`Body Electric' to hit stage; Performance set at Lunenburg High.Byline: Lynne Klaft LUNENBURG - The Guild Dancers will present "The Body Electric" June 13 and 14 at the Lunenburg High School Lunenburg High School is the high school of the town of Lunenburg, Massachusetts in north-central Worcester County, and is located at 1079 Massachusetts Avenue. Since the 2000-01 school year the schools administration has consisted of Mr. Michael Barney (Principal) and Mr. auditorium. "We just hope to keep dancing. We're fortunate to have as many volunteers as we do to keep our mission of arts in the community alive, as the arts everywhere are going through difficult economic times now. "It's been a challenge, but the spirit is wonderful!" said Martha Lane Browne, artistic director of the company, which is now in its 28th year. The performance group's first number and theme piece, "The Body Electric," choreographed by Ms. Browne, with music by Michael Gore and Dean Pitchford, inspired by the Walt Whitman poem "I Sing the Body Electric," has been in the Guild Dancers' repertoire since 1988, but has only been performed a few times. "In February, the high school class spent all of one day learning the piece and we've been rehearsing it since - and we end the program with a piece from the musical `Fame,' a very empowering piece for the younger generation," Ms. Browne said. "Fame" has been a timeless timeless, adj infinite, enduring, endless. inspiration to dancers since hitting the stage in the late 1980's. "It resonates with all ages and audiences. I remember when the television show was about to be canceled, our dancers wrote a letter to the network and they got a letter and poster back signed by the producers and actors. It spoke to a whole generation then, and the hope is that it will to a whole new generation today," Ms. Browne said. The Guild's performance lineup A criminal investigation technique in which the police arrange a number of individuals in a row before a witness to a crime and ask the witness to identify which, if any, of the individuals committed the crime. also includes two, four-part dance segments. The first includes a newly choreographed piece by Ellen Guglietti, "Rain Rain Beautiful Rain," "This Island Earth" by the middle school dancers, an all-drumming, mesmerizing mes·mer·ize tr.v. mes·mer·ized, mes·mer·iz·ing, mes·mer·iz·es 1. To spellbind; enthrall: "He could mesmerize an audience by the sheer force of his presence" piece "Whatever Befalls ..." performed by the high school class, and the inspirational in·spi·ra·tion·al adj. 1. Of or relating to inspiration. 2. Providing or intended to convey inspiration. 3. Resulting from inspiration. hymn "Amazing Grace "Amazing Grace" is a well-known Christian hymn. The words were written late in 1772 by Englishman John Newton. They first appeared in print in Newton's Olney Hymns, 1779 that he worked on with William Cowper. " sung in Cherokee and interpreted by Ms. Browne. After the intermission, the second four-part segment, described as "the spirit and sheer joy of dancing" by Ms. Browne, begins with "Billy Elliot," continues with music from Benny Goodman's "Rattle and Roll," the Gipsy Kings' "Bambelo," and concludes with a high energy, newly choreographed piece by Ms. Browne from "Hair Spray" - "You Can't Stop the Beat." "`Billy Elliot' is a huge musical in London, and is coming to New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of in November, and we just love the message it sends. Billy says, `What does it feel like when I dance, it feels like electricity!' It's a precious gem and the kids love dancing it. Tony Guglietti begins the piece in silence, and then the music starts ... it's wonderful," Ms. Browne said. The composition class has also created a dance of its own, "Trust for All Seasons." "These are seniors that have been dancing together for 10 years. Last fall their assignments were based on trusting each other - lifts, throws - they brought in the music and it's evolved into a very exciting piece," Ms. Browne said. The Guild dancers spent their Memorial Day weekend rehearsing. All of them. "Curt (Ahokas) and I feel that doing small good things, coming together, being a part of something is what the Guild is about. We had a poster board and everyone wrote a little something on it. Some of it was hilarious, some touching," Ms. Browne said. "I waved to a man on the street. ... I corrected the spelling and grammar on this poster. ... I hugged everyone. ... I fed the baby while mom was on the phone. ... I gave my only cookie cookie File or part of a file put on a Web user's hard disk by a Web site. Cookies are used to store registration data, to make it possible to customize information for visitors to a Web site, to target Web advertising, and to keep track of the products a user wishes to away ..." were just a few of the notes on the poster. The Guild Dancers invite the public to "The Body Electric" this month. Performance dates are at 8 p.m. Friday, June 13, and at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday, June 14. Tickets can be purchased at The Bloomery Bloom´er`y n. 1. (Manuf.) A furnace and forge in which wrought iron in the form of blooms is made directly from the ore, or (more rarely) from cast iron. , Boutique Boutique A small investment firm specializing in offering specific, but limited services to a select number of individuals. Notes: These investment firms are the alternatives to large financial supermarkets. They provide a highly personalized environment for investing. 109, Elena's Gourmet Grocery, Hey Good Look'n, Presto Pizza, and Trudies' Treats. Tickets are $12 advance sales and $15 at the door. For more information, call the Guild Dancers at (978) 582-6302. The Body Electric When: 8 p.m. Friday, June 13, and at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday, June 14. Where: auditorium, Lunenburg High School, 1079 Massachusetts Ave., Lunenburg. How much: $12 advance sales, $15 at the door. ART: PHOTOS CUTLINE: (1) Tony Guglietti's composition class performs "Standin' on the Corner" for the Guild Dancers' June 13-14 performance, "The Body Electric" in Lunenburg High School auditorium. Front row: Alex Bunish, Ashlyn Conners, Natalie de Freitas, Rose Crisci and Alexis Kay; back row: Sarah Johnson Sarah Johnson may refer to:
PHOTOG pho·tog n. Informal A person who takes photographs, especially as a profession; a photographer. : CAIO CAIO Checkout and Initial Operations de FREITAS PHOTOS |
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