Fourteen students from the Dance Program in the Performing Arts Department in Arts & Sciences took part in the Central Region American College Dance Conference, held March 11 to 14 at Hendrix College in Conway, AR. Adjudicators chose two works — Stuck in the Waiting by junior Eliotte Henderson and Falling Petals by Ting-Ting Chang, the Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Dance — to be performed as part of the concluding Gala Concert.
In addition, OverDrive by senior lecturer Cecil Slaughter was featured in the conference’s Informal Concert. Both Overdrive and Stuck in Waiting will be highlighted in St. Louis March 20 and 21 as part of UnBOUND, a performance by Slaughter’s company, The Slaughter Project, at the Center of Contemporary Arts, 524 Trinity Ave. For tickets and information, call (314) 725-6222.
*Falling Petals* by Ting-Ting Chang, the Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Dance, was performed as part of the Gala Concert at the 2009 Central Region American College Dance Conference.