Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. 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
Dance Modern Lab Master Class Series: Veronica Chapp (September 21, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52502 52502-12842447@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 21, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Dance Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Veronica Chapp graduated from the University of Michigan and studied dance at several premier studios across the country. Chapp has her MA in dance/movement therapy and counseling. She has worked professionally in the United States and Europe as a choreographer, teacher, performer, judge, makeup artist, and costume designer for more than 20 years. She has danced with the Switzerland chapter of "Culture Shock," an international hip-hop company, "Culture Shock" in San Diego, and Urban FX. She has also danced and choreographed for the "New Dance Company" based in Switzerland, and “Tanz Emotion Dance Academy,” based in Freiburg, Germany.

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, 15 Aug 2018 12:15:16 -0400 2018-09-21T12:00:00-04:00 Dance Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Workshop / Seminar Veronica Chapp
Dance Modern Lab Master Class Series: Serafín Aponte (September 28, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52503 52503-12842448@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 28, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Dance Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Serafín Aponte is a graduate of the National Artistic Institute Education of the Fine Arts in México and where he taught for several years and is a founding member of Barro Rojo Dance Company of México. He created Serafín Aponte Dance Company in 2000 and Acapulco Contemporary Dance Company in 2017. Aponte also worked as a teacher for The Morelense Center of Arts and as a director for the Guanajuato Arts Center. Serafín has been invited to create works in Latin América, Europe, USA, and Canada.

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. This event is funded in part by a Title VI federal grant from the US Department of Education administered by U-M's Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 19 Sep 2018 12:15:21 -0400 2018-09-28T12:00:00-04:00 Dance Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Workshop / Seminar Seraphin Aponte
Ann Arbor Dance Works 33rd Annual Season (September 28, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53546 53546-13401555@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 28, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Dance Building
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Ann Arbor Dance Works, the resident professional dance company of U-M's Dept. of Dance, presents its 33nd Annual Season, featuring new, recent, and historic dance works created & performed by guest artists, faculty, alumni, & students. Featured are works by Detroit dance artist Jennifer Harge to music by Def Jam and Boys Don't Cry; modern dance pioneer Doris Humphrey's "Air" set to J. S. Bach with live music performed by Christian Matijas Mecca; Chicago dance artists Corinne Imberski and Ayako Kato; a solo by faculty member Missy Beck and Amy Cova performed by Cova; a duet by faculty member Charli Brissey to a remix of Lady Gaga music; and a solo by faculty member Jillian Hopper.

Dancer: Ayako Kato, Photo: William Frederking

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Performance Wed, 15 Aug 2018 13:20:09 -0400 2018-09-28T20:00:00-04:00 Dance Building Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance A2 Dance Works
Ann Arbor Dance Works 33rd Annual Season (September 29, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53546 53546-13401554@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 29, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Dance Building
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Ann Arbor Dance Works, the resident professional dance company of U-M's Dept. of Dance, presents its 33nd Annual Season, featuring new, recent, and historic dance works created & performed by guest artists, faculty, alumni, & students. Featured are works by Detroit dance artist Jennifer Harge to music by Def Jam and Boys Don't Cry; modern dance pioneer Doris Humphrey's "Air" set to J. S. Bach with live music performed by Christian Matijas Mecca; Chicago dance artists Corinne Imberski and Ayako Kato; a solo by faculty member Missy Beck and Amy Cova performed by Cova; a duet by faculty member Charli Brissey to a remix of Lady Gaga music; and a solo by faculty member Jillian Hopper.

Dancer: Ayako Kato, Photo: William Frederking

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Performance Wed, 15 Aug 2018 13:20:09 -0400 2018-09-29T20:00:00-04:00 Dance Building Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance A2 Dance Works
Dance Modern Lab Master Class Series: Dee Tomasetta (October 5, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52504 52504-12842449@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 5, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Dance Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Dee Tomasetta is a Massachusetts native who received her BFA in Dance at the University of Michigan. She most recently was seen in the First National Tour of Finding Neverland playing the role of Peter Pan and Ensemble. Tomasetta is also the associate choreographer of the Broadway National Tour.

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 Mon, 13 Aug 2018 18:15:19 -0400 2018-10-05T12:00:00-04:00 Dance Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Workshop / Seminar
Dance Modern Lab Master Class Series: Alan Good (October 12, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52505 52505-12842450@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 12, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Dance Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

An Ann Arbor native, Alan Good graduated from SUNY Purchase and went on to dance with Merce Cunningham Dance Company from 1978-94. In the 1970s he danced in projects with Martha Graham Company (“Clytemnestra”), Pauline Koner, and Kenneth King’s RadioactivIDity. In the 1990s, he joined Wally Cardona Quartet and took part in projects with Tere O’Connor Notes on Shame, Sasha Waltz's Dialog II, Marjorie Gamso, Vicky Shick, Sally Silvers's Yessified, Elke Rindfleisch, Rika Burnham, and Linda Seifert. Most recently he was in Liz Magic Laser’s The Digital Face, Pam Tanowitz's the story progresses…, and Ellen Cornfield’s Small Stages. He has presented his own choreography since 1983 and as AlanGoodDance between 2000-08. He currently teaches at the Cunningham Trust and teaches master classes in colleges. This summer, he taught movement in Greek camps to children of Syrian families that fled war (El Sistema Greece).


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, 15 Aug 2018 12:15:17 -0400 2018-10-12T12:00:00-04:00 Dance Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Workshop / Seminar Alan Good
Dance Modern Lab Master Class Series: Red Stowall (October 19, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52506 52506-12842451@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 19, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Dance Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Erika ‘Red’ Stowall is an award-winning artist in dance and choreography residing in Detroit, MI. She is a recipient of the Kresge Artist Fellowship, Applebaum’s Emerging Art Award as well as Fulbright Hays GPA Study Abroad grant, awarded through University of Detroit Mercy. Stowall uses her classic training in modern, jazz, and ballet, combined with her background in West African dance as the foundation of her work. Her work is based on her life in Detroit, representation of black stories, and advocating for black women voices. Stowall sees her art as a calling and is passionate about creating performance pieces that invite conversation on safe space for women of color, restoration, and positive narrative/images of black communities. Stowall is the founder and current artistic director of Big Red Wall Dance Company.

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 Mon, 13 Aug 2018 18:15:19 -0400 2018-10-19T12:00:00-04:00 Dance Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Workshop / Seminar Dance Modern Lab Master Class Series: Red Stowall
Dance Modern Lab Master Class Series: Donnell Oakley (October 26, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52507 52507-12842452@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 26, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Dance Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Donnell Oakley is an independent choreographer, dancer, and teacher based in Brooklyn, New York. She has had her work produced through a variety of theaters and received residencies to support her work at The Silo, The Lumberyard, SUNY Brockport, and The Yard as the 2013 Bessie Schönberg Choreographic Mentorship recipient. In addition to her independent work, Oakley continues to create work with Chavasse Dance & Performance, Cori Marquis + The Nines [IX], Steeledance, her collective LMnO3 with Deborah Lohse & Cori Marquis, and Doug Elkins Choreography 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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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 13 Aug 2018 18:15:19 -0400 2018-10-26T12:00:00-04:00 Dance Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Workshop / Seminar Donnell Oakley
Dance Modern Lab Master Class Series: Marly Spieser-Schneider (November 2, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52508 52508-12842453@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 2, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Dance Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

SMTD Department of Dance alumna Marley 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. 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 titled Mantra.Math.Marrow, and a series of ongoing projects with various multimedia artists, including Ona Schneider and Jamie Killen. In short, she 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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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 31 Oct 2018 13:05:17 -0400 2018-11-02T12:00:00-04:00 Dance Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Workshop / Seminar Marly Spieser-Schnieder
Dance Modern Lab Master Class Series: Members of Skeleton Architecture (November 9, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52509 52509-12842454@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 9, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Dance Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Skeleton Architecture is a Bessie Award-winning collective of Black womyn and gender nonconforming artists rooted in the rigor and power of the collective in practice and improvisation. They create, organize, advocate, gather, curate, perform, play, challenge, and teach through the depth of their ancestral knowledges toward the liberated future of our worlds.

The artists of the Skeleton Architecture are Maria Bauman, Davalois Fearon, Marjani Forté-Saunders, Melanie Greene, Kayla Hamilton, Jasmine Hearn, Marguerite Hemmings, Nia Love, Paloma McGregor, Sydnie L. Mosley, Grace Osborne, Leslie Parker, Angie Pittman, Samantha Speis, Charmaine Warren, Edisa Weeks, Marýa Wethers, and Tara Willis.


The Skeleton Architecture was originally formed by writer Eva Yaa Asantewaa as a guest curator for Danspace Project’s Platform 2016: Lost & Found as a singular evening of performance titled the skeleton architecture, or the future of our worlds.

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 Thu, 11 Oct 2018 12:15:26 -0400 2018-11-09T12:00:00-05:00 Dance Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Workshop / Seminar Dance Modern Lab Master Class Series: Members of Skeleton Architecture
hand&hand: BFA Senior Dance Concert (November 15, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56130 56130-13834890@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 15, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Dance Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Senior BFA students in Dance present a joint concert of their choreography at the conclusion of their studies in the Dance program. Alyssa Gorman, Annelise Senkowski, Kandis Terry, and Amy Wensley each perform a solo and present a group work.

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Performance Thu, 11 Oct 2018 12:15:42 -0400 2018-11-15T20:00:00-05:00 Dance Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance
Dance Modern Lab Master Class Series: Matt Farmer (November 16, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52510 52510-12842455@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 16, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Dance Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

SMTD alumnus Matt Farmer is currently the chair of the dance department at Hope College. He is also the co-artistic director of R.G. Dance Productions and the co-artistic director of H2 Dance Co.

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 Thu, 11 Oct 2018 12:15:26 -0400 2018-11-16T12:00:00-05:00 Dance Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Workshop / Seminar Matt Farmer
hand&hand: BFA Senior Dance Concert (November 16, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56130 56130-13834891@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 16, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Dance Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Senior BFA students in Dance present a joint concert of their choreography at the conclusion of their studies in the Dance program. Alyssa Gorman, Annelise Senkowski, Kandis Terry, and Amy Wensley each perform a solo and present a group work.

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Performance Thu, 11 Oct 2018 12:15:42 -0400 2018-11-16T20:00:00-05:00 Dance Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance
hand&hand: BFA Senior Dance Concert (November 17, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56130 56130-13834892@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, November 17, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Dance Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Senior BFA students in Dance present a joint concert of their choreography at the conclusion of their studies in the Dance program. Alyssa Gorman, Annelise Senkowski, Kandis Terry, and Amy Wensley each perform a solo and present a group work.

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Performance Thu, 11 Oct 2018 12:15:42 -0400 2018-11-17T20:00:00-05:00 Dance Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance
Dance Modern Lab Master Class Series: Patty Solórzano & Efrén Cruz (November 30, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52511 52511-12842456@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 30, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Dance Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Patricia Lorena Solórzano is a NYC-based dance artist originally from Michoacán, México. Her work is guided by improvisation, environmental psychology, walking, identity/memory, and connection to place; all enriched through drawing, film, and poetry. She received her BFA from Texas Christian University and MFA from the University of Michigan.

Efrén Cruz is an engineer doing research in artificial intelligence and its relationship to intelligent systems. Cruz’s recent work focuses on how automating decision-making in human communities reproduces previous biases of society, and how to enforce the creation and implementation of fair algorithms. Cruz’s research on systems that exhibit intelligence and information diffusion can be translated to a dance and improvisation setting, in which each dancer is an agent acting according to local rules and limited knowledge, and from where a bigger pattern emerges. Cruz started, together with Solórzano, the “Imprudent Cartography of Thought” project, in which borders are analyzed in terms of their abstract definition and corporeal/choreographic representation. Hence, economic inequalities, geopolitical boundaries, cultural biases, and psychological separation are brought together under topological terms, and analyzed according to the maps (ideological, epistemological, etc.) built on top of these landscapes. Cruz obtained a PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan in 2017.


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 Thu, 11 Oct 2018 12:15:27 -0400 2018-11-30T12:00:00-05:00 Dance Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Workshop / Seminar Patty Solorzano
Dance and Related Arts Concert (November 30, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56131 56131-13834893@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 30, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Dance Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

The annual Dance and Related Arts Concert showcases projects developed in semester-long collaborations between students from multiple departments in SMTD.

The Saturday performance will be live-streamed here: https://smtd.umich.edu/performances-events/live-stream-bettypease/

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Performance Fri, 30 Nov 2018 18:15:19 -0500 2018-11-30T20:00:00-05:00 Dance Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Dance & Related
Dance and Related Arts Concert (December 1, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56131 56131-13834894@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, December 1, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Dance Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

The annual Dance and Related Arts Concert showcases projects developed in semester-long collaborations between students from multiple departments in SMTD.

The Saturday performance will be live-streamed here: https://smtd.umich.edu/performances-events/live-stream-bettypease/

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Performance Fri, 30 Nov 2018 18:15:19 -0500 2018-12-01T20:00:00-05:00 Dance Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Dance & Related
Performance Improvisation Showing (December 5, 2018 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58190 58190-14437636@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 5, 2018 2:00pm
Location: Dance Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

This event is a presentation of improvisational dances being created in the moment. Using heightened ensemble awareness, the emergence and immediate crafting of material, and a cultivated readiness, students engage in spontaneous composition along with live improvised music.

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Performance Tue, 04 Dec 2018 18:15:21 -0500 2018-12-05T14:00:00-05:00 Dance Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance
Composition Class Showing (December 6, 2018 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56134 56134-13834899@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 6, 2018 2:00pm
Location: Dance Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

This event showcases dance studies created in first year and sophomore level undergraduate dance composition courses. The event also includes first year graduate students presenting material from the Graduate Composition/Advanced Solo Performance course. This event supported in part by the EXCEL Lab.

This performance will be live-streamed here: https://smtd.umich.edu/performances-events/live-stream-bettypease/

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Performance Fri, 30 Nov 2018 18:15:19 -0500 2018-12-06T14:00:00-05:00 Dance Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Composition Class
all our pasts tomorrow: BFA Senior Dance Concert (December 6, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56132 56132-13834895@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 6, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Dance Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Senior BFA students in Dance present a joint concert of their choreography at the conclusion of their studies in the Dance program. Sophia Allen, Cailin Ferguson, Madeline Joss, and Johnny Mathews III each perform a solo and present a group work.

The Saturday performance will be live-streamed here: https://smtd.umich.edu/performances-events/live-stream-bettypease/

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Performance Fri, 30 Nov 2018 18:15:19 -0500 2018-12-06T20:00:00-05:00 Dance Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance All our pasts
Dance Modern Lab Master Class Series: Joy McEwen (December 7, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52512 52512-12842457@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 7, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Dance Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Since 2013, Joy McEwen has been Director of Auxiliaries and Golduster Dance Team with the Purdue “All-American” Marching Band. In this capacity, she is the director of the Golduster Dance Team and oversees the Golden Girl, Girl-In-Black, Silver Twins, the “All-American” Twirling Team and the Golden Silks Color Guard. She began her professional career in New York City at the Erick Hawkins School of Dance. Shortly after, she was invited to join the Hawkins Company, becoming the last member personally selected by Erick Hawkins before his death. Hawkins, a modern dance pioneer, was known as the “poet of modern dance” and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Arts from President Bill Clinton. During her years with the company, she was able to tour venues such as the American Dance Festival in North Carolina and the Jacob’s Pillow Festival in Massachusetts, in addition to an annual season in New York City at the Joyce Theater.

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, 28 Nov 2018 12:15:16 -0500 2018-12-07T12:00:00-05:00 Dance Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Workshop / Seminar
all our pasts tomorrow: BFA Senior Dance Concert (December 7, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56132 56132-13834896@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 7, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Dance Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Senior BFA students in Dance present a joint concert of their choreography at the conclusion of their studies in the Dance program. Sophia Allen, Cailin Ferguson, Madeline Joss, and Johnny Mathews III each perform a solo and present a group work.

The Saturday performance will be live-streamed here: https://smtd.umich.edu/performances-events/live-stream-bettypease/

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Performance Fri, 30 Nov 2018 18:15:19 -0500 2018-12-07T20:00:00-05:00 Dance Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance All our pasts
all our pasts tomorrow: BFA Senior Dance Concert (December 8, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56132 56132-13834897@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, December 8, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Dance Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Senior BFA students in Dance present a joint concert of their choreography at the conclusion of their studies in the Dance program. Sophia Allen, Cailin Ferguson, Madeline Joss, and Johnny Mathews III each perform a solo and present a group work.

The Saturday performance will be live-streamed here: https://smtd.umich.edu/performances-events/live-stream-bettypease/

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Performance Fri, 30 Nov 2018 18:15:19 -0500 2018-12-08T20:00:00-05:00 Dance Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance All our pasts
Congolese Dance Showing (December 9, 2018 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56133 56133-13834898@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, December 9, 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 Wed, 28 Nov 2018 18:15:23 -0500 2018-12-09T14:00:00-05:00 Dance Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Congolese Dancing
Guest Dance Workshop: ‘H’ Patten (January 28, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58084 58084-14403229@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 28, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Dance Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

‘H’ Patten teaches the Korotech style of dance, which draws on Jamaican dancehall, Jamaican African/neo-African practices, and West and Central African dance techniques. Focusing on isolation, undulation, and pulsation, this fun yet demanding class will cover movement vocabulary from across the spectrum of African and Caribbean dance. Participants will learn dance vocabulary from the Korotech style and develop movement from drum utterances (drum talk) through this creative process. Patten is the artistic director of Koromanti Arts and ‘H’ Patten Dance Theatre Co. An experienced choreographer, filmmaker, visual artist, storyteller, author, and performer, he has developed an international reputation in African and Caribbean arts over the past 35 years. Patten has choreographed for the Ghanaian, Nigerian, Sierra Leonean, Malawian, and Zambian national dance companies, the Stella Maris Dance Ensemble in Jamaica, and many other high profile and distinguished productions. He has also taught at the Edna Manley School of Dance, Eduardo Rivera’s Compania Teatro Dela Danza Del Caribe de Santiago, Cuba, and L’Ecole des Sables, Senegal as well as teaching the cast of The Lion King (London).

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 16 Jan 2019 16:12:24 -0500 2019-01-28T17:00:00-05:00 Dance Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Workshop / Seminar 'H' Patten