Dance/NOW: ECU Dance Blog #23

HELLO DANCERS!!

It's the start of Exam week! Make sure you stay hydrated and get as much sleep as possible! Oh, and study hard of course! ;)

 ANNOUNCEMENTS AND UPCOMING EVENTS

THIS MONDAY IS MESSICK CHRISTMAS!
Wear your favorite tacky Christmas attire this Monday for Messick's Christmas! Make sure you are still dressed appropriately underneath (tights/leotard) for class as this is our last full day!


DANCE EXAMS/ CONFERENCES
This semester we will not have time blocked off in the exam schedule for dance exams. Instead, each of you will be meeting with your professors to discuss your current and future dance training. Make sure you check on the time of your individual conference and show up 15 minutes early with your own notes and materials to take notes on the feedback you will be given. This is a great opportunity for personal improvement so make the most of it!

DANCE 2016 SHOWING
The Dance 2016 showing will be at 11:30am on Tuesday, December 8th (Reading Day).  All performers are called for the mandatory warmup from 10:50-11:10am in the Studio Theatre.  Dancers need to be in the studio and ready to begin by 10:50am.  Sign-in sheets will be posted on the ST doors.


LIGHTS UP!
Show Time: Tuesday, Dec 8 @8pm
This semester's Lights Up! student choreography showcase will be on ECU's Reading Day. Admission is free so come out to support your fellow students and see some great dancing! Seating is limited so make sure you pick up a ticket at the Messick Box Office before the show. Tickets are outside of the box office in Messick.

LAST DANCE!
Show Time: Monday, Dec 14 @8pm
Come out to see our hard working junior dance majors' choreography showcase. This show is the final project of the first semester dance composition class.  Admission is free but make sure you pick up tickets at the Messick Box Office before the show.

REHEARSAL SCHEDULES
Keep an eye out each week for changes and/or additions to the main-stage rehearsal schedule. This schedule gets sent out on call-board and it is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to stay up to date with changes.  You don't want to miss a rehearsal that is on the schedule, so stay vigilant and check daily! :)


DANCE SCIENCE NEWS
We are starting a monthly meeting for all those interested in dance science as well as bi-weekly workout sessions! YAY

You do not have to be a double major or have a minor to be a part of this new exciting club so go onto the ECU Dance page on facebook where Teal Darkenwald  has posted a link to the new dance science facebook and request to join! This new facebook page will be used for sharing interesting dance science journals and articles pertaining to dance. Teal will also be teaching a dance kinesiology class as well as a dance conditioning class in the spring. Having taken both of these classes in the past, I strongly recommend them both! Excellent supplemental training and knowledge about how to refine our craft!

NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY FOR DANCE ARTS

Packets for the Spring induction into this prestigious society will be due by the end of the week that we return from winter break. This means you will have a full month to get your packets ready! If you are having trouble or need materials, please contact Nicole Gemmell or Maggie Bode. 

 CONGRATS!!! 

Congratulations to all of our dance majors for working so hard this past week for our jazz residency. You all have grown so much this past week and made a great impression for the program. Great Work!

INSPIRATION FOR THE WEEK 

"If we were a medical school, and you were here as a med student practicing appendectomies, you'd take your work very seriously because you would imagine that some night at 2 am someone is going to waltz into your emergency room and you're going to have to save their lift. Well, my friends, someday at 8pm someone is going to walk into your concert hall and bring you a mind that is confused, a heart that is overwhelmed, a soul that is weary. Whether they go out whole again will depend partly on how well you do your craft..."
-Karl Paulnack

With Love,

       Nicole Gemmell

ECU chapter of the National Honor Society for dance Arts, President

East Carolina Dance Association, Secretary

AND

      John Dixon

Dance Area Coordinator

Dance/NOW: ECU Dance Blog #22

Welcome Back Dancers!!

We hope you have had a wonderful and restful Thanksgiving holiday with friends and family! 

 ANNOUNCEMENTS AND UPCOMING EVENTS

RICHARD SMITH IS HERE!

Our next choreographic guest artist is Richard Smith, the Artistic Director of Inaside Chicago Dance! Richard's approach to teaching and directing is focused on alignment, manipulation of the body, strength and origination of movement. He believes that only through the constant work to master technique and the understanding of fundamentals of jazz that the dancer begins to tap into the emotional connection of dance. Only then can the dancer generate performance from a vulnerable place of truth, making the dancer's connection to the audience real and pure. It is this philosophy that keeps his fire burning for teaching and helping dancers reach their highest artistic level.

Richard is an ECU alumni and has worked with Gus Giordano and we are VERY excited to see his work on our own dancers in the Dance 2016 show!  He will be teaching all of the jazz classes this week so be ready to work hard and be pushed to do your very best dancing.  It's going to be a great week!!

DANCE 2016 SHOWING
The Dance 2016 showing will be at 11:30am on Tuesday, December 8th (Reading Day).  All performers are called for the mandatory warmup from 10:50-11:10am in the Studio Theatre.  Dancers need to be in the studio and ready to begin by 10:50am.  Sign-in sheets will be posted on the ST doors.


LIGHTS UP!
Show Time: Tuesday, Dec 8 @8pm
This semester's Lights Up! student choreography showcase will be on ECU's Reading Day. Admission is free so come out to support your fellow students and see some great dancing! Seating is limited so make sure you pick up a ticket at the Messick Box Office before the show. Tickets will be outside of the box office in Messick closer to the show date.

LAST DANCE!
Show Time: Monday, Dec 14 @8pm
Come out to see our hard working junior dance majors' choreography showcase. This show is the final project of the first semester dance composition class.  Admission is free but make sure you pick up tickets at the Messick Box Office before the show.

REHEARSAL SCHEDULES
Keep an eye out each week for changes and/or additions to the main-stage rehearsal schedule. This schedule gets sent out on call-board and it is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to stay up to date with changes.  You don't want to miss a rehearsal that is on the schedule, so stay vigilant and check daily! :)


DANCE SCIENCE NEWS
We are starting a monthly meeting for all those interested in dance science as well as bi-weekly workout sessions! YAY

You do not have to be a double major or have a minor to be a part of this new exciting club so go onto the ECU Dance page on facebook where Teal Darkenwald  has posted a link to the new dance science facebook and request to join! This new facebook page will be used for sharing interesting dance science journals and articles pertaining to dance. Teal will also be teaching a dance kinesiology class as well as a dance conditioning class in the spring. Having taken both of these classes in the past, I strongly recommend them both! Excellent supplemental training and knowledge about how to refine our craft!

NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY FOR DANCE ARTS FALL INDUCTION
The fall induction will be during the intermission of the Last Dance show. Come out to see these hardworking dancers get inducted into this prestigious honor society! 

 CONGRATS!!! 

SENIOR CHOREOGRAPHY was amazing this past weekend!!! Thank you so so much for the work and emotion that everyone involved gave towards this show! It was the best one yet and it makes me so proud to be a part of this program!

INSPIRATION FOR THE WEEK 

“Dancers are athletes of God.”

- Albert Einstein

“You are unique, and if that is not fulfilled,

then something has been lost.”

- Martha Graham

With Love,

       Nicole Gemmell

ECU chapter of the National Honor Society for dance Arts, President

East Carolina Dance Association, Secretary

AND

      John Dixon

Dance Area Coordinator

Dance/NOW: ECU Dance Blog #21

Hello Dancers!!

It's Show Week! :D  
As always, be sure to keep your bodies warm and stretched before all of your classes and rehearsals! 

 ANNOUNCEMENTS AND UPCOMING EVENTS

SENIOR CHOREOGRAPHY SHOW!
This year's senior dance majors will be displaying a fabulous mixture of large and small group works as  a part of their senior capstone project. The show will take place THIS WEEKEND (November 21-22) and trust me, you don't want to miss it! :)
Show Times are as follows:
Saturday Nov 21 noon
Saturday Nov 21 4pm
Sunday Nov 22 5pm
Sunday Nov 22 8pm
All of the shows are currently SOLD OUT(!!!) but if you're desperate for a ticket you can send out a request on callboard or just show up extra early for one of the shows to try to get a last minute seat.  Hope to see you there!

p.s.- If you would like to see the show for free, you may sign up to usher or video any of the performances. The sign up sheet is on the bulletin board outside of 115/116.

RENT
Make sure you get your tickets for the Theatre department's current MainStage production of RENT!
RENT is "an inspiring musical about friends and artists struggling with addiction, poverty, AIDS and most of all, love." The Show runs November 19-24 (this Thursday through next Tuesday).  Tickets are available through the Messick Box Office or online at ecuarts.com.  Don't miss it!

PETER PAN
Our FABULOUS Tap professor, Dirk Lumbard, will be performing with the Playhouse of Wilson in their production of Peter Pan. He will be playing the role of Captain Hook and Mr. Darling. The show is at the Edna Boykin Center in Wilson November 19-21 @ 7:30 pm. Tickets are $12, you can get them at the Edna Boykin Center an hour before show time and on. Dirk is an excellent performer with an extensive theatrical and dance background on and off Broadway. You don't want to miss this!

LIGHTS UP!
This semester's Lights Up! student choreography showcase will be on ECU's Reading Day. Admission is free so come out to support your fellow students and see some great dancing! Seating is limited so make sure you pick up a ticket at the Messick Box Office before the show. Tickets will be outside of the box office in Messick closer to the show date.

Show Time: Tuesday Dec 8 @8pm

CONTEMPORARY CONCERT

You are invited to submit a proposal for a dance you choreograph to be presented alongside faculty works in the Contemporary Concert on Saturday, February 27, and Sunday, February 28 of 2015.  Please submit your proposals as a word document (.doc) via email to dixonj@ecu.edu by Monday, November 23 at 9pm.  (The application form is attached to an email sent out by John Dixon last week)

MASTERCLASSES

We're extremely excited to welcome home our very own Eimile Davis (Fall 2013) for three masterclasses early next week!  Eimile has been very busy in New York dancing for Monica Hogan Danceworks, Cat Cogliandro's CATastrophe! Dance Co, Michael Susten and Company, and De Funes Dance Company as well as working with Joffrey Ballet School as an employee of their residence life. Eimile is a gorgeous dancer and teaches at several studios in NY so be ready for some amazing contemporary material in her classes.  Welcome back, Eimile!!!

Monday, 11/23

11-12:20 Beginning Modern

Tuesday, 11/24

11-12:20 Advanced Jazz

12:30-1:50 Intermediate Modern

REHEARSAL SCHEDULES
Keep an eye out each week for changes and/or additions to the main-stage and senior choreography rehearsal schedule. This schedule gets sent out on call-board and it is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to stay up to date with changes.  You don't want to miss a rehearsal that is on the schedule, so stay vigilant and check daily! :)


DANCE SCIENCE NEWS
We are starting a monthly meeting for all those interested in dance science as well as bi-weekly workout sessions! YAY

You do not have to be a double major or have a minor to be a part of this new exciting club so go onto the ECU Dance page on facebook where Teal Darkenwald  has posted a link to the new dance science facebook and request to join! This new facebook page will be used for sharing interesting dance science journals and articles pertaining to dance. Teal will also be teaching a dance kinesiology class as well as a dance conditioning class in the spring. Having taken both of these classes in the past, I strongly recommend them both! Excellent supplemental training and knowledge about how to refine our craft!

ECDA CANNED FOOD DRIVE
Remember to bring in cans for our service project! The box is located right outside of studio theatre.  

NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY FOR DANCE ARTS INDUCTION CEREMONY
If you are interested in being inducted into the NHSDA this semester, please contact Nicole Gemmell as soon as possible at gemmelln12@students.ecu.edu 

You will need to get your packets handed in within the next two weeks to be considered for Fall 2015 induction. If you have any questions regarding materials in the packet, Maggie Bode or Nicole Gemmell are more than happy to help out!  

 CONGRATS!!! 

Special Congratulations to the Senior Dance Majors for their hard work in choreography for this semester's Senior Choreography Show! Thank you to Darian Rutter, Sebastian Tavares, and Anton Crooks for running the show and thank you to all the hard working dancers for making the work come alive!

The dance science club had a great turn out this past week! Thanks to Teal Darkenwald for leading and to all those who came out for a solid workout!!

INSPIRATION FOR THE WEEK 

"Go CONFIDENTLY in the direction of your dreams, live the life you have imagined." -Henry David Thoreau

With Love,

       Nicole Gemmell

ECU chapter of the National Honor Society for dance Arts, President

East Carolina Dance Association, Secretary

AND

      John Dixon

Dance Area Coordinator

Dance/NOW: ECU Dance Blog #20

Hello Dancers!!

 ANNOUNCEMENTS AND UPCOMING EVENTS

SENIOR CHOREOGRAPHY SHOW!
This year's senior dance majors will be displaying a fabulous mixture of large and small group works as  a part of their senior capstone project. The show will take place the weekend of November 21-22 and trust me, you don't want to miss it! :)
Show Times are as follows:
 Saturday Nov 21 noon
 Saturday Nov 21 4pm
 Sunday Nov 22 5pm
 Sunday Nov 22  8pm
Cost is $5.00 and you can pick up your tickets at the SOTD box office in Messick.

LIGHTS UP!
This semester's Lights Up! student choreography showcase will be on reading day. Admission is Free so come out to support your fellow students and see some great dancing! 
Show Time:
 Tuesday Dec 8 @8pm


Tickets will be outside of the box office in Messick closer to the show date.


CONTEMPORARY CONCERT
Be on the lookout for incoming information on callboard about applications for this show!  The "Contemporary Concert" is a formal concert of contemporary works done both by faculty and students. 

MASTERCLASS 
We're very excited to have a masterclass with Tina Berkett, one of the directors of LA's BODYTRAFFIC company, on Wednesday, 11/18.  The class has been set for the 11am time slot so the advanced jazz and beginning modern classes will combine on this day.  After the class there will be a 30 minute talk with the director open to all interested students.  This is the advance visit for the company prior to their touring performance next spring.  We will have multiple classes for all levels at that time.  If you're not familiar with the company, check out the links below.  It's going to be amazing!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ceKf3UAlSs
https://vimeo.com/126697148  (this piece is on the program they will be performing!)

REHEARSAL SCHEDULES
Keep an eye out each week for changes and/or additions to the main-stage and senior choreography rehearsal schedule. This schedule gets sent out on call-board and it is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to stay up to date with changes.  You don't want to miss a rehearsal that is on the schedule, so stay vigilant and check every day! :)


DANCE SCIENCE NEWS
We are starting a monthly meeting for all those interested in dance science as well as bi-weekly workout sessions! YAY

You do not have to be a double major or have a minor to be a part of this new exciting club so go onto the ECU Dance page on facebook where Teal has posted a link to the new dance science facebook and request to join! This new facebook page will be used for sharing interesting dance science journals and articles pertaining to dance. Teal Darkenwald will also be teaching a dance kinesiology class as well as a dance conditioning class for the spring. Having taken both of these classes in the past, I strongly recommend them both! Excellent supplemental training and knowledge about how to refine our craft!

Our first workout meeting will be this friday Nov. 13 at the Rec Center from 3pm-4pm. Any and all are welcome!

ECDA CANNED FOOD DRIVE
Remember to bring in cans for our service project! The box is located right outside of studio theatre.  

 CONGRATS!!! 

Congrats to Kennedy Hill and Donterreo Culp for receiving scholarships to the Debbie Allen Dance Academy Summer Program!

Donterreo will be going to Los Angeles, CA

Kennedy will be going to Los Angeles, CA and Atlanta, GA

INSPIRATION FOR THE WEEK 

"Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, youll be a success." -Albert Schweitzer

"To live a creative life we must lose our fear of being wrong" -Anonymous

With Love,

       Nicole Gemmell

ECU chapter of the National Honor Society for dance Arts, President

East Carolina Dance Association, Secretary

AND

      John Dixon

Dance Area Coordinator

Dance/NOW: ECU Dance Blog #19

Hello Dancers!!

This week is the Spring 2016 semester registration week! Make sure you have met with your adviser as well as Beth Fuller to be sure you are taking the correct classes to graduate!


 ANNOUNCEMENTS AND UPCOMING EVENTS

SENIOR CHOREOGRAPHY SHOWING
This is the final senior choreography showing before show weekend! It will take place on Thursday November 5th from 5:30-7pm. If you are in the show and will not be able to attend, please contact your choreographer as soon as possible. I cant wait to see everyone's beautiful dancing and choreography!!
The show will take place the weekend of November 21-22. :)

LIGHTS UP AND CONTEMPORARY CONCERT
Keep your eyes out for incoming information on callboard about applications for these two shows! "Lights Up" is an informal student choreography showcase and "Contemporary Concert" is a formal showing of contemporary works done both by faculty and students. 

REHEARSAL SCHEDULES
Keep an eye out each week for changes and/or additions to the main-stage and senior choreography rehearsal schedule. This schedule gets sent out on call-board and it is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to stay up to date with changes.  You don't want to miss a rehearsal that is on the schedule, so stay vigilant and check every day! :)


DANCE SCIENCE NEWS
Teal Darkenwald has sent out an email on callboard requesting availability for all those who are interested in being a part of dance science here at ECU. We are in the process of creating a dance science club and would love for all of you to be a part of it! There will be a meeting soon where these details and the upcoming dance research project will be discussed, so make sure you let Teal know you are interested by responding to the callboard email post! :)

 CONGRATS!!! 

CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL HALLOWEEN BOOTH
A huge Thank You to Melissa Henley, Noelle Dave, Donterreo Culp, Nicole Gemmell, Chloe Ament, and Shannon Wright for volunteering at the Children's Hospital for their Halloween booth event. These kids do not get to go out trick or treating on halloween, so this event is their only chance to dress up and enjoy halloween festivities. Your time and efforts mean the world to these kids and their families, THANK YOU!

URCA  GRANT
Congrats to Kanon Sapp for receiving the URCA Grant! 

INSPIRATION FOR THE WEEK 

"I have failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed." -Michael Jordan

"Work Hard. Don't Give Up. Finish Strong."

I have included a summary below of Volume 19, Number 3 of the "Journal of Dance Medicine & Science" for your review. This research article speaks about the importance of cardiorespiratory work outside of dance classes in order to be at the correct athletic level for dance performance. If you would like access to the full article, contact Teal Darkenwald @ Darkenwaldt@ecu.edu

With Love,

       Nicole Gemmell

ECU chapter of the National Honor Society for dance Arts, President

East Carolina Dance Association, Secretary

AND

      John Dixon

Dance Area Coordinator

JOURNAL OF DANCE MEDICINE & SCIENCE: VOLUME 19, NUMBER 3

Josianne Ridrigues-Krause, M.Sc., Mauricio Krause, Ph.D., and Alvaro Reischak-Oliveira, Ph.D.

Summary by: Nicole Gemmell

·        -Supplementary HIIT (high intensity interval training) is important for dancers to optimize dancers’ technical and artistic performance and to reduce the incidence of injury.

·        -Lack of appropriate rest due to demanding dance schedules may negatively affect dancers’ fitness levels.

·        -Nutritionally, low percentage of body fat (being too skinny) correlates to the length of time a dancer is forced to modify activity due to injury.

·       -Dancer Fitness requires:

o   Muscle Power Reserve- for powerful jumps

o   Muscular Endurance- for petite allegro

o   Cardiorespiratory Endurance- for grand adage or warmup

·         -Your aerobic capacity influences performance and can take you to the next level as a dancer. Having a high aerobic capacity means you will be able to focus on the technique and not on how tired you are- Hence, you become a better dancer.

·         -Compared to other elite athletes in aerobic sports (cyclists, runners), dancers tend to have a lower than recommended daily caloric intake. This results in a limited energy reserve and the dancers’ muscles may suffer fatigue more rapidly, leading to a higher risk of injury.

·         -In general, overtraining and overuse injuries are most common in dancers. Fatigue leaves the muscles around the joint weak and vulnerable to injury.

·         -The cardiorespiratory demands of dance classes have been reported to be significantly lower than those of dance performances.

o   The effective time of exercise during dance classes is only about 50% of the total class time.

o   Dance classes as a whole are not physically demanding enough to enhance dancers’ cardiorespiratory fitness. (This can be due to the long rest periods between exercises)

·         -Dance class training is significantly different than dance performance when looking at VO2 levels and Heart Rate. Rehearsals fall somewhere in between depending on style and genre because the dancers spend more time in constant movement.

·         -Dancers present low aerobic capacity and strength levels when compared to other athletes, likely due to fitness plateaus maintained during their daily dance training (which focuses on technical development).

·         -The dancers’ extra training requires manipulation of volume, intensity, and frequency in order to avoid dramatic changes in intensity as seasons approach, which can lead to overuse injury.

·         -Dancers’ fear that extra training will lead to bulky, inflexible, muscular joints- however several studies have demonstrated that this is not the case. In fact, muscular endurance and flexibility have actually been improved through extra training.

·         -The busy schedule of a dancer does not always allow for outside training. It is suggested that repeated bouts of high intensity short duration exercises be done center floor in class. Ex: 5 minute routines including 3 sets of 20 second high intensity sprint-like exercise interspersed with 2 minutes of active recovery.

·         -Supplementary fitness training enhances not only dancers’ aerobic capacity, strength, body composition, and flexibility, but also their aesthetic competence.

Dance/NOW: ECU Dance Blog #18

Hello Dancers!!

HAPPY FALL!! The leaves are falling and the weather is getting a crisp chill so bundle up when going outside after sweating in class! We all want you all to stay happy and healthy dancers :)

 ANNOUNCEMENTS AND UPCOMING EVENTS

HALLOWEEN WEEKEND
is this weekend! Please stay safe!
Also thursday is our "dance-friday" before halloween so ECDA invites all dancers to dress up in your favorite halloween costumes for class! Make sure you are able to dance full-out in your costume though because we will still be having regular class!


CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL HALLOWEEN BOOTH
Some of the ECDA members will be traveling to the children's hospital Friday of this week to set up a halloween booth with a pirate dancer theme. The children in the hospital do not get the opportunity to go out and participate in trick-or-treating, so the halloween booth's are their only chance to dress up and celebrate this holiday.  Thank you to everyone who is involved in this incredibly important community activity!

REHEARSAL SCHEDULES
Keep an eye out each week for changes and/or additions to the main-stage and senior choreography rehearsal schedule. This schedule gets sent out on call-board and it is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to stay up to date with changes.  You don't want to miss a rehearsal that is on the schedule, so stay vigilant and check every day! :)

 CONGRATS!!! 

WHEW - so many fabulous events in the last week alone!  Way to go everyone!!!

DANCE @ GOLDSBORO
Congrats to all of those students and faculty involved in the Goldsboro show!  Word has it that it was our largest audience yet at that theater and that the audience truly loved it.  It's a long, hard day so way to go everyone for being professional and putting on a great show!

SOTD OPEN HOUSE
Thanks to all those students who volunteered their time to represent our school at the Open House last weekend.  It always makes a huge difference for prospective students to have our majors there to answer questions and show people around.  I am sure you all did our program justice - thank you! :)

NC MUSEUM OF ART 
A huge congrats to those dancers who performed at the NC Museum of Art last friday night! That is such a cool experience and a great opportunity to get the ECU SoTD name out there! The piece "Monochrome" was choreographed by Tommi Galaska and Dirk Lumbard and was a huge success!

COLLEGE DAY OF DANCE
Thank you to all those dance majors and the NHSDA for volunteering your time to help for College Day of Dance. There were many students from highschool who came to check out our program and they were given a great representation of the ECU SoTD. Thanks! 

INSPIRATION FOR THE WEEK

"Merake" (v) to do something with soul, creativity, or love; when you leave a piece of yourself in your work. 

"Work for a cause, not for applause. Live life to express, not to impress. Don't strive to make your presence noticed, just make your absence felt."

"Never stop doing your best just because someone doesn't give you credit."

With Love,

       Nicole Gemmell

ECU chapter of the National Honor Society for dance Arts, President

East Carolina Dance Association, Secretary

AND

      John Dixon

Dance Area Coordinator

Dance/NOW: ECU Dance Blog #17

Hello Dancers!!

I deeply apologize for the hiatus in blog posts last week. 
BUT you all were ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE at auditions. 
Wow. I feel so blessed to be able to dance alongside all of you. And to watch you in auditions too! 

and now.... the blog ;)

 ANNOUNCEMENTS AND UPCOMING EVENTS

GUEST ARTIST ZALMAN GRINBERG'S BALLET AUDITION
We're very excited to have our next guest artist coming up soon!  Details are:
5:30-7pm on Monday, 10/19.
Check-in will begin at 5pm in the 115 hallway.
All dancers on pointe and all male dancers are called.
The audition will take place in 114.

REHEARSAL SCHEDULES
Keep an eye out each week for changes and/or additions to the main-stage, Goldsboro, and senior choreography rehearsal schedule. This schedule gets sent out on call-board and it is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to stay up to date with changes.  You don't want to miss a rehearsal that is on the schedule, so stay vigilant and check every day! :)


FALL BREAK
....is this coming weekend though next Monday and Tuesday.  Stay safe and keep stretching and active! We will be jumping right into rehearsals as soon as we return. Yay Dance! :)

GOLDSBORO TOURING SHOW
The "Dance @ Wright" show will be touring in Goldsboro at the Paramount Theatre on October 24th.  Please post this on your Facebook pages and let your friends and family know so that we have a fabulous audience to support our hardworking dancers in this performance!

COLLEGE DANCE DAY
On Friday October 23rd, we will be hosting College Dance Day for regional high school students to introduce them to life as a dance major here at East Carolina. The day will include performances, class, and a tour for the students.

If you would like to volunteer to help the NHSDA officers with check-in and other things that need to be done throughout the day, please contact me at: gemmelln12@students.ecu.edu   This will count as community service hours for your induction in National Honor Society for Dance Arts. :)

 CONGRATS!!! 

To Kanon Sapp and her gorgeous dancers MeganAnna Griffin, Kristalyn Gill, Jazlyn Moore, Ashley Hill, and Kayleigh Allen for their performances in NYC! Way to represent our program and the Pirate Nation!

To Arelia Hoy, Shannon Carter, Alissa Heroux, Nicole Gemmell, Kayleigh Jewell, and Katie Gannon!  These students will be traveling this week to Phoenix, Arizona to represent East Carolina University and the National Honor Society for Dance Arts at the National Dance Education Organization's 2015 annual conference. Nicole Gemmell will also be presenting a poster of her research on teaching/learning the kinesiological terms of movement with Arelia Hoy as demonstrator.

To the winners of REBEL 58 Choreography Competition!! 
1st place: Kanon Sapp "dadt"
2nd place: Stephanie Watterson "Trapped in my Chrysalis"
3rd place: MeganAnna Griffin "I hope some day you find a Picture of me and wonder if I still love Coke iceys"


Not only will these entries be included in the REBEL issue coming out this spring, but they are also currently on display at Emerge Gallery & Art Center (October 2-30)- So Go Check It Out!!!

INSPIRATION FOR THE WEEK

Just wanted to give a little encouragement to all of those who may feel a little down after the cast lists came out. YOU ARE NOT DEFINED BY WHETHER OR NOT YOU WERE CAST.  There are so many different variables that go into the casting process and if you were not cast that does not mean that you are a bad dancer or that the choreographers did not like you. You are all individually beautiful and you are in this program because of all of your talent, skill and potential.  Keep your head up and use this opportunity to focus on perfecting your craft!  You are not in competition with others, only with yourself.  So do what it takes to make yourself better every day and don't let this round of auditions get you down! :) You are LOVED.

Note from John - please also come to us, the faculty, for feedback or simply to talk through any feelings or questions that you have about the casting process.  We're here for you!!!  

With Love,

       Nicole Gemmell

ECU chapter of the National Honor Society for dance Arts, President

East Carolina Dance Association, Secretary

AND

      John Dixon

Dance Area Coordinator