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Student Choreographers to Showcase Their Work at CSUN Show

(NORTHRIDGE, Calif., April 17, 2008) — Cal State Northridge’s top student choreographers and dancers will demonstrate diverse choreographic visions during a showcase performance on Thursday, May 1, at the university.

"Kinesis: Emerging Choreography" will take place at 8 p.m. in the Plaza del Sol Performance Hall of the University Student Union on the east side of the campus off Zelzah Avenue.

Associate professor of kinesiology Paula Thomson said "it is the actual process of bringing a dream to life and seeing it performed on stage, with an audience as witness and active participant, that is at the heart of live theatre. CSUN’s talented dance makers do just that."

The evening will feature a special tribute to kinesiology professor Carolyn Barbian, who is retiring after 40 years of promoting, teaching "and sharing her love of dance," Thomson said. As a testament to Barbian’s contribution to the study of dance at CSUN, Thomson said a new work, "From the Diary of Virginia Woolf," will be premiered and performed by professional dancers, singers and musicians.

Among the professional dancers and musicians to be featured at the May 1 performance are Jacob "Kujo" Lyons, Jessica Rawles, Ann Baltz, Kristina Driskill, Erika Weuscheur and Lilia Kibarska.

Tickets are $15 for students and $20 for general admission. To obtain tickets, call (818) 677-2488.

For more information about the performance, contact Thomson at (818) 677-7575 or e-mail her at paula.thomson@csun.edu.

The Department of Kinesiology at Cal State Northridge is at the forefront in the study of human movement, offering degrees in athletic training, dance, exercise science, general studies and physical education. The dance option offers courses that emphasize either the instructional or performance aspects of dance, including classes in choreography, dance production and the aesthetics of human movement.