Blooming Glen native participates in Slippery Rock dance concert

The first dance concert of the year at Slippery Rock University may have a title fit for a carpenter’s tape measure, but “60 x 60 x 60” has a little something for everyone.
The SRU Dance Department will present its 60 x 60 x 60 dance concert, 7:30 p.m., Sept. 23, at Swope Music Hall, featuring 60 dance performances to 60 pieces of music that are 60 seconds long. Tickets are $2 and can be purchased at the door on the evening of the concert.
SRU students who are participating in the 60 x 60 x 60 concert as performers and choreographers include Sydney Forbes, a sophomore dance major from Blooming Glen.

The annual 60 x 60 x 60 concert includes an interdisciplinary element, and for this year’s event the dance department invited art students to contribute different paintings that will be projected onto the dancers and the performance area.
The paintings for the concert were created by 30 students from a studio painting class taught last semester by Heather Hertel, professor of art. The paintings range from abstracts and landscapes to specific objects, such as an eyeball or a cube.
The music and sounds can also be out of the ordinary, such as one spoken-word soundtrack that Angelo found amusing.

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