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Connecticut College Dance Department Concert Dec. 7 and 8

November 27, 2007

The Connecticut College Dance Department will present its annual concert Dec. 7 and 8 at 8 p.m. in the college´s Palmer Auditorium.

The concert will feature more than 40 students performing original modern dance pieces choreographed by Dance Department faculty members David Dorfman, Heidi Henderson, Adele Myers, Lisa Race and Lan-Lan Wang, and guest artist Amii LeGendre, a 1991 Connecticut College graduate. LeGendre returned to campus earlier this fall and worked with students to create her new work for the show.

Student-choreographed pieces presented this year are by senior dance majors Halee Beucler and Zenas Hutcheson. Their work also will be performed at the 2008 American College Dance Festival Association´s New England Region Conference, hosted by Connecticut College in February. Tickets are $12 for general admission and $6 for students and seniors.

For tickets and information, please call (860) 439-2787.

Among the most selective private liberal arts colleges in the nation, Connecticut College enrolls 1,900 men and women from 41 states, the District of Columbia and 42 countries. The college is known for putting the liberal arts into action through interdisciplinary studies, international programs, funded internships, student-faculty research and service learning. Founded in 1911, the college operates under an 86-year-old honor code. The college is located at 270 Mohegan Ave, New London, about two hours by car from Boston and New York. The 750-acre campus is an arboretum overlooking Long Island Sound. For more information, visit www.connecticutcollege.edu.

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For more information contact: Amy Sullivan (860) 439-2526; amy.sullivan@conncoll.edu