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(Posted 1-6-04)
Contact: Tiffany Aumann, 336-334-5371

Prime Movers Presents Dance Concert Jan. 23-24
 

Graduate and undergraduate dancers will present their own works at the Prime Movers concert Jan. 23-24.

Prime Movers will present 10 new compositions choreographed by undergraduate and graduate dance students at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro January 23-24. Concert times are January 23 at 8 p.m. and January 24 at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. at the UNCG Dance Theater, located on Walker Avenue and Kenilworth Street.

 The concert will include work by Renay Aumiller, Stephanie L. Blackmon, Janna Blum, Jahna Bobolia, Courtney Cann, Jenny George, Erin Guthe, Susan E. Haines, Krisja Hendicks, and Ginny Skinner.

The concert features different styles of modern dance with music selections including Bang on a Can, Third Eye Open, Sigur Ros, Martin Sexton, Aesop Rock, and Kronos Quartet.  One piece involves the use of multimedia effects, while others contain elements of dramatic theater.  The concert runs approximately an hour and a half and seeks to provoke thoughtful consideration of many issues facing our world today.

Free parking is located at the corner of Aycock and Walker Avenue and a parking deck is available on Walker Avenue for 75 cents per hour. Ticket prices are $5 for UNCG students, $8 for other students and senior citizens, and $12 for the public. For more information or to reserve tickets, contact the university box office at (336) 334-4849.

Prime Movers is a student-operated organization that encourages student involvement within the UNCG Department of Dance. Its mission is to build a unified community of dance within the department, promote interaction among graduate and undergraduate students, and raise money for the department. Prime Movers sponsors the annual ACDFA (American College Dance Festival Association) trip, which allows faculty and student choreography to be shown and judged on regional and national levels. Prime Movers is a growing on-campus organization, which in the future hopes to expand beyond the department of dance.

The annual Prime Movers Concert was created as a source for students to show their own choreography. It encourages student creativity and showcases talents by giving dancers the opportunity to collaborate and perform in their peers’ choreography. Each student is given the opportunity to audition a piece of their own work, which is judged by a panel of dancers including two undergraduates, two graduates and one faculty member.

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