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Seton Hill U. Theatre and Dance Presents “Dance Spectrum” 3/24-3/25

Seton Hill University's Theatre and Dance Program will present “Dance Spectrum” March 24 and 25. Tickets are $16, with student and group rates available. Call the Seton Hill Performing Arts Center Box Office for tickets at 724-552-2929 or purchase tickets online at www.setonhilltheatre.com.

Performances: Saturday, March 24, 8 p.m.; Sunday, March 25, 2 p.m.

“Dance Spectrum” presents a variety of choreographic styles, from ballet to modern to Broadway and features solo, duet and ensemble numbers. The pieces embrace a variety of ideas including peace, progress, body image and emotions including heroism, meditation and forgiveness.

The Seton Hill student cast of “Dance Spectrum” includes Lauren Albring of Pittsburgh, Pa.,Annemarie Balfe of North Olmsted, Ohio, Doug Basinger of Connellsville, Pa., Natalie Batrack of Murrysville, Pa., Kristy Bissell of Canonsburg, Pa., Nicole Burdick of Doudersport, Pa., Jessica Burgo of Johnstown, Pa., Megan Collins of Mt. Pleasant, Pa., Gabriella DeCarli of DuBois, Pa., Caitlin Dobronz of Pittsburgh, Pa., Maria Fazio of McKees Rocks, Pa., Farrah Felten of Schellsburg, Pa., Niko Hall-Brown of Baltimore, Md., Megan Henderson of Columbia, Md., Katie Hicks of Oil City, Pa., Domenic Jungling of Gibsonia, Pa., Tyler Kluck of Pittsburgh, Pa., Rachael Kopetsky of Latrobe, Pa., Elisa Kostelnik of North Huntingdon, Pa., Hannah Lamberto of Cranberry Township, Pa., Sarah Laughland of Frederick, Md., Jenna Luczka of Connellsville, Pa., Anna McDunn of Allison Park, Pa., Megan McGlennen of Evans City, Pa., Patrick McMahon of Gibsonia, Pa., Ashley Novak of Uniontown, Pa., Kate O’Neill of Cranberry Township, Pa., Ben Otto of Mt. Holly Springs, Pa., Joanna Pichardo of Lincroft, N.J., Katelynn Reist of Cleona, Pa., Peggy Ann Shaffer of Latrobe, Pa., Sara Smith of Greensburg, Pa., Veronica Vento of West Homestead, Pa., Katie Vercek of Canonsburg, Pa., and Ariel Watters of Everett, Pa.

The Seton Hill student technical staff includes Layne Bailey of Wexford, Pa., as dresser,Candace Butala of Charleroi, Pa., as make up stylist, Katie Hicks of Oil City, Pa., as make-up designer, Shawn Howland of Latrobe, Pa., as house manager, Matt Leslie of Butler, Pa., as sound operator, Kaylin Martin of McAlisterville, Pa., as wardrobe mistress, Kelsey Martin of McAlisterville, Pa., as assistant stage manager, Sarah Noone of Blairsville, Pa., as hair and wig mistress, Jessica Rodacay of Washington, Pa., as stage manager, Bill Smolter of Glenshaw, Pa., as dresser, Emily Urbaniak of Pittsburgh, Pa., as lighting operator, and Courtney Woodhall of New Kensington, Pa., as assistant stage manager.

“Dance Spectrum” is choreographed by Lori Incardona, adjunct instructor, dance, TaMara Swank, assistant professor, theatre and dance, and Stefan Zubal, assistant professor, theatre and dance. They are joined by guest choreographer Jamie Erin Murphy who has worked with Attack Theatre, Xpressions Contemporary Dance Company, The Pillow Project, Knot Dance, The Zany Umbrella Circus and the Staycee Pearl Dance Project. Currently, Murphy is co-artistic director with Renee Danielle Smith for The Murphy/Smith Dance Collective. Their work “Much More Than Bones” premiered at the Kelly-Strayhorn Theatre in early 2011 as part of The Next Stage Residency and debuted in New York City as part of The White Wave 2011 Dumbo Dance Festival in September 2011.

Seton Hill University technical staff for the production includes Ken Clothier, assistant professor, theatre and dance, lighting designer, and Susan O’Neill, instructor, theatre and dance, costume designer.

Seton Hill University's Performing Arts Center is 73,000 square feet of everything a performing arts major needs to move from student to professional. The Center houses two dedicated, flexible performance spaces, the Carol Ann Reichgut Concert Hall and the William Granger Ryan Theatre. The Center also includes a performance studio, new classrooms, rehearsal rooms and technical areas that include the best equipment for learning and performing, from Steinway pianos to the latest in lighting, sound, video and acoustics. The Center is located in downtown Greensburg, putting it squarely in the middle of the city’s cultural district yet still only minutes from Seton Hill’s main hilltop campus.

The Seton Hill University Theatre and Dance Program has a long history of educating performing arts majors for professional careers while playing a vital role in the educational life of the campus. Seton Hill’s Theatre and Dance Program offers four full-length productions (as well as a number of shorter works) and one dance production each year that generate audiences of over 3,500 and speak to topics addressed in courses across Seton Hill’s curriculum. For more information on the Theatre and Dance Program at Seton Hill, please click here or call 724-552-2934.