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CONGRATULATIONS GVSU DANCE!!!!!

We were selected to perform in the ACDFA GALA!!!!

"Pleased To Meet You", choreography by Lauren Edson

Cast:  Charlie Clark, Karley Dorner, Brandon Harneck, Carley Klebba, Jessica Loosenort, Gina Maniaci, Becca Moffett, Ali Mosher, Jesse Powers, Chris Tallmadge

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Physical. Language. Grace. Kinesthetic. Gesture. Emotional. Space. Powerful. Communication. Senses. Body. Force. Human. Embody. Technical. Effort. Dialogue. Chance. Touch. Suspend. Propel. Intrigue.

 

Grand Valley State University Dance Program offers students a chance to develop technical dance skills through rigorous technique courses and performing opportunities.  The Dance Program guides a dancer's artistry, technique, emotions and physical facility to converge into a unique and dynamic performer. Through daily technique courses in Modern, Ballet, Jazz and Pointe, each dancer hones their craft in small classes with one-on-one Faculty/Student instruction.  GVSU Dance enables each dancer to interact within a dynamic group of performers while building a network of resources for their future careers. 

 

PLEASE JOIN US FOR GVSU's 5th Annual DANCE ON CAMERA FESTIVAL

Cost: Free

Dance Films Association’s annual Dance On Camera Festival celebrates the immediacy, energy, and mystery of dance combined with the intimacy of film. Considered the “mother” of dance film festivals, the Dance On Camera Festival presents a broad range of independent dance films, whether they be documentaries, shorts, narratives, or  animation. The festival weekend features films screenings of both short and long films, moderated panels, discussions with the artists, and often related artistic ventures such as photography exhibits. For the year following the festival weekend, these films travel the world in the Dance On Camera Tour, providing to be a source of revenue and a chance of exposure for numerous filmmakers.

PROGRAM

Dance On Paper: Sylvie Guillem((7 minutes)

Diego Agudo Pinilla, Spain, 2012

This is a traditional animated short film (pencil on paper).(The film is a portrait on the poetry in motion that the dancers have managed to obtain with their dancing from the most classical choreographies like “Swan lake” or “Giselle” to the most recent works with Akram Khan and Russell Maliphant.

Re-Staging Shelter( (29 minutes)

Bruce Berry/Martha Curtis, USA, 2012

Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, founder of Urban Bush Women created “Shelter” in 1988 in response to the plight of the homeless in NYC. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, a new version of “Shelter “was created and then reconstructed by Jawole Willa Jo Zollar and company members for Virginia Commonwealth University dance majors. The dancers were challenged to look at issues of displacement and what Zollar calls: “An Actor’s Process through a Dancer’s Body.” In a 1990 review in The New York Times, Jennifer Dunning wrote: “Zollar’s ‘Shelter’ is so filled with compassion and anger that it becomes a powerful incantation against the evils of obliviousness and neglect.”

Coup de Grace (26 minutes)

Clara van Gool, Netherlands, 2010

A masterful screen adaptation of a stage performance by Oleles (2003),  this latest creation by Clara van Gool (Enter Achilles) explores the relationship between two adversaries who meet in a remote location and engage in a weaponless duel that is marked by extreme emotions and  an intense movement style that oscillates between savage cruelty and  unexpected warmth. These energetic matadors (dancers Jordi Cortes Molina and Damian Munoz) turn the reunion into a suspenseful drama.

Two Seconds After Laughter           ((11 minutes)

David Rousseve, USA, 2011

Weaving stunning cinematography shot in Java by Cari Shim Sham, traditional Indonesian dance, postmodern gesture performed by Sri Susilowati, original Sudanese music, and a potent narrative, this stunning film creates a border-jumping dialogue on a universal irony: The heart longs most for the place called home to which it can never return.

Brother’s Keeper((6:45 minutes)

Marta Renzi, USA, 2011

A moody space of dark and light where three young men explore their social, physical and animal natures.  In solos, duets and trios, they gradually disrobe, shaking off the gaze of the spectator and emerging as three angelic, solitary and impassioned individuals.

White Shirt, Black Tie, Black Pants XXS (14 minutes)

David Schilirio/David Fernandez, USA, 2011

A spirited behind-the-scenes look at 16 young dancers from Dance Theatre of Harlem, Joffrey Ballet School, Scarsdale Ballet Studio and Westport’s Academy of Dance rehearsing a piece previously made on dancers of NYCB and ABT and now transposed for these gifted ballet students.  To see these exuberant girls in their white shirts, black ties flying as they leap into the air is proof that America’s dance talent is not restricted to Dancing with the Stars.

Dance on Camera Festival has been sponsored by Dance Films Association since 1971, and co-sponsored by The Film Society of Lincoln Center since 1996,  with Movement Research as presenter from 2008 to 2011, affiliate TenduTV joining in 2010, and most recently the Baryshnikov Arts Center and The Big Screen Project in 2011.

Previous screening supplemental event venues have included:
Walter Reade Theatre
Frieda Roy Furman Gallery in the Walter Reade Theatre
Baryshnikov Arts Center
The Big Screen Plaza
Beacon School
Judson Memorial Church

This program is made possible with the generous support of the National Endowment for the Arts, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Experimental Television Workshop, Routledge-Taylor & Francis Group and the members of DFA.

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CONGRATULATIONS GVSU DANCE!!!!!

We were selected to perform in the ACDFA GALA!!!!

"Pleased To Meet You", choreography by Lauren Edson

Cast:  Charlie Clark, Karley Dorner, Brandon Harneck, Carley Klebba, Jessica Loosenort, Gina Maniaci, Becca Moffett, Ali Mosher, Jesse Powers, Chris Tallmadge

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WATCH the GVSU DANCE COMPANY PERFORM AT ARTPRIZE 2012

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=NcVz3js_2aM

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GVSU DANCE is thrilled to have THODOS DANCE CHICAGO in residence October 14th-23rd, 2012.  Artistic Director, Melissa Thodos, and ten company members will present two dances from Thodos Dance Chicago's repertoire and perform in GVSU's production of Vivaldi's Four Seasons, choreographed by faculty Shawn T Bible.  Details below:

GVSU Music and Dance Faculty and Students present

“The Baroque Splendor of Venice: Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons

 in Dance”

The Baroque Splendor of Venice: Vivaldis The Four Seasons in Dance

 

Join us to celebrate National Art and Humanities Month

MONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 8 P.M.
LOUIS ARMSTRONG THEATRE
PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
ALLENDALE CAMPUS

Prelude carillon concert from 7:20-7:50 p.m. 

Performance followed by reception featuring University Carillonneur Professor Julianne Vanden Wyngaard

Enjoy a stunning new choreographic multi-media interpretation of Vivaldi’s iconic and beloved work as set by GVSU faculty artist choreographer, Shawn T Bible, and performed by the nationally acclaimed violin soloist Rachel Barton Pine and Thodos Dance Chicago, in collaboration with members of the GVSU Dance Program. 

Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, a four concerto set from the composer’s 1725 opus 8 set of 12 works entitled The Contest Between Harmony and Invention, is among the boldest program music ever written, musically portraying each season through brilliant and virtuosic writing with all of the vividness and power seen in the great Italian paintings of the same period. 

You won’t want to miss this rare opportunity to hear the exuberant brilliance of Vivaldi’s music coupled with the sights, sounds, movements, and cultural textures brilliantly choreographed as a gorgeous physical and visual counterpart to Vivaldi’s evocative musical journey. 

Few great cities of early 18th Century Europe could match the musical reputation of Venice, and certainly few composers have ever matched the fame and allure of the great Venetian violinist, Antonio Vivaldi. The composer of more than 500 instrumental concerti, numerous works for the Church, and at least 50 documented operas, Vivaldi has emerged as one of the most beloved composers of the modern world as well.

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