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Upcoming
Chamber Dance Company Performances and Events
October 22 - 24, 2009, 7:30pm Meany Theater
October 25, 2009, 2:00pm Meany Theater
Pre-performance Lectures by Lodi McClellan
October 22-24, 6:45pm Meany Theater West Lobby
October 25, 1:15pm Meany Theater West Lobby
Using art to highlight community need, the Dance Program will be collecting non-perishable food items for the University Food Bank in Meany lobby during Chamber Dance Company performances.
The Chamber Dance Company's twenty-first season showcases the work of choreographers intent on provoking social change and embracing a humanistic, pluralistic society. The concert opens with a suite of dances created by artists associated with the New Dance Group. Founded in the 1930s this group of artists was committed to making dances that could be understood and appreciated by the common man, and addressed timely social issues such as oppression, inequality and prejudice. Jane Dudley's Harmonica Breakdown reflects on the tragic effects of the Oklahoma dustbowl, Eve Gentry's Tenant of the Street delves into the layered issues of homelessness, Charles Weidman's Lynchtown studies the horrors of mass hysteria, and Donald McKayle's Dink's Blues conjures the dreams of chain gang members. The evening closes with D-Man in the Waters by Bill T. Jones, a choreographer known for works that test the boundaries of modern dance, often scandalizing some by challenging gender stereotypes and addressing subjects such as racism and AIDS. In light of the myriad issues facing the world–– recession, war, xenophobia––to name only a few, this concert revisits the artistic voices of activists who have spoken eloquently on behalf of the need for social and political change. These dances may be from the past, but the issues and the artists' responses remain current and timely.
Ticket Pricing:
$18 General Admission
$16 Faculty/Staff/UAA
$10 Students/Seniors
Ticket information for all concerts:
UW Arts Ticket Office 206-543-4880
For information about other Dance performances, please visit the
Dance Performance Calendar page
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