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”˜Crossroads,’ a Dance Concert Inspired by Race Relations in America

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Crossroads Dance

(Carson, CA) – California State University, Dominguez Hills’ (CSUDH) Department of Theatre and Dance will host the virtual dance concert “Crossroads,” Saturday, Nov. 28 at 7 p.m., and Monday, Nov. 30 at 7 p.m. The faculty-student event is inspired by the current and historic crossroads of race relations in the United States.

What:  Dance Concert at CSUDH Theatre and Dance
When: Saturday, November 28 at 7 p.m., and Monday, November 30 at 7pm
Ticket:  https://www.csudh.edu/theatre-arts/buy-tickets/

“Crossroads” is a showcase of choreography for the screen. The works have been choreographed and filmed by CSUDH dance faculty members Amy Michele Allen, Shaunté Caraballo, Sarah Hummel, Jeff Hendrix, Robert Laos, Doris Ressl, and Kenneth Walker, and were performed by CSUDH dance students.

The faculty were motivated to turn art into activism, according to Allen, who said a quote by the late American statesman and civil rights leader John Lewis influenced the timing of the concert. Lewis wrote in 2016: “We may not have chosen the time, but the time has chosen us.”

For tickets, please visit https://www.csudh.edu/theatre-arts/buy-tickets/.

For more information about CSUDH’s Theatre and Dance program, call (310) 243-3588, or visit www.csudh.edu/theatre-arts/.

Department of Theatre and Dance Presents Fall Faculty Dance Concert ‘Renovations’

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Renovations(Carson, CA) – The Department of Theatre and Dance at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) will present its Fall Faculty Dance Concert “Renovations,” featuring dance styles that span the 1920s through to the 2000s. The concert will run Dec. 6 and 7 at 8 p.m., and Dec. 7 and 8 at 2 p.m. in the University Theatre at CSUDH.

“Renovations” will feature reconstructions of choreography and choreographic styles by CSUDH dance faculty Amy Michele Allen, Marco A. Carreon, Sarah Cashmore, Jeff Hendrix, Doris Acosta Ressl, and Kenneth Walker.

“We’ve reached into the choreography vault to revive, re-stage, and reset our favorite dance pieces. We’ll also create new works based on previous inspiration,” said Ressl.

This concert will also feature guest choreographers Erin Landry and Dale Merrill. Landry, a professor of dance at Cypress College, has danced professionally with the internationally-acclaimed Philadelphia Dance Company (Philadanco), the Lewitzky Dance Company, and the Lula Washington Contemporary Dance Theater. Merrill is dean for the College of the Arts at CSU Fullerton and a professor of dance who has more than 30 years of choreographic experience and has created numerous original works and musical theater productions.

Tickets are $18 for General Admission and $13 for students and seniors. Group rates are available. For more ticket information and to purchase tickets online, visit www.csudh.edu/theatre/tickets, or for other payment options, call the box office at (310) 243-3589.

Parking is located near the CSU Dominguez Hills University Theatre complex in Lot 3. Daily visitor parking permits are $9 and can be purchased, using cash, Visa, MasterCard, or debit cards, at kiosk machines located in each lot. Click here for a campus map.

Contact: Doris Acosta Ressl at dressl@csudh.edu.

For more information about the CSUDH Theatre and Dance program, contact the theatre office at (310) 243-3588 or visit: http://cah.csudh.edu/theatre.