The Purchase Dance Company will present its yearly Spring Concert featuring works by some of the dance world’s most exciting choreographers on April 25-27, 2014, at the Performing Arts Center (735 Anderson Hill Road, Purchase, NY) at Purchase College – SUNY.
The event offers an unusual opportunity to enjoy the artistry of four different choreographers in one stellar program, performed by students of the renowned Conservatory of Dance at Purchase College’s School of the Arts.
“It is very gratifying to give more than 80 of our tremendously talented students, especially our graduating seniors, an opportunity to perform works by such exceptional artists,” says Wallie Wolfgruber, Director of the Conservatory of Dance and Artistic Director of the Purchase Dance Company. “We are also thrilled to present such a diverse program to local audiences.”
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The program features Lux, the restaging of a major work by Doug Varone, a Purchase College alumni and award-winning choreographer and director. Varone has choreographed widely for dance, theater, and opera—including Broadway shows and the Met Opera. He has been honored with a Guggenheim Fellowship, two Bessie Awards, and four National Dance Project awards—and his own company has performed in more than 100 cities worldwide. Varone received his BFA from Purchase College, where he was awarded the President’s Distinguished Alumni Award in 2007.
The Spring Concert also includes:
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Dissolves, a dance choreographed by Purchase faculty member Rosalind Newman, who is the winner of a Guggenheim Fellowship and many other accolades.
How We Are Hungry, a new contemporary work created specifically for Conservatory of Dance students by Purchase alumni Gregory Dolbashian, who was voted one of “25 to Watch in 2013” by Dance Magazine.
An excerpt of As It’s Going, a ballet by sought-after choreographer Matthew Neenan, whose choreography has been performed nationally and internationally by major ballet companies.
Performances will be held: Friday, April 25 at 8:00 pm; Saturday, April 26 at 2:00 pm and 8:00 pm; and Sunday, April 27 at 2:00 pm. Tickets purchased online are $17.50 (general) or $15.50 for seniors. For tickets, please visit www.artscenter.org or call 914.251.6200.
The Purchase Dance Company is the performing company of the Conservatory of Dance. The Company represents a standard of excellence and a diversity of work ranging from reconstructions to contemporary modern and classical ballet repertory, to new works. Purchase College’s Conservatory of Dance is a highly selective program that provides the finest training in classical ballet and modern dance performance and choreography. It is recognized for preparing students to become part of the next generation of leading dance artists.
