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THE MARQUEE
WHAT TO READ, SEE AND APPRECIATE
‘DEFYING GRAVITY’ SHOWING AT FVCC IN KALISPELL
Flathead Valley Community College’s Theatre Arts Depart- ment continues the 2016 sea- son with a production of Jane Anderson’s dramatic comedy, “Defying Gravity.”
Performances begin at 7 p.m. on March 24-26 in the FVCC Theatre located inside the Arts and Technology Building. Tick- ets are available at the FVCC Bookstore, online at www.fvcc. edu and at the box o ce on show nights.
“Defying Gravity” is loosely based on the 1986 space shuttle Chal- lenger disaster and takes a close look at humans’ inherent need to explore, question and push ourselves past the point of no return. According to FVCC Associate Professor of Theatre Rich Haptonstall, “Anderson artfully interweaves the past, present, art, science, religion, truth, ction, comedy and tragedy in an attempt to illuminate our nev- er-ending quest for answers.”
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be chosen for each concert.
She brought it up with Cody, who then
spent six hours in his room on a Satur- day night learning the dance. The next day, he and his mom met up with Arriaga to polish it up, then recorded just three takes before calling it good.
Bingham said she learned how to use YouTube to post Cody’s video, and then received a message that out of thou- sands of entries, Cody’s was one of the winners.
“He was the last one to show up (at the concert) and the other three kids said ‘We knew it would be you,’” Taw- nya Bingham said.
Being on stage was exciting, Cody said, and he spoke brie y with the Biebs himself. But what really gets Cody chat- ting is the other dancers he met, who taught him new moves and gave him pointers on break dancing and learning
Cody Bingham, left, pictured with other dancers and Justin Bieber, center, during the Purpose World Tour in Portland, Oregon.
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to pop and lock more e ectively.
“I want to learn how to pick up chore- ography like so, so, so fast and hit moves
harder,” he said.
His drive to succeed is clear. When
his mom discusses his future, and the chats she had with other parents at the concert, she says he could pursue dance as a career right now, to which he imme- diately responded, “I want to!”
The talent is also there, and Tawnya Bingham said having Arriaga to shape and direct her son has brought it to the fore. Cody is also a con dent dancer, willing to throw it down in front of any crowd, an important aspect for a bud- ding performer.
When asked if he was even a little bit nervous to dance on stage with Bieber, Cody didn’t laugh or equivocate.
“I belong on stage,” he said.
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