Annual CWU Orchesis Dance Performance Scheduled

April 20, 2004

Contact: Therese Young (509- 963-1937/fax 509-963-1848/e-mail: youngth@cwu.edu)

ELLENSBURG, Wash.-- Central Washington University's Orchesis Dance Company will present its 37th spring concert April 29, 30 and May 1 in McConnell Auditorium on the Ellensburg campus.

Titled "Extensions," this year's annual spring performance will include classical ballet, modern, jazz, tap and ethnic dance, according to Therese Young, CWU dance program coordinator. Young will direct the performance by the 40-member company, half of whom are dance minors at CWU. The featured works will include:

• "Forests in Flight," choreographed by Alex Holden, a CWU senior from Auburn, which "incorporates unusual movement with exotic masks," Young says;
• "Snake Food," choreographed by Marie Galey, senior, Wenatchee, which "resonates an earthy, tribal feeling," she adds; and,
• "Trials and Tribulations," which pays tribute to Holocaust survivors who are each forced to deal with the reality of death, according to Young. This piece was co-choreographed by Holden, April Ott, senior, Mill Creek; and Carla Pitts, senior, Kirkland.

The performances will begin at 8 p.m. each evening, with doors opening at 7:30 p.m. General admission tickets are $7; CWU student tickets are $4. Pre-sale tickets are available in the CWU Student Union Building (SUB) and Downtown Pharmacy. Tickets will also be sold at the door.

The Orchesis spring concert is co-produced by the CWU health, human performance and recreation, and theatre arts departments.

For more information, or for persons of disability to make arrangements for accommodations, call (509) 963-1937, or (for the hearing impaired) TDD (509) 963-2143.