Contemporary Dance Program
The Indiana University Dance Theatre
& The Student Composer Association
Present
Hammer & Nail
April 13-14, 2012
The Buskirk-Chumley Theatre
114 E. Kirkwood Ave.,
Bloomington, IN
Two Programs: Program A, 6:30 pm; Program B 8:30 pm
Admission is Free
Bring a non-perishable food item or make a cash contribution to DINE-DANCE-DONATE, a community food drive benefitting the Hoosier Hills Community Food Bank
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It’s Arts Week and
IU Contemporary Dance is
Everywhere!
Please join us for the following events:
“MOVING IMAGES” – student choreographed duets inspired by 20th Century works of art Tuesday, April 3, 1pm at the IU Art Museum Atrium
“TAKE THE CALL: SITE READINGS” - Improvised Dances at Multiple Sites:
Wednesday: April 4, 12:00noon & 12:30, Dunn Meadow at Jordan River, and 6:00 & 6:30pm People’s Park
Thursday, April 5, 12:00noon and 112:30pm Courthouse Square
Friday, April 6, 9:00 & 9:30pm Sample Gates, 10:00 & 10:30am The Union Stairs leading to the Solarium and 12:00noon & 12:30pm Third St. Park
“Co-ARTiculate” – choreography by senior dance majors Leah Boresow and Sarah Mattingly, Wednesday, April 4th, 4:30pm outside the IU Art Museum
Pre-College Program Registration
Summer Intensive for High School Students
Shea's Choreography Debuts at Kennedy Center
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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.
IU Contemporary Dance Program Calendar 2011-2011 Academic Year
FALL SEMESTER 2011
AUGUST
- 22-26 - Laurie Eisenhower in residence setting work for faculty concert, Eisenhower and Shea repertory rehearses.
- 29 - CLASSES BEGIN, Modern dance technique classes D211 & D311 combined until Sept. 9
SEPTEMBER
- 5 - Labor Day, (classes do not meet)
- 6-8 - Auditions for IU Dance Theater Faculty/Guest Artist Concert
- 9 - Casting and Rehearsal Schedule posted for IUDT
- 12 - IUDT rehearsals begin and Connie Dinapoli in residence teaching master classes through Sept. 30
- 17-18 - Motion capture filming in studio – no rehearsals during this time
- TBA - Speed Dating for Hammer and Nail
- 27 - Last day to drop a First 8 weeks course with an automatic “W” by 4:00 p.m.
OCTOBER
- Students should begin to meet with their academic advisor(s) in order to obtain registration approval for spring course schedule.
- 26 - Last day to drop a full semester course with an automatic “W” by 4:00 p.m.
NOVEMBER
- 10-13 - Dance Exchange Concert featuring Adjunct Faculty Ben Wegman, in Liz Lerman’s The Matter of Origins, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
- 11 - First audition for the dance major for the 2012-13 academic year
- 22 - Thanksgiving recess begins after last class and last day to drop a Second 8 weeks course with an automatic “W” by 4:00 p.m.
- 28 - Classes resume
DECEMBER
- 5 - Student Dance Workshop, Wilkie Auditorium, 7:00 p.m.
- 11 - Senior Dance Major’s Showcase, John Waldron Auditorium Freshman choreography is performed, 3:00 & 5:00 p.m.
- 12-16 - Final Examination week– Indiana University Dance Theatre will rehearse during this period
*Additional guest artists to be announced during Fall Semester
SPRING SEMESTER 2012
JANUARY
- 5 - Dancers return for rehearsals for Faculty/Guest Artist Concert
- 9 - CLASSES BEGIN
- 13-14 - Annual Faculty & Guest Artist Concert, Ruth N. Halls Theatre, 7:30 p.m. & family matinee featuring Freshman piece on 1/14.
- 16 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Official Holiday, (classes do not meet).
- TBA - Auditions for Hammer and Nail Concert, Choreographic Performance Project
FEBRUARY
- 4 - Ron Brown, Evidence, a Dance Company, IU Auditorium, 8:00 p.m.
- TBA - Arts Week, performances
- TBA - NSAL Contemporary Dance Competition
- 17 - Second audition for the dance major for the 2012-13 Academic Year
MARCH
- 7-10 - American College Dance Festival, East Central Region Conference, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI
- 10 - Spring recess begins after last class.
- 19 - Classes resume, Academic Advising begins for all students. Students should begin to meet with their academic advisor(s) to obtain registration approval for summer/fall course schedule. Class permissions available from academic units
APRIL
- Early Registration using OneStart Self-Service for all currently enrolled students
- 13-15 - Hammer and Nail Concert at the Buskirk Chumley Theatre, Two Programs,5:30 and 8:30 p.m.
- 24 - Pattern of the Heavens, choreography by Adjunct Faculty Lauren Weber-Frederick and IU Dance grad., the Ivy Tech John Waldron Auditorium, 8:00p.m., free admission
- 24 - Student Dance Workshop, Wilkie Auditorium, 7:00 p.m.
- 30-May 4 - Final Exam Period
News
For news about alumni, visit the Alumni Site.
- Recent graduate Esther Widlanski has been hired by Princeton University as a choreographer for their production of the musical "Pippin," which will run April 13-21, 2012 at the McCarter Theatre Center.
- Faculty member Sherilyn Nott Foley, will be performing in the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra’s production of Hello, Dolly!, January 13th, 11am and January 13 and 14 8pm at the Hilbert Circle Theatre and January 15th, 730pm at the Palladium Center for the Performing Arts.
- Sherilyn Nott Foley, faculty, will perform with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra in its annual production of" Yuletide Celebration" at the Hilbert Circle Theatre in downtown Indianapolis. " Yuletide" runs from December 1st through December 23rd, with twenty-six performances, featuring an all-star Broadway cast, and is seen by more than 45,000 people annually.
- Sherilyn Nott Foley, faculty, has been named Senior Director of Cathy Roe Ultimate Dance. She has also been named Creative Consultant to Algy Dance Costumes, and serves as their print, video, and runway choreographer.
- Recent graduate Kevin Carmichael has been named Assistant Director of Cathy Roe Ultimate Dance.
- Alum Abbe Lansdown has been hired as a dance teacher at Edison Preparatory High School in Tulsa, OK.
- Adjunct faculty Roberta Wong will present "At Last," with guest dancer Erica Jeffrey and guest vocalist Brenda Williams at Harvest Chicago Contemporary Dance Festival, Chicago IL, Sept. 2-4. Alum Colleen Welch will also be performing with ology dance and Caitlin Haywood.
- Adjunct faculty Roberta Wong will present "At Last," with guest dancer Erica Jeffrey and guest vocalist Brenda Williams at Harvest Chicago Contemporary Dance Festival, Chicago IL, Sept. 2-4. Alum Colleen Welch will also be performing with ology dance and Caitlin Haywood.
- IU Dance Major Utam Moses, class of 2011, received a Tisch School of the Arts scholarship of $40,000 for full-time attendance in the Tisch School of the Arts, Department of Performance Studies at New York University for the 2011-2012 academic year.
- Alum Mandi Harring is dancing at the Martha Graham School on full scholarship as part of their Professional Trainee Program, and has also recently joined Graham II.
- Alum Colleen Welch has been named a performing member of Zephyr Dance Company in Chicago, IL and also continues to perform with with ology dance and Drop Shift Dance and for Chicago choreographer, Caitlin Haywood.
- Alum Courtney Ramm is currently dancing with IsadoraNow and Dance Visions, both in NYC, as well as teaching yoga and Pilates in the city. She also received the Jim Garvey Award for two months of Faculty Mentorship at Dance New Amsterdam and performed her work "Still Lingering" at the Manhattan Movement and Arts Center.
- Dance minor alum Daniel O’Neil is completing his second year of medical school at George Washington University, and has produced the second annual “Medical Student Follies.”
- Alum Erin Fleck is currently living in Chicago and teaching at ARCC Ballet as well as Soul2Sole. She is also dancing with Movement Revolution
- Alum Joanna Paul has been selected as one of eight choreographers for Motus Dance Theater's Cultivate: A Choreographers Showcase, and has also been accepted to the Limón Institute’s Intensive Studies Program.
- Alum Kelly McCormick Bangs has been hired by Physique 57 as a personal trainer in NYC, NY. She also premiered the role of “the seventh chakra” in Amy Marshall’s new work Dvija and played” the Angel of Death” in a revival of Unharvested.
- Senior dance major Mary Baggett has been named an IU Founders Scholar for 2011.
- Alum Salena Watkins has been hired as the Business Manager for River North Dance Chicago.
- Alum Sarah Clark is teaching yoga at OM Yoga Center, Dance New Amsterdam, New York University, and privately in New York City and continues to perform with Laurie de Vito.
- Recent grad Stephanie Scott is working as a personal trainer at Del Norte Sports and Wellness and is teaching modern dance at studios around Albuquerque and training as a professional ballroom dancer.
- Dance faculty Roberta Wong has recently created choreography for Pike High School’s(Indianapolis) rendition of "Midsummer Night's Dream" as well as for Indy Convergence 2011, a 10-day annual artist immersion workshop where new work is created on actors, dancers, vocalists from across the US.
- Director Elizabeth Shea recently traveled to Israel, representing IU as a delegate of artists investigating university exchange programs in the arts, where she also taught as master class at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance.
- Director Elizabeth Shea created original choreography for IU composition faculty Don Freud’s “Passion with Tropes,” a multi-media oratorio presented at the Ruth N. Halls Theatre May 20 and 21, 2011.
- IUDT performed works by faculty members Justin Zuschlag and Elizabeth Shea at the Indiana Dance Festival in Fort Wayne, IN, April, 2011; faculty Selene Carter and Elizabeth Shea taught master classes as well.
- Junior dance majors Lalah Hazelwood and Joseph Musiel were selected to perform Nicole Wolcott and Larry Keigwin’s “Straight Duet” at the Gala Performance of the 2011 American College Dance Festival, East Central Region. Faculty Elizabeth Shea taught a master class in advanced modern dance.
- Junior Joseph Musiel has been offered a full tuition scholarship to attend the American Dance Festival in Durham, NC, for summer 2011.
- Junior Lalah Hazelwood represented Bloomington, IN at the National Competition in Dance Choreography sponsored by the National Society of Arts and Letters in May, 2011 in Birmingham, AL.
- Dance majors Lalah Hazelwood, Brianna Wieclaw, Sarah Mattingly, and Joseph Musiel and IU alum Lauren Weber Frederick, were all winners in the competition in dance choreography, Bloomington Chapter, for the National Society of Arts and Letters.
- Senior dance majors Mollie O’Reilly and Laura Montgomery were awarded Jane Fox Scholarships in Dance for the academic year 2011-12.
- Senior Katherine Biegel was awarded a Summer Study Scholarship from the Jane Fox Fund to attend the Parsons Dance Intensive 2011 in NYC, as well as the Lucile M. Swift-Mona M. Russell Scholarship for the academic year 2011-12.
- Senior Eric Schaefer and junior Kaitlyn Knutsen were awarded Creative Activity Scholarships from the Hutton Honors College to attend the Mark Morris Summer Study Intensive and the Parsons Dance Intensive respectively.
- Senior Mollie O’Reilly has been awarded an internship in arts administration by the American Dance Festival in Durham, NC for summer 2011.
- Alum Jamie Dowd has just been named as Director of Education for Dance New Amsterdam, NYC, NY.
- Director Elizabeth Shea’s choreographic work “These Hands” was performed by Karen Reedy Dance at the John F. Kennedy Performing Arts Center, Washington D.C., on April 18, 2011.
- Recent grad Krissy Jones has been awarded a scholarship to attend the Inaside Dance Summer Intensive in Chicago, July 2011.
- Dance faculty member Selene Carter recently presented a paper, “Experiencing Weight in Ballet and Line in Contact Improvisiation: A Somatic Dialogue” at the NDEO Dance Kinesiology Teacher Group Conference, Buffalo, NY.
- Alum Courtney Helena has been named Associate Artistic Director of the Tanglin Arts Studio in Singapore.
- Alum Jenna Blumenfeld has just accepted a job as Assistant Editor of the magazine Delicious Living in Boulder, CO.
- Faculty member Selene Carter is serving as a guest artist at the Fort Wayne Dance Collective in Fort Wayne, IN and also at the Hathaway Brown College Preparatory School for Girls in Cleveland, OH during summer, 2011.
- Dance majors Mary Baggett, Jayme Deeb, Melanie Griffin, Amanda Leemis and adjunct faculty Emma Shansky were all selected as models for Motionwear’s spring catalog.
- Recent grad Jordan Mazur has been accepted into the Missouri Contemporary Ballet, and begins her new position this fall.
- Senior dance major Melody Cutsinger has been accepted into Dance Jerusalem, and will attend the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance next fall, as well as Jacob’s Pillow’s Samba Program.
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Contacts
Questions concerning the dance
major and audition process may be directed to:
Elizabeth Shea, Director
IU Contemporary Dance Program1025 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
