Community Corner
Ursinus College and CEDC Present "Dinner and a Show" Event Featuring a Dance Concert and Local Dinner Specials
Ursinus College is again teaming up with The Collegeville Economic
Development Corp. (CEDC) to offer “Dinner & a Show” — a night on the town
conveniently in and around town — with 15 local restaurants offering
dinner specials to individuals attending the performances of The Ursinus
College Dance Company. The fall dance concert, “Waking Dreams,” is being
performed Nov. 21, 22 and 23 at 7:30 p.m. in the Lenfest Theater of the
Kaleidoscope Performing Arts Center. Theater goers should park in the College’s
West parking lot; enter from Ninth Ave.
Performed by Ursinus College dance students, the concert features pieces in
different dance styles based on the theme of dreams. The program includes:
Venus/Unraveled, by Assistant Professor Jeanine McCain in
collaboration with students of the Dance Majors’ Seminar Course, was originally
inspired by the rare astronomical phenomenon of the Transit of Venus (which
occurs when Venus passes directly between the Earth and the Sun.) The work has
developed through additional research in Venus mythology archetypes, Venus in
popular culture and Venus-related personal dreams and stories from McCain and
cast members. Through creative use of props, lighting and choreography, the
dance creates a physical web in which memory and dreams, of the past and for
the future, intertwine.
If Only It Were, by Professor Karen Clemente, explores real
events that we wish were dreams – the difficult things that throw us off and
affect us in life-changing ways. “We go to bed and wake up hoping that what
happened was a dream, only to find that it was real,” she explains. Based on
autobiographical events, the dance evolves through a range of emotional
contexts that include the acknowledgement of a support system giving comfort,
strength and possibilities for moving through.
Mute, by Eun Jung Choi, explores how reality and dreams
interface. “For many years I have been captivated by the alteration and the
disappearance of events, time laps and other records in my own memory and
dreams. This fascination led me to observe how our memory functions over time,
and how the images of daily events filter through and alter in the space of
dream, memory and desire,” Choi offers. A native of Seoul, Korea, and
co-director of the DaDa Dance Project, Choi has choreographed in Mexico, San
Francisco, New York and now Philadelphia.
Back 2 School, by Clyde Evans Jr., reflects Philadelphia school
closings, which resulted in some schools accommodating displaced students. A
hip-hop-based fantasy, the dance involves new students, a teacher leaving the
room, and an assignment about dreams. Besides teaching at Ursinus, Evans
teaches at Drexel and at Wesleyan universities and directs Chosen Dance
Company, which presents hip-hop as concert dance. He has been a hip-hop
teacher in the region and principal dancer at Rennie Harris Puremovement.
(non)sense, by Jenn Rose, depicts a dream word that goes to many,
unexplainable places. The scenes of the dance are based on recurring
dreams the choreographer has had and feature the manipulation of bright, white
objects. The music is found from several sources, but mostly from the movie
soundtrack “Where the Wild things Are.”Rose is creator/collaborator/producer at
213 Productions and founder/artistic director/choreographer at Loose Screws
Contemporary Tap Company. She has choreographed and directed a number of shows
at theaters in Philadelphia and the region.
Those who would like to take advantage of the “Dinner & a Show”
pre-theatre restaurant specials should order tickets from the CEDC web
site, which is www.collegevilledevelopment.org.
Tickets are $5 each, or $2 for students and seniors age 65 and over. After
reserving tickets online through the site, individuals will be issued a receipt
to print and show at the restaurant on the day of the performance to receive
the dinner special. Participants will also need to present the receipt at the
Ursinus theatre box office in order to pay for and pick up reserved tickets.
Theatergoers should arrive at the box office at least 15 minutes before the
show begins. A list of restaurants appears below.
It is recommended that those attending Dinner and a Show make their
reservations as early as possible; it is recommended that reservations be made
no later than 5:30 p.m., since the performance starts at 7:30 p.m.
Participating restaurants and the specials they are offering are the following:
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50 W. 3rd Ave.
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610-489-7022594
Collegeville, Pa. 19426
610-489-1808
The Pizza Stop Beer is on the
menu; BYOB for wine — 10% off
222 E. Main Street
Collegeville, Pa. 19426
610-489-6225
Phamous Phil’s BBQ
BYOB — 10% off your dinner
3839 Germantown Pike
610-489-7675
Rocco’s Brick Oven Pizza… BYOB — 10% off your dinner
The Marketplace at Collegeville
201 2nd Ave
Collegeville, PA 19426
610-831-0100
Shagun Fine Indian Cuisine
BYOB – 10% off your dinner
Collegeville Shopping Center
222 East Main Street
Collegeville, PA 19426
610-409-9988
Thai
Basil Bistro BYOB — Free appetizer (up to a $10 value)
305 2nd Ave.
Collegeville, Pa. 19426
610-489-3633
Tortugas Mexican Eatery — 10%
off your dinner
The Marketplace at Collegeville
1850 Collegeville Rd.
Collegeville, Pa. 19426
610-489-1350
For questions about reserving tickets, contact Cathy Kernen, Vice
President of the CEDC Board, at 610-409-0370, or Rachael Morrison, CEDC
Executive Director, at 610-454-1050, or Maureen Cawley, Events Manager at
Ursinus College, at 610-409-3279.
