May 20, 2009

Student dancers and choreographers will draw on the themes of complexity and multidimensionality to express the many connections between dance and music in the Drexel Dance Ensemble's spring concert, Intricacies. Special guest Meredith Rainey, a former soloist for the Pennsylvania Ballet, will perform his original work Seeds. Dr. Miriam Giguere, Dance Program Director, choreographed Fugue for Three Gestures,based on a Bach fugue, and Dance faculty member Olive Prince will present a work to sampled music by Bach. Student choreographers Jessica Raspa and Kim Perno commissioned Joel Collier of the Music Industry Program's Composers Club to arrange music specifically for their original dance Rhythmic Explorations. The spring concert runs May 28th-30th at 8 PM in the Mandell Theater. Tickets are $5 with a Drexel ID and $8 for general admission. For more information, call 215-895-ARTS.