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Source: Neil Dunn, 785-532-6846, neildunn@k-state.edu
News release prepared by: Megan Wilson, 785-532-6415, media@k-state.edu
Monday, Dec. 1, 2008
K-STATE DANCE PROGRAM PRESENTS WINTERDANCE 2008 DEC. 4-6
MANHATTAN -- The Kansas State University dance program will present WinterDance 2008 at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 4-6, with a matinee at 2:30 p.m. Dec. 6. All performances will be in Nichols Theater.
This year's performance will include faculty works, student works and special performances of traditional African social dances and work by guest artist Maurice Fraga.
Fraga has performed with such noted dance groups as Ben Munisteri Dance, David Parker and the Bang Group, the Kevin Wynn Collection, Michael Foley Dance, Creach/Company, the Tiffany Mills Company and the Mark Morris Dance Group. He also has danced for the acclaimed company O Vertigo in Canada. In addition to his performance work in the U.S. and Canada, he also freelances with the Dublin, Ireland, company Fluxusdance.
Tickets can be purchased at the McCain Box Auditorium office weekdays from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. or at the Little Theater box office in the K-State Student Union from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. weekdays. Tickets also can be ordered by phone by calling 785-532-6428 during McCain box office hours.
K-State students participating in WinterDance 2008 include:
Autumn Scoggan, junior in theater, Beloit; Katie Ireton, senior in secondary education, Bennington; Sarah Rothfuss, senior in management, Concordia; Holly Hickerson, senior in theater, Douglass; Roy Burkhalter, freshman in public health nutrition, and Nora Sobering, senior in theater, both of Fort Riley; Michelle Dick, junior in political science, and Becky Gomez, junior in business administration, both of Garden City.
From Greater Kansas City: Michelle Thomas, freshman in theater, Gardner; Lauren Henton, senior in chemistry, Kansas City, Mo.; Lisa Kranz, freshman in theater, Leawood; Mindy Von Elling, senior in mass communication, Lenexa; Jenni Smith, junior in family studies and human services, Olathe; Jennifer Grantman, senior in social science, and Natalie Tarbutton, junior in life sciences, both of Overland Park; and Amanda Mackey, freshman in open option, Christopher Miller, senior in elementary education, and Nora Shook, sophomore in kinesiology, all of Shawnee.
Kurt Fenster, senior in theater, Healy; Kaylee Schirmer, senior in mass communications, Holton; Kailyn Willse, junior in social work, and Rachel Witham, senior in psychology, both of Hutchinson; Candace Wright, senior in life sciences, Inman; Eryka Stabel, freshman in open option, Lakin.
From Manhattan: Maggie Boatman, freshman in open option; Lindsey Liotta, junior in finance; Katie Speer, freshman in life sciences; and Shannon Thomas, freshman in modern languages.
Whitney Wear, senior in kinesiology, Marion; Melissa Porter, sophomore in communication sciences and disorders, McLouth; Samantha Rigsby, sophomore in secondary education, Milford; Ryan Felber, senior in English, Mulvane; Hannah Mills, sophomore in political science and English, Norton; Jade Park, junior in speech, Oakley; Anna Ukele, sophomore in theater and anthropology, Sabetha.
From Topeka: Erin Duffy, junior in apparel and textiles; Katie Jarvis, freshman in kinesiology; Katie Lero, junior in theater and public health nutrition; and Belinda Post, senior in theater.
McKenzie Snow, freshman in political science, Wichita.
From out of state:
Karen Morian, graduate student in counseling and student development, Glendale, Ariz.; Meg Wilson, graduate student in interior architecture and product design, Swansea, Ill.; Samantha Schultz, junior in theater, Manning, Iowa; Cali Dunham, graduate student in kinesiology, Newton, Iowa; Heather Haberberger, freshman in applied music, Fenton, Mo.; Annie Tipton, senior in mechanical engineering, Smithville, Mo.; Amanda Meinhardt, freshman in theater, Springfield, Mo.; Maggie Baumann, sophomore in sociology, and Mackenzie Goodwin, sophomore in modern languages and theater, both of Omaha, Neb.; Jenna Lempke, freshman in dance and early childhood education, Papillion, Neb.; Jackie Baker, freshman in pre-journalism and mass communications, and James Bowen, junior in humanities, both of Plano, Texas; and Anna Lloyd, graduate student in speech, Draper, Utah.
