Hutton Honors College

The Challenge of Dance
A Talk by Ballet Master Michael Vernon
and Special Access to Dress Rehearsal of the Fall Ballet

Thursday, Oct. 4, 2007 * 6:15- Approximately 7:45 p.m. * Musical Arts Center
SIGN-UP REQUIRED * Refreshments Provided

To produce something spectacular on the night of a performance, dancers put themselves through intense training in ballet classes and rehearsals. Join ballet master, choreographer, and chair of the IU ballet department Michael Vernon for a discussion of what it takes for a dancer to make magic on stage, and then watch part of the dress rehearsal for the Fall Ballet. The program will feature works choreographed by Vaslav Nijinsky, Isadora Duncan, Michel Fokine, and Vernon himself.

Trained in England, Vernon danced with the Royal Ballet and the Royal Opera Ballet and has choreographed pieces performed by the American Ballet Theatre, Baryshnikov and Friends, BalletMet, and others in the United States and abroad. He has also choreographed for musical theatre, including productions of Cabaret, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and My Fair Lady, as well as for numerous commercials.

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