RESIST: VCU Dance Senior Projects - Program A

VCU Dance Presents: RESIST

Spring 2017 Senior Project Concert in Two Programs

Friday, April 21st, 2017 at 8:00pm - Program A

Admission: $15/ $10 Students  This is a reserved seated event.

Tickets are available online via www.showclix.com and through  our Grace Street Theater Box Office during business hours, Monday-Friday 12:00-4:00pm at 804-828-2020. Tickets will also be available at the Grace Street Theater one hour before each scheduled concert.

Program A Performances:

Jasmine Burriss’s Engraved challenges the idea of “appropriately” dealing with grief. Throughout this journey, seven women confront the ways in which they have dealt with loss – all very differently. As they analyze and question where they are in their grieving process, they come to find comfort in realizing that they have the enduring support of one another all the while.

Emerald Holman’s Crown Culture is influenced by the famous New York street art paintings of Jean Michel Basquiat; seeks to fuse contemporary and house dance styles. Seven female dancers honor the merging of the dance aesthetics with their eloquently blended movement.

Strings of Attachment, choreographed by Bailey Randolph, The work deals with the sense of ease one feels when depending on another versus being dependent on oneself. The dancers dive and glide through movement comparing the benefits and detriments of being in different relative scenarios similar to the various interactions found in the ocean. The dancers share an understood sense of security while yielding to the effects of touch manipulation and weight sharing in the fluid environment created on stage.

Unresolved – Choreography by Aaron Salas

The Brown Paper Bag Test, choreographed by Jada Willis, examines the idea of colorism based on variations in skin tone. Seven dancers will investigate how society defines beauty based on what we see in the media and perspectives that people have. Through fast and demanding movement, the dancers will embody the experience of colorism and how someone can be deemed inferior to others due to the complexion of their skin.

RESIST is the seventh event of the VCU Dance 2016-2017 Season. The presenting program of VCU Dance is committed to building and engaging dance audiences in the University and Richmond community while providing opportunities for artists to present and create work.

For more information about VCU Department of Dance & Choreography, please visit: arts.vcu.edu/dance

For more information about our Grace Street Theater Spring 2017 Season Event Calendar, please visit: arts.vcu.edu/gracestreet