RESIST: VCU Dance Senior Projects - Program B

VCU Dance Presents: RESIST

Spring 2017 Senior Project Concert in Two Programs

Saturday, April 22nd, 2017 at 8:00pm - Program B

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 B Performances: 

Kevin Carroll’s Hands Down confronts as well as addresses the deeply rooted physical and psychological humiliation and stigma that media and culture has placed upon women and girls.

Inspired by the ancient philosophy of Wu Wei, Callie Moore’s Snap Soup is solely influenced by and created through a spontaneous rehearsal process. This abstract dance work explores the energies of six individual dancers and how their separate auras ebb and flow throughout space to create a cohesive atmosphere amongst chaos.

Taylor Smith’s Critical Patterns is inspired by personal encounters with discrimination due to sexual orientation and race. In the work the dancers influence the space by testing proximity to create dissension through the use of Modern Dance inspired by the hip hop form House. By choreographing this work, the choreographer’s goal is to further social and political acceptance while encouraging individuals to be proud of who they are.

In an idealized world where every building is crafted with Apollonian ornamentation and everyone speaks in romantic poetry, Rachel Stanislawczyk’s The Simmer of Unspoken Time asks, “What friction is rumbling beneath the surface?” Her work questions hundreds of years’ worth of Dionysian confrontation pushed aside and silenced.

In Constance Yunker’s work, Old Growth, eight dancers evoke life in a forest, exploring its various layers of activity. Each performer embodies a character, from the minutia of insect and plant life to the roaming explorations of larger animals, each coming together to create an interwoven ecosystem.

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