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Show - Contemporary Dance Works to ; debut in Am. Fork Nov if? I -' - V , , -"fuma.. ... 4 'V.' : - 1 "fl! The emergence of Utah Valley as it, a for art forms was enhanced 3 "entlv W'lh ,hc organizati() of i; temporary Dance Works, a a': n of contemporary dance i pricks who've been hungering to tf; their particular art form to the i 2s of Central Utah. co-director of the company is K.hjeDebenham, faculty member Cf: f BYU, faculty member of the Lerford School, and assistant k Sector of e BYU Children's nance Theatre. rs VorWng with Kathie is Pat nebenham, assistant professor k Idem dance at BYU and the ar-' ar-' istic director of the Dancer's fompany- Hispiece, "Much of the Heart Left t unsaid" was selected to be per-f per-f ormed at the American College i; Dance Festival, and he is a : movement specialist for the Utah lK Arts Council. 6 poris Hudson-Trujillo is the other fri ber of the triquetra of artistic ?i directors. A former member of the 'ft: girie-Woodbury Dance Company, " Trujillo is an associate instructor for .1 (jjjU, of U., and a part-time faculty meraber at BYU. She is also a dance ; specialist for the Utah Arts Council and the director of the Utah Pageant c of the Arts Summer Modern Dance I Workshop. J Contemporary Dance Works will be the resident dance company of K; he Utah Pageant of the Arts. J:' Of the three, Trujillo is perhaps lk: best known in North Utah Valley. k She, with her husband, Herminio, t: and three children, have made their borne in Lehi for the past eight ,"; years. During that time she has ,: volunteered her dance expertise for Ike Pageant of the Arts dance :,; programs. A native of New Haven, Conn., II; Trujillo came to Utah because of the opportunities Utah offered as the emerging dance capitol of the west. "I don't think Utah people are aware of the impact companies like 'I Ririe Woodbury and Repertory Dance Theatre have had on the national scene, and I hope Con-I Con-I temporary Dance Works will also t make a significant contribution to 1 dance in Utah." Trujillo said. 1 ' Repetory Dance Theatre's Ford Evans, who is now on the faculty at the U. of U., will also be present for several solo spots. Trujillo, in trying to explain modern dance, said, "There's a variety of reaons for a particular dance; expressing the dancer's aspects and quality of energy -there is no special meaning except how the dance affects each individual in-dividual viewer." She explained, "Sleeping Sonata," one of the pieces to be performed by the trio of directors, plus Sam Parkinson: "Sleeping Sonata is a very beautiful shape study which produces images of the sleeping state." Trujillo wll perform her own choreography, "Solo for Chimes" to the music of Deuter-Kitaro. "The dancer is moving with a prop (chimes), I've worked abstractly with that so it's really a visual piece." Cheryl Allgaier, a member of the company, is also a Lehi native. She received her early dance instruction from Jacqueline P. Colledge while attending Lehi High School. After graduation she attended BYU where she has performed with International In-ternational Folk Dancers and recently toured the orient, teaching and performing with Dancers Company. She, with other Dance Works members, will perform a trilogy, Turning, Soliloquy and Conversations. Con-versations. 1 Besides the pieces mentioned, the concert program will include Evolving Idea, Parts Private and Boiling Solos, all performed by the artistic directors. "We need community support to make this continue," Trujillo said, referring to the new Company. "The concert has a wide range of pieces that offer something for everyone and in order to keep a company like this continuing, we need continuing support." Tickets for the concert can be purchased at the Dance Works, 19 East Main, American Fork, or at the concert ticket booth, American Fork High School the evening of the performance. Doris Hudson-Trujillo has helped form Dance Works - a group of contemporary dancers who will perform Saturday, Nov. 16, at American Fork High School. The objective of the Company, according to the eloquent brunette, is to promote professional level choreography and performance in Utah County. "Professionals have affiliated themselves with area universities and colleges, because there hasn't been a public forum. We've appeared ap-peared as guest artists or conductors con-ductors with an emphasis on the educational rather than the professional aspect of dancing. We'll now bring the art form to the communities," Trujillo said. The Nov. 16 event will be the premiere of what is planned to be annual spring and fall concerts. The company is also planning to "take the show on the road." Tours of Utah's colleges and universities are being planned, with the first to be at Snow College on Feb. 27. .Guest choreographer for the Nov. 16 concert at American Fork High School, is John Goodwin, artistic director for Dime a Dance Company of New York. |
