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Swing! a musical
April 17 - 26, 2009
8 PM Friday & Saturday ; 2 PM Sundays
Director: Michele Craig
Vocal Director: Patti Schaffner
Choreography: Riley Wymes Jr. (Chicago)
Musical Director: TBA
The Original Broadway Swing!
The Tony nominated musical, Swing! Celebrate the music and dance phenomenon that swept the nation in the 30's and 40's. With the resurgence of dance shows, dance has again become one of the fastest growing trends across the country.
Two thirds rhythm and one third soul." That's how Fats Waller defined the uniquely American form of popular music and dance known as "swing." Requiring only joyful enthusiasm and a ready partner, swing exploded out of pre-war Harlem's hotbed of youth culture and swept the world. It shattered ethnic and cultural barriers, generating specialty styles such as Jive, Swing, Lindy Hop, West Coast Swing, and Hip-Hop Swing. SWING! Celebrates this remarkable diversity to the beat of the most exhilarating songs of the period. But as this enthralling song-and-dance show makes abundantly clear, swing was never a time or place -- it has always been a state of mind!
Swing! is a mix of dance numbers; some comic, some romantic and some sexy. Swing! crosses ethnic and cultural barriers with a mix of jive, Latin swing, West Coast swing, hip-hop swing and country and western swing. It features over 30 songs from the Big Band era such as Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, Stompin' At The Savoy, It Don't Mean A Thing, In the Mood, I'll Be Seeing You, Cry Me a River, and Sing. Sing, Sing.
April 17 - 26, 2009
Vocalists
Rebecca Schneider
Colleen Archer
Eldridge Brown
Derrick Mittelstaedt
Dance Couples
Lindy Hop – John Peluso & Rebecca Peluso
West Coast – Zachary Gipson & TBD
Latin – Vivianna Gonzalez & Alex Gonzalez
All American – Branden Cleary & Talia Blaney
Comic – Chris King & Judy Wielgos
Sexy – Tony Jackson & Katie Solina
Western – Adam Clough & Julie Dunivan
With the Charlie Blum Star Plaza Orchestra
Adults $18
Students & Seniors $15
Box Office (219) 548-9137
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