LEWISTON – The Bates College Modern Dance Company will present “In a Flurry,” a program of dances by student and guest choreographers, at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Dec. 5 and 6, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 7, in Schaeffer Theatre, 305 College St.
Eight dances are featured in “In a Flurry.” Five are by students, including one from Maine. Julie Yeterian, a junior from Waterville, was inspired by a Leonard Cohen poem to create “I Almost Went to Bed Without Remembering,” set to music by Phish and Pink Floyd.
The guest choreographers are Ben Munisteri of New York City and Michael Foley, a member of the Bates class of 1989 and assistant professor of modern dance at the University of South Florida.
Munisteri supplied “Better Etudes,” set to music by the Dandy Warhols and P.J. Harvey. Foley’s piece is “Mahalo,” with music by Israel Kamakawiwo’ole.
Munisteri is a choreographer whose ensemble performs regularly in New York, at festivals and at other venues around the country.
He has created dances for the Pennsylvania Dance Theater, Danceworks Performance Company in Milwaukee and many college companies. He recently received two major grants from the Jerome Foundation for the creation of new works.
Foley, who’s been involved in professional dance for more than 15 years, has performed internationally in the companies of some two dozen choreographers.
He has taught workshops and master classes throughout the United States, Europe, Central America and the Caribbean. Foley has been the co-director of the Bates Dance Festival’s Young Dancer’s Workshop since 1996.
New at Bates this year, Carol Dilley, visiting assistant professor of dance, created the dance “6X1” and served as co-artistic director of the program with longtime Bates dance program director Marcy Plavin.
For more information about this performance, people can call the box office at (207) 786-6161. Admission to “In a Flurry” is free.
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