St. Cecilia Piano Trio to perform concert series

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Tuesday July 28, 1998 12:17 pm	St. Cecilia Piano Trio to perform concert series Bates presents the St. Cecilia Piano Trio in a series of summer chamber music concerts Saturday, Aug. 8, Tuesday, Aug. 11, and Friday, Aug. 14, at 8 p.m. in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall.
Tuesday July 28, 1998 12:06 pm	'Different Voices' concert showcases international choreographers The Bates Dance Festival presents its Different Voices concert on Aug. 13 at 8 p.m. in Schaeffer Theatre. Showcasing emerging artists from around the globe, the concert features new works by choreographers Kota Yamazaki of Japan, Sukarji Sriman of Java, Antonio Tavares of Cape Verde and Vincent Mantsoe of South Africa, all in residence as part of the festival’s International Visiting Artists Program. Tickets are $12/$8 (students and seniors) and may be purchased over the phone by calling 207-786- 6161.
Wednesday July 22, 1998 12:02 pm	Press Advisory: photo opportunity Danny Buraczeski and members of his JAZZDANCE company will be available for interviews and photography during rehearsals for their Friday performance in the Bates Dance Festival (please see attached press release).
Wednesday July 22, 1998 11:54 am	Bebe Miller Company previews new works at Bates Dance Festival The Bebe Miller Company returns to the Bates Dance Festival to debut two of the vibrant choreographer’s latest works Aug. 7 and Aug. 8 at 8 p.m. in Schaeffer Theatre.
Saturday July 18, 1998 11:40 am	Live documentary on Holocaust memorial dance theater to be performed The Bates Dance Festival presents The Ivye Project: A Live Documentary by Tamar Rogoff Aug. 3 at 8 p.m. in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall. The performance is free to the public. Tamar Rogoff will present her “live” documentary using slides, video and the 1935 diary of her father to recreate The Ivye Project, a large scale, site-specific dance theater piece at the Holocaust memorial in the woods of Belarus in the summer of 1994.
Thursday July 16, 1998 2:18 pm	Recipient of Hughes grant returns from arctic research trip Melissa M. Grable, a Bates College senior from Wilmette, Ill., recently returned from a month-long thesis research project aboard the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Polar Sea in the Arctic Ocean.
Thursday July 16, 1998 2:16 pm	Chainon to perform Franco-American music, storytelling Chainon, a fiddle, accordion and mandolin trio, specializing in traditional Franco-American music and storytelling, performs July 30 at 6 p.m. on the Bates quadrangle. The performance is part of the Bates Midsummer Concert Series, and the public is invited to attend free of charge.
Thursday July 16, 1998 2:15 pm	Kennebunkport student conducted Arctic research Peter V.R. Tilney, a Bates College senior from Kennebunkport, recently returned from a month-long thesis research project aboard the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Polar Sea in the Arctic Ocean.
Wednesday July 15, 1998 2:13 pm	Bates Dance Festival presents Doug Elkins Dance Company The Bates Dance Festival presents the return of the innovative Doug Elkins Dance Company Aug. 1 and Aug. 2 at 8 p.m. in Schaeffer Theater. Tickets are $14/$8 (students and seniors) and may be purchased over the phone by calling 207-786-6161. This troupe of six dancers will perform their acclaimed 1996 work Center My Heart, an energetic ensemble piece set to devotional music by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, as well as two Maine premieres, Roda and Bipolarbear Nos.
Wednesday July 15, 1998 2:06 pm	Second annual HOT FEET dance concert seasoned with spicy African/jazz flavor As the highlight of the Bates Dance Festival season, an international ensemble of dancers performs HOT FEET, an evening of American jazz, French- Canadian step, Afro-fusion and jazz tap July 31 at 8 p.m. in the Lewiston Middle School Auditorium, located on Central Avenue. Tickets for the performance are priced at $14 and $8 (for full-time students and seniors) and can be purchased at the door or in advance by calling 207-786-6161. Following a sold-out show in 1997, ticket buyers are strongly encouraged to purchase tickets in advance.

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Bates presents the St. Cecilia Piano Trio in a series of summer chamber music concerts Saturday, Aug. 8, Tuesday, Aug. 11, and Friday, Aug. 14, at 8 p.m. in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall.

'Different Voices' concert showcases international choreographers

The Bates Dance Festival presents its Different Voices concert on Aug. 13 at 8 p.m. in Schaeffer Theatre. Showcasing emerging artists from around the globe, the concert features new works by choreographers Kota Yamazaki of Japan, Sukarji Sriman of Java, Antonio Tavares of Cape Verde and Vincent Mantsoe of South Africa, all in residence as part of the festival’s International Visiting Artists Program. Tickets are $12/$8 (students and seniors) and may be purchased over the phone by calling 207-786- 6161.

Wednesday

July 22, 1998
12:02 pm

Press Advisory: photo opportunity

Danny Buraczeski and members of his JAZZDANCE company will be available for interviews and photography during rehearsals for their Friday performance in the Bates Dance Festival (please see attached press release).

Wednesday

July 22, 1998
11:54 am

Bebe Miller Company previews new works at Bates Dance Festival

The Bebe Miller Company returns to the Bates Dance Festival to debut two of the vibrant choreographer’s latest works Aug. 7 and Aug. 8 at 8 p.m. in Schaeffer Theatre.

Saturday

July 18, 1998
11:40 am

Live documentary on Holocaust memorial dance theater to be performed

The Bates Dance Festival presents The Ivye Project: A Live Documentary by Tamar Rogoff Aug. 3 at 8 p.m. in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall. The performance is free to the public. Tamar Rogoff will present her “live” documentary using slides, video and the 1935 diary of her father to recreate The Ivye Project, a large scale, site-specific dance theater piece at the Holocaust memorial in the woods of Belarus in the summer of 1994.

Thursday

July 16, 1998
2:18 pm

Recipient of Hughes grant returns from arctic research trip

Melissa M. Grable, a Bates College senior from Wilmette, Ill., recently returned from a month-long thesis research project aboard the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Polar Sea in the Arctic Ocean.

Thursday

July 16, 1998
2:16 pm

Chainon to perform Franco-American music, storytelling

Chainon, a fiddle, accordion and mandolin trio, specializing in traditional Franco-American music and storytelling, performs July 30 at 6 p.m. on the Bates quadrangle. The performance is part of the Bates Midsummer Concert Series, and the public is invited to attend free of charge.

Thursday

July 16, 1998
2:15 pm

Kennebunkport student conducted Arctic research

Peter V.R. Tilney, a Bates College senior from Kennebunkport, recently returned from a month-long thesis research project aboard the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Polar Sea in the Arctic Ocean.

Wednesday

July 15, 1998
2:13 pm

Bates Dance Festival presents Doug Elkins Dance Company

The Bates Dance Festival presents the return of the innovative Doug Elkins Dance Company Aug. 1 and Aug. 2 at 8 p.m. in Schaeffer Theater. Tickets are $14/$8 (students and seniors) and may be purchased over the phone by calling 207-786-6161. This troupe of six dancers will perform their acclaimed 1996 work Center My Heart, an energetic ensemble piece set to devotional music by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, as well as two Maine premieres, Roda and Bipolarbear Nos.

Wednesday

July 15, 1998
2:06 pm

Second annual HOT FEET dance concert seasoned with spicy African/jazz flavor

As the highlight of the Bates Dance Festival season, an international ensemble of dancers performs HOT FEET, an evening of American jazz, French- Canadian step, Afro-fusion and jazz tap July 31 at 8 p.m. in the Lewiston Middle School Auditorium, located on Central Avenue. Tickets for the performance are priced at $14 and $8 (for full-time students and seniors) and can be purchased at the door or in advance by calling 207-786-6161. Following a sold-out show in 1997, ticket buyers are strongly encouraged to purchase tickets in advance.