(Garden City, NY) If “dance is the hidden language of the soul,” as Martha Graham stated Adelphi University students will showcase their fluency at this spring performance. Spring Dance Adelphi: Boléro opens Tuesday, April 30 and closes Sunday May 5, 2013. All performances will be in the Olmsted Theatre, at the Adelphi University Performing Arts Center (AUPAC), 1 South Avenue, Garden City, NY.
Spring Dance Adelphi: Boléro features new choreography from Adelphi’s faculty as well as acclaimed choreographer Pascal Rioult’s challenging and dynamic Boléro to create an eclectic and exciting program of dance featuring the talented troupe of students from the Department of Dance.
The program features The Sleeping Beauty (Pas de Six from the Prologue) choreographed after Marius Petipa by Professor and Department of Dance Chair Frank Augustyn; the world premiere of Consumed choreographed by Assistant Professor Orion Duckstein; excerpts from Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake choreographed by Adjunct Professor Jennifer Kreichman after Lev Ivanov; the world premiere of State of Mind choreographed by Assistant Professor Catherine Denisot Lawrence; and Pascal Rioult’s Boléro.
Performance dates are Tuesday, April 30 at 7:30 p.m.; Wednesday, May 1 at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, May 4 at 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.; and Sunday, May 5 at 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.
Celebrating its fifth year, Adelphi University’s Performing Arts Center is Long Island’s premier cultural arts venue for entertainment of all kinds. Tickets for Spring Dance Adelphi: Boléro are on sale now and range in price from $5-$15. Information is available at The Lucia and Steven N. Fischer Box Office at (516) 877-4000 or boxoffice@adelphi.edu. The Olmsted Theatre is located on the main level of the Performing Arts Center.
Check out aupac.adelphi.edu for more on this event and others coming to the venue.
About the Department of Dance:
The Department of Dance is focused on performance with equal time spent on classical ballet and modern techniques. Composition and other creative work are readily available to those especially interested, as are opportunities for performance in workshops, student projects, and Dance Adelphi. With the Adelphi University dance program’s excellent reputation and proximity to New York City, students have numerous opportunities to pursue a career in dance. They enjoy Adelphi’s state-of-the-art Performing Arts Center (AUPAC), complete with five intimate performance venues, and rehearsal and classroom space. Many alumni have performed at the Paul Taylor Company, Joffrey Ballet, Eliot Feld Ballet Company, Joyce Trisler Danscompany, Merce Cunningham Company, Alwin Nikolais Company, Pilobolus, Lucinda Childs Dance, and Germaul Barnes/Viewsic Expressions Dance. Broadway has boasted many Adelphi graduates in productions, such as Cats, Dancin’, Anything Goes, Annie, The Wiz, My One and Only, Sophisticated Ladies, and Kiss of the Spider Woman. Other graduates have entered the teaching profession and hold positions in both academic and professional areas.
About Adelphi University:
Adelphi is a world class, modern university with excellent and highly relevant programs where students prepare for lives of active citizenship and professional careers. Through its schools and programs—The College of Arts and Sciences, Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies, Honors College, Ruth S. Ammon School of Education, University College, Robert B. Willumstad School of Business, Schools of Nursing and Social Work—the co-educational university offers undergraduate and graduate degrees as well as professional and educational programs for adults. Adelphi University currently enrolls nearly 8,000 students from 41 states and 60 foreign countries. With its main campus in Garden City and centers in Manhattan, Hauppauge, and Poughkeepsie, the University, chartered in 1896, maintains a commitment to liberal studies in tandem with rigorous professional preparation and active citizenship.
