By Dan Nonte, University Relations
Singer/actress L. Celeste is among the performers in the Nov. 6-8 concert.
Contact: (336) 334-5371
Posted 10-17-08
GREENSBORO — Cyrus Art Production marks its third season in Greensboro with a multimedia dance concert celebrating young people and the change they can inspire, including the premiere of a work based on the city’s historic Woolworth’s sit-in started by four N.C. A&T students.
Performances will be in the UNCG Dance Theater at 8 p.m. Nov. 6-8 and 2 p.m. Nov. 8. Tickets – available from the UNCG Box Office, (336) 334-4849 – cost $15 for general admission, $12 for students and seniors, and $9 for UNCG students.
An array of successful young artists and top-tier professionals from the Triad, New York and Japan will perform, including spoken word artist Josephus III, singer/actress L. Celeste, students at Weaver Academy and, of course, Duane Cyrus. A faculty member in the UNCG Department of Dance, Cyrus founded and directs the company that bears his name.
The concert will include “A Seat in History – Greensboro: Then & Now,” a work funded in part by the Greensboro Bicentennial Commission and inspired by the sit-in that began Feb. 1, 1960.
“Set in the first days of the Woolworth’s sit-in, the work illustrates how the solidarity of community, the media and young students helped to propel Greensboro’s past into the present, and continues to urge social change toward the future,” Cyrus says.
Cyrus Art Production – www.cyrusartproduction.com – presents dance and theater in unique and thought-provoking cultural events. Testing the boundaries of dance presentation, the company brings together dance, music, drama, video, photography and graphic art.
Cyrus has performed with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Martha Graham Dance Company, “The Lion King” (original London cast) and “Carousel” (U.S. Tour) as well as directing domestic and international tours with Cyrus Art Production.
The UNCG Dance Theater is at the intersection of Walker Avenue and Kenilworth Street with parking available in the Walker Avenue deck. Campus maps are available at www.uncg.edu/online_map/.
Contact Cyrus Art Production at cyart4admin@me.com or (336) 540-8882.
