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The Battalion
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Fade to Black Dance Ensemble
Kyle Burnett/77x6 Battalion
Angela Martin, a freshman psychology major and member
of Fade to Black Dance Ensemble, practices a routine that
she will be performing with the group this Sunday in
Rudder Theatre.
Company to
showcase
talent Sunday
By Claudia Zavaleta
The Battalion
Fade to Black Dance En
semble, in their last perfor
mance of the semester, will
showcase eight interpreta
tive dances depicting vari
ous scenes of the African-
American struggle this Sun
day.
Holly Lee, director of
programming for Fade to
Black, said their spring pro
duction in Rudder Theatre,
“Shades of African-Ameri
can Expression,” will con
sist of hip-hop, jazz, tradi
tional African, tap and spir
itual dances.
“These eight dances have
never been performed be
fore,” Lee said. “Each rep
resents our interpretation of
African-American history.”
The 2 5-member ensem
ble has been rehearsing the
program since February.
Lee said all of the dances
were choreographed by
members of the ensemble,
but the entire group partici
pates in the development of
the dances.
“We have such a range
of dancers,” Lee said. “And
they are all on different lev
els. A lot of them are en
rolled in kinesiology dance
classes, so they add things
they have learned.”
Darchele Smith, presi
dent of Fade to Black and a
member since 1991, chore
ographed one of the
dances. She said the entire
group is involved in creat
ing the dances.
“We all pitch in,” Smith
skid. “Usually the dances
are done by all the mem
bers, but we have a director
of dance whose job is to re
view the choreography and
make sure everything is
suitable.”
Natasha Hudspeth, the
group’s director of dance,
has the most experience out
of the ensemble, Smith
said. The president takes
care of the business side of
the organization.
Since Fade to Black is a
service organization, Lee
said they create dances for
groups on-campus and
throughout the community.
“We have performed and
taught dance classes in
schools in both Bryan and
College Station,” she said.
“We have also performed
for the TAMU Black Former
Students Association, the
Committee on Multicultural
Awareness, Diversity Week
and the MSC Open House.”
Lee said these organiza
tions sometimes ask Fade to
Black to perform certain
styles of dances to specific
musical pieces, but the
spring program exhibits
their own creative ideas.
“It will definitely be a
cultural experience,” Lee
said. “I think it will ade
quately interpret the strug
gle of our ancestors. It will
be a cultural extravaganza
— Fade to Black style.’ Y
Most of the members are
of African-American de
scent and they make use of
black artists and musicians
for their choreography and
music. Lee said the group
uses things the ensemble
feels will express the
African-American culture.
Lee said the group’s im
age is the reason she want
ed to join the ensemble.
She has performed with
Fade to Black for 21/2
years; since her first expo
sure to them as an audience
member.
No other group on cam
pus does what Fade to Black
does, she said, and she
wanted to be a part of that.
The ensemble works with
each new member and
teaches them to express
themselves through dance.
“I saw them doing posi
tive things,” Lee said. “I
was in the audience and I
was able to see how the en
semble made other people
aware of the African-Amer
ican culture.”
Tickets for the show are
available for $3 at the Rud
der Box Office.
6 Contentious Intersections ..
Race and Ethnic Studies
Institute to host conference
By Jennifer Gressett
The Battalion
Texas A&M University’s Race and Eth
nic Studies Institute will become the first
Texas sponsor of the Multi-Ethnic Litera
ture of the United States Conference
(MELUS) this week.
Each year, representatives from a large
number of schools place bids with the
executive committee of MELUS in hopes
of sponsoring the conference.
‘ Last year the University of California
at Berkeley got the conference,” MELUS
President Dr. Marco Portales said. “But
this year we are having it in our own
backyard, right here at Texas A&M.”
Kyle Burnett/TTie Battalion
Margaret Bauer, MELUS program
assistant, and Dr. Marco Portales,
MELUS president, will host several
hundred visitors this weekend during
the Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United
States Conference.
Portales, who is also interim director
of the Racial and Ethnic Studies Institute
(RESI) at A&M, said he hopes to show the
community the type of activities and re
search that has been done in this area.
During his participation in conferences
nationwide, Portales said he has noticed
the growing importance of multi-ethnic
studies, which once went unnoticed.
“Issues that used to be called marginal,
or not the mainstream, have grown,’ Por
tales said. “Many are beginning to realize
that (multi-ethnic issues) have become an
important part of our country, given its
demographics.”
This week’s conference, which is called
“Contentious Intersections, Still: Race,
Gender, Class, Ethnicity,” will feature
speakers from 105 universities nation
wide. The keynote address will be given
by Ana Castillo, author of “So Far From
God,” “My Father was a Toltec,” and her
award-winning novel, “The Mixquiahuala
Letters.”
RESI research assistant and MELUS co
ordinator Nancy Lugo said an important
highlight of the conference will be the
MELUS book exhibit, which will be in
Rudder Tower. Thirty-six publishing
companies will display books in cultural
and ethnic literature and politics.
All together, Portales said there will be
130 presentations, 42 panels, two dinners
and one luncheon. Discussions of virtu
ally everything relating to multicultural-
ism and diversity will be presented, he
said.
“These are timely issues that need to
be discussed if we are to improve human
relations and interactions between cul
tures,” Portales said.
When the issues aren’t dealt with, he
said it leads to misunderstanding, discord
and disharmony.
At this point, over 200 people have
registered for the conference. However,
Portales said he doesn’t want to exclude
people that haven’t registered.
“If there are free seats, anyone is wel
come to come and sit in on good talks
about scholarly issues,” Portales said.
The conference will be held today
through April 30 in the MSC. For more
information concerning seating and reg
istration call the RESI office at 845-0966.
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