March 26, 2009
University Center for the Arts
1400 Remington Street
Fort Collins, CO 80524
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Thank you for supporting the Division of Dance and Theatre at Colorado State University and for signing up for special e-newsletter updates about the program!
This e-newsletter focuses on this weekend's theatre production of "Eurydice" by Sara Ruhl, a modern re-telling of the classic Greek myth.
Please support the CSU Tour Dance Company and their trip to Mexico by attending tonight's Showcase and Fundraiser.
Also in this e-newsletter, read about the recent honors received by dance professor Chung-Fu Chang and upcoming dance and theatre productions in April.
We look forward to seeing you soon!
Sincerely,
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| DANCE SHOWCASE & FUNDRAISER TONIGHT |
 The CSU Tour Dance Company, choreographed and directed by Chung-Fu Chang, has once again been invited to perform at the X Festival International de Danza Contemporanea Avant Garde 2009 in Merida, Mexico May 1st - 3rd.
The company needs your help to make attending the festival possible and will host a benefit showcase and silent auction featuring the work of ten Dance Program students, including choreography being presented at the festival.
When & Where
Friday, March 27 8:00 p.m., University Dance Theatre, University Center for the Arts, 1400 Remington St. $10 tickets are available at the door (cash or check only please). |
| THEATRE PRODUCTION OF "EURYDICE" THIS WEEKEND |
 Eurydice, by Sarah Ruhl and directed by Kaily Anderson. In the original Greek myth, while mourning the death of his wife Eurydice, Orpheus plays such beautiful music that he receives permission from the Gods to go to the underworld and bring her back.
Eurydice is a play about what it is to love, to lose, and to find oneself along the way. Hardly new themes, Ruhl's open and honest approach to the work enlivens the tale, bringing truth and evoking pathos for the story's characters. "The first time I read the play, I was moved in an inexplicable way," remarks Anderson. "Ruhl has taken the original myth from Ovid's Metamorphosis and used it as a base point for her own quirky and wonderful story - I was quite taken with it." READ MORE
Friday, March 27 and Saturday, March 28 at 8:00 p.m., Sunday, March 29 at 2:00 p.m., Studio Theatre, University Center for the Arts. $7/CSU students, $7/youth (ages 6 - 17), $14/seniors, $16/public - BUY TICKETS (4 for $10 Passes not accepted for this event)
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| DANCE PROFESSOR RECEIVES HONORS |
 Congratulations Chung-Fu Chang on being honored as a 2009 Best Teacher Award Recipient!
Each year, students, faculty and alumni have an opportunity to express the magnitude of the impact their teachers have had on them during their college years. Hundreds of nominations for the Best Teacher Awards flood the Alumni Center, but only six dedicated, enthusiastic, passionate and devoted teachers are selected per year.
Chung-Fu Chang is an associate professor in the Dance Division of Colorado State University and director of the CSU Tour Dance Company. He has received an Outstanding Faculty Award from CSU Mortar Board in April 2008. At CSU, he teaches all levels of modern and choreography, acts as an advisor for senior production. READ  MORE ABOUT CHUNG-FU
Chung-Fu will be honored during a dinner and ceremony on Friday, April 3. EVENT DETAILS
Choreography Honors. Chung-Fu Chang's choreographic duet, Distance, was selected to perform in the Gala Concert at the South East Regional Conference of American College Dance Festival Association in Tennessee in early March. Out of 45 dances, Chang's duet was one of 10 that was selected for this honor. READ MORE ABOUT ACDFA
Two CSU senior dance majors, Chantel Doyon and Grady Soapes did a lovely job performing the piece, commissioned by Solar Site Dance Company in Kaohsiung, Taiwan in July 2008. Distance describes the myth of a relationship on two different continents; how they merge and depart. The dancers use 25 yards of fabric which is used as a metaphor for emotional thread that connects the two dancers. Distance will be performed tonight, March 27 at the Tour Dance Company Showcase. | |
| UPCOMING STUDENT DANCE CONCERT |
Student Dance Concert. Join us for this dance tradition since 1987! See a variety of dances choreographed and performed by CSU dance students. This concert gives both new and experienced choreographers, performers, and designers valuable experience. Enjoy a diverse show with a variety of choreography styles including modern, contemporary and even Hip Hop, incorporating props as a focal points. Says Student Dance Concert Coordinator Alison Bray, "It will be a show filled with talent, emotion and fun!"
When & Where
Friday, April 3 and Saturday, April 4 at 8:00 p.m., University Dance Theatre, UCA. $6/CSU students, $6/youth (ages 6 - 17), $10/public. BUY TICKETS
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| UPCOMING THEATRE PRODUCTION: REALITY OR ILLUSION - YOU DECIDE! |
 Six Characters in Search of an Author, by Luigi Pirandello and directed by Laura Jones.
In its millennium retrospective of the major literary influences contributing to our modern sensibilities, TIME Magazine named Luigi Pirandello's Six Characters in Search of an Author the most significant play of the 20th Century! As a stage director tries to conduct a routine rehearsal with a company of actors and technicians, they are interrupted by the arrival of six characters insisting that their story - not the one on the boards - be shown and told to the audience. Not only was Pirandello one of the first writers to exaggerate the stereotypes of domestic drama by burdening them with such self-awareness, his seminal work explores the gaps between appearance and reality as well as form and content in an existential world where the tragic and comic coexist as points of view. PRINT A POSTER
April 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25 at 8:00 p.m., Sunday, April 26 at 2:00 p.m., University Theatre, University Center for the Arts. $7/CSU students, $7/youth (ages 6 - 17), $14/seniors, $16/public - BUY TICKETS
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