Southeastern Dance to present ‘Bayourella: A Story of Forgiveness’
Friday, September 30, 2016
by: Tonya Lowentritt
DANCING IN SHRIMP BOOTS- Southeastern Louisiana University’s resident student dance company, Dance Performance Project, will present “Bayourella: A Story of Forgiveness” as part of Fanfare, the university’s annual October arts festival. The dance concert will be presented Oct. 5 – 7 at 7:30 p.m. in Vonnie Borden Theatre located in D Vickers Hall on campus.
HAMMOND - Southeastern Louisiana University’s resident student dance company,
Dance Performance Project, will present “Bayourella: A Story of Forgiveness” as part
of Fanfare, the university’s annual October arts festival. The dance concert will
be presented Oct. 5 – 7 at 7:30 p.m. in Vonnie Borden Theatre located in D Vickers
Hall on campus.
The production is directed by Dance Instructor Skip Costa. Selected choreographers
are Haley Jordan, Baton Rouge; Lindsy Brown, Hammond; Forrest Duplantier, Covington
and Costa.
The production will include original music performed live, original costume designs,
and a set that includes a 25-foot dock over the bayou.
“‘Bayourella: a Story of Forgiveness’” is an InterARTS™ performance approach
to movement creation being developed by Costa that fuses the elements of dance, music,
theatre, and visual arts for a true kinesthetic experience for the audience, usually
within a very emotional journey through the human condition,” said Dance Coordinator
Martie Fellom. “In this production, one of the aspects that Skip focuses on is the
complexity and cruelness of Bayourella’s step-mother’s life in order to define her
treatment toward Bayourella.”
Dancers performing in the production include Ashley Barbarin, White Castle; Brown,
Hannah Davis, Mahitha Koduri, and Olivia Lowentritt, all of Hammond; Haley Bruch and
Sean Gilvey, Mandeville; Alaura Cervini, Metairie; Brianna Denmark, Denham Springs;
Raven Gooden and Jordan, Baton Rouge; Kendra Hall, Metairie; Alexis May, Denham Springs;
Jasmine Mingo, Slidell; and Joshua Verdun, Ponchatoula.
Composers and musicians in the production include Nathan Bauerle, composer/music
director, Baton Rouge; Seth Guerra- composer/music director, Hammond; Isaac Callahan,
trombone, Albany; Andrew Dilmore, clarinet, Lake Charles; Heath Freaci, trumpet, Chalmette;
Ryan Lafleur, clarinet; Denham Springs; and Jeremy Stringer, percussion, Slidell.
Tickets for Bayourella are $5 and will be available in the D Vickers box office
the evening of each performance.
For more information, contact Dance Coordinator Martie Fellom at martie.fellom@southeastern.edu.
