one show only at Camden Opera House Saturday, May 23

Rockport Dance Conservatory presents 8th annual spring show

Chris Wolf
Sat, 05/23/2015 - 9:00am
Monsters under the bed. Part of Act II from the Land of Nod presented by Rockport Dance Conservatory.
Cast od the Land of Nod.
Christian Clayton (center) featured as Mr. Sandman dances with RDC director Kari Cameron (left) and assistant director Sally Leighton as the Sleeper, Kelsey Guinn looks on from her bed. (Photo by Ellie Curtis)
Bathing Beauties.
Kelsey Guinn and Sydney Fields.
Lisa Lane taps to All About That Bass. (Photo by Ellie Curtis)

    CAMDEN — Sponsored by Midcoast Recreation Center, the Rockport Dance Conservatory will present the Land of Nod on Saturday, May 23, at the Camden Opera House at 6:30 p.m. Appropriate for all ages, this one performance only, two act show will present original choreography from Rockport Dance Conservatory students and bring the poem of Robert Louis Stevenson’s famous children’s poem to life.

    This is Rockport Dance Conservatory’s 8th annual spring showcase. Act I will present winning pieces from their successful competition season.

    Act II is a dance interpretation of the Robert Louis Stevenson poem, Land of Nod, about a restless sleeper who travels to the land of nod and the interesting characters she meets during her journey.

    Characters include Moonbeams, Stars, Mr. Sandman featuring Christian Clayton, Monsters under the bed, Sheep and Mr. ZZZZ, just to name a few.

    “Rockport Dance Conservatory is known for its original, creative choreography, bright costumes and set design,” said Assistant Director Sally Leighton. “I can’t begin to tell you all the time and work Kari Cameron has put into these costumes this year. They are truly amazing.”

    Kari Cameron, director for RDC said it was a delight to welcome everyone to their 8th annual show.

    “Our staff and students have worked hard to once again bring to our audience a show that combines creativity and vision to all our dance styles,” she said. “We hold passionately to our original mission that is to offer a show that is beyond the usual recital.”

    Cameron said that by intertwining genres the goal of the show is to inspire the imagination while displaying the different dance styles that RDC offers.

    “It’s a great show for the whole family,” she said. “We encompass all our students of every age and the different dance styles we teach. Children under five years of age are admitted for free.”

    Show time at the Camden Opera House is 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for students and seniors and children under five are free. Tickets are available at the door the night of the show.

    For more information on all things RDC check out our website at www.rockportdance.com call (207) 557-5421, email at info@rockportdance.com

    Or find them on Facebook.

     

    TheLandofNod

    BY ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

    From breakfast on through all the day

    At home among my friends I stay,

    But every night I go abroad

    Afar into the land of Nod.

     

    All by myself I have to go,

    With none to tell me what to do —

    All alone beside the streams

    And up the mountain-sides of dreams.

     

    The strangest things are there for me,

    Both things to eat and things to see,

    And many frightening sights abroad

    Till morning in the land of Nod.

     

    Try as I like to find the way,

    I never can get back by day,

    Nor can remember plain and clear

    The curious music that I hear.

     

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