The Center for the Arts at Salem State College presents an evening of dance on Friday, January 29

Five dance artists from across the United States, all graduates of the Hollins University/American Dance Festival Master of Fine Arts program, present solo choreography on the Mainstage at Salem State College, including fellow graduate and coordinator of the Salem State Dance Program, choreographer Meghan McLyman (pictured).

The Center for Creative and Performing Arts has, in recent years, brought many world class dancers and dance companies to the Mainstage, including Martha Graham, Alvin Ailey II, Dough Varone and Dancers, Paul Taylor 2, David Dorfman and more.

The Center for the Arts will usher in the new year with Dancing Solo on January 29, 7:30 pm. The performance will be at the Mainstage Theatre, 352 Lafayette Street, Salem (route 114 East). Tickets are $15 general/ $10 students and seniors www.salemstate.edu/arts or 978.542.7890.

The Center for Creative and Performing Arts at Salem State College sponsors over 100 events a year in theatre, music, dance, art and creative writing from world class visiting artists to student performances, with an aim to keep the arts affordable and accessible to everyone.

Photo cut title: Meghan McLyman performing Last on Harbour Drive

Photo credit: Jose Bustamante

David Dorfman Dance will appear at Salem State College on January 12, 2009

"One of the great pleasures of watching dance in New York over the past decade or so has been seeing the growth of David Dorfman from accomplished to inspired modern-dance choreographer." - Jennifer Dunning, The New York Times, 2004

David Dorfman Dance will bring its exuberant, gorgeous and delightfully oddball style to Salem State College on Thursday, January 29 at 7:30 in the Mainstage Theatre, 352 Lafayette Street.

Founded in 1985 the company is noted for its unique voice and creative collaborations with contemporary composers and visual artists. David Dorfman is the recipient of a 2005 Guggenheim Fellowship, four fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, an American Choreographer’s Award and the first Paul Taylor Fellowship. The Company is equally honored with eight New York Dance and Performance Awards, "Bessies."

Among the pieces that David Dorfman Dance will perform at Salem State
is Disavowal which premiered in fall 2008. Disavowal, inspired by the
life of abolitionist and (in)famous "race traitor" John Brown, is an examination of white supremacy, racism, alienation and control. Through dance-theater, Dorfman looks at the relationship between militancy and conviction, asking: What will we give up or push away in order to get closer to/fight for something else?

David Dorfman Dance appears with the support of Salem State College’s Center for the Creative and Performing Arts. Tickets: $20 general; $15 seniors and non-SSC students; $10 under 18.

For additional information or to purchase tickets call: 978-542-6290 or visit: http://www.blogger.com/www.salemstate.edu/arts.