{"id":906,"date":"2017-05-09T11:52:35","date_gmt":"2017-05-09T15:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/coa\/?p=906"},"modified":"2017-05-09T11:52:35","modified_gmt":"2017-05-09T15:52:35","slug":"vsu-faculty-students-to-perform-at-mad-festival-may-12-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/coa\/2017\/05\/09\/vsu-faculty-students-to-perform-at-mad-festival-may-12-13\/","title":{"rendered":"VSU Faculty, Students to Perform at MAD Festival May 12-13"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sarah Wildes Arnett’s “Stand by.” (Photo by Genny Wynn Muncy)<\/p>\n

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Melissa Pihos’s “The Wives” (Photo by Gordon Olsen)<\/p>\n

VALDOSTA \u2014 Sarah Wildes Arnett and Melissa Pihos have been selected to showcase the diversity and excellence of Valdosta State University\u2019s dance scene at the 23rd<\/span><\/sup> annual Modern Atlanta Dance Festival (MAD) May 12-13.<\/p>\n

This will be Arnett\u2019s third time being featured at MAD. The assistant professor of dance at VSU previously presented original choreographed works in 2013 and 2014.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am very excited to go back as it creates stronger connections for the Valdosta arts community with the rest of the state,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Arnett will present \u201cStand by.\u201d She premiered this work in October 2016 as part of VSU Theatre and Dance\u2019s 2016-2017 performance season. It was also featured at the American College Dance Association Southeastern Conference in Tampa, Fla., in March. She will perform this piece alongside current VSU students Sami Cohen, Sabrina Harris, Megan Foose, Rebecca Walker, and Olivia White, as well as Kassi Bosco, a May 2017 graduate.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018Stand by.\u2019 is an exploration of the ways in which women perceive themselves based on the actions of others,\u201d she explained. \u201c\u2018Stand by.\u2019 makes a statement through command of craft and a wry sense of humor, making the audience pointedly aware of uncomfortable situations and social paradigms that are not funny at all \u2014 but demeaning, humiliating, and painful. Thoughtless social constructs serve to undermine self-esteem, and peer support and mindfulness can help us become comfortably our true and honest selves. Fashion or social paradigms are sometimes comical in application but ultimately inhuman and humiliating in practice.\u201d<\/p>\n

This will be Pihos\u2019s first time at MAD. She will present \u201cThe Wives,\u201d which is an excerpt from \u201cPIHOS A Moving Biography.\u201d Walker, Bosco, Foose, and Cohen will perform this choreographed work.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018PIHOS A Moving Biography\u2019 is a documentary dance\/film performance that focuses on the life of my\u00a0father, former All\u2013Pro Philadelphia Eagles Receiver and Pro Football Hall of Famer Pete Pihos and his fight with Alzheimer\u2019s disease,\u201d said the assistant professor of dance at VSU.<\/p>\n

“‘The Wives\u2019 takes a look at my father’s private life, in which he was married four times,\u201d she continued. \u201c\u2026 the piece shows a sensitive side of the story, including the support from his family and his ex-wife, Donna Pihos, throughout his descent into Alzheimer\u2019s disease. Donna is my mother [and] was his fourth and final wife. Even though my dad and my mom divorced when I was 12, when\u00a0my dad started developing Alzheimer\u2019s disease, she took him back and took care of him until his death [in August 2011]. The piece was inspired by my mother’s love for my dad and willingness to take care of him during his illness.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cPIHOS A Moving Biography\u201d has been performed in New York City; Philadelphia, Pa.; Charlotte, N.C.; Winston-Salem, N.C.; Greensboro, N.C.; Santa Fe, N.M., and Lubbock, Texas. \u201cThe Wives\u201d excerpt has been performed several times on its own at festivals across the United States. It was most recently performed in the faculty concert at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and in October 2016 as part of VSU Theatre and Dance\u2019s 2016-2017 performance season.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am very excited to share this work with Atlanta because of my passion to raise awareness,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

The Modern Atlanta Dance Festival will feature two nights of performances highlighting the best of Georgia\u2019s contemporary dance choreography, technique, and artistic vision. Seven choreographers were selected for this year\u2019s event, which will also feature a special performance by Full Radius Dance and a tribute to Robert \u201cBobby\u201d Barnett, former Atlanta Ballet director, and his late wife, Virginia \u201cGinger\u201d Barnett.<\/p>\n

The Modern Atlanta Dance Festival was created by Douglas Scott, artistic director of Full Radius Dance, a critically acclaimed troupe of modern dancers with various disabilities. It will be held at Balzar Theater at Herren\u2019s, located at 84 Luckie St. in Atlanta. Performances will begin at 8 p.m. each night.<\/p>\n

Article provided by: http:\/\/www.valdosta.edu\/about\/news\/releases\/2017\/05\/vsu-faculty,-students-to-perform-at-mad-festival-may-12-13.php<\/p>\n

On the Web:
\nhttps:\/\/fullradiusdance.org\/mad<\/a>
\nhttp:\/\/www.valdosta.edu\/colleges\/arts\/communication-arts\/<\/a>
\nhttp:\/\/www.pihosamovingbio.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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