Date & Time: April 24, 2022 2:00pm
Location: Olmsted Theatre, Performing Arts Center

This spring, the Department of Dance showcases guest choreographer Takehiro Ueyama’s arresting work Heroes.

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Ueyama’s Heroes is a work for 12 dancers that combines powerful athleticism and delicate gestures drawn from the choreographer’s Japanese heritage. It is set to composer John Adams’ 1985 work The Chairman Dances, an imagined foxtrot for Chairman Mao Tse-Tung and his bride, Chiang Ch’ing, which Adams called a warm up to his opera Nixon in China. Ueyama, a former Paul Taylor dancer, has created a piece that he said honors the dedication and perseverance of citizens who played a crucial role in Japan’s recovery after World War II and are driving its success today.

The Spring Dance Adelphi program of ballet and modern dance will also feature pieces choreographed by faculty members Frank Augustyn and Orion Duckstein, and adjunct faculty Fernando Carrillo and Jennifer Kreichman.

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Our priority is to ensure the safety of our patrons, artists, staff and the entire Adelphi community against COVID-19. Thanks to the success of masks, vaccines, and tests in reducing the COVID-19 infection rate to new lows, we are no longer requiring guests to show proof of vaccination or a negative test when attending a performance at Adelphi. Masks are still required at all times while inside the PAC. We ask that everyone follow ongoing health guidelines to stay home if they have tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 10 days, knowingly been in close contact with anyone who has tested positive for COVID-19 (or is experiencing symptoms and awaiting test results), or are feeling sick (especially with a fever) yourself.

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