The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Wednesday, March 29, 1995              TAG: 9503290054
SECTION: DAILY BREAK              PAGE: E3   EDITION: FINAL 
                                             LENGTH: Short :   25 lines

DANCERS TO HELP FIGHT CHILD ABUSE

THE DANCE community puts its creative force behind a cause this weekend with a modern dance concert benefiting the Hampton Roads Committee for Prevention of Child Abuse. The Old Dominion University Dance Theatre and the Governor's Magnet School for the Arts Dance program present the show at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the Chandler Recital Hall in the Fine and Performing Arts Building at ODU. Tickets are $8, $5 for students. The Eastern Virginia Collective of Dance Artists will contribute works to the program. Choreographers include Elbert Watson, Melody Ruffin-Ward, Gwen Spear Meng, Terry Crews, Beverly Duane, Laura Pettibone Wright, and Ray Schwartz. For information, call Marilyn Marloff at 683-4354 or Deborah Thorpe at 441-2956. ILLUSTRATION: Photo

Choreographer Laura Pettibone Wright introduces Gregory Thorpe to

dance.

by CNB