'Contact' opens Sunday at IU Auditorium

For one night, the IU Auditorium stage will transform into a storyteller's dream. The music of Richard Rogders and Lorenz Hart will mesh with pieces by Piotr Ilyitch Tchaikovsky and Georges Bizet to serve as background for three interpretative dance stories. "Contact" also features songs by Dean Martin, Robert Palmer and the Squirrel Nut Zippers. \nThe show will play at 8 p.m. Sunday at the IU Auditorium. \n"This event offers an opportunity for people to see some phenomenally strong artistry," said IU Auditorium Director Doug Booher.\nHe also said this semester's shows, such as "Contact," were very highly rated in all of the show selection surveys, taken by previous audience members of the IU Auditorium.\nThe show tells three stories through movements of dance. Choreographer Susan Stroman won a Tony Award for her work on "Contact."\n"This show is not your typical dance recital and contains some modern and classical dance to plenty of modern day music," said Bridget Krull, senior box office clerk at the IU Auditorium.\nKrull said she had previously gone to see "Contact" in New York and thought it was great to see how the performers make dance tell a story.\nIU sophomore Lauren Fadeley said when she lived in New York, she went to go see "Contact" during its last season there. She said she enjoyed the show because it is divided into three sections and this makes it unique as each section tells a different story about love and relationships, making it easy to relate to in everyday situations.\n"This is one of my favorite Broadway shows because of the good music and the dancing and it is exciting to watch," Fadeley said. "I would recommend anyone who loves music and dance to go and take the opportunity to see it, because from experience you will enjoy every minute of it."\nThis event is generally for adults and college students and contains some explicit, mature content, according to IU Auditorium literature; it is not suitable for children.\n-- Contact Staff Writer Rose Mary Forte at rforte@indiana.edu.