Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. Dance Master Class Repertory Series: Marly Spieser-Schneider (September 22, 2017 12:10pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/41979 41979-9499544@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 22, 2017 12:10pm
Location: Dance Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

SMTD alumna Marly Spieser-Schneider is, among many things, a dance artist who currently teaches, choreographs, performs, and experiments in various locations, primarily Vermont, New York, and Michigan. As usual, she is constantly embarking on a multitude of projects and at the moment she is working on an evening-length collaborative work with Avi Waring and Paul Besaw, a duet work with Trina Mannino, a solo show entitled Mantra.Math.Marrow, and a series of ongoing projects with various multi-media artists, including Ona Schneider and Jamie Killen. Spieser-Schneider seeks to connect with people and engage in collaborative processes that inspire creative problem solving and open-minded investigation.

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.

This event supported in part by the EXCEL Lab.

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Performance Fri, 18 Aug 2017 12:15:28 -0400 2017-09-22T12:10:00-04:00 Dance Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance
Ann Arbor Dance Works 32nd Annual Season (September 26, 2017 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/44141 44141-9888986@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 26, 2017 7:30pm
Location: Dance Building
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Ann Arbor Dance Works, the resident professional dance company of University of Michigan's Department of Dance, presents its 32nd Annual Season, featuring exciting new and recent dance works choreographed and performed by guest artists, faculty, alumni, and students.

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Performance Mon, 11 Sep 2017 13:09:03 -0400 2017-09-26T19:30:00-04:00 Dance Building Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance
Ann Arbor Dance Works Performance (September 26, 2017 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/42614 42614-9614646@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 26, 2017 7:30pm
Location: Dance Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Ann Arbor Dance Works, the resident professional dance company of the Department of Dance, presents its 32nd Annual Season, featuring exciting new and recent dance works choreographed and performed by guest artists, faculty, alumni, and students. Included is choreography by NYC’s Shannon Gillen, a screen dance by Professor Peter Sparling, a solo by U-M faculty Tzveta Kassabova, and duets by U-M alumni Ali Woerner & Thayer Jonutz (with music composed/performed by Jon Anderson), Colin Mysliwiec Raybin & Michael Spencer Phillips (with piano performance by Shalva Vashakashvili), and Sean Hoskins & Molly Paberzs.

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Performance Wed, 20 Sep 2017 18:15:25 -0400 2017-09-26T19:30:00-04:00 Dance Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Ann Arbor Dance Works Performance
Dance Master Class Repertory Series: Michael Spencer Phillips (September 29, 2017 12:10pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/42615 42615-9614647@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 29, 2017 12:10pm
Location: Dance Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Michael Spencer Phillips will lead a modern dance class anchored in the Martha Graham technique but widely influenced by his performing career with Pascal Rioult and Robert Battle. Phillips's class is musical, rhythmic, and extremely athletic using Graham's technique as the backbone to contemporary yet technically classical movement. He also focuses on varying quality and texture to build a dancer for performance on stage, camera, or site-specific locations. His belief is in utilizing the classic Graham technique in the dance world of today and beyond.

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.

This event supported in part by the EXCEL Lab.

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Performance Thu, 28 Sep 2017 18:15:21 -0400 2017-09-29T12:10:00-04:00 Dance Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Dance Master Class Repertory Series: Michael Spencer Phillips
Dance Master Class Repertory Series: Peking Opera (September 29, 2017 12:15pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/41978 41978-9499543@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 29, 2017 12:15pm
Location: Dance Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

The masterclass will be conducted Mr. Fang Yulin, a renowned and semi-retired Peking Opera of the young male role. He now lives in New York. Yulin will demonstrate to and teach Peking Opera acting, singing, and dancing practices with a classic scene entitled "General Lu Bu Tests the Gallant Horse."

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.

This event supported in part by the EXCEL Lab.

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Performance Mon, 07 Aug 2017 18:15:24 -0400 2017-09-29T12:15:00-04:00 Dance Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance
Dance Master Class Repertory Series: Cat Coury (October 6, 2017 12:10pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/41977 41977-9499542@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 6, 2017 12:10pm
Location: Dance Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Catherine Coury is a native of Detroit and a graduate of SMTD, Coury’s dance career consisted of extensive international touring with New York City’s Shen Wei Dance Arts, Shannon Gillen, Gallim Dance, and LoudHoundMovement. Coury will teach gaga for warm-up and then Marcat Rep from her new piece Codara and Preludio.

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.

This event supported in part by the EXCEL Lab.

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Performance Thu, 28 Sep 2017 18:15:20 -0400 2017-10-06T12:10:00-04:00 Dance Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Dance Master Class Repertory Series: Cat Coury
Dance Master Class Repertory Series: Laura Pettibone and Catherine Tharin (October 13, 2017 12:10pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/41976 41976-9499541@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 13, 2017 12:10pm
Location: Dance Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Laura Pettibone Wright and Catherine Tharin were in Erick Hawkins Dance Company and will be teaching Hawkins Rep. Tharin was a soloist in the Erick Hawkins Dance Company from 1988–1994, where she originated roles, toured nationally and internationally, and danced at the Kennedy Center.

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.

This event supported in part by the EXCEL Lab.

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Performance Thu, 28 Sep 2017 18:15:20 -0400 2017-10-13T12:10:00-04:00 Dance Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Dance Master Class Repertory Series: Laura Pettibone and Catherine Tharin
Dance Master Class Repertory Series: Maija Garcia (October 20, 2017 12:10pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/41975 41975-9499540@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 20, 2017 12:10pm
Location: Dance Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Garcia’s workshop will focus on integrating storytelling into movement practice. A full warm up concentrates breath and presence in the body, awakening the senses through improvisation that initiates from the spine. Dancers will play with partnering and group work, composing phrases that interact and incorporate sound and speaking. The purpose of this workshop is to explore the interplay of movement and storytelling, and to enliven conscious artistic practice.

Garcia is a Cuban-American director and choreographer based in Harlem, NYC. Currently devising a Storytelling Production with Veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan, Garcia developed Heather Henson’s puppet play Crane, directed Salsa, Mambo Cha Cha Cha in Havana, Cuba, and FELA! The Concert in Australia and New Zealand.

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.

This event supported in part by the EXCEL Lab.

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Performance Thu, 28 Sep 2017 18:15:20 -0400 2017-10-20T12:10:00-04:00 Dance Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Dance Master Class Repertory Series: Maija Garcia
Dance Master Class Repertory Series: Ali Woerner and Thayer Jonutz (October 27, 2017 12:10pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/41981 41981-9499546@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 27, 2017 12:10pm
Location: Dance Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Take Root is known for their connection through untraditional partnering technique. The class will consist of a thorough warm-up based off of Take Root’s principles of partnering and awareness. Following the warm-up, the class will organically move into repertory work from Take Root. Although the work is set, the class will discover their own voices and connections throughout the teachings, a journey the Take Root company members experience when creating new works, resulting in the classes’ version of Take Root’s repertory.

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.

This event supported in part by the EXCEL Lab.

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Performance Mon, 09 Oct 2017 12:15:18 -0400 2017-10-27T12:10:00-04:00 Dance Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Dance Master Class Repertory Series: Ali Woerner and Thayer Jonutz
Dance Master Class: SMTD Alumnus Jennifer Harge (October 27, 2017 2:10pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/46106 46106-10392843@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 27, 2017 2:10pm
Location: Dance Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Jennifer Harge will teach an improvisation class based on somatic reactions to grief, freedom practices, and joy. The class is deeply inspired by Anna Martine Whitehead's essay Expressing Life and Loss: On Queens That Fall With A Freak Technique.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 23 Oct 2017 18:15:30 -0400 2017-10-27T14:10:00-04:00 2017-10-27T16:00:00-04:00 Dance Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Workshop / Seminar Dance Master Class: SMTD Alumnus Jennifer Harge
Dance Master Class Repertory Series: Sean Hoskins (November 3, 2017 12:10pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/44908 44908-10006492@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 3, 2017 12:10pm
Location: Dance Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

MFA alumnus and current Department of Dance staff and part-time faculty member Sean Hoskins guides people through the improvisational and compositional processes he uses to translate geography and landscapes into movement material. He will also teach phrase material from recent works, including the group dance that he is choreographing at EMU this fall. Hoskins' teaching emphasizes choice-making and agency as a performer, improviser, dance maker, etc.

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.

This event supported in part by the EXCEL Lab.

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Performance Tue, 17 Oct 2017 12:15:25 -0400 2017-11-03T12:10:00-04:00 Dance Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Dance Master Class Repertory Series: Sean Hoskins
Dance Master Class Repertory Series: Eryn Rosenthal (November 10, 2017 12:10pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/44909 44909-10006493@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 10, 2017 12:10pm
Location: Dance Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

MFA alumna Eryn Rosenthal teaches this class where students reach inside movements big and small, activating flux in the membrane between figure and abstraction. They will also play with movement, questions, puzzles and opposites sourced from recent works Au bout du petit matin and La buena chaquetera y los cuatro caballos (Solo Dancing Does Not Exist).

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.

This event supported in part by the EXCEL Lab.

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Performance Tue, 17 Oct 2017 12:15:25 -0400 2017-11-10T12:10:00-05:00 Dance Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Dance Master Class Repertory Series: Eryn Rosenthal
Dance Master Class Repertory Series: Tracy Halloran Pearson (November 17, 2017 12:10pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/45055 45055-10075727@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 17, 2017 12:10pm
Location: Dance Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Tracy Halloran Pearson’s choreographic style is based on a fusion of ballet, jazz, modern, contemporary, and hip-hop styles of dance. She is the artistic director of and choreographer for ConteXture Dance Detroit, and will be teaching the repertory work There Is No Try, which debuted at the Detroit Dance City Festival when the company performed it in 2016.

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.

This event supported in part by the EXCEL Lab.

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Performance Wed, 15 Nov 2017 18:15:22 -0500 2017-11-17T12:10:00-05:00 Dance Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance
Dance Master Class Repertory Series: 2nd year SMTD graduate students (December 1, 2017 12:10pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/44910 44910-10006494@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 1, 2017 12:10pm
Location: Dance Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Al Evangelista and Fabiola Torralba will be sharing movement materials from the Graduate Studio—wherein each MFA student works to develop materials for their upcoming Thesis concert in the Spring 2018. 

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.

This event supported in part by the EXCEL Lab.

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Performance Wed, 15 Nov 2017 18:15:21 -0500 2017-12-01T12:10:00-05:00 Dance Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Dance Master Class Repertory Series: 2nd year SMTD graduate students
Dance & Related Arts Concert (December 1, 2017 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/41647 41647-9417558@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 1, 2017 8:00pm
Location: Dance Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

The Annual Dance and Related Arts Concert showcases the projects of semester-long collaborations between students from a wide variety of SMTD disciplines.

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Performance Wed, 15 Nov 2017 18:15:18 -0500 2017-12-01T20:00:00-05:00 Dance Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Dance & Related Arts Concert
Dance & Related Arts Concert (December 2, 2017 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/41647 41647-9417559@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, December 2, 2017 8:00pm
Location: Dance Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

The Annual Dance and Related Arts Concert showcases the projects of semester-long collaborations between students from a wide variety of SMTD disciplines.

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Performance Wed, 15 Nov 2017 18:15:18 -0500 2017-12-02T20:00:00-05:00 Dance Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Dance & Related Arts Concert
Dance Composition Class Showing (December 7, 2017 2:10pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/41648 41648-9417560@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 7, 2017 2:10pm
Location: Dance Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Freshman and sophomore Dance majors and first-year Dance MFAs present choreography created during their semester-long composition classes with Dance professors Jessica Fogel, Peter Sparling, and Sandra Torijano.

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Performance Wed, 15 Nov 2017 18:15:18 -0500 2017-12-07T14:10:00-05:00 Dance Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Dance Composition Class Showing
halfway between (BFA Dance Concert) (December 7, 2017 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/42773 42773-9656453@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 7, 2017 8:00pm
Location: Dance Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Senior bachelor of fine arts students in Department of Dance present a joint concert of their choreography at the conclusion of their studies in the dance program. Danielle "DeeDee" Fattore, Yoshiko Iwai, and Callie Marie Munn each perform a solo and present a group work.

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Performance Wed, 29 Nov 2017 18:15:15 -0500 2017-12-07T20:00:00-05:00 Dance Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance halfway between (BFA Dance Concert)
Dance Master Class Repertory Series: SMTD Asst. Professor Robert Najarian (December 8, 2017 12:10pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/44911 44911-10006495@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 8, 2017 12:10pm
Location: Dance Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Robert Najarian is an actor, instructor, fight director, and author hailing from the East Coast. As a performer, Najarian has been seen in more than 40 productions in cities such as New York, Chicago, Washington, and Boston with such companies as The American Repertory Theatre, Washington National Opera, and NYC’s Punchdrunk, where he was an original cast member of the critically acclaimed show Sleep No More. The class will be an extension of previous mod labs starting with a brief overview of partnering concepts leading into group dynamics focusing on ocular focus and kinesthetic response.

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.

This event supported in part by the EXCEL Lab.

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Performance Wed, 15 Nov 2017 18:15:22 -0500 2017-12-08T12:10:00-05:00 Dance Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Dance Master Class Repertory Series: SMTD Asst. Professor Robert Najarian
halfway between (BFA Dance Concert) (December 8, 2017 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/42773 42773-9656454@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 8, 2017 8:00pm
Location: Dance Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Senior bachelor of fine arts students in Department of Dance present a joint concert of their choreography at the conclusion of their studies in the dance program. Danielle "DeeDee" Fattore, Yoshiko Iwai, and Callie Marie Munn each perform a solo and present a group work.

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Performance Wed, 29 Nov 2017 18:15:15 -0500 2017-12-08T20:00:00-05:00 Dance Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance halfway between (BFA Dance Concert)
halfway between (BFA Dance Concert) (December 9, 2017 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/42773 42773-9656455@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, December 9, 2017 8:00pm
Location: Dance Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Senior bachelor of fine arts students in Department of Dance present a joint concert of their choreography at the conclusion of their studies in the dance program. Danielle "DeeDee" Fattore, Yoshiko Iwai, and Callie Marie Munn each perform a solo and present a group work.

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Performance Wed, 29 Nov 2017 18:15:15 -0500 2017-12-09T20:00:00-05:00 Dance Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance halfway between (BFA Dance Concert)
Congolese Class Showing (December 10, 2017 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/41649 41649-9417561@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, December 10, 2017 2:00pm
Location: Dance Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

A presentation of Congolese dances performed by students in classes led by master teacher Jean-Claude (Biza) Sompa. The rhythmic, dynamic dancing is accompanied by live drumming.

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Performance Wed, 15 Nov 2017 18:15:19 -0500 2017-12-10T14:00:00-05:00 Dance Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Congolese Class Showing
Performance Improvisation Class Showing (December 10, 2017 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/41650 41650-9417562@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, December 10, 2017 4:00pm
Location: Dance Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

A showing of dances and music created in the moment. Performance Improvisation, led by Amy Chavasse highlights the ensemble work of MFA dance students, upper-level BFA dance majors, and students in the art & design, music composition, and performing arts technology departments.

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Performance Wed, 15 Nov 2017 18:15:19 -0500 2017-12-10T16:00:00-05:00 Dance Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Performance Improvisation Class Showing
MFA Dance Thesis Performance: Fabiola Torralba (April 6, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/48328 48328-11222699@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 6, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Dance Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

This performance features the choreographic work of Fabiola Torralba, a second-year Master of Fine Arts candidate in Dance at the University of Michigan. Materia Obscura is a dance work that explores crossings of the transient body.

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Performance Wed, 28 Mar 2018 18:15:16 -0400 2018-04-06T20:00:00-04:00 Dance Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance MFA Dance Thesis Performance: Fabiola Torralba
MFA Dance Thesis Performance: Fabiola Torralba (April 7, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/48328 48328-11557828@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, April 7, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Dance Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

This performance features the choreographic work of Fabiola Torralba, a second-year Master of Fine Arts candidate in Dance at the University of Michigan. Materia Obscura is a dance work that explores crossings of the transient body.

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Performance Wed, 28 Mar 2018 18:15:16 -0400 2018-04-07T20:00:00-04:00 Dance Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance MFA Dance Thesis Performance: Fabiola Torralba
Indian Classical Dance Workshop | Odissi (April 11, 2018 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51633 51633-12179230@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 11, 2018 5:30pm
Location: Dance Building
Organized By: Center for World Performance Studies

This class will introduce the historical and cultural context of the Odissi style of Indian classical dance, situated within the broader framework of Indian classical dance styles and textual references. There will be demonstrations on fundamental differences between Odissi and some of the more widely seen styles such as Bharatanatyam and Kathak. Students will experience, through stances and movements, the differences in the styles. They will spend a major part of the class in learning a few short segments of Odissi movement.

Attire:Loose pants, a loose top with a scarf to tie around the waist, or a fitted top. Dancing will be bare feet.

This workshop is primarily intended for students taking the course 'Dance in Modern Asia.' If you are not in this course but would like to participate, please RSVP to cwps.information@umich.edu to confirm that additional space is still available.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 03 Apr 2018 10:09:04 -0400 2018-04-11T17:30:00-04:00 2018-04-11T19:00:00-04:00 Dance Building Center for World Performance Studies Workshop / Seminar Sreyashi Dey
Dance Composition Class Showing (April 12, 2018 2:10pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49139 49139-11378281@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 12, 2018 2:10pm
Location: Dance Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Department of Dance majors present the results of their choreographic investigations throughout the term in this showing, open to the public. Included are first-year students, led by Peter Sparling and Jillian Hopper, and sophomores, led by Amy Chavasse with assistance from MFA candidate Nikki Reehorst.

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Performance Thu, 05 Apr 2018 12:15:16 -0400 2018-04-12T14:10:00-04:00 Dance Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Dance Composition Class Showing
BFA Dance Concert (April 12, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/48326 48326-11222694@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 12, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Dance Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Senior Bachelor of Fine Arts students in Department of Dance present a joint concert of their choreography at the conclusion of their studies in the dance program. Julia Dooley, Melanie Holt, Monica Miller, Abigail Worth, and Meredith Ziegelmeyer each perform a solo and present a group work.

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Performance Thu, 05 Apr 2018 12:15:16 -0400 2018-04-12T20:00:00-04:00 Dance Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance BFA Dance Concert
BFA Dance Concert (April 13, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/48326 48326-11222695@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 13, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Dance Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Senior Bachelor of Fine Arts students in Department of Dance present a joint concert of their choreography at the conclusion of their studies in the dance program. Julia Dooley, Melanie Holt, Monica Miller, Abigail Worth, and Meredith Ziegelmeyer each perform a solo and present a group work.

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Performance Thu, 05 Apr 2018 12:15:16 -0400 2018-04-13T20:00:00-04:00 Dance Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance BFA Dance Concert
Non-Major Dance Class Showing (April 14, 2018 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49140 49140-11378282@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, April 14, 2018 2:30pm
Location: Dance Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

This event, organized by the graduate students teaching "Non-Major" Dance classes (available for all students at the University), is a fun showing of exercises and compositions. Cheer your friends on as they perform, some for the first time ever.

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Performance Mon, 22 Jan 2018 18:15:18 -0500 2018-04-14T14:30:00-04:00 Dance Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance
BFA Dance Concert (April 14, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/48326 48326-11222696@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, April 14, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Dance Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Senior Bachelor of Fine Arts students in Department of Dance present a joint concert of their choreography at the conclusion of their studies in the dance program. Julia Dooley, Melanie Holt, Monica Miller, Abigail Worth, and Meredith Ziegelmeyer each perform a solo and present a group work.

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Performance Thu, 05 Apr 2018 12:15:16 -0400 2018-04-14T20:00:00-04:00 Dance Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance BFA Dance Concert
Congolese Class Showing (April 15, 2018 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49141 49141-11378283@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, April 15, 2018 2:00pm
Location: Dance Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

A presentation of Congolese dances performed by students in classes led by master teacher Jean-Claude (Biza) Sompa. The rhythmic, dynamic dancing is accompanied by live drumming.

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Performance Mon, 22 Jan 2018 18:15:18 -0500 2018-04-15T14:00:00-04:00 Dance Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance
Choreography, Performance, Production & Design Concert (April 16, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49142 49142-11378284@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 16, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Dance Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

CPP&D features the choreographic work of Master of Fine Arts in Dance candidates at the end of their first year. Megan Bascom, Lenard Foust, Kelly Hirina, and Nikki Reehorst showcase creative and performance projects initiated, before embarking on summer research activities focused on their thesis projects.

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Performance Mon, 19 Mar 2018 18:15:18 -0400 2018-04-16T20:00:00-04:00 Dance Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Choreography, Performance, Production & Design Concert
Emerging Dance Artists Concert (April 21, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50394 50394-11727483@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, April 21, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Dance Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

This concert showcases the creative work of our dance majors, who exhibit dance works they have been creating outside of other formal performances. These are often collaborations with musicians, elaborations of class studies into fuller works, and more.

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Performance Thu, 22 Feb 2018 18:15:32 -0500 2018-04-21T20:00:00-04:00 Dance Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance
Dance Modern Lab Master Class Series: Donald McKayle Technique by SMTD Profs. Bill DeYoung and Robin Wilson (September 7, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52500 52500-12842445@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 7, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Dance Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Choreographer, director, and educator Donald McKayle (1930-2018) received numerous honors and awards, including an Outer Critics Circle Award, a NAACP Image Award, and many others. In 2005, McKayle was honored at the John F. Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. and presented with a medal as a Master of African American Choreography. He was named by the Dance Heritage Coalition as "one of America’s Irreplaceable Dance Treasures: the first 100." This session will be led by professors of dance Robin Wilson and Bill DeYoung, both of whom had connections to McKayle's work in different stages of their careers. DeYoung will lead exercises and Wilson will teach repertory material from one of McKayle's dances.

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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.

This event is supported in part by the EXCEL Lab.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 29 Aug 2018 12:15:19 -0400 2018-09-07T12:00:00-04:00 Dance Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Workshop / Seminar Dance Modern Lab Master Class Series: Donald McKayle Technique by SMTD Profs. Bill DeYoung and Robin Wilson
Dance Modern Lab Master Class Series: Sean Hoskins (September 14, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52501 52501-12842446@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 14, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Dance Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Sean Hoskins investigates the intersections of dance and technology as a choreographer, teacher, performer, and screendance creator. Hoskins was a dance major at Middlebury College and received his MFA from SMTD, where he specialized in choreography. He is an avid improviser and creator. As a teacher, Hoskins directed the dance program at Blair Academy and has taught courses and workshops at U-M, Wayne State University, Oakland University, Middlebury, and Bates colleges, and regularly at regional American College Dance Association conferences. Hoskins is currently the dance technology coordinator and part-time faculty at SMTD.


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.

This event supported in part by the EXCEL Lab.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 05 Sep 2018 18:15:21 -0400 2018-09-14T12:00:00-04:00 Dance Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Workshop / Seminar Sean Hoskins