CHARLESTON — The federal government is entering yet another week shut down amidst disagreements between Republicans and Democrats in the U.S. Senate, though West Virginia’s senior senator sees some light at the end of the tunnel.

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., held a conference call this week to update reporters on the latest in negotiations on Capitol Hill to reopen the federal government, which has been shut down for the last 31 days.

“I’ve said repeatedly…that (a government shutdown is) the road to nowhere,” Capito said. “It’s actually more miserable now than I can ever remember it in terms of impact on individuals, on people who work for the government and on people who rely on services from the government. It is a total disservice to them.”

The U.S. Senate held its 13th failed vote Tuesday to pass a clean continuing resolution to fund the federal government through Friday, The evening will begin with a new work of choreography, “Purple Emergence,” by Toneta Akers-Toler to a new composition by Holden Akers-Toler (WVWC Class of ’16) based on the traditions of blues and Caribbean music genres.

Next will be world-renowned dance artist Gerri Houlihan’s duet, “In Your Dreams,” performed by Dane Toney and Emily Dodrill Akers.

The first act will end with a group work by Houlihan, performed by the main company, to the music of J. S. Bach. These works by Gerri Houlihan were created in Miami with her dance company and have been performed by many dance companies and university programs.

After intermission three more works will finish out an evening “with highlights of joy, history, irony, intrigue and entertaining moments to offer some unique adventures for the entire audience,” a WVWC press release states.

Dane Toney’s “Triptych” will explore “Wisdom, Boredom, and Balance” to music of J.S. Bach, Mark Davis and Michel Legrad.

Donald Laney, past co-artistic director of WVDC, will follow with a new solo performance that is described as a highlight of WVDC’s touring season. 

The evening closes with Laney’s “Bull Moose Special” that is performed to an original story and music composition by Adam Booth.

“This ending works with the powerful choreography that depicts the story,” the release reads, and “has been a work that audience members everywhere have inquired for ways to experience again and again… All the dance artists will send the audience home with their feet moving and their minds dancing! 

Dancers Emily Dodrill Akers, Toneta Akers-Toler, Kristen Fisher, Carsyn Harris, Bailey Heffernan, Donald Laney, Chloe Mansheim, Owen Tidd and Dane Toney will “magically capture the many different styles of dance during the evening,” according to the release, adding, “Costumes and props will add to the kaleidoscopic visions of a multifaceted evening.”