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March, 2002

Cheng-Chieh Yu taught this quarter's Advanced Choreography section, and her assignments stressed mindful use of space, as well as concentration on movement vocabulary and our inspirations for moving. For my final showing I wanted to use hip hop style music and movement, and work with a larger group of young dancers. I was very interested in making a statement about L.A. youth culture, boundaries and space: where they dance, how they dance, who they dance for, and how it is accepted or not. Ballet barres, constantly being reconfigured, were utilized as signifiers of confinement and oppression. Negotiating the barres -- under, over, and around them -- symbolizing freedom and defiance. The play between confinement and freedom repeated throughout -- serviced by other dancers symbolizing authority and security. The hip hop movement was interrupted by a section of flowing, contact-inspired jamming. In this section, I hoped to show movement that felt as close to abandon as possible. In the end, I created a character -- a little girl observing and following the action, as a reminder of who exactly it is that might one day benefit from the removal of restrictive social and class barricades -- the next generation. Our showing was in the new Kinross space.

WAC 211B
Final Winter Showing
Features

Barricade
Choreographed by: Kevin Kane

Danced by: Mihran Kirakosian, Evelin Manriquez, Diane Palaganas, Jackie Lopez, Danny Galeon, Michael Hummer, Ellis Tenza, Corey Alexander, Helen Setyan, Maria Celis, Sarri Sanchez, Arnold Hilvano, Allen Gozun, Richard Macalma with Stephanie Manriquez

Wednesday, March 6
5PM
11000 Kinross Building, Room 126
Limited seating

Also Featuring Works By:
Marianne Kim, Sandra Chatterjee, Tamrahenna, Peter Carpenter

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