The Faculty Dance Concert

Another quality was that of supreme strength in movement. His dancers were rock solid, and Graciela Daniele, the well-known choreographer and director of musicals at Lincoln Center, felt that Cole dancers were "warriors." An excellent description of this aspect of the Cole style was given by critic Debra Jowitt, who said " Cole dancing strikes me as immensely aggressive; almost every gesture is delivered with maximum force, but then has to be stopped cold in mid-air to achieve the clarity of design he wanted...an immense counter effort has to be used to stop the gesture."

“What are you even doing here? I have never seen such flawed technique in all my years as a choreographer.” The words echoed throughout the medical college auditorium. Impelled by the admonishment in front of my peers, I persevered in my endeavor to improve upon my dancing prowess and by the final year of medical school was leading the college dance team. The above mentioned undertaking further spawned an interest for the discipline of Latin Ballroom which lead to participation at the national level. The unwavering focus and persistence even in the face of unfavorable odds is more broadly reflective of my approach towards learning, both academic and extracurricular. This has been instrumental in achieving stellar academic outcomes including being ranked nationally in the top 0.0004 percent in the premedical test and the top 0.6 percent in the common aptitude test for management training.

During the past few years my attention has been held captive by the amazing ballerinas of NYCB, so I am not that familiar with the current members of the ABT corps. But I am glad to hear that so many of them are outstanding dancers. When we reflect about promotions we must always remember the absolute necessity for some dancers who are impressive to remain in the corps—both at ABT and

The prestigious dance company located on the Manly Wharf, Walsh Bay supports a great following and appreciation of dance. Since 1985 the company has called The Wharf in Sydney’s Walsh Bay home. Being minutes from the city’s iconic Bridge and Opera House it gains a lot of attention by new comers to the city. Its studios can hold the most attending dance students in Australia, with nearly 80,000 attendances annually. An opportunity with a pre-professional course in dance was offered to dancers of the company during 2014. This would offer students the likelihood to gain experience with a number of Australia’s most well-known choreographers.

The Repertory Dance Company Fall Dance Concert was held at the Mannoni Performing Arts Center. The dancers involved in this dance concert are part of the University of Southern Mississippi Dance Department meaning they are either pursuing a degree in dance or teach dance at a university level. Both students and faculty had the opportunity to present work during adjudication to be chosen to be presented at this concert. I particularly enjoyed this concert because, while all of the dances presented were a part of the broad genre of modern dance, each dance had such a unique aesthetic so the concert still provided a great amount of variety to keep the audience captivated. The two pieces I have chosen to review represent this variety very

On Saturday, November 2, at 2pm I was able to attend and watch the Dance Plus ‘ Fall 2015 show. Every year the Mason Gross School of Arts hosts a program called Dance Plus that showcases the choreography of the dance faculty. The Mason Gross School of the arts is a community of artists that focus on things from music,dancing, to filmmaking. The show took place in a proscenium theater. The Dance Plus Fall 2015 show had five showcases: Unremarkable Appendix, Empathetic Colloquy, Continuous Relation, A solo in Nine Parts, Farming in Sixes, and City of rain.

An extracurricular activity that I have had the pleasure to take part in for the past five years is the Greenwood College School dance team. Starting off as a new and young member of the team, I often faded in the background and followed the instruction of senior students, showing up to practice and doing the dances as told. During my first two years, in addition to being in various senior choreographed routines, I choreographed a dance alongside girls in my grade, an experience that gave me a basis of teamwork skills including compromise, commitment, open mindedness, reliability and creativity. After I became an experienced member of the team, the coach offered me a position as the team coordinator which I happily accepted. For the past two

Everyday, I go into the studio and hear a generous hello from a staff member. If the vibrant dance bags, and leather jet black couches do not make you feel at home, then the dancers will. Mallory Flores is an intern and dancer of 15 years at Encore Studio, and thinks Encore’s sense of community is what makes everyone feel at home whenever they step onto the dance floor. Not only does the sense of community keep the dancers going, but it keeps the business running, as Karen Flores stated she loves how “the people she sees come in and out of the studio have a constant positive energy radiating off of them”. Yet, being at the studio for up to fourteen hours a week for some dancers does not keep them from coming in and enjoying the curriculum taught in class. Not only does it drive the dancers to come to class, but it keeps the teachers motivated to continue to put out their best work too. Angelina Gallo thinks that “The dancers at Encore are so passionate, they are kind, they are genuinely good people… I think a lot of this stems from the dance training and the people that they are surrounded by on a daily basis. The students are my family.” which shows why everyone feels the constant state of security within the

“I am on the Rider Dance Ensemble so that's the student run club and basically what we do is have two shows a year, our first show is the beginning of November so right now were still rehearsing the dances for the show,” she said. The Rider Dance Ensemble is preforming November 11, 12, 13 at the Yvonne Theater.

Furthermore, it is then followed by the Department Head of Theatre Arts, Dr. King Godwin, and he provides strong academic leadership and is required to lead, manage and develop the department to ensure it achieves the highest possible standards of excellence in all its activities. Succeeding him would be Mrs. Diane Maroney Grigsby who is currently the Choreographer and Artistic Director of Orchesis Dance Company is also the Coordinator of Dance, a Faculty Instructor in the Department of Theatre Art. Mrs. Dianne Maroney-Grigsby succeeded Virgie Brossard Pradia to become the company’s third Artistic Director since the year 1983. As the artistic director, she oversees and gives directions in regards to the activities of the dance company. In addition, she is also the choreographer and creates and sets original movement on the dancers based on a theme, image, and story, piece of music or movement idea. Following, is the administrative assistant to Roberta Williams and she helps to manage and coordinate the day-to-day operations of the Orchesis Dance Company together with the director. Also, there is the Field Show Coordinator Teshia Lincoln, who assists in routines, costumes etc when the company has to perform for

“Swan Night” dance performance evening 2009 was successfully held on Nov 4, 2011 at University Of Calgary Theatre.

Concert Intime is a wonderful dance performance which was held in April 9, 2016 at Chapman University. Two directors Alicia Guy and Liz Maxwell, professional choreographers, and talented Chapman students brought audiences an intimate and colorful evening with seven performance pieces. They were Innumerable, Metamorphosis, Children of the Drum, All as One, and And the Winner Is. In each piece, audiences could enjoy a unique story in the past or modern life and a great combination of customs, light, music, and body languages.

Jessica Lang, the choreographer director and supported by Andrew Mellon Foundation created the company called Jessica Lang Dance. The company established since 1996 as Juilliard Dance Ensemble as their first showcase named Left. The company produced works that is being created by Jessica Lang herself, plus many performances from other groups as well, incorporated into the show. Lang is considered a master of visual composition, she “transforms from a classical ballet language into artfully crafted, emotionally engaging contemporary works” (Dance Magazine). She has created more than 90 works on companies worldwide and get recognition for her outstanding achievements. The upcoming concert in the year of 2016, the concert will be held at Irvine

There are many aspects a performing artist must manage, such as rehearsals, technique classes, and social events. As a student, Holt had a chance to hone in on these skills. At the University of Oklahoma, students studying dance are expected to attend rehearsals, technique classes, as well as academic classes. This prepares students for what a career in their discipline will be like. While time management is an essential part of maintaining a performing arts career, there are various other resources that one needs to utilize for an individual striving for

In one my classes; Dance Appreciation, I had an assignment to view a dance piece on YouTube. The dance that I viewed was called “She without arm, he without leg, Hand in Hand”. The dance was not only informative, but it was enlightening to watch.