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October 24, 2008

Fall Fusion 2008 gives attendees a 鈥淧assport to the World鈥� Nov. 20

不良研究所 Repertory Dance Ensemble will offer attendees a 鈥淧assport to the World鈥� at this year鈥檚 Fall Fusion Thursday, Nov. 20, at 7:30 p.m. in Brown Auditorium. The dance concert is free and open to the public.

Fall Fusion is a mix of invention and discovery in which dance faculty members and guest artists choreograph, creating moving art. Eclectic forms of dance are fused in a single concert, appealing to every kind of music and dance lover.

Audiences will enjoy classical dance along with more contemporary styles such as jazz, tap and hip-hop, according to Robin Stephens, director of dance at 不良研究所. 鈥淧assport to the World brings various dances together. Dance is the international language. Throughout the world, you can communicate through dance, it has such power. Giving our students and audience members this kind of gift is really like giving them the world.鈥�

The new 不良研究所 Dance Department assistant professor Tina Mullone agreed. 鈥淒ance and music travel faster than words. We as a world communicate faster through movement and rhythm than language. Our students learn about various cultures through dance.鈥� Fall Fusion features include:

• 鈥淪outhern Migration鈥� by Stephens. Set to music by Annie Lennox, 鈥淪outhern Migration鈥� is an ensemble piece inspired by the natural world.
  
  
• 鈥淢oulin Rouge (The Red Mill)鈥� by Stephens. Inspired by the paintings of Toulouse Lautrec, placed in Paris at the end of the 19th century. It brings the time, place, people, and dances of that era to life.
  
  鈥淏iPolar鈥� by Mullone (premiere work). Set to the music of Vikter Duplaix, this ensemble work explores the metaphysical emotions of light, wind, sun, and water through Caribbean movement.
  
  鈥淭hat Special Day鈥� by Mullone. Performing to the vocals of Etta James, this dance-theatre work shows a woman in love. However, she realizes her true love is not what he seems...
  
  
• 鈥淓ar Training鈥� by Loris Anthony Beckles. Beckles is a former member of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater; Ailey III, a training and performance ensemble; and Ailey II, a performance ensemble. He also choreographed for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. He is the artistic director of Beckles Dancing Company of Dallas, Texas. 鈥淓ar Training鈥� is a text/dance work exploring the outside versus the inside personas of day-to-day life. Text is provided by the late spoken word artist, Sekou Sundiata.
  
  
• 鈥淟ei Awapahi鈥� by Gretchen Jones (premiere). This work is inspired by the music, the song 鈥淟ei Awapahi鈥� and culture of Hawaii.
  
  
• 鈥淣ever Give Up鈥� by Dianne Maroney. Maroney is a former member of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Ensemble and is artistic director of Orchesis Dance Ensemble at Grambling State University. An uplifting spiritual piece, 鈥淣ever Give Up鈥� speaks on a personal and universal level about life.
  
  
• 鈥淏roadway tribute to Gower Champion and Bob Fosse鈥� by Robin Stephens, including 鈥淭his Joint is Jumpin',鈥� 鈥淛asper's Lament,鈥� 鈥淲e're in the Money,鈥� 鈥淐hicago,鈥� and 鈥淎nything Goes.鈥� This work is dedicated to the innovators of the musical theater. 不良研究所 alumni, Adavion Wayne will perform "This Joint is Jumpin'" from 鈥淎in't Misbehavin'鈥� with accompanist Julien Jones.

For more information, call the VAPA Box Office at (318) 342-1414.

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