Contemporary Dance Program
Congratulations to IU Modern Dance Majors who were selected to perfom in the Gala Concert at the American College Dance Festival, Eastern Region, March 8, 2008
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Mission Statement
The IU Contemporary Dance Program offers a collection of dance experiences that are accessible to students who seek serious study in the art of dance. The program's core offerings consist of curricula which, through the highest quality of training and instruction, strengthen and refine contemporary dance technique as well as provide scholarly inquiry into the history, science and aesthetics of dance. The faculty of the IU Contemporary Dance Program strives to not only teach, but mentor, and provide a strong theoretical base from which each dancer can grow and work as an individual artist. Students are encouraged to seek their own venue for expression, such as performance, choreography, teaching, production or scholarship, and prepare for a successful career in the professional and academic field of dance.
Upcoming Events
- February 10, 2008 - National Society of Arts and Letters, Bloomington Chapter, Competition in Contemporary Dance, 1:00pm, HPER 161, Bloomington, IN.
- February 25, 2008 – Complexions Contemporary Ballet, 8:00pm, the IU Auditorium, Bloomington, IN.
- February 23, 2008 - Body Politic Site-Specific Performance Works - Woodburn Hall on the IUB Campus, 5-6:30pm, presented by the Indiana University Dance Theatre in collaboration with Artsweek.
- February 26, 2008 - Body Politic Site-Specific Performance Works - City of Bloomington Courthouse, 11:30am-1:30pm, presented by the Indiana University Dance Theatre in collaboration with Artsweek.
- February 29, 2008 - Spring auditions for the major in modern dance (incoming freshman for the 2008-2009 academic year), the Department of Kinesiology, Indiana University Bloomington, 9:30am-3:00pm.
- March 5-8, 2008 – the Indiana University Dance Theatre attends and performs at the American College Dance Festival, East Central Region, Kalamazoo, MI.
- March 28, 2008 – Between Zero and Infinity, original choreography by IU modern dance alum Abigail Rich, 8:00pm, the John Waldron Arts Center Auditorium, Bloomington, IN.
- April 11-12, 2008 – junior dance major Kelly McCormick performs in dance coordinator Elizabeth Shea’s Coming to Light at the 17th Annual Florida Electroacoustic Music Festival, Gainesville, FL.
- April 19 and 20, 2008 - Hammer and Nail 2008, the Buskirk-Chumley Theatre, Bloomington, IN. The annual collaboration between student composers (IU Jacobs School of Music) and choreographers (IU Contemporary Dance Program).
- April 27, 2008 – IU Contemporary Dance Program’s Pre-College Program will present its annual spring performance, 2pm, Binford Elementary School, Bloomington, IN.
- July 20-27, 2008 – Modern dance majors from the IU Department of Kinesiology will be in residence and perform Paul Taylor’s Aureole and 3 Epitaphs at the Chautauqua Summer Dance Festival, Chautauqua, NY.
News
- Dance majors Colleen Welch, Joanna Paul, Courtney Ramm, Maddie Gentile, Utam Moses, and Abbe Landsdown have been awarded Summer Study Scholarships by the IU Contemporary Dance Program.
- Rachel Britton, graduate assistant in dance and doctoral student in the Department of Kinesiology and The Program in Neuroscience, and has been selected to present at the 2008 International Association of Dance Medicine and Science Annual Meeting. Rachel will be presenting her paper "Spinal cord adaptations involved in dance skill acquisition and maintenance".
- The Indiana University Dance Theatre will be in residence and perform Paul Taylor’s Aureole and 3 Epitaphs at the Chautauqua Summer Dance Festival, Chautauqua, NY, July 20-27, 2008.
- Sophomore dance majors Joanna Paul and Courtney Ramm have been awarded Creative Activity Scholarships by the Hutton Honors College for $2,500 each. Ms. Paul will attend the American Dance Festival in Durham, North Carolina while Ms. Ramm will attend the Limón Institute in New York, NY.
- The School of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation has awarded Courtney Ramm the Academic Extracurricular Activities Scholarship for 2008.
- Junior dance majors Kelly McCormick Bangs and Ashley Jones have been awarded the Jane Fox Scholarship for excellence in dance performance and creative activity.
- Elizabeth Shea’s Three Novelettes has been selected for the gala performance at Regional Dance America, Mid-States Region, May 10, 2008. The work will by performed by the Central Indiana Dance Ensemble. Shea will also serve as a featured guest instructor of modern dance at the festival. Junior modern dance major Ashley Jones will premiere a work at the festival during the emerging choreographer’s concert, May 8, 2008.
- The Nature of Human, choreography by Elizabeth Shea, music by Jeffrey Hass, and scenography by Robert Shakespeare, was selected for the gala performance at the American College Dance Festival, East Central Region, March 8, in Kalamazoo, MI. Kelly McCormick Bangs, Andranise Baxter, Bonnie Green, Joanna Paul, Richelle Steiner, Noah Trulock, Colleen Welch, Brianna Wieclaw and Justin Zuschlag performed.
- Senior dance majors Kelly McCormick Bangs and Lauren Weber were recently awarded first and second place respectively in the Contemporary Dance Competition sponsored by the National Society of Arts and Letters. Both dancers will perform their works in the Showcase of the Arts on April 13, 2008.
- Dance faculty members Gwendolyn Hamm and Elizabeth Shea have been awarded New Frontiers in the Arts and Humanities Visiting Visionary Grants for the 2008-2009 academic year. The awards will support residencies with modern dance icon Bill Evans and the internationally renowned Liz Lerman Dance Exchange.
- Dance Coordinator Elizabeth Shea, along with collaborators Jeffrey Hass (Jacobs School of Music) and Robert Shakespeare (Department of Theatre and Drama) have been awarded $15,000 from the Institute for Digital Arts and Humanities to purchase a high-end projector for use in their project The Nature of Human.
- Junior dance major Ashley Jones has been awarded an Arts Administration Internship with the Boston Ballet for summer, 2008.
- IU Dance Major alum Amanda Tanguay will be performing in "Meet Me in St. Louis" at the Drury Lane Theatre, Oakbrook Terrace, Ill, October 18-December 16, 2007
- Junior dance major Carly Gessin has been awarded internships with Dance Spirit and Dance Magazine for 2008. Gessin will also be working for the American Dance Legacy Institute starting November, 2007.
- Freshman dance major Brianna Wieclaw has been invited to perform at a charity event for the Atlanta Women's Foundation, where actress Jamie Lee Curtis is scheduled to speak.
Contacts
Questions concerning the dance
major and audition process may be directed to:
Elizabeth Shea , Coordinator IU Contemporary Dance Program
1025 East 7th Street
Bloomington, IN 47405
(812) 855-7020
An application and audition are required for admission to the Department of Kinesiology's major in dance at Indiana University . The application packet may be obtained from the Department of Kinesiology.
To obtain an application form, contact:
Mildred Perkins, Undergraduate Secretary
HPER 112 1025 East 7th Street
Bloomington, IN 47405
(812) 855-6172
Please submit the application to the above address.
ALTERNATIVELY, YOU MAY APPLY ONLINE
