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Eight dancers are needed to round out the company for Britney’s Inferno, a new production by the Philadelphia-based Headlong Dance Theater that will be performed Sept. 12-13 at the Williams Center for the Arts.
Auditions will be held 6 p.m. Sunday in Kirby Sports Center room 136. The selected students will need to attend a week of late afternoon/evening rehearsals. Previous dance training might be helpful, but is not necessary.
“The show follows the discovery-infatuation-disappointment cycle that is the curse of pop phenomena — but in a witty, clever, lively, and utterly appealing way,” says Ellis Finger, director of the Williams Center. “In its ten-year history, Headlong has become known for work that is both sophisticated and accessible, mixing formalism, pop culture, and all-out physicality to create vibrant, hilarious dance that resonates far beyond the ‘traditional’ dance audience. Plus, they’re very nice people.”
Winners of a 1999 Bessie Award for its take on Star Wars, Headlong Dance Theater has been choreographing and performing together in Philadelphia since 1993. Its work has been presented in New York, Barcelona, Lisbon, and many other locations.
Headlong choreographers Andrew Simonet and David Brick gave a brown bag talk on “Britney Spears as Cultural Icon: Why Do We Destroy the Things We Make Famous?” in the Williams Center last month.
For more information, contact Finger at x5010 or fingerh.