2008 Woodie Awards
Dancers leave audience in sweet euphoria
Latifa Bammou
Issue date: 4/30/07 Section: Entertainment
The Dancers' Theatre Spring Concert brought world-class ballet to Brookhaven College and raised the campus' cultural profile.
The concert, sponsored by Brookhaven School of the Arts, was held at the Performance Hall April 20-22.
Performances included "Common Ground," "Like a Star," "Allegretto," "Dreaming of," "Journey" and "Tea for Tango," to name a few.
The show started with an impressive performance of classical dance, which featured some sensational steps and dramatic expressions.
It was an artistic attack on my senses that ultimately left me in a sweet state of mind, which only an artistic creation can engender. The most impressive of the works was "Dreaming of" staged by Collin County Ballet Theatre and choreographed by Micki Saba.
The dancers of "Dreaming of" were clear and eloquent like an honest speech. Their performance was well rehearsed and smooth while the stage was filled with swirling color.
My favorite performance was "Tea for Tango," a duet staged by Karen Maclntyre and Shelly Padilla that played like a fight. The music and dance of "Tea for Tango" were both dramatic and comic at the same time.
The dancers' steps followed a specific slow, quick, slow and quick rhythm.
The dance varied from moment to moment to match the music and mood.
"Like a Star" was a musically expressive work while the costumes dancers wore were innovative. They performed in short, bright-red dresses that added color to the show.
Plano Metropolitan Ballet dancers performed "Allegretto" wearing fantastic costumes. Its spellbinding backdrop and the graceful dancers captivated the audience.
"Journey," staged by North Central Ballet Company, transported the audience into a fantasy world where dancers defied gravity and maintained balance while gliding on their tiptoes and rising in the air as if they were light as feathers.
In "Journey," the dancers were able to express the rhythmic language of the oriental music with their movement that complemented the downbeat of the drums and the accent of each rhythm.
The concert, sponsored by Brookhaven School of the Arts, was held at the Performance Hall April 20-22.
Performances included "Common Ground," "Like a Star," "Allegretto," "Dreaming of," "Journey" and "Tea for Tango," to name a few.
The show started with an impressive performance of classical dance, which featured some sensational steps and dramatic expressions.
It was an artistic attack on my senses that ultimately left me in a sweet state of mind, which only an artistic creation can engender. The most impressive of the works was "Dreaming of" staged by Collin County Ballet Theatre and choreographed by Micki Saba.
The dancers of "Dreaming of" were clear and eloquent like an honest speech. Their performance was well rehearsed and smooth while the stage was filled with swirling color.
My favorite performance was "Tea for Tango," a duet staged by Karen Maclntyre and Shelly Padilla that played like a fight. The music and dance of "Tea for Tango" were both dramatic and comic at the same time.
The dancers' steps followed a specific slow, quick, slow and quick rhythm.
The dance varied from moment to moment to match the music and mood.
"Like a Star" was a musically expressive work while the costumes dancers wore were innovative. They performed in short, bright-red dresses that added color to the show.
Plano Metropolitan Ballet dancers performed "Allegretto" wearing fantastic costumes. Its spellbinding backdrop and the graceful dancers captivated the audience.
"Journey," staged by North Central Ballet Company, transported the audience into a fantasy world where dancers defied gravity and maintained balance while gliding on their tiptoes and rising in the air as if they were light as feathers.
In "Journey," the dancers were able to express the rhythmic language of the oriental music with their movement that complemented the downbeat of the drums and the accent of each rhythm.
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