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CSUN Grad Students, Faculty to Showcase Choreography and New Dances

The convergence of the art and science of dance comes alive when Cal State Northridge graduate students and faculty perform an array of choreography and dance.

“Colaboratoria: Graduate Student and Faculty Dance Concert,” sponsored by CSUN’s Department of Kinesiology, will be an evening of diverse choreographic visions and passionate dancing.

The event will take place on Monday, Dec. 7, at 8 p.m. in the Plaza Del Sol Performance Hall of the University Student Union (USU). The USU is on the east side of campus located at 18111 Nordhoff St. in Northridge.

The event will feature CSUN faculty and students and special guest, soprano Erika Wueschner, a rising star with the L.A. Opera, who will join Ann Baltz and dancer Lilia Kibarska to perform Rachmaninoff’s “Vocalise.” Percussionist John Roscigno and clarinetist Julia Heinen and dancer Lilia Karbaska will perform a contemporary work, “Damn,” written by John MacKey and choreographed by Paula Thomson.

“We have great dancers and choreographers at CSUN and that’s the fundamental reason for the concert, to showcase the great talents at the university,” said Paula Thomson, course coordinator and professor of kinesiology at CSUN. “What will also make this concert unique is that we’re going to be conducting scientific research with the ambulatory LifeShirt equipment that facilitates the collection of real-time physiological and psychological responses. This will be a rare occasion in which psychophysiological data will be collected in performers.”

Tickets for the event are on sale for $15 for students and $20 for general admission. To obtain tickets, call (818) 677-2488.

For more information about the performance, contact Paula Thomson at (818) 677-7575 or at paula.thomson@csun.edu.