The Five College Dance Department presents an evening of live music and dance at the Academy of Music. This unique “town and gown” collaboration features choreography and music by internationally acclaimed guest artists and Five College Dance Department faculty. The program includes the restaging of Mark Morris’ masterpiece, GLORIA*, set to Vivaldi’s “Gloria in D”, played and sung by the Amherst College Orchestra and Choral Ensemble. Suisse choreographer Kinsun Chan has created a new contemporary ballet set to selected JS Bach Cello Suites, played by cellist Kivie Cahn-Lipman; Wendy Woodson presents a whimsical new trio for solo dancer and clarinetists David Schneider and Lynn Sussman , music composed by Eric Sawyer; Billbob Brown performs his new multi-media solo with an original score by area Jazz legend Paul Arslanian and Guest Artist Megan Bonneau McCool premieres a new ensemble ballet set to JS Bach’s Sonata No.1 for Solo Violin, played by Amy Bateman. * Mark Morris’ project is supported in part by an NEA American Masterpiece grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.