DANCE TROUPE TO GIVE FINAL SHOW OF SEASON.Byline: Daily News ``Red, White and Blues,'' the CalArts Dance Ensemble's final production of the season, closes tonight. The final performance is scheduled for 8 p.m. in the newly reconfigured modular theater, letting the audience see dance in the round, at the California Institute of the Arts California Institute of the Arts known as CalArts U.S. private institution of higher learning in Valencia. Created in 1961 through the merger of two other art institutes, it was the first in the U.S. . Tickets are $10 for general admission, $2 for students and senior citizens. Call 253-7800 for information. The production is directed by Cristyne Lawson and features a reconstruction from Martha Graham's ``Panorama'' (1935,) a restaging of Ann Carlson's ``Sold'' (1990) and a new piece by Lawson, ``Blue Notes.'' Graham premiered ``Panorama'' at the Vermont State Armory on Aug. 14, 1935. The CalArts troupe has reconstructed re·con·struct tr.v. re·con·struct·ed, re·con·struct·ing, re·con·structs 1. To construct again; rebuild. 2. a 10-minute excerpt ex·cerpt n. A passage or segment taken from a longer work, such as a literary or musical composition, a document, or a film. tr.v. ex·cerpt·ed, ex·cerpt·ing, ex·cerpts 1. that features 32 women, including students and School of Dance faculty members Liz Maxwell and Tina Mantelk. Carlson, a choreographer cho·re·o·graph v. cho·re·o·graphed, cho·re·o·graph·ing, cho·re·o·graphs v.tr. 1. To create the choreography of: choreograph a ballet. 2. from New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. who won the first CalArts/Alpert Award in in 1995, is restaging ``Sold.'' It comes from her ``White Series'' examining privilege and love in American culture. In it, Carlson wears a white wedding dress and auctions off dancers by the pound, making a point about the commercialization of art. Featured dancers are alumni Clyde Howell, Lisa K. Lock, Tomas Tamayo, Phyllis Douglass and faculty members Maxwell, Mantel and Laurence Blake. Lawson's ``Blue Note'' is a duet for alumni Lanz Fuller and Morgan Williams For the American politician, see . Morgan Williams (born on April 17, 1976 in Kingston, Ontario) is a rugby union scrum half. He is one of only a handful of professional rugby players from Canada. . The dance to traditional blues music was inspired by a poem of the same name by Kofi Natambu. |
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