CSULB Faculty Dance Concert to Feature New Lynch Work

“Women Waiting,” a new work by Ballet Pacifica artistic director Molly Lynch, will be part of the Cal State Long Beach Dance Faculty concert, Nov. 17-21, at the Knoebel Dance Theater, Cal State Long Beach, 1250 Bellflower Blvd.

“They asked me to do a piece for the dance concert,” Lynch said Thursday. “I auditioned the dancers in their [Cal State’s] program and decided to do a new piece instead of restaging one of my older ones.”

The dance is set to Henryk Gorecki’s “Three Old Songs,” based on traditional songs.

“But there’s no vocal part to it,” Lynch said. “The dance is about a nine-minute work about women waiting for a loved one or some family member who’s been away and they’re wondering if they’re going to be returning or not. It’s about the anxiety and the ups and downs of that process of wondering.”

Dances by David Parsons, Della Davidson, Francine Landis and others complete the program. Performances: Wednesday through Saturday, 8 p.m.; Sunday, 2 p.m. $10-$15. (562) 985-7000.