Troy Theatre and Dance’s ‘Moving Pictures’ performance sets dance to photographs

(CONTRIBUTED/ TROY DANCE)   Pradyot Sharma Editor-In-Chief The Troy University Department of Theatre and Dance will present its second edition of Art in Motion this fall starting Thursday, Oct. 24, at 7 p.m. The show, being held in the Trojan Center, features a concept where artists collaborate with student choreographers who bring their work to life through dance.  This year’s performance will feature 11 dance pieces put together by 12 choreographers. The pieces are based on works by five Troy student photographers. Choreographers picked photographs from the photographers that inspired…

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Student review: ‘Eurydice’ tells the story of love and the hellish fate of those who lose it

(CONTRIBUTED/ Quinton Cockrell) Madeline Hill, a sophomore theater major from Alabaster, Alabama, performed as the titular Eurydice during the play’s run last weekend.  Pradyot Sharma Editor-in-Chief The Troy Department of Theater and Dance presented an adaptation of Sarah Ruhl’s “Eurydice,” a modern retelling of the myth of the musician Orpheus and Eurydice, this past weekend. The play follows the story of Eurydice, who is described as a woman of incomparable beauty, and who, on her wedding day, dies after being bit by a snake while trying to escape a lustful…

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UAC event gets students active with dance

Lirona Joshi Staff Writer The University Activity Council (UAC) is collaborating with The Muscle Fitness Club to organize a Trap Zumba event on September 25 at the Bibb Graves Quad.  The event will be led by a professional instructor from Montgomery. It is open to all students and will be run as two sessions, one at 6:30 p.m. and one at 7:30 p.m. Zumba, a popular exercise fitness program, involves a high-energy aerobic workout that is usually accompanied with pumped-up music. Zumba involves core strengthening and flexibility routines, and is…

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‘Together We’ celebrates 10-year anniversary of dance department

Andrea Hammack Staff Writer Troy University’s dance department is celebrating its 10-year anniversary this month.  In light of this celebration, the dance department will be holding a performance, “Together We,” in order to reflect on the progress the department has made over the years. The performance will showcase the talents of Troy theater and dance alumni.  Deborah Hicks, coordinator of dance, welcomes back the alumni who were instrumental to the department’s beginning.  “Some will be in the audience, some have agreed to teach for Day of Dance, some have restaged…

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National theater festival provides opportunity for competition, community, and confidence

Andrea Hammack  Staff Writer Lilly Barnett Contributor Selected Troy University students traveled to Spartanburg, South Carolina, last week to participate in the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF) that was held from Feb. 6 -9.  Troy has been participating in the festival since the 1980s. Each year, students from numerous universities all over the United States are chosen to compete and show off their abilities.  The KCACTF also offers workshops, presentations and theatrical performances from the 10-state southeastern region.  Quinton Cockrell, associate professor of theater and dance, said the…

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