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  Performance Dance: Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Among the earliest records of dance classes in Newfoundland and Labrador are newspaper advertisements for social dance classes in St. John's.
Dance schools are not the only product of the growing interest exhibited in dance by people in the province.
With the local opportunities to study dance, it is hardly surprising that the province has produced a number of talented performers, teachers and choreographers.
www.heritage.nf.ca /arts/perf_dance.html   (699 words)

  
 On Dance and Performance...
Secondly, the potential for interesting interaction between dance performance and live electronic music is huge, and we wish to tap that potential.
Thirdly, live performance is hard work, and provides experience and a useful discipline; the CASSIEL music rig benefits from lessons learned through various live projects.
In the British arts scene, dance companies are run by choreographers, and the dance officials of funding bodies are unable to understand the viewpoint of a musician, sound designer and technologist who wishes to create dance work.
www.cassiel.com /dance.html   (525 words)

  
 Purchase College - Admissions - Program Information - Dance
This is the first facility in the United States to be constructed solely for the study and performance of dance, and includes 10 fully equipped studios, saunas, the Dance Theatre Lab, and more.
Conservatory of Dance students enjoy numerous opportunities to perform at The Performing Arts Center, one of the finest theatre complexes in the country.
A public concert of the student's choreography and his or her performance of a major piece of repertory.
www.purchase.edu /admissions/adm_proginfo_dance.asp   (556 words)

  
 Dance
The Department of Theatre and Dance gives opportunities for all individuals who are interested in the performing arts to develop their talents and discover new skills.
Courses such as ballet and modern dance technique, choreography, body awareness, pedagogy, World Dance, and Dance History, give dance majors an awareness of the world that is both aesthetically sophisticated and academically sound.
Social and folk dance forms of ethnic and social significance are studied and performed in relation to their cultural derivations and historical perspectives and their use in period theatrical/concert production.
www.shsu.edu /catalog/dnc.html   (1751 words)

  
 Dance: Audition Announcements   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
An undergraduate major in dance performance was established at RI College in 2000.
Dance student demonstrates the physical attributes of alignment, flexibility, endurance, rhythm, poise, ability to phrase movement in time and space, and strength as a dancer on an intermediate level of competence.
Dance student demonstrates an intermediate to advanced level of ability to perform complex adagio and allegro patterns of dance movement in center floor, and shows comparable ability to perform traveling patterns of movement through space.
www.ric.edu /mtd/dance/scholarships.html   (835 words)

  
 Dance: Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage
The variety of dance forms available is both extensive and noteworthy: performance dance (i.e., ballet, jazz, tap), folk dance, and aboriginal dance.
While performance dance is the usual form of dance that comes to mind when one is considering the performing arts, folk dance also has a prominent position.
While the folk dances brought to the island by settlers have a long and fascinating history, the dances of the aboriginal people of the province are rooted in even longer traditions.
www.heritage.nf.ca /arts/dance.html   (529 words)

  
 NIGHTFIRE Performance & Dance--Schedule
They perform dances of dissonance and harmony among peoples, nature, technology and art: integrating shadows, shapeshifting, and spiraling to reconciliation.
The performers dance in doorways between nature and art, the urban and the wild, direct experience and human imagination.
A dance theater performance moving on a thread through the northwest area of the Nichols Arboretum, from the riverside to Heathdale and the peony garden.
www.twofeather.com /nightfire/schedule.htm   (941 words)

  
 Dance
The mission of the Dance Division is to prepare graduates for work in the professional world as performers, teachers and choreographers as well as provide them with a broad-based background in the humanities in preparation for advanced graduate study.
The Dance Division's commitment to intellectual and artistic growth creates an environment that is challenging, stimulating and disciplined in which individual artistry is nurtured by a hands-on teaching approach and cultivated through diverse performance opportunities.
The Dance Division's existing curriculum provides students with a state of the art education and an individualized course of study to suit their own professional dance needs and career goals.
conservatory.umkc.edu /dance.asp   (314 words)

  
 Welcome to the Towson Department of Dance Website
Learning the fine art of dance at Towson University combines the analysis, practice, stylization, and creation of human movement phrases with the study of human biology, nutrition and kinesiology.
And while concerns are often raised about the highly comptetive field of professional dance, the scope of job opportunites for graduates is currently expanding due in part to a national initiative to implement the National Arts Standards in K- 12 curriculum throughout the United States.
Dance graduates of Towson University have advanced creative and critical writing and thinking skills, advanced training in dance technique and artistry, dance performance, dance education, dance composition, and dance related technologies and research.
www.towson.edu /dance   (158 words)

  
 Dance & the Computer: Potential for Synergy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Many methods exist for writing on paper a description of a Dance, and the most general of these typically use a very complex lexicon of symbols, the detailed orthography and positioning of which on a score are significant.
One of the few reported uses of computers in Dance teaching was the use of the NUDES computer animation system by a class of Dance students, each producing their own choreographic sequence on a computer (Herbison-Evans, 1982).
The coordination of the movements of two figures dancing together with a constant five point contact between the bodies (man's left hand, right hand, right forearm, right upper arm, and diaphragm) as they perform locomotive and turning movements is a considerable challenge for a computer system.
linus.socs.uts.edu.au /~don/pubs/synergy.html   (2099 words)

  
 Performance: Dance, the Spirit of Cambodia Sep 28 - 29, 2001
In the sophisticated art of traditional Khmer dance and dance- drama, loyalty to tradition is interwoven with creativity.
Knowledge of Khmer classical dance, its technique, mythology, rituals, and history, resides within the dancers themselves and its transmission from teacher to pupil is central to one of Cambodian society's fundamental relationships.
Classical dance became an important representation of a culture otherwise politically and economically dominated by outsiders.
www.kennedy-center.org /calendar/?fuseaction=showEvent&event=DBCAM   (430 words)

  
 Department of Dance | Companies
The UGA Department of Dance provides a variety of performance company options focused towards pre-professional training, student choreography and student performance.
UGA CORE Concert Dance Company is a pre-professional dance company founded in 1991 under the artistic direction of Bala Sarasvati.
The UGA Ballroom Performance Group performs on campus, on tour for charity and alumni events, and regularly presents showcases at the famed Cloister Hotel on Sea Island, Georgia.
www.franklin.uga.edu /dance/companies   (162 words)

  
 Kennedy Center: Millennium Stage Artist Details: Silk Road Dance Company
The Silk Road Dance Company was founded by Artistic Director Laurel Victoria Gray in 1995 and expanded to its present form in 1997.
Dance DC Festival presents performances by Kankouran West African Dance Company, the SilkRoad Dance Company, Tappers with Attitude, and the Spanish Dance Society.
The Silk Road Dance Company brings the beauty and grace of Central Asia and the Middle East to the stage with traditional dances, music and sumptuous costumes.
www.kennedy-center.org /programs/millennium/artist_detail.cfm?artist_id=SILKRDANCE   (534 words)

  
 Dance, Performance and Entertainment Arts Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Dances, music, and the theater of wayang are other forms of expression laden with religious meanings for the people of Bali.
Many, many links to information about Swing Dance styles, including an article about "What is swing dancing'" and a lexicon which describes the various terminology in descriptions of the various swing dance styles and variations.
Musical/dance films are cinematic forms which emphasize full-scale song and dance routines in a significant way (usually with a musical or dance performance as part of the film narrative), or they are films which are centered on combinations of music, dance, song or choreography.
dewey.chs.chico.k12.ca.us /dance.html   (987 words)

  
 DanceUSA- Everything Drill Team, Dance and Studio!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Dance America, The Ultimate Dance Experience, began 23 years ago for the purpose of helping performers who needed music but were unable to achieve high performance music by themsleves.
This magazine is created by dance/drill team directors for dance/drill team directors and regulary has articles on contest, dance technique, motivation, health and fitness, college teams, fundraising, team management, leadership, and other topics specific to dance and drill team.
MA Dance and MA Auxiliaries is a leader in dance and auxiliaries camps nationwide.
www.danceusa.com   (1453 words)

  
 Belly dancing Performance Videos from Visionary Dance
Delilah's dance portrays the joy and mystery of the arrival of new life through the female body.
The seven performances captured in Live and Wild display their remarkable chemistry, a dynamic mix of talent and inspiration, spontaneity and improvisation, joy and devotion.
These are extraordinary performances, filmed in beautiful locations on the island of Maui, ranging from conventional concerts to unique dances in the sea and the bamboo jungle.
www.visionarydance.com /PerformanceVideos.html   (946 words)

  
 Belly Dancing, Belly Dance Videos, DVDs, Bellydance
The dance form we call "belly dancing" is derived from traditional women's dances of the Middle East and North Africa.
Bellydance is often performed barefoot, now thought by many to signify the intimate and ancient physical connection between the dancer, the music, and Mother Earth, although historically, most dancers were barefoot because they could not afford shoes.
Americans were fascinated (and scandalized!) by the freedom and rhythms of the dance and the music, and thus began a fascination with the "exotic Orient." Early Hollywood fell in love with the dancing girls and created glamorous flowing costumes based as much on Leon Bakst's fantasies as on garments of the Middle East.
www.bellydance.org   (635 words)

  
 deseretnews.com | Performance melds dance, film | Deseret Morning News Web edition
It is not uncommon for dance to be performed to tapes.
In "Screening the Body," the dance exists on films that were created by Douglas Rosenberg and the Dziga Vertov Performance Group.
Dance and film isn't anything new to Bromberg, who has curated the Dance for the Camera festival and workshop, which is held annually at the U. The concept of the festival is to examine the different aspects of using film in dance and vice versa.
deseretnews.com /dn/print/1,1442,590039850,00.html   (541 words)

  
 DANCE PERFORMANCE IN RHODE ISLAND
The premiere of a unique performance work, combining video, performance and featuring the live performance of Chopin's 24 preludes is directed by choreographer and performance artist, Paula Hunter.
Performing traditional ballet to modern dance, Ailey II's repertoire is as diverse as the choreographers with whom they work.
Dancing to Tchaikovsky's beloved music are all the familiar Nutcracker figures: crystal snowflakes and candy flowers, soaring Russian dancers and exotic Arabians, giant mice and porcelain dolls.
www.ridance.com /riperfarc04.html   (8552 words)

  
 UW Dance Program
The Chamber Dance Company is the University of Washington's professional resident dance company.
It is entirely sponsored and produced by the Ballet Company at the University of Washington, an organization composed of students of dance.
It is entirely sponsored and produced by the UW Dance Student Association, an organization composed of students of dance.
depts.washington.edu /uwdance/calendar.html   (208 words)

  
 IWMC: MA Dance Performance   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Master of Arts in Dance Performance is a one-year in, full- time, post-graduate programme.
The programme offers advanced tuition in Contemporary Dance and other mind-body training techniques and the opportunity to engage with contemporary dance choreographers and tutors toward the creation, rehearsal and performance of original ensemble and solo works.
The Master of Arts in Irish traditional dance performance provides advanced training in Irish dance performance practices within a variety of historical, theoretical and dance performance contexts.
www.ul.ie /~iwmc/programmes/madp   (333 words)

  
 Dance
A reception and lecture at 5:30 PM is $20, or $50 for the performance and preperformance event.
JOFFREY BALLET To open its 50th anniversary season the company performs a program called "A Midsummer Night's Dream," which includes Sir Frederick Ashton's The Dream, Jiri Kylian's Return to a Strange Land, and a revival of artistic director Gerald Arpino's Celebration, created in 1981 for the Joffrey's 25th anniversary and not performed since.
SEDLMAIER DANCE Christina Sedlmaier offers a piece, The Tendency to Exist, that explores the relationship between a wife, a husband, and a lover, played by a flamenco dancer, an actor, and a modern dancer.
www.chicagoreader.com /listings/static/dance.html   (523 words)

  
 Dance Program - Performance Opportunities - UMass Amherst
There are numerous choreographic and performance opportunities both at the University and in the Five College Dance Department.
A select group of talented performers, this ensemble is featured annually in its own concert and January tour throughout the Commonwealth.
All dance majors are required to choreograph at least once while at the University and have their work produced in a concert setting.
www.umass.edu /dance/performance_opportunities.html   (225 words)

  
 Voice Of Dance: Where Dance Lives!
2005 Home Season: Dances by Delwaide, Carlson, Marks, Faulkner: "This is the troupe, now 15 years old, that conjoins the talents of disabled and non-disabled dancers, but so irresistible has been AXIS’ rise that one long ago stopped marveling at how these performers transcend handicaps.
Dances by Nijinska, Loring, Lowe, McKayle: "The Oakland Ballet, dormant since the 2003 season, returned to the land of the active with a lengthy gala program abounding in sentiment," Allan Ulrich, Oct 17, 2005
Oakland: AXIS Dance Company: This notable physically integrated dance company presents their 2005 home season with works by Sonya Delwaide, Ann Carlson, Victoria Marks, and Katie Faulkner at The Sleeping Beauty at Malonga Casquelourd Center for Performing Arts Theater Oct 20-23.
www.voiceofdance.org   (707 words)

  
 Summer Dance Conservatory performance
The concert, which is the culmination of three weeks of intensive dance instruction, will feature choreography from the classical ballets, Swan Lake, Don Quixote, and Raymonda, as well as musical theatre choreography, new contemporary jazz works, and original ballet pieces.
Issaev danced with the Moscow Classical Ballet and earned the gold medal in the National Soviet Ballet Competition, an honor shared by Rudolf Nureyev and Mikhail Baryshnikov.
Siegenfeld is on the dance faculty at Northwestern University, where he is the principal choreographer of the Jump Rhythm Jazz Project, an international touring group of dancers, singers, and actors who perform a high-energy combination of swinging jazz, blues, and Latin jazz.
www.sc.edu /usctimes/articles/2003/2003-07/summer_dance.html   (325 words)

  
 Awesome Library - Arts
Dance for Grades 11 - 12 (British Columbia Ministry of Education)
Dance for Grades 8 - 10 (British Columbia Ministry of Education)
Provides news, brief articles and photos of leading dances by country, a listing of awards from 1979 to 1998, links related to specific ballets, and more.
www.awesomelibrary.org /Classroom/Arts/Performing_Arts/Dance.html   (164 words)

  
 SpectorDance - Modern Dance and Ballet Instruction for Adults and Children, Monterey Bay, California
Our mission is to heighten awareness of dance as a vital contemporary art form through education and performance.
Dance expresses the human experience in a unique way.
It is an important force for positive change and growth, individually and as a community.
www.spectordance.org   (232 words)

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