Graduate Research Symposium

Hey Dancers,

Thanks for attending and being part of the graduate symposium this afternoon.  What information did you find most valuable?  What will you take away from this afternoons presentation?  What did you think of the different presentation styles and topics of research?

Louis

Tonya and Rhonda

Hey Dancers,

As you can see, modern dance is a very different subject depending on who is teaching. Each teacher will offer instruction based on their own experiences as a performer with various choreographers and companies. Tonya and Rhonda are very different teachers and dancers. What did you learn this week from these teachers?

Louis

The touch exercise

Teach the touch exercise to a friend and blog me on how it goes. What was their reaction? Were they able to stay with the exercise? What did you learn in the process? I can't wait to hear how it goes.

Compagnie Marie Chouinard

Hey Dancers,

This is the company that I danced with for many years. Check out this class! It will be a trip.

Louis

On the Boards is offering a master class taught by Carol Prieur of
Compagnie Marie Chouinard for advanced | professional track dance artists
and college | university students currently in a dance program.

There will be a number of spots available so PLEASE RSVP to
sean@ontheboards.org.

Marie Chouinard Master Class will be held at Velocity Dance Center | 915
East Pine Street, Suite 200
Sat. Oct 18, 2008 | 12PM - 2PM | $12 ($7 with ticket stub) please bring
correct change or Check made out to On the Boards for Payment.
Doors will be open at 11:40AM

The class will focus on developing the performance experience and the
awareness of a highly tuned dancer. The class will explore through
movement and voice various concepts that exist within the work of Marie
Chouinard. We will be physically exploring the range and potential of the
body | mind as well as the emotional expressiveness of each individual by
connecting into the intelligence of our system and it's potential to be
an articulated vehicle of expression, while staying conscious of the
existing possibilities in each given moment. Much of the class will
derived through working with breath and the fluidity of the spinal
column, the base of all work of Marie Chouinard. Hopefully this class
will offer dance artists a doorway into the work of Marie and her
company.

Carol Prieur started her career with Winnipeg Contemporary Dancers. She
has worked with various Canadian choreographers and has participated in
the touring production of Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault's Joe. Grants
permitted her to pursue her studies in New York, Europe and India where
she was initiated into Kalarypayattu, an Indian martial art form. Three
solos have been created for her since she became a member of Compagnie
Marie Chouinard in 1995: Humanitas and Etude Poignante, as well as
Movements, to mark her 10th anniversary with the company. In 2003, she
has received a research grant from the Canada Council for the Arts, and
she received the Moving Pictures Festival of Dance on Film and Video
Award for Best Performance for her interpretation in Marie Chouinard's
film, Cantique no. 1, in Toronto.

Once again please RSVP and hope to see you there!
Best,
Sean Ryan
Sean Ryan
Regional Programs & Facilities | On the Boards
PO Box 19515 | Seattle WA 98109
206.217.9886 ext 1021 | ontheboards.org

Chamber Dance Concert Writing Assignment

Coming up this weekend is the Chamber Dance Concert. This is required performance for you to see and respond to. (See the syllabus below for ticket information). In response to this concert, you will write a two paged, double spaced, one inch margined paper.

The subject of this paper will focus of the performances of the dance artists. Pick one or a few of the dancers and write about their performance work. You might need to do some detective work to find out who they are. I can help with that. Who were you drawn to? How did they use their focus? What about their performance inspired you or made you feel a certain response? If you choose a piece with a number of dancers in it, you could compare and contrast performance styles. If there is a particular performance you feel was memorable, pull it apart and try to figure out why?

Things to think about: set choreography, improvisation, focus, arrhythm, commitment, connection between dancers.

Enjoy the show and have fun writing the paper. Although you will be writing about others, you will learn about yourself as a performer by noticing what you are drawn to as an audience. This paper is due in class on Friday, October 16.

Question #2

What have you learned this week? What thought or idea has inspired your dancing? Were there any ideas that you understood but feel will take more time for you to develop?

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