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Great Performances presents BalletLab in Origami Sat., Sept. 29

Posted 9/24/2007

Great Performances celebrates its legacy of contemporary dance with the U.S. tour premiere for Australia's leading company, BalletLab, and the work Origami. Created in the spirit of Japanese pop-up art, artistic director Philip Adams unfolds his work in a stunning display of athleticism.

Dancers fold, turn, and roll ingeniously in a human puzzle repertoire executed with mythological sensibility. Composer David Chisholm's baroque-influenced writings are modulated by electronics in a fantasy filled with the ancient Japanese paper-folding art of origami.

Nashville is the United States premiere site for the company's 2007-08 tour. The performance begins at 8 p.m., Sept. 29, in Ingram Hall.  Tickets for faculty and staff are $14. To get the staff and faculty price, tickets must be purchased at the Sarratt Center Box Office or at the door. There will also be a post-show conversation with the audience.

A master class will be held on Saturday, Sept. 29, from 10:30 a.m. until noon in Memorial Gymnasium. For more information, visit www.vanderbilt.edu/dance.

Great Performances at Vanderbilt is sponsored by the student-based Vanderbilt Programming Board (VPB) and greater Nashville community. The mission of Great Performances is to spark and sustain a passion for the arts within the Vanderbilt community and southeast region as a lead provider of international artistic excellence through diverse arts disciplines, interaction with artists and a core educational environment.

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