Purdue Repertory Dance Company presents spring concert

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Eight new dance works created by Purdue University student and faculty choreographers will be presented April 25 and 26 by the Purdue Repertory Dance Company during Spring Works 2008.

The Spring Works 2008 will feature eight new dance works created by Purdue faculty and student choreographers, including Carol Cunningham, who choreographed this piece for Winter Works 2007. (Photo courtesy of Megan Pettry)

The modern dance company will offer performances at 7:30 p.m. April 25 and at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. April 26 in the Nancy T. Hansen Theatre in Yue-Kong Pao Hall of Visual and Performing Arts.

“Company dancers have been working since January, developing the ideas and visions of the choreographers,” said Carol Cunningham-Sigman, chair of the dance division in the Patti and Rusty Rueff Department of Visual and Performing Arts. “This concert includes works that range from a playful ballet work to an intense exploration of sin using a cast with six men and two women.”

Tickets to the performances are $12 for the general public, $10 for students and $6 for children ages 12 and under. Reserved tickets can be purchased in the Loeb, Elliott Hall of Music and Pao Hall box offices or by calling (765) 494-3933 or (800) 914-SHOW. Tickets also are available through Ticketmaster outlets at (765) 743-5151.

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