Join the Dance Council! - Info Session
Friday, February 4
12:00-1:00
Lobby of the Sloan Performing Arts Center
Interested in becoming a student leader in the Program of Dance & Movement? Learn more about joining the Dance Council at this informal info session! More info below about how to apply.
West African Dance & Drum Workshop with Sansifanyi and Ma'Frisa
Saturday, February 5
1:00-5:00 pm
Spurrier Dance Studio
Come experience an introduction to West African dance, and complete one of your master class requirements early in the semester! No previous experience needed.
Film Showing with Smaïl Kanouté
Friday, February 11
2:00-3:30 EST
Spurrier Dance Studio
Never Twenty One, a short film co-directed with the ex-collective Racine, pays tribute to the young victims of gun violence in the United States who will never get to see the age of 21. The expression Never 21, born out of the Black Lives Matters movement, denounces the early deaths that plague the country and neighborhoods like the Bronx in particular. Based on real testimonies, the film has three dancers breathe life into the words of the victims and their families. The young dancer Smaïl Kanouté embodies different physical and musical energies to express his rage, mourn the loss of his loved ones, and evoke the vicious spiral he is locked into that pushes him to play with fire. He becomes the scar left by these lost lives, their memories and their words, engraved forever in the curse of the number 21. This film will be paired with two others by Kanouté, and will include a Zoom Talk Back with the artist.
SMAÏL KANOUTÉ
Born in 1986, Smaïl Kanouté is a French-Malian graphic designer, dancer, silkscreen artist, and graduate of ENSAD. He lives and works in Paris. Among many projects, he has worked in fashion with the designer Xuly Bet and performed with Raphaëlle Delauney, Radhouane El Meddeb and others. Kanouté created his own company Vivons, and has since created several performance pieces including Les Actes du Désert. In visual arts, he has frequently collaborated with the street and visual artist Philippe Baudelocque, and for Tino Sehgal’s major exhibition ‘These Associations’ at the Palais de Tokyo in 2016.
This event is being supported, in part, by the The French Cultural Services / Villa Albertine and the Office for Community Leadership in connection with DANC305 Dance and Interdependent Community.
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The UR student Dance Council is seeking new members for the term of March 2022 - May 2023!
The Dance Council acts as a liaison between the Program of Dance and Movement faculty and its students, serving to promote community within the campus, and beyond. By facilitating open-forum conversations, promoting student engagement with the Program, cultivating inter-group collaborations and fostering out-of-the-classroom dance experiences, we seek to foster a long-lasting impact on the University, and Rochester at large. Time commitment involves one meeting per week, plus planning and attending several events throughout the year.
Info Session with the current Dance Council: Friday, February 4 from noon-1:00 pm in the Sloan Performing Arts Center Lobby
To apply: please email the Dance Council faculty advisor Mariah Steele – mariah.steele@rochester.edu – with your answer to the following question in 250-500 words:
Why are you interested in joining the Dance Council and what would you bring to it?
Applications Due: Wednesday, February 16 by midnight
The faculty will read and decide on the applications by March 1
Questions? Please email mariah.steele@rochester.edu
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Did you know that if you ever have concerns about what happens in a dance class, there are many ways to report your concern or initiate a conversation?
Options include:
- You can email Missy Pfohl Smith, Director of the Program of Dance and Movement, to set up a conversation: m.p.smith@rochester.edu
- You can bring your concern to a member(s) of the student Dance Council and they will relay it to the faculty: urdancecouncil@gmail.com
- You can submit a Bias-Related Incident Report through the Paul J. Burgett International Center. The Burgett Center, along with the College Center for Advising Services and the Director of the Program of Dance and Movement, will be alerted to the concern and will follow-up. These reports will maintain confidentiality at the reporter's request; in other words, students can choose to be anonymous or not on these reports.
No issue is too small to mention - we want everyone to feel safe and respected during Program of Dance & Movement classes, activities and events!
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www.sas.rochester.edu/dan/
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