Announcements 4/10

Hello UR Dance Students!

Registration for Fall 2022 begins this week! Please don't hesitate to reach out to any of the faculty with questions about courses, or the Program's Peer Advisor, Catherine Ramsey.

And see below for a slew of exciting events coming up, and mark your calendars now to be sure to fit them in!

- The Dance Faculty

UPCOMING EVENTS

Panel Discussion: Navigating the Lines between Cultural Appreciation and Appropriation in University Dance Clubs
TODAY! Sunday, April 10
6:30-7:30 pm
Spurrier Dance Studio

This panel discussion is part of Dance Major Pari Adams' Capstone Project. The event includes a panel discussion with faculty members Mariah Steele, Dr. Solveiga Armoskaite, and Dr. Jessica Guzman-Rea and students Aleah Manning, Kathy Serna, Hayley McGowan, Kaleab Tefara and Bethany Beru with performances by Rochester Bhangra and Sihir Bellydance Ensemble.

Walifanyi Tide - performance by Sansifanyi West African Dance and Drum Ensemble
Saturday, April 23
6:00 pm
Spurrier Dance Studio

Come join Sansifanyi for an evening of performances from UR's very own West African Dance & Drum Ensemble!

UR Remnants

Sunday, April 24 @ 4pm

Outdoor performance

Meet Across from Chapel (Rain location Spurrier Dance Studio)

Weaving dance, music, photography, visual art, and storytelling, the piece unveils the human and ecological memories of the site the University of Rochester sits on — from the indigenous beginnings through current times. REMNANTS is designed as an immersive walking art installation involving multiple modalities. The audience is invited to join in moving through the natural spaces of the performance.

Art and attention — or — how to turn down the volume of your brain’s default mode network - Workshop with Greg Woodsbie

Monday 4/25 @ 9am

Todd Union Dance Studio

This workshop will guide participants through explorations of the questions “How are we as audience members actually the co-creators of any work we are present for?”, and, “How and why does art make us less neurotic and more available for others?”

Projection on Wilson

Monday 4/25 after dark! Turn your focus up as you walk by!

Got oxygen?

Tuesday 4/26 @ 9:40 Workshop with Trish Corcoran

Outdoor walk — Meet outside Sloan Performing Arts Center

Got oxygen? Thank a tree, for that and so much more! Walk along the river and meet your neighbors (trees and plants). Learn about their community and consider what we take for granted, but should be grateful for.

Crafting Truth Through Art

Tuesday 4/26 @ 12:30pm Workshop with Andrea A. Gluckman

Spurrier Dance Studio

The traditional role of photography has largely been to document events, places, and people, but how can photography be used to help tell the hidden stories of history? How can technique, composition, and post production work be combined to create images to accompany hidden histories of communities left out of official/traditional historic narratives? How can images be created to capture a moment unseen by the photographer? Photography offers one artistic entry point to experience the oral narratives and people's histories, but how can other art forms perform similar functions in allowing people to experience hidden histories? How can art serve the cause of justice? Photographer Andrea Gluckman will share stories and photographs, while welcoming a discussion from the group as to how each individual's artistic offerings can offer portals to wider empathy.

The Good Mind

Film Showing + Discussion

Tuesday 4/26 5-7pm

Gowen Room

Post Film Panel with: Solveiga Armoskaite, Brianna Theobald, Thomas Gibson, Blair Tinker, Stella Wang

The documentary centers on the Haudenosaunee, the Onondaga Nation near Syracuse in particular.The film’s journey reveals the Onondaga Nation’s tireless environmental advocacy, and their legal battle with the U.S. over ancestral land taken by New York State in violation of a 1794 treaty with George Washington. Motivated by ancient prophecies, the Nation seeks environmental stewardship of their sacred land and waters, which have suffered vast degradation by industrial resource extraction and pollution.

Alleghany River Dancers

Wednesday 4/27 @ 5:30pm

Wilson Quad (Rain location: May Room)

The Alleghany River Indian Dancers are a Native American dance group that showcases the traditional songs and dances of the Iroquois. The general performances incorporate many aspects of Native American culture. The Seneca language and culture pertaining to the origin of the songs and dances are shared in the program narratives. All performers wear traditional Native American regalia. All the music is performed live. The show is as educational as it is entertaining. Some of the highlights of the show include the Iroquois Smoke dance, a very fast contest dance. The Hoop dance is also featured. The hoopdancer uses hoops to make various designs and shapes to represent birds, animals and themes from nature in this beautiful story telling dance.

PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITY

Rose is looking for more students to perform in her "UR Remnants" outdoor performance on Sunday, April 24! See event listing above for info about the show. Remaining rehearsals include:

Wednesday 4/13 5:00-7:00

Wednesday 4/20 5:00-7:00

Friday 4/22 TBD

Sat 4/23 TBD

Sunday 4/24 Call @ 1:00 pm, Show 4-6pm

Rehearsal times for 4/22 and 4/23 will be decided upon with the cast because it is a busy weekend.

Contact Rose - rose.beauchamp@rochester.edu - if you are interested!

SUMMER COURSES

Summer Session 2022
DANC 114: Introduction to Yoga - 2 credits
Instructor: Missy Pfohl Smith
MTWR 9:30-10:45 am
May 16-June 10, 2022

Yoga is defined as “union,” the uniting together of ourselves in all aspects: body, mind, heart and spirit. This class introduces the student to a hatha yoga method which integrates a dynamic and engaging approach to living through practicing “on and off the mat.” The goal of this class is to learn how to create a deeper, more enlivened relationship to one’s self through honoring one’s abilities and limitations, while growing one’s skills and sensitivity in the supportive environment of the class community. Students will engage with principles of attitude, alignment and action in a full range of hatha yoga poses, breathing techniques, readings on yoga philosophy, reflective practices and discussion. Through this ongoing process, students of yoga are encouraged to cultivate a more expansive and clear perception of self and others.

This course will be offered online.

Questions? Email m.p.smith@rochester.edu

SUMMER CONFERENCE OPPORTUNITY

8th Annual Evans/Williams
SOMATIC DANCE CONFERENCE & PERFORMANCE FESTIVAL
July 6th - 10th, 2022
Hobart & William Smith Colleges
Geneva, New York
Co-Directors: Bill Evans (founder) and Cynthia J. Williams (coordinator)
"Embodying Joy: Empowering Students and Ourselves with Somatic Knowledge"

The University of Rochester Program of Dance and Movement is offering full scholarships to dance majors and minors who wish to attend and fully participate in the Somatic Dance Conference and Performance Festival. This is a remarkable opportunity to immerse yourself in movement sessions, lectures, films and performances based in somatic practices.

     To apply for a scholarship, please submit a statement of 150-250 words describing what participation in the gathering would mean to you. Email your application to billevansdance@gmail.com, subject line: SDC Scholarship Request

Application Deadline: April 15, 2002.

Scholarships will be awarded by May 1. Housing and meals will be available for purchase at Hobart and William Smith Colleges.

Conference Description:

   The 8th Annual Evans/Williams Somatic Dance Conference & Performance Festival will begin with a dance concert on the evening of Wednesday, July 6. It will include three full days of presentations by established and emerging artists and scholars who anchor their work in somatic theory and practice. There will be two more concerts, including the closing event on the evening of Saturday, July 9. On the morning of Sunday, July 10, participants will check-out of campus housing and depart. Keynote presenters will be Peter DiMuro (Artistic Director of the Dance Complex in Cambridge, MA), Andrea Olsen (Professor Emerita of Dance at Middlebury College and author of Bodystories: A Guide to Experiential Anatomy) and Onye P. Ozuzu (Dean of the College of the Arts at University of Florida).

SUMMER FUNDING

The Greene Center is offering funding for summer training programs for performing arts, visual arts or writing that focus on the production, creation, and improvement of arts-specific skills. This includes funding for you to attend Festivals, Summer Intensives, Workshops, Academies or Institutes, Residency or Studio Programs.

Not sure what a dance summer intensive or festival is like?
Check out two that the faculty highly recommend:
The Bates Dance Festival in Lewiston, Maine
The American Dance Festival in Durham, North Carolina

** In past years, graduating seniors were not eligible for this funding, but that may change this year! Our contact suggested that interested graduating seniors send in an application, which will start the conversation on their end.

Apply by April 11.
https://careereducation.rochester.edu/experiences/creative-experiential-learning-funding/

DECLARING A MAJOR?

Are you thinking of declaring a Major in Dance this semester?

If so, please contact Missy so she can check in with you!
m.p.smith@rochester.edu

Dance Studies Majors: note that DANC 260 - what was once called "Seed Seminar" - has been renamed "Interdisciplinary Dance Studies" for next semester. We recommend taking this course in your Junior year.

LOST & FOUND ITEMS

See photo below for some lost items that have been found.

Contact Rose if you recognize either of these pieces of clothing: rose.beauchamp@rochester.edu.

DID YOU KNOW?

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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