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Presented By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Dance Master Class Repertory Series: Anita Gonzalez

“Rituals”

Taught by SMTD theatre faculty member Anita Gonzalez. “In the performing arts, we use rituals of performance to discipline voice and body. We draw from western training styles, but we also draw from many other traditions. This workshop helps participants to experience song/dance/stories as a communal act. The warm up incorporates African diaspora traditions and unites students through chants and circle dances. Dancers then use movement and song to collectively shape choreographic space. Later, they explore how each student’s personal rituals can expand to become fragments of choreography. At the end of the class, dancers share their work and create a new devised piece of collaborative storytelling.”
Each Modern Lab session features a different guest artist teaching a master class and sections from their repertory. This panorama of the contemporary dance field is presented to broaden the students’ awareness of potential career possibilities.
Each guest artist conducts a 30-minute technique class/warm-up and then teaches repertory that is performed by the class. In the final 15 minutes, faculty coordinator Bill De Young conducts a Q & A with each artist, discussing their career; their recommendations for transitioning from student to professional, and what they look for when they audition dancers for their projects.

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  • Free - no tickets required to observe class

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