Last updated January 30, 2025
By Damian Dominguez, Senior Writer
You could almost picture New York’s busy streets as 14 Furman University dance students strode confidently across the stage at McAlister Auditorium.
Their strut halted halfway across before they performed a modified chassé, a triple-step that turned them around to stride the way they came, then a sudden leap back as if avoiding a splash of water from a passing car.
Their dance, performed Jan. 27 under the direction of guest conductor Carolyn Dorfman, told the story of Eastern European immigrants in a world of opportunity and hope after coming to the United States to escape the horrors emerging in Europe in the 1930s. Read more
Photo by Nathan Gray