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!
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
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