Final preparations being made for Orchesis
Students can enjoy a blend of various dance styles this weekend for a price cheaper than a movie ticket.
Orchesis Dance Theater will perform its spring concert 8 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday in Warriner Hall’s Plachta Auditorium. The price for students is $5 and $7 for the general public.
The show is almost fully student-choreographed, unlike previous shows, which were choreographed by faculty.
Performances
- When: 8 p.m. Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday
- Where: Warriner Hall’s Plachta Auditorium
- Cost: $5 for students; $7 for the general public
“This makes the show unique because we are performing dances that were the ideas and hard work of our peers,” said Janelle Theisen, Orchesis member and Bay City senior.
Flint senior Matt Nicholls is one of seven other seniors who will perform in the Orchesis concert.
He said this show will feature a showcase of many different dances.
“There will be styles such as hip-hop, swing, ballet, ballroom and modern that will be performed,” Nicholls said. “All the dance styles are there. It really has something for everybody.”
Orchesis is a student dance group at CMU that performs several concerts annually.
The group also performed in the fall semester and last February.
“Students will be pleasantly surprised at how entertaining we are,” said Yvette Birs Crandall, Orchesis artistic director and associate speech communication and dramatic arts professor. “Sometimes they think that our concerts are like that of recitals and think it’s boring, but that’s not the case. This is top-notch dancing and really quality stuff.”
Theisen said there is an added bonus at this concert as well.
“Our hip-hop dance will be performed live on stage by (rapper Legacy), who recorded the song we are dancing to,” she said.
Rhythm and blues singer Christian Nelson also is scheduled to perform the newly recorded song, “Dreams.”
Tickets can be purchased by calling 774-3000 or (888) CMU-0111. They also can be purchased at the door or at Central Box Office on the lower level of the Bovee University Center.
Box Office officials said tickets are selling well for both days of the concert.
