The performances last about 90 minutes with a l5 minute intermission. About the Artistic Director, A. Christopher Andrews Originally from Iowa, Christopher has a B.A. in Dance and English from the University of Iowa. He has been a dance teacher for 8 years and presents his students with a rigorous training in classical ballet, modern dance, improvisation, choreography techniques, jazz, and tap. He has many performing credits of his own at such prestigious places as the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. and trained under teachers from some of the finest dance companies in the country. Dance at its finest has always been about exploring the human condition, about creating a way of looking at human interaction.
Bridges represent the liminal space between worlds, between people.
The waters are where land masses meet and interact, and the bridge is the perfect place from which to view the interaction. This dance concert is a moment in time where the audience is allowed to look down from the bridge and see the swell of the waters below. The Youth Dance Project of Oregon is a non-profit performing arts education and outreach program formed to give young dancers and the public a broader perspective on what dance is and what it can do. Their goal is to foster an appreciate of dance as an art form in both the students and the public, and to provide student dancers the opportunity to perform in a professional dance company setting. The Repertory Carmina Burana Suite , a modern dance ballet in 5 movements, with music excerpts taken from Carl Orff's Carmina Burana.