The Performing Arts Department in Arts & Sciences will present a “Young Choreographers Showcase” April 2-4 in the Annelise Mertz Dance Studio in Mallinckrodt Student Center.
The lineup will feature an eclectic collection of works by eight student choreographers from the PAD’s Dance Program. All works were selected by a jury of dance faculty. Styles include modern, tap and ballet.
Performances will begin at 8 p.m. today, at 2 and 8 p.m. April 3 and at 2 p.m. April 4.
After the 2 p.m. April 3 performance, the PAD will host a dessert-and-coffee reception for Annelise Mertz, professor emeritus of dance, who recently received a 2004 Missouri Arts Award — the state’s highest honor for achievement in the arts — for her contributions to arts education. Mertz and Jeffery Matthews, artist-in-residence in the PAD, will read excerpts from her recent book, The Body Can Speak.
Tickets — $12 for the general public and $8 for seniors, students and WUSTL faculty and staff — are available through the Edison Theatre Box Office.
For more information, call 935-6543.