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Theatre and Dance Department Presents  Battles and Bodies  Spring Dance Concert April 27-28

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Download (//d2ihvqrbsd9p9p.cloudfront.net/contentAsset/raw-data/c0db164a-177e-4b4a-8a8c-7db01e221067/image1)Theatre and Dance Department Presents “Battles and Bodies”Spring Dance Concert April 27-28St. Paul, Minn.—The Macalester College Theatre and DanceDepartment presents “Battles and Bodies,” aSpring Dance Concert composed of original workschoreographed by eight students and guest artist/Macalesteralumna Mikari Suzuki, in the Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center,Main Stage Theater, 1600 Grand Ave., St. Paul, Minn.Performances are Friday, April 27th at 7:30 PM, and Saturday,April 28th at 2 PM as well as 7:30 PM. Admission: General $7Senior Citizens (62+) and groups $5.  For ticket information,call 651-696-6359.“Battles and Bodies” features everything from glowingdisembodied legs to a twist on the Fates to ordinary handsdoing ordinary things. Styles include modern dance, contactimprovisation, and appearances from the Irish Dance Club andBODACIOUS hip-hop team.BODACIOUS presents Sanger ≠ You Got the Love, a piecethat portrays the contrast one feels when in love; first anger,sadness, and struggle, then calmness, control, and joy,choreographed by Sabrina Upadhyay ‘14, Alexis Ramirez ‘12,Lupe Longoria ‘14, and featuring dancers Lupe Longoria‘12, Sandhya Rajkumar ‘14, Sabrina Upadhyay ‘14, KiahZellner-Smith ‘14, Lillie Jacobson ‘13, Alexis Ramirez‘12, Isabella Kulkarni ‘13, Gwyneth Volkmann ’14, KimDongjun ‘15, Charlotte Groch ‘14, and Josephine Ahrens ‘14.Haley Chaffin ’13, presents her first piece in a MacalesterDance Concert, Stalking Fate, about the clash between Fates and Free Will. Alexis Ramirez ’12 offers up Is itsupposed to be that way? exploring the dark, light and neutral energies surrounding a specific incident in thepast and how outlook on the past always changes with time and new information. My Body - Shot ThroughWith Streams of Song, choreographed by Hilary Schroeder '12, comes from feminist texts by Hélène Cixiousand Luce Irigary, and explores themes of the feminine body/experience, using contact improvisationtechniques during live performance.Julia Davidson ’13 and Zoe Michael ’13 present Slack, exploring the dynamics that emerge in a relationshipwhen the notion of "connection" is taken literally. And Elizabeth Boyle ’12 presents Rince Sa Dorchadas(Dancing In The Dark), an Irish dance piece with a twist; Set to In the Dark by Dev and illuminated by ablack light, the choreography emphasizes light and dark to juxtapose the rigidity of traditional Irish dancemovement with the sensuality of contemporary top 40 music.Macalester College, founded in 1874, is a national liberal arts college with a full-time enrollment of 1,958students. Macalester is nationally recognized for its long-standing commitment to academic excellence,Theatre and Dance Department Presents “Battles and Bodies” Spring Da... http://www.macalester.edu/news/2012/04/theatre-and-dance-department-...1 of 2 7/6/2016 11:43 AMinternationalism, multiculturalism and civic engagement.  Learn more at macalester.edu(http://www.macalester.edu/)April 23 2012About Macalester (http://www.macalester.edu/about/)Academics (http://www.macalester.edu/academics/)Admissions & Financial Aid (http://www.macalester.edu/admissions/)Life at Mac (http://www.macalester.edu/lifeatmac/)Support Mac (http://www.macalester.edu/supportmac/)Theatre and Dance Department Presents “Battles and Bodies” Spring Da... http://www.macalester.edu/news/2012/04/theatre-and-dance-department-...2 of 2 7/6/2016 11:43 AM

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