‘Perpetual Motion’ Performances To Showcase Choreography By Dance Faculty
The shows are Feb. 19 and 20 at 7 p.m., and Feb. 21 at 1:30 and 7 p.m. at the Black Box Theater, Room 207, in the Physical Education Activity Program Building.
Works choreographed by Dance Science faculty will be featured during the 18th annual “Perpetual Motion” showcase Feb. 19-21.
The shows are Feb. 19 and 20 at 7 p.m., and Feb. 21 at 1:30 and 7 p.m. at the Black Box Theater, Room 207, in the Physical Education Activity Program Building. Tickets are $13.50; $8 for students and seniors, available at the MSC Box Office website.
Seven new works will be featured, choreographed by faculty members Carisa Armstrong, Christine Bergeron, Diane Bedford, John Cartwright, Abby Williams Chin, Everett Perry-Johnson, Carolyn Pampalone Rabbers, Andee Scott and Margaret Wiss.
Chin, M.F.A., lecturer and contributing choreographer for the event, said faculty will be presenting works with their own “unique movement signatures, many reflecting a contemporary modern lens.”
“This show is full of really distinct choreographic voices and aesthetics,” Chin said. “So many of these brand-new pieces are working with theatrical elements such as projections, reflective flooring, traffic cones and carrots on sticks that build new worlds for the audience to dive into in each individual piece.”
Chin will present a contemporary modern work titled “Are We There Yet?” featuring five undergraduate students. Chin said the piece explores the concept of “arrivals.”
“It’s about how we think our life will feel different when we reach our next destination,” she said. “Whether that be a degree, marriage, job, new house or new physique. The cast and I have been recounting our physical experiences with the realities of disappointment that occur when the ‘arrival’ doesn’t fulfill what was promised, and imagining worlds that break from linear understandings of achievement and personal progress.”
Chin said she was eager to create new work with students and appreciated their dedication in making it a collaborative experience.
“I loved working through the process together with the students,” she said. “And getting their perspective and input, and letting the work form as we dug into the ideas in the studio.”
