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OBERLIN DANCE COMPANY

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Oberlin Dance Company. Carter McAdams & Adenike Sharpley, faculty choreographers
Location: Hall Auditorium
Date: May 6-7

The Oberlin Dance Company performances close the 2004-2005 season of Theater, Dance, and Opera. ODC '05 performances will be at 8PM Friday and Saturday, May 6 and 7. This dance concert features the choreography of faculty members Carter McAdams, professor of dance, and Adenike Sharpley, artist-in-residence for African dance. In McAdams' Particulate Waves, the rising and falling rhythms of the string quartet propel nine student dancers and their exploration of dance as motion and shape. Sharpley uses the well-known protest song Strange Fruit as sung by Billie Holiday, to create an expression of courage and hope that is born out of the horror of lynching. Additional works to be announced. The seating is general admission.