2010-2011 PROJECTS
Seeing
Dance with a Critical Eye
Project Contact: Kim Engel, UAlbany
Performing Arts Center
In this project, area students will
have the opportunity to attend a professional dance performance as well as work
with dance writer Susan Mehalick on two occasions looking at the art form with
the intention of putting the experience to words. Students will see TAKE Dance
perform as part of their February 2011 residency at the UAlbany Performing Arts
Center. Prior to and following this experience they will be treated to sessions
at their school conducted by Ms. Mehalick, who will examine the role of the
dance writer; explore the elements of a critical review; discuss how impressions,
thoughts and ideas can be incorporated into a critical review; and compare several
printed reviews of the work that students saw in the show.
Chinese
Dance Performance
Project Contact: Xinhua Lee
Asian Culture Chinese Dance Artistic
Director, Xinhua Lee, will research and choreograph a new Chinese dance with
authentic costumes and music training 6 young children age 5-10 over the course
of several months. The children will perform the new dance in a concert along
with several other pieces, collaborating with dancers from the Asian Culture
Chinese Dance Troupe. Background/introductory information about each dance will
be provided to help the audience better understand and appreciate the art of
Chinese dance.
Swing
Kids - Arts in Action
Project Contact: Tango Fusion
Tango Fusion Dance Company's Swing
Kids/Arts in Action brings ballroom dancing to the schools and community. Elementary
school children learn ballroom dancing in their school with their peers and
perform for the community. This project brings ballroom to a community center
and teaches families how to dance together using dance to foster community,
fitness and fun.
Dance
for Special Needs College Students and Young Entrepreneurs
Project Contact: eba
Dance Theatre
Special Needs College Students and
Young Entrepreneurs will be introduced to the Art of Dance through workshops
in: dance, how to be an active audience member, and choreography; a seminar
about dance in our community and attending Dance Performances by Maude Baum
and Company Dance Theatre. Discussions about performance and dance will follow
each activity.
Providing
Post-Performance Participatory Experiences
Project Contact: Kim
Engel, Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company
In this project, approximately 200
students will see a performance of Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company's Dance by Chance
program. The show will take place at Scotia-Glenville Middle School on February
16, 2011, and these students will come from neighboring schools to the district.
This project will provide a post-participatory workshop experience for these
students at their schools so that their experience with the art form has both
presentational and participatory perspectives.
Keeping
the Heritage of Modern Dance Alive II
Project Contact: Beth
Hartle, Nacre
This project will afford area modern dancers the opportunity to work alongside visiting artists to learn the works of master choreographers and present these works to audiences in the Capital Region through master classes, lectures and performances at the Universal Preservation Hall in Saratoga Springs. For the 2011 spring performance series, Nacre will bring guest artists to teach master works by American Modern Dance choreographers Isadora Duncan, Doris Humphrey, May O'Donnell and Donald McKayle. Nacre will work with the Franklin Community Center in Saratoga Springs to share the history and movement philosophies of these works to students in their after school program, "Project Uplift."