director ofEwert&Company and a teacher known for her expertise in workingwith silks,material suspend- ed fromthe ceiling.


Peugh (B.F.A. 2006)will present Shuffle, amodernwork for a trio. The NewMexico native has danced in works fromthe repertories ofGeorge Balanchine,AlvinAiley and other greats.Hemade his professional choreographic debut in 2008 in Seoul, SouthKorea,where he is the co-founding artistic director of DarkCirclesContemporaryDance.


Joshua Peugh


Hamilton (B.F.A. 2009), a principal dancerwith ProphecyDanceWorks and the founder and director of non- profit organizationNewOrleans Love for theArts Project, Inc.,will present The Fall, amale-female duet.


JarrellHamilton


EmmyAward-winning artist Malashock (B.F.A. 1975),whose artistry is a composite ofmore than 30 years of experience in dance, theater and film,will stage Silver andGold, a male-female duet.He had an illustri-


ous performing career dancing for Twyla Tharp before founding MalashockDance in 1988. The SanDiego company has earned national and international acclaimwithworks presented throughout theUnited States,CentralAmerica, Japan andCentralEurope.


The fall concert, a.k.a. the “Hope Show” (in a nod to theBobHope Theatre), is significant this year formany performers, especially Southcott. She is looking forward to graduating inMay and pursuing a professional dance career, but is emo- tionally pressed to live this year like none before.


“No apologies,” said Southcott. “Don’t be sorry forwho you are, where you came from; every lesson you learn createswho you are.” Southcott, originally fromOntario, Canada, had oncemissed SMU’s audition deadline, butwas deter- mined to attend the school and try out again. Subsequently, shemade it to theHilltop as a dancemajor, and is thankful for the opportunities she’s been given.As graduation approach- es and as she prepares to enter the professionalworld, Southcott is moved by the dedication of the alumni choreographers and the lessons gleaned fromher professors and peers.


JohnMalashock


If the glittering firmament of alumni choreographers is evidence of the promising possibilities ahead, the sky’s the limit for Southcott,Berger and their contemporaries in theDivision ofDance at SMU’sMeadows School of theArts. (Formore information on the concert, please visit meadows.smu.edu or call 214-768-2787.)


YolondaBattle is a journalismstudent at SouthernMethodistUniversitywho enjoys writing about dance.


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