Date: 11/10/08
Contact: Marc Lebovitz
This fall's annual Illinois State Dance Theatre concerts will have a new ingredient - live music.
Accompanied by the ISU Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Director of Orchestras Glenn Block, the performance will feature original choreography by faculty resident choreographers. Performances will be at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, Nov. 19 to 21, in the Center for the Performing Arts Theatre.
Dancers, who are directed by Laurie Merriman, artistic director of the University Dance Theatre, will perform to music by Mozart, Grieg, Warlock, Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky and Dvorak.
Tickets are available at the CPA box office on campus, by phone at (309) 438-2535 or on line at www.illinoisstate.edu/finearts Tickets are $15 for the general public and $10 for students and senior citizens.
The Illinois State Dance Theatre traditional silent auction will be held on Friday, closing night.