{"id":47519,"date":"2011-08-05T07:58:02","date_gmt":"2011-08-05T11:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/home.bates.edu\/?p=47519"},"modified":"2017-01-26T14:22:03","modified_gmt":"2017-01-26T19:22:03","slug":"bdf11-different-voices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2011\/08\/05\/bdf11-different-voices\/","title":{"rendered":"In final days, dance festival showcases students, international choreographers"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Aparna<\/a><\/p>\n

Creations by festival students and by professional choreographers from around the world are showcased in the closing days of the 2011 Bates Dance Festival.<\/p>\n

Different Voices<\/em> concerts in Schaeffer Theatre at 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday, Aug. 11-12, showcase diverse styles and perspectives of choreographers from Asia, Africa and the United States. Among them are Sunon Wachirawarakarn, a principal dancer with Thailand’s Pichet Klunchun Dance Company; Nelisiwe Xaba, a Soweto-born multimedia artist; Mamela Nyamza, a choreographer-performer from Capetown; and Kettly Noel, a Haitian-born, Malian-based choreographer who incorporates women\u2019s issues into her work.<\/p>\n

Coming from the U.S. are Jennifer Archibald, a New York-based hip hop\/jazz choreographer; the Connecticut-based modern troupe Race Dance; Catherine Cabeen, artistic director of Catherine Cabeen and Company of Seattle; and contemporary Indian choreographer Aparna Sindhoor, co-director of Navarasa Dance Theater in Boston.<\/p>\n

The festival closes Saturday with the Young Choreographers\/New Works<\/em> presentation at 1 p.m. in Schaeffer and the Festival Finale<\/em> at 7:30 in Alumni Gym, featuring modern, jazz and hip-hop works by visiting choreographers Jennifer Archibald, David Dorfman, Nicholas Leichter and Lisa Race. There will also be a piece by local youth, ages 6-17, who took part in the Youth Arts Program. See below for more information.<\/p>\n

Learn more<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Here is the remaining schedule<\/a> of the Bates Dance Festival’s 29th season of public events, continuing through Aug. 13 on the Bates campus.<\/strong><\/p>\n

August<\/h2>\n

11 Thu<\/h3>\n

8pm Bates Dance Festival performance:<\/strong> Different Voices<\/em><\/a>. A diverse evening of new works by international and emerging choreographers. $24\/$12. FMI<\/a><\/strong>.
\nSchaeffer Theatre<\/em><\/p>\n

12 Fri<\/h3>\n

8pm Bates Dance Festival performance:<\/strong> Different Voices<\/em><\/a> (see Aug. 11). FMI<\/a><\/strong>.
\nSchaeffer Theatre<\/em><\/p>\n

13 Sat<\/h3>\n

1pm Bates Dance Festival performance:<\/strong> Young Choreographers\/New Works<\/em>, an informal adjudicated showing of new works by talented festival students. FMI<\/a><\/strong> <\/strong>.
\nSchaeffer Theatre<\/em><\/p>\n

7:30pm Bates Dance Festival performance: <\/a><\/strong>Festival Finale<\/em>. <\/a>Festival participants perform works by Jennifer Archibald, David Dorfman, Nicholas Leichter and Lisa Race, plus a new work by Youth Arts Program participants. FMI<\/a><\/strong>.
\nAlumni Gym<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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