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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>TRI-C WEST presents
the Spring Dance Showcase<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The
Tri-C West Theatre and Dance Department will hold their annual Spring Dance
Showcase on Friday May 7<sup>th</sup> at 7:30 pm in the Western Campus Theatre
located at 11000 Pleasant Valley Rd. in Parma. The annual dance concert
continues the tradition of exploring many styles and disciplines including,
hip-hop, jazz, and modern dance. Audiences will be treated to pieces
choreographed Sarah Morrison, Megan Pitcher, Sarah Carey, several student-choreographed
pieces and a guest presentation created by Sevi Bayraktar. Tickets are $5 and
Free for Tri-C students with a valid student ID. </span><b><span
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>About the Tri-C West
Dance Faculty:<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Sarah
Morrison (M.A.) is the founder/director of MorrisonDance and is a 2009 recipient
of the Ohio Arts Council Award for Individual Excellence. She began her
professional career as a teenager in Atlanta. Morrison relocated to
Cleveland upon receiving a scholarship for her choreography to attend Case
Western Reserve University. Over the past 15 years, Cleveland has become
her home, and the home to MorrisonDance, a company recognized for<span
style='color:black'> its unique exploration and presentation of dance.
Morrison’s choreography has been seen in Atlanta, Chicago, Italy and
Mexico, and has been presented at the Joyce SoHo and Joe’s Pub at Public
Theatre in New York City. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Megan
Pitcher is the artistic director of MegLouise Dance, a Cleveland based
performance group. Pitcher’s choreography has been presented
internationally at Moscow Theater West in Russia and the Junction Arts Festival
in Toronto, Canada. Pitcher received her BFA in Dance from Ohio
University and supplemented her training at Dance New Amsterdam in New York,
Bates Dance Festival and Summer Stages in Maine. <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>About
our Guest Artist:<br>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Sevi
Bayraktar is a professional dancer and teacher in Gypsy dance, including
Flamenco. She believes the creativity of dance can be used to assist in
effectively developing solutions for community issues. She has worked with many
international Gypsy dancers in Turkey and in Spain. She is currently completing
a Masters Degree in Sociology in Istanbul and working with the youth and women
in the marginalized neighborhoods of the urban city. She incorporates her
knowledge of dance and theater with arts-based education methods focusing on
at-risk youth. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Sevi
Bayraktar's appearance with MorrisonDance in this showing is possible through
her residency with Young Audiences of Northeast Ohio funded through the
Cleveland Foundation Creative Fusion Project.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>For
more information and reservations please call 216-987-5536. </span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Parking is available
in the B lot (enter via Pleasant Valley). All other lots will require permits.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Fred Gloor<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Tri-C Western Campus
Theatre Dept.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>11000 Pleasant Valley Rd.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Parma, Ohio 44130<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>216-987-5536<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.tri-c.edu/community/Pages/Theatres.aspx"><i><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>www.tri-c.edu/community/Pages/Theatres.aspx</span></i></a><i><u><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><i><u><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Find us on
facebook: </span></u></i><a href="http://www.facebook.com/tricwesttheatre"><i><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Tri-C ® Where
futures begin <sup>SM<o:p></o:p></sup></span></i></p>
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