutThe Jazz Nutcracker
Original Concept and Choreography by Doug Bentz
Music by Tchaikovsky, arranged by Joe Campus after Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn
Featuring the Benny Benack Band

December 9-11 & 16-18, 2011
Show Times: Friday - Saturday at 8:00 pm / Saturday & Sunday at 2:00 pm
Tickets: $18-$20 / Students $7-$8

This is not your father’s Nutcracker. Sexier and jazzier than any version you’ve seen before, Doug Bentz’s fresh twist and choreography bring to life a sultry slew of characters, including the Sugar Rum Cherry. With a musical arrangement based on Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn, this unrivalled dance masterpiece features live music by the Benny Benack Band.