Faculty, alumni to take stage for dance concert
Emerald
‘Baguettes, Sackbuts and Mazurkas’ will feature Kim Christensen, an instructor in the University’s department of dance, as well as
other dancers and musicians.
■ Students will coordinate
and produce a music and
dance show
By Brodie Lewis
For the Emerald
Don’t let the name fool you:
“Baguettes, Sackbuts and Mazurkas”
is serious stuff. Translated, it means
drumsticks, trombones and triple
meter dance forms, all of which are
present in the University dance de
partment’s next performance.
The concert of music and dance,
featuring faculty, alumni, musicians
and composers in the department,
is scheduled for Friday and Satur
day night. It will feature a smorgas
bord of music ranging from marim
ba to East European and dance from
contemporary to post-modern.
One thing that sets this concert
apart from others is that the entire
show is coordinated and produced
by students. It is the culminating
project for Jenifer Craig’s produc
tion class, which studies event pro
duction from when to pull the lights
to where to put the marimba.
“It’s a great idea,” said Craig,
chairwoman of the dance depart
ment. “The students producing it
make it very one-of-a-kind.”
Also making the concert unique
is the line-up. All of the musical
performers are either University
alumni or faculty. The concept was
to blend various styles of dance and
music together, which is something
that was accomplished mainly by
David Burrow, the concert’s artistic
director.
Burrow, an instructor in the dance
department, earned both bachelor’s
and master’s degrees in music and
has had success in the past with mix
ing the two different media. He both
choreographed and composed for the
show and will perform on multiple
instruments as well. One of his fa
vorite pieces features him on the tim
pani, performing a song written by
Saul Goodman, who was the princi
pal timpanist for the New York Phil
harmonic.
“My teacher studied under Saul,”
Burrow said, “so in a musical sense,
it’s a dedication to him.”
Burrow also advised the audi
ence to watch for a piece called
“Napoleon’s Bake Sale,” a perform
ance art piece that he choreo
graphed. “It’s an interesting little
nugget thrown in there,” he said.
The music covers a lot of ground,
stylistically. The pieces’ composers
include J.S. Bach, Frank Zappa and
Baroque. Each piece will be per
formed by a small group of musi
cians, whereas most pieces were in
tended for larger groups.
The dancing also features an
amalgamation of different styles.
One such dance is Sherrie Barr’s
“Blue Man Sings,” a piece of con
temporary dance inspired by a trip
to Morocco and set to a marimba
solo.
“It’s always exciting being in
volved with a project like this,” Barr
said. “The production class is a
unique experience.”
The concert will be held at the
Dougherty Dance Hall in rooms 353
and 354 of the Gerlinger Annex on
campus. The show begins at 8 p.m.
on Friday and Saturday. General ad
mission is $10, and admission for
students and seniors is $5.
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