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Students take charge in dance company
Laurie Culp (back) and Dede Bland are dancers in YCS.
By STEVE H. HALL
Staff Writer
After numerous dance pieces in
which all the moves and nuances
have been laid down by their teach
ers, members of the University
dance department’s Young
Choreographers’ Series finally get
to call the shots.
With limited advising from fac
ulty, they’ve spent the last month
choreographing 12 original works,
taking charge of everything from
music to costume design to lighting
cues.
These works, which range in
style from lyrical modem to jazz,
will be premiered at the annual
YCS spring concert tonight at 8
p.m. in the Carver Studio Theatre of
the Women’s P.E. Building. The
concert will also run tomorrow and
Friday at 8 p.m.
Young Choreographers’ Series,
which began in fall of 1981, is a stu
dent-run performance/production
company that consists of both dance
majors and majors from other de
partments.
YCS President Eileen Edwards
said YCS provides performance
choreography majors with a taste of
what it’s like to work for a profes
sional dance company.
“There’s a lot of commitment and
responsibility, and the dancers
come to that realization through
(working on YCS),” she said. “Also,
we pride ourselves on being open to
all majors. We find that majors from
other departments bring a fresh en
ergy that’s a nice addition to the
dance department’s performances.”
Three senior dance majors will
present works to fulfill graduation
requirements.
Dawn Abernathy, a senior from
Kennesaw, will present
“Aspirations,” a two-part work of
modem dance that deals with goals
both achieved and unfulfilled
throughout a person’s life.
“The first section is about the re
lationship between a man and wom
an sharing goals and passing them
on to their children,” she said. “The
second section is about when you
haven’t reached a goal, and you’re
frustrated. Throughout it, children
come in and out as a reminder that
even though you might not reach a
goal, you can pass it on.”
Mary Claire DePoy, a senior
from Atlanta, choreographed
“Stasis,” in which two percussion
ists will perform.
This piece, which is about ele
ments of dance that have crossed
cultural barriers over time, com
bines a variety of dance steps from
Greek, Middle Eastern, Celtic and
Native American cultures.
“I’ve been researching ritual
dance in different cultures for the
past two years,” DePoy said. “I’ve
taken similar dance steps and put
them together in what I hope will be
a unifying way, which is what the
word ‘stasis’ means. We’re not just
trying to imitate a cultural dance,
but to hopefully convey a feeling of
how powerful it can be when differ
ent cultures come together for a sin
gle purpose: unity.”
“Identification-Differentiation-
Resolution” is the unique title of a
piece by Elizabeth Epps, a senior
from Atlanta.
The first section is about a moth
er nurturing her daughter, with the
second part detailing the upheaval
and discord of their changing rela
tionship as the daughter grows up,
and the third section finding the
daughter giving back to the mother
by caring for her.
“It’s an autobiographical experi
ence based on my relationship with
my mother,” said Epps. “What in
spired me was the fact that I’m a se
nior and I’m leaving, and she has al
ways supported me and been such a
major part of my life that I wanted
to give something back to her.”
In “Connections Through Urban
Energy: A Tribute to Dizzy
Gillespie,” Angie Culpepper, a
freshman art major from
Chatanooga, Tenn., performs with
four other dancers to “Manteca,”
one of her favorite works by
Gillespie.
The concert also features “Hah!”
an eclectic work that fuses tap
dance and the abstractions of mod
ern dance.
“It’s based on polyrhythms,
which is overlaying rhythms on top
of each other,” said Melanie
Garrison, a junior from Easley,
S.C., who choreographed “Hah!”
“Each person has a different quali
ty of body movement that’s based on
their breathing pattern, and that’s
where modern dance comes into
this piece.”
Among the show’s other works
are “Serendipity” by Abernathy and
Brandy Ray, a senior from Powder
Springs, about their friendship and
graduation, and “A Statement in
Memory of Chris Hearn” by Janet
Sozio, a freshman from Foxboro,
Mass., who choreographed the work
in dedication to a late friend.
Tickets are $3 at the door and $2
in advance. For further information,
call 542-4415.
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Spend ‘A Day of Soul’
today at Legion Field
By JANELL HOBSON
Staff Writer
University Union presents a
day of soul, jazz, gospel, rhythm
& blues, drama — you name it,
they’ll have it at “A Day of Soul,”
an annual black arts festival in
its second year.
The festival, sponsored by the
Committee for Black Cultural
Programs (CBCP), will be held
today at Legion Field from 4
p.m. to 8 p.m.
“CBCPs mission is to edu
cate, entertain and enlighten
students, as well as the commu
nity, about our black culture,"
said Neicy Wells, coordinator for
the Union division. “At this
event, we will have vendors,
both from the local area and
Atlanta, who will present vari
ous aspects of black parapher
nalia (including artwork and
books).”
Wells also said various stu
dent and community organiza
tions will take part in this festi
val.
“This event isn’t just to pro
mote our committee,” she said.
“We also want to promote
awareness of the other groups
existing on campus.”
The organizations performing
at this affair include the Afro-
American Choral Ensemble,
Pamoja Dance Company and
East Athens Dance Theatre.
Vocalists Kabanya Spears
and Pamela McGuire,
University students, will give
solo performances and several
individuals will perform drama.
In addition, food and drinks
will be served, and “DJ Mighty
Mo” will play a variety of music
reflecting black culture through
out the festival, one segment ap
propriately titled “Blast from
the Past."
“Last year was a big success,”
said Stephanie Chambliss, ju
nior public relations director of
CBCP. “We decided to do it
again. We wanted to get people
together to enjoy themselves
and to enjoy black culture.”
“I’d like to think we’ve cov
ered the basics (in terms of
black entertainment),” Wells
said. “I’ve already talked to var
ious people, students, profes
sors, etc. It looks like everyone
is enthusiastic about this
event.”
“The event will provide a
wide array of entertainment for
the UGA community and it
promises to be a huge success,"
said Dawn Jackson, junior
CBCP member and political sci
ence/English major. “It’s the
first of its kind here at the
University and I believe people
will enjoy the diversity it pro
vides.”
“I think a lot of people are ex
cited about it,” Chambliss said.
“At least, we are. We expect a
big turnout, provided that the
weather is good.”
This event is free to the pub
lic. In case of rain, the festival
will be postponed to next
Wednesday, May 26.
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