YSU Dance Ensemble to present concert

Staff report

YOUNGSTOWN

The Youngstown State University Dance Ensemble will present its annual concert Thursday, Friday and Saturday evening in Ford Theater, which is inside Bliss Hall. There will be no Sunday matinee.

Tickets are $16 ($8 for nonYSU students, YSU faculty and staff with valid ID, senior citizens and groups of eight or more) and can be purchased at the door or in advance at ysu.tix.

Under the artistic direction of faculty member Amy Wright, the concert will feature original work by nine student and three faculty choreographers and 30 student dancers.

“This concert is wonderfully varied, with work including theater jazz, tap, modern and dance theater, work meant to uplift and work meant to challenge our social framework,” said Wright. “We share it in hope that our audience may find as much joy and truth in it as we do.”

The YSU Dance Ensemble, a sanctioned student organization, accepts members via an audition process in the fall term. Members practice weekly to hone their performance skills.

Ensemble members

are Rachel Davis, Hailey Gelzheiser, Hannah Hall, Cassandra Jenkins, Dagmar Stahl, Allison Workman, Elizabeth Angeletti, Kaitlynn Kurdziel, Kennedy Lisowski, Abigail Seidel, Haley Gregory, Avery Calloway, Sarah Gage, McKenzie Sella, Ava Burcsak, Kaitlyn Carson, AnnMarie Lowerre, Samantha Poe, Alyssa Stiner, Sarah Macciomei, Ben Mowrer, Rosemary Bresson, Erica Hays, Mia Matthews, Emily McConnell, Anna Anders, Adrienne Day, Cristina LaRocca, Abigail Whaley and Madeline Handel.

Professional staff include Antonio Colaruotolo, lighting designer; Katherine Garlick, costume designer; Ryan Fitzpatrick, technical director; and Sarah Dubos, stage manager.