UC CCM Studio Dance Series Presents the Student Choreographers Showcase

Dance students at the University of Cincinnati's College-Conservatory of Music will present original choreography on

Thursday, March 2

through

Saturday, March 4

in the annual

Student Choreographers Showcase

in CCM’s Cohen Family Studio Theater. Admission is free but reservations are required; tickets become available at noon on Monday, Feb. 27 through the

CCM Box Office

.

The Choreographer’s Showcase is directed by Assistant Professor of Dance

André Megerdichian

. The featured student choreographers are

Kiahna Saneshige

,

Dominique Neff

,

Sam Jones

,

Emma Webb

,

Molly-Grace Lewis

,

Erin Donnelly

and

Hope Friedman

.

A panel of five faculty members from CCM’s Division of Theatre Arts, Production and Arts Administration chose the students from 11 applicants. Usually the showcase only features six works, but the choreography projects from the seven students was so convincing that the panel decided to present an extra work this year.

“Each applicant showed us three to six minutes of their proposed project, so, while the pieces were not complete, we were looking for a clarity of vision and potential based on what was presented,” Megerdichian said.

Junior Emma Webb’s dance is a barefoot contemporary ballet piece titled

Ephemeral

. Webb was inspired to create movement based on famous sculptures and paintings; the work incorporates pedestals to further display the dancers themselves as works of art.

Moonlight

, another student work in the showcase, was choreographed by sophomore Erin Donnelly. This narrative piece, set to music by The Piano Guys, follows a soloist lost in a forest and depicts her conflicting emotions of fear, intrigue and fascination.

“The Choreographers Showcase is a very exciting program,” Megerdichian said. “It really represents the future of dance by presenting the next generation of choreographers. The students have the unique perspective of speaking in the context of their time, and this batch of choreographers is really going to give us a great show.”

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Performance Times

8 p.m., Thursday, March 2

8 p.m., Friday, March 3

2 and 8 p.m., Saturday, March 4

Location

Cohen Family Studio Theater, CCM Village

University of Cincinnati

Admission

Admission is free. Reservations are required. Tickets become available at noon on Monday, Feb. 27. Please visit the

CCM Box Office

or call 513-556-4183 to reserve. Limit two tickets per order.

Parking and Directions

Parking is available in the CCM Garage (located at the base of Corry Boulevard off Jefferson Avenue) and additional garages throughout the UC campus. Please visit

uc.edu/parking

for information on parking rates.

For detailed maps and directions, please visit

uc.edu/visitors

. Additional parking is available off-campus at the U Square complex on Calhoun Street and other neighboring lots.

For directions to CCM Village, visit

ccm.uc.edu/about/directions

.

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CCM Season Presenting Sponsor and Musical Theatre Program Sponsor: The Otto M. Budig Family Foundation

The Dance Department gratefully acknowledges the support of the Corbett Endowment at CCM.