Colby-Sawyer College’s Fine and Performing Arts Department presents the fall dance ensemble Turning Pointe under the artistic direction of Adjunct Assistant Professor of Dance Laura Dunlop Shepherd, on Friday, December 6, at 7 PM. Tickets can be purchased online at Colby-Sawyer.edu/tickets or at the Sawyer Center Box Office. They are $10 for adults, $5 for students/children, and free with a Colby-Sawyer College ID.
The two-act dance spectacular will take place at Sawyer Center Theater inside the Sawyer Fine and Performing Arts Center. The event will feature 28 dancers showcasing Professor Shepherd’s choreography as well as choreography from student dancers. From classical Ballet to Contemporary, Jazz, Hip Hop, Argentine Tango, Modern, Classical Chinese, and a high-kicking Can-can, Turning Pointe will attempt to please diverse palates.
For more information, contact the Sawyer Center Box Office at 526-3670 or at BoxOffice@nullColby-Sawyer.edu.
About the Artistic Director
Laura Dunlop Shepherd is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts with a degree in Theatre and Dance. Professor Shepherd, who grew up singing, dancing, and acting, was on the Sawyer Fine Arts Center stage at age five when she performed her first ballet solo and auditioned for and won her first stage role as Marta in a Colby-Sawyer production of The Sound of Music.
These and other early musical theater experiences launched Professor Shepherd on her lifelong path of performing and teaching. After years of performing in summer stock and professional musical theater, and then in the Radio City Christmas Spectacular starring the Rockettes as a singer and dancer, her focus turned to sharing the performing arts that have so enriched her life with others through teaching.
Professor Shepherd has taught both as a private voice instructor and as a dance instructor at a large Southern dance academy. Now, one can find her at the Sawyer Center, surrounded by students, guiding them through their own journeys in music and dance.
To learn more about the Fine and Performing Arts at Colby-Sawyer College, visit Colby-Sawyer.edu/arts.