Adrenaline Rush Features Improvisation, Audience Participation

WNS_ARushPosterSm[spring2014]The Williston Dance Ensemble knew that their spring dance concert would get the blood pumping. It features 13 new pieces, including a mixed media improvisation and a call for younger members of the audience to participate. So it’s no wonder that when it came time to name their concert, the title they chose was “Adrenaline Rush.”

“Adrenaline Rush,” which will take place on May 16 and 17 at 7:30 p.m. in the Williston Theatre, will feature three faculty pieces, one children’s dance, five group pieces, and four solo dances. The hour and a half-long show includes pieces by seven student choreographers: Jessie Schuhlen ’18, Gabby Record ’17, Calvin Ticknor-Swanson ’16, Henry Lombino ’14, Brittany Collins ’14, and Meredith Westover ’14, with a special guest performance by Tory Kolbjornsen ’14.

Two guest artists—the sister team of Marlene Rye and Beth Znosko—will bring an inventive spin to the show. Ms. Rye, a local painter, and Ms. Znosko, artistic director of Clark Dance Theatre, have created a piece that showcases both of their passions of painting and dance.

“Their work with the Dance Ensemble this spring has prepared the dancers to perform  a structured improvisation that will inspire a new painting each night, done on stage by Marlene,” wrote Laurel A. Raffetto, Williston’s director of dance, in an email.  “The plexiglass she will be painting on is larger in scale, 3’ by 6’, so is sure to be seen by the audience well.”

Ms. Raffetto noted that another fun addition to the concert this spring will be a  “children’s dance” in which the Dance Ensemble invites the children in the audience to come on stage.

“This is sure to be a treat for the audience,” Ms. Raffetto wrote. “And hopefully we’ll have a lot of brave little ones who want to perform and move with us!”

Ms. Raffetto expects tickets are sure to sell out and strongly recommends reserving tickets online via www.williston.com/dancetickets. General admission is $5 and tickets are free for Williston students, faculty, and staff.

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