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
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