What is beautiful? Judging from the talented work of choreographers from Cornell's Dance Program, beauty can be defined in many ways and is never universal. The choreographers have created an evening of dance abstracting the question "What is beautiful?" by both presenting alternate forms of beauty and by questioning beauty as a general concept.
The fall dance theater concert will be held Dec. 6-8 at 7:30 p.m. in the Class of '56 Dance Theatre at the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets are $4 in advance and $5 at the door and are available at the Schwartz Center box office, 430 College Ave.; 254-ARTS.
"The choreographers have worked at developing dance episodes dealing with different perspectives of 'What is beautiful?' and hope to reveal beauty to audiences where it is not normally expected," said Byron Suber, dance concert coordinator.
This dance concert is a cohesive body of work with overarching themes featuring the work of nine student choreographers and one guest dancer and choreographer from New York City. Antonio Ramos has danced professionally with Neil Greenberg, Mark Dendy and Marien Soto. The student choreographers are: Cindy Postma, Meredith Maglio, Sarah Kandora, Loretta Wiatr, Cynthia Koppe, Nathalie Fassie, Jonathan Ivers, Rebecca Budinoff and Rachel Appelbaum.
Some of the exciting elements in the dance concert include an aerial dance in the mode of circus performance and dances that focus and explore gender and cultural identity. Music varies from classical to pop and ranges from solo work to larger group sections.
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