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dancers perform tonight, Saturday Professional dancers are real people too. Three guest artists in residency will connect on a personal level with dance students during classes and then take to the stage for a performance. “They’re gorgeous dancers, but in class it’s good to see that they can make mistakes just like the rest of us,” said Juliana Williams, a sophomore ballet and modern dance major.
The ballet and modern dance department will present the Triple Feature at 8 p.m. tonight and Saturday in the Studio B Theatre in the Ballet Building. It will include the work from three dance companies, Clancy Works, galaxy 33 and Jin-Wen Yu Dance. Susan Douglas Roberts, associate professor in modern dance, said she hopes experiencing the remarkable physical energy of dance from the close quarters of the studio will inspire the audience. The artists were all invited to TCU because they are good examples of respected professionals, Roberts said. “The dance world is very small,” Roberts said. “If you’re at all involved then you know who is active, and you know about them.” Four choreographers of the three companies in the show are teaching residency classes in the department, which consist of about a week of taking over the teaching of regular session classes, which include modern dance technique, choreography and dance history. “The residency has a really open feeling to it,” Roberts said. “They’re going into these classes and offering what they have.” Roberts said Clancy Works’ Adrienne Clancy has a wonderful reputation in the dance world, and will be choreographing a piece for the students that will be featured in the spring dance concert in April. Clancy Works will perform two company works, Back to the Wall, and her solo Syrenantes y Silencio. Another guest artist, Carrie Hanson, a 1990 modern dance graduate of TCU and 1/2 of Chicago-based galaxy 33, will also be making contributions to students. “(Hanson) has done beautiful work in Chicago and internationally,” Roberts said. “We invited her because we support our graduates, but also to show our students what’s possible for them.” Hanson also will perform a solo, Exit, and a duet with Chicago dancer Susan Hoffman entitled doors, windows through I see. Hanson will also show Refuge, a cinedance, a dance for video that will be screened later this year at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. Jin-Wen Yu, another returning guest artist, taught some graduate dance classes at TCU in 1998, and said he’s excited to come back. “The interaction with students is good for everyone,” Yu said. “I'm really enjoying them and not surprisingly, they’re really good.” Yu will perform
his solo Off-Joint and a duet, Duet #4, with Roberts. Colleen
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