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Macalester College Presents Dance Concert  Resist This

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Macalester College Presents Dance Concert "Resist This"St. Paul, Minn. –Choreographed and performed exclusively by students, the Macalester Spring DanceConcert showcases 10 new dance works. Performances are in the Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center, Main StageTheatre, 1600 Grand Ave., St. Paul at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, April 29, and 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. on Saturday,April 30.  For ticket information, call 651-696-6359.In a variety of dance vocabularies, from hip hop to ballroom to modern, these choreographers have builtworlds designed to tap into the complexities and contradictions of the body and emotions, taking the audienceon an exhilarating ride. Kwame Gayle ’11 explores interracial relationships in the South African contextthrough a moving duet. Digging into the human psyche, Kate Keleher ’13 depicts interactions among thevaried identities of one individual in a lyrical modern piece set to Nina Simone’s "Sinnerman." MorgenChang ’11 sees the mind as a vault of fears and phantoms, where thoughts (and dancers) exist only asshadows until called forth by consciousness, while Alison Hoyer ‘11 works in collaboration with JensTamang and Ben Holt to explore the status of the body within two separate atmospheres.Other works combine energy, musicality, and stylized movement to form new combinations andinterpretations. Senior Alexandra Barnard's contemporary jazz piece takes the elegance of Billie Holiday'smusic and updates it with quirky movement, while Rachel Diamond ’11 and Jonathan Chen ’11 set theirLatin Ballroom duet to pop dance music. Finally, BODACIOUS, Macalester’s hip hop dance group, will beperforming an energetic, fast moving piece with movement inspired by critters of all sorts. The concert alsoshows works by seniors Rachel Wisthuff, Anniki Witter, and Faith Kwon.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,internationalism, multiculturalism and civic engagement.  Learn more at macalester.edu(http://www.macalester.edu/)April 15 2011About 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/)Macalester College Presents Dance Concert "Resist This" - News - Macal... http://www.macalester.edu/news/2011/04/macalester-college-presents-da...1 of 1 3/30/2016 3:21 PM

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