The University of Calgary Program of Dance presents Mainstage Dance, its annual powerhouse of new choreographic creations, from Thursday, March 18th through Saturday, March 20th, 2010 at 8 pm in the University Theatre.
Mainstage Dance is a unique opportunity for students in the BA dance program to help to shape a performance by engaging in the full creative process with professional choreographers. The students come to the challenge with dedication, passion and skill and the performance results are displayed on the stage at the University Theatre over a three-night run.
This year's Mainstage Dance 2010 will bring students together with four professional choreographers; Melanie Kloetzel, Maya Lewandowsky, Melissa Monteros and Hannah Stilwell.
"All of the professional choreographers are enjoying the energy and the process of creation with our young talented dancers," explains Melissa Monteros, Mainstage Dance 2010 Artistic Director.
The powerful evening is always provocative and interesting, encouraging audiences to look at the world in a new light.
Melanie Kloetzel's piece, Evidence, looks at an age of corruption and the difficulty of knowing what to believe.
Maya Lewandowsky's The Hero's Journey, is a piece for 12 dancers exploring a journey where the restless soul leaves home to find something greater than itself.
Monteros' piece The Story of Us explores love, attraction and the mystery of a long term relationship.
And Hannah Stilwell's piece Sound of Body will play with the juxtaposition of sometimes frantic interiors with composed exteriors.