The Columbia College Department of Dance will present its annual Fall Faculty Concert on Friday and Saturday, November 21 and 22, at 7:30pm in Cottingham Theatre. The concert will feature contemporary and ballet works from several faculty members including Martha Brim, Patty Graham, Stephanie Wilkins, Mimi Worrell, and Marcy Yonkey, as well as Erin Bailey, an alumna of the department.
 
Brim will be presenting Peace Mass with music composed by Bob Chilcott.  This dance was originally choreographed for members of the Columbia College Dance Company to perform in Brazil in May 2008. The dancers will be joined in the performance by the Columbia College Choir which also participated in the Brazil performance.
 
Graham will be re-staging The Potter, an excerpt from Ballet Magnificat’s  Journey of the Prodigal Son choreographed by Jiri Voborsky.  Ballet Magnificat is an arts organization dedicated to presenting the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the world.
 
Wilkins’ dance, The Otis Project, began as a choreographic investigation into dancing without the use of one limb after she broke her foot this past summer.  Wilkins stated that she was encouraged by a mentor to choreograph after the injury and had always wanted to make a dance with Otis Redding’s music and now had a reason to do so.  The movement is a reaction to the injury and how it affected her both physically and emotionally.
 
In Yonkey’s Bags of Stuff and Things, consumer stories rustle under seven black trenches. Expressing a desire to organize and situate, the dancers negotiate roles inside a self-contained world full of brittle contents. Yonkey’s process began with a costume idea: she wanted to be able to hear her costumes. She also wanted them to be dramatic, full, and other-worldly. The sound score evolved to support the mammoth delicacy of the costume.
 
Bailey has choreographed a new work, Reverence, which is accompanied by an original composition by Eric Wolff.   The dance is based on the ideas of taking up space, taking in energy, and exploring the cause and the circumstance.
 
Worrell has choreographed L’Arlesienne, a contemporary ballet work en pointe for five women with music by Bizet.  The dance reflects a beautiful setting in Provence, with emphasis on folk dances.
 
There will also be a cameo performance of several faculty members prior to the concert and, on Friday night, there will be a post-performance discussion with all of the choreographers.
 
Tickets are $10 General Admission and $5 Senior Citizens and Students.  For reservations, call the Cottingham Theatre Box Office at 786-3850.