UT Department of Theatre & Dance Announce DRT Fall Showing 12/4, 12/5 at B. Iden Payne Theatre

With pieces inspired by the joy of expression and the skill of interpretation as they relate to the world of dance, The University of Texas Department of Theatre & Dance's award-winning student dance company presents, Dance Repertory Theatre Fall Showing, Preview of Canción del Cuerpo (Song of the Body), December 4 & 5, 2009, at the B. Iden Payne Theatre.

This program features exciting new pieces by UT students, faculty and guest choreographers. It also features a sneak peek at pieces that will be featured in the much-anticipated new collaborative work, Canción del Cuerpo (Song of the Body), being performed March 5-7, 2010 at Texas Performing Arts' B. Iden Payne Theatre.

Canción del Cuerpo (Song of the Body) is a vital new dance experience created by Artistic Directors and The University of Texas Faculty Members Lyn C. Wiltshire and Yacov Sharir, along with guest choreographer Álvaro Restrepo. Restrepo is the co-director of El Colegio Del Cuerpo de Cartagena de Indias - Colombia´s first Contemporary Dance choreographic formation center, a dance school for disadvantaged children, and a professional dance company. This special program will present new works by the featured choreographers, performed by dance majors in UT's Dance Repertory Theatre together with company members of El Colegio del Cuerpo.

Canción del Cuerpo (Song of the Body) pieces to be previewed at the Dance Repertory Fall Showing include:

Yet Untitled by Co-Artistic Director and Professor in Dance, Yacov Sharir

My Shadow is Crooked / Shadowplay by Senior Lecturer in Dance, Andrea Beckham

Three Tangos by guest choreographer José Luis Bustamante

Other pieces featured in the Fall Showing include:

The Well by MFA in Dance candidate, Chell Parkins

Border Memories by MFA in Dance candidate, Alvin Rangel

For more information, please visit: http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events/detail.cfm?calset=tad&id=2447

December 4 & 5, 2009 - The UT Department of Theatre & Dance present DANCE REPERTORY THEATRE FALL SHOWING at Texas Performing Arts' B. Iden Payne Theatre, located in the F. Loren Winship Drama Building (23rd St. & San Jacinto). A map of the campus: http://texasperformingarts.org/visit/maps_directions). Show times are December 4 & 5 at 8:00 p.m. Admission is free.

Gene Bartholomew
Public Relations Manager
Texas Performing Arts
The University of Texas at Austin
P.O. Box 7818
Austin, TX 78713-7818
TexasPerformingArts.org

PH: 512.471.0632
FX: 512.471.4783

Texas Performing Arts encourages students to experience our world-class season of performances by offering discounted $10 student tickets, subsidized by over $100,000 in annual donations. Thus far in our 2009-2010 season, students have comprised over 34% of our audience.

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