BATES COLLEGE MODERN DANCE COMPANY
Parents and Family Weekend
12 noon, Saturday Oct 3
12 noon, Sunday Oct 4
This concert will feature works by Bates faculty and students including choreography from DANC 270F Advanced Jazz Repertory.
Schaeffer Theater
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BEAUTIFUL ME
Gregory Maqoma, Vuyani Dance Theater
Presented in collaboration with the Bates Dance Festival
7:30 pm, Saturday October 16th
Gregory Maqoma, Vuyani Dance Theater will perform Beautiful Me following a week-long residency at Bates College. Maqoma begins with movement, text and music contributed by three master choreographers who have influenced him: Akram Khan, contemporary Kathak; Faustin Linyekula, visual dance-theater; and Vincent Mantsoe's Afro-Fusion, through which he defines his identity in relationship to history, humanity and nature. Four exceptional South African musicians accompany this performance.
*Special ticket pricing applies to this show. Go to www.batesdancefestival.org for more information
Schaeffer Theater
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ALL THE WORLD'S A GRAVE.
A NEW PLAY BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE by John Reed
Thursday, Nov 12 7:30pm
Friday Nov. 13 7:30pm
Sunday Nov 15 1:00pm and 7:30pm
Monday Nov 16 7:30pm
Directed by Professor Paul Kuritz
Hamlet goes to war for Juliet, the daughter of King Lear, returns home to find that his mother has murdered his father and married Macbeth. Iago persuades Hamlet that Juliet is having an affair with Romeo.
"The literary trick of the year" - New York Post
"Such an original idea." - Sir Ian McKellan
"Fascinating and entertaining" - Booklist
"The power of Shakespeare's language flickers uneasily, surging and hissing and fizzing out only to revive and fade again as the words play against their new contexts." - John Wilson, Books and Culture
Schaeffer Theater
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THE HOSPITAL PLAYS
From the HB Short Play Festival
7:30 pm, Thursday Nov 19
Gannett Theater
7:30 pm, Tuesday Dec 8
Schaeffer Theater
Directed by students of Professor Paul Kuritz’s THEA 370 directing course.
(free, no reservations)
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INFORMAL STIDIO DANCE CONCERT
12 noon, Friday December 4
Marcy Plavin Studios, Merrill Gym 2fl.
An informal studio concert featuring choreographic efforts developed during the semester both in classes and independently.
(free, no reservations)
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VOICE AND SPEECH PERFORMANCE
7:30 pm, Wednesday Dec 9
Student in Katalin Vecsey’s course invoice and speech perform their final project.
(free, no reservation)
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YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU
By George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart
7:30 pm, Friday – Saturday March 5, 6, 12, 13
2 pm, Sunday March 7, 14
Directed by Martin Andrucki, Charles A. Dana Professor of Theater
Schaeffer Theater
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FRANCO AMERICA AND BATES 5th ANNUAL WINTER DANCE SHOWCASE.
8 PM, Monday March 8 at Franco American Heritage Center, 46 Cedar St. Lewiston
The 5th annual FAB Winter Dance Showcase will feature both professional and student work by regional dance artists. Included are various international dance forms, contemporary choreography, and live music.
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A Senior Thesis Performance
By Barbara Byers ‘10
An inter-discipline dance – music performance
March 19 – 21
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BATES COLLEGE MODERN DANCE COMPANY
SPRING CONCERT OF NEW WORKS
7:30 pm Friday April 2(Prog.A )
5:00 pm Saturday April 3
(Prog. B)
2:00 pm Sunday April 4
(Prog. A)
7:30 pm Monday April 5
(Prog. B)
Featuring new choreographic works by student choreographers from DANC 251 Dance Composition and DANC 351 Advanced Composition Seminar in collaboration with MUS 237 Computer Music and the Arts, and THEA 233 Costume Design.
Schaeffer Theater
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371 FILM FESTIVAL
4 pm, Friday April 2
Final projects by students in Theater 371, a course on acting and directing for the camera.
(free, no reservations)
Filene Room, 302 Pettigrew Hall
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VOICE AND SPEECH PERFORMANCE
7:30 pm, Wednesday April 7
Students in Katalin Vecsey’s advanced course in voice and speech perform their final project.
(Free, no reservations)
Gannett Theater
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PERFORMCE ART SHOWCASE
7:30 pm, Friday April 9
Students in William Pope.L’s seventies and eighties avant-garde performance course perform their final projects.
(free, no reservations)
Black Box Theater
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THEATER PRODUCTION WORKSHOP
7:30 pm, Thursday – Saturday March 20 – 21
2 pm, Sunday March 23
Students and faculty collaborate on an evening of theater, information to be announced later.
Black Box Theater
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CONTEMPORARY PERFORMANCE POETRY
7:30 pm, Tuesday May 25
Students in William Pope.L’s course in contemporary performance poetry perform their final projects.
Gannett Theater
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SHORT TERM DANCE VARIETY SHOW
5 pm, Wednesday May 26
This concert offers a wide variety of genres, from Bollywood to contemporary choreographic projects reflecting the cultural diversity of the dancing population at Bates College.
(free, no reservations)
Schaeffer Theater
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Tickets are $6 general admission/ $3 Bates faculty and staff, senior citizens and non-Bates students, free to Bates students except as indicated above.
www.batestickets.com
207-786-6161
