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'Dancing on a Dime' expresses economic unease
By Kerry Clawson
Beacon Journal staff writer
Published on Wednesday, Nov 25, 2009
Just about everyone's experiencing economic difficulties now on some level, and the dance students and faculty at Kent State University's School of Theatre and Dance are creating their own expression of that in Dance '09: Dancing on a Dime.
Performances will be 8 p.m. Dec. 4-5 and 2 p.m. Dec. 6 at E. Turner Stump Theatre in the Music and Speech Center, Main Street and Horning Road in Kent. Artistic Director Andrea Shearer promises that ''despite its title, there will be no scrimping on creativity and performance in choreography, technique or design.''
The dance department is facing a tighter budget, but the title's more personal than that, Shearer said. Faculty member Barbara Allegra Verlezza's News Blues will evoke images of the Depression era, with newsboys in knickers.
''Some of it reflects the struggle then and now,'' Shearer said of the piece's juxtaposition with the current recession, the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression.
Faculty member Kim Karpanty's Wake draws material from some of the dance students' dreams, which include worries about economic uncertainty. Some of these students are hanging by a thread when it comes to paying for tuition in order to stay in school, Shearer said.
Other faculty members whose choreography will be presented include Shearer, Joan Meggitt, Kim Karpanty, Erin LaSala and Judith Peck Richner. Former faculty member Darwin Prioleau also will present Beggar for the Blues, and dance music director Bill Sallak will perform on maracas to an electronic score of Javier Alvarez's Temazcal.
Cost is $16 or $12 for senior citizens, alumni, faculty and staff. Students pay $8. Call 330-672-2497.
Cleveland Orchestra
The Cleveland Orchestra's Musically Speaking will help audience members go well beyond simply hearing the music to understand the time period in which compositions were written, why composers wrote these works and what inspirations they drew upon. The three-part series will start at 3 p.m. Sunday with Dvorak's New World Symphony No. 9.
The concert is a Beyond the Score event, created by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and performed by the Cleveland Orchestra.
To go inside the music, the first half of the program will be a multimedia presentation that includes narrative and video aimed at bringing 1892 alive, the year Dvorak came to New York. Cleveland actor Tom Fulton will narrate, actor David Hansen of Cleveland will portray Dvorak and Akron actor Terence Crandendonk will play various roles, including Harry Thacker Burleigh, the baritone and songwriter who introduced Dvorak to African-American folk music.
Soprano Andrea Chenoweth will sing excerpts from spirituals that influenced Dvorak, and the orchestra will play musical excerpts. For the second half, the orchestra, led by Bertrand de Billy (pronounced Bear-TRAN de Bee-YEE ) of the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, will play Symphony No. 9 in full.
A free chamber music performance at 2 p.m. in Reinberger Chamber Hall will precede the concert. A chat and Q&A featuring de Billy will follow the concert.
Cost is $31-$82 for single tickets. Cost for the three-part series, which includes Tchaikovsky on Jan. 10 and Mozart on March 7, is $90-$210. Call 216-231-1111, 800-686-1141 or visit http://www.clevelandorchestra.com.
Musical theater buzz
Harvey Fierstein will replace Chaim Topol in the North American tour of Fiddler on the Roof after Topol had to drop out to treat a shoulder injury. The gravelly voiced Fierstein was a replacement as the iconic milkman in the recent Broadway production. Fierstein, a four-time Tony Award winner, originated the role of Edna Turnblad in Hairspray on Broadway and is also known for his film work, which includes Mrs. Doubtfire.
The Fiddler tour will play at PlayhouseSquare June 15-27.
Arts writer Kerry Clawson may be reached at 330-996-3527 or at kclawson@thebeaconjournal.com.
Just about everyone's experiencing economic difficulties now on some level, and the dance students and faculty at Kent State University's School of Theatre and Dance are creating their own expression of that in Dance '09: Dancing on a Dime.
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