Performance is part of the group's 2003-04 World Tour

Dana College is proud to announce that the National Danish Performance Team will give a special performance for the public at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 26 in Dana’s Gardner-Hawks Center in Blair, Neb. Tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for students. Reservations are encouraged and can be made by calling the Dana College Relations Office at 402 426-7216.

The team consists of Denmark’s finest gymnasts selected from the Danish Gymnastics & Sports Associations, an organization that boasts membership from more than one-fifth of Denmark’s population. The Performance Team was formed in 1993 to promote an awarness of Danish gymnastics traditions abroad, through spectacular performances of gymnastics, rhythmical sequences, dance and advanced tumbling. Dana College is just one stop on the team’s 2003-04 World Tour, which visits countries such as South Africa, Australia, Japan, Germany and France. The troupe of 28 men and women has drawn hundreds of thousands of spectators to their family-friendly performances.

“ If you want a treat, don’t miss this outstanding performance,” said Dr. Myrvin Christopherson, Dana College president. “The National Danish Performance Team combines precision gymanstic and dance performance with light comedy, uplifting musical accompaniment and brilliant costuming.”

This is not the first time the team has performed in Nebraska. The group’s “ancestor” was one of the first events held in Dana’s Borup Coliseum, completed in the early 1960s. The last tour also visited Dana in 1997. The February appearance will be the first major non-athletic event in Dana’s new faciltiy, the Gardner-Hawks Center.

The program consists of two hour-long halves, with a short intermission. The audience will see a dazzling display of athletic and artistic ability, highlighting the best qualities of a non-competitive sport.

Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Concessions, parking and a shuttle service will be available. More information and directions to Dana’s campus can be found at its web site, www.dana.edu. More information about the Performance Team is available on its web site, www.dgi.dk/ndpt.

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For more information contact:
Sarah Cavanah
Communications Coordinator
Dana College
402 426-7216
scavanah@dana.edu