Students will be able to dance with Lori Bellilove, artistic director and founder of the New York-based Isadora Duncan Dance Foundation.
During three performances this weekend in Korsgaard Dance Studio, audience members will learn a little about the dance techniques of Isadora Duncan and the nature of her dance style.
"It's very athletic and aerobic, with emphasis on the chest, the center of the body," said freshman dancer Alisha Tresslar. "Modern dance is a lot of skipping and jumping."
"Isadora was the originator of modern dance, " Bellilove said. "She was ground-breaking in ideas of moving freely."
Isadora Duncan dance uses classical music and dance to tell a story, or the dance is centered around a theme. Duncan used inspiration from nature and Greek mythology for her dance.
"Isadora wanted to give dance to the people as Prometheus gave fire," said Bellilove of Duncan's love of dance.
The performers include several Ball State students, local children, Bellilove, and Assistant Professor of Dance Katie Teuchtler. Almost all the dances they'll perform will be Duncan dances.
Another dance created and choreographed by students was inspired by ideas and feelings from Sept. 11.
"It's about the people's search for hope," sophomore Jackie Paul said. "Then all come together at the end and have hope."
Other dances that will be performed are "The Furies," which is about female creatures from the underworld who punish people who killed their parents. They will also be performing the russian piece "Varshovianka," inspired by Duncan's visit to the Soviet Union during the 1920s.
"It's the story of soldiers who go to war and see their comrades dying all around them," freshman Erin O'Connor said. "It's very moving with a big, powerful ending."
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