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Choreographer Julian Barnett will hold auditions for his Fall Repertory class. Monday, August 27, 2012 5:30-7:30pm South Studio. Contemporary Technique Level 3 (Tech 3) mandatory pre-requisite for eligibility to audition.
Contemporary and Ballet Technique Placement Auditions - required for all new and transfer students who wish to take Contemporary Technique 1/Ballet 1 or above. North Studio, Thomas Hunter Hall, Thursday, August 23rd, 2012 10:00am-12:30pm. Fundamentals (100) Level students do not need to audition.
Choreographer Julian Barnett will lead the Fall 2012 Repertory Class. "In the past few years Mr. Barnett has begun spooling out choreography, constructing elegant, spare works in which stillness and violence (emotional, but also of bucking spines and whiplash bodies) share equal, uneasy time." - New York Times Video of "The Clean Slate" Finalist in the Sadler's Wells Global Dance Contest: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hd_wwAaon7M Recent experiments: http://vimeo.com/user5937930
GUEST ARTIST MINI-RESIDENCY: ONYE OZUZU April 27-28 Friday April 27 Master Class in Tech 2 11:10-12:25 Lecture/Discussion 2-5pm Diversity as a bedrock for adaptation to impending change Location TBA Saturday April 28 Working Brunch 11am-2pm What does a Dance Program devoted to the idea of diversity look like and how do we get there? 7th Floor studio, Thomas Hunter Hall Onye Ozuzu is a dance administrator, performing artist, choreographer, educator and researcher currently in her first year as Chair of the Dance Department at Columbia College Chicago. Previous to this she was Associate Chair, Director of Dance in the Department of Theatre and Dance at the University of Colorado, Boulder. While there, her work was notable for its balance of visionary and practical progress in the arenas of curricular, artistic, and community development of diversity, collaboration and interdisciplinary performance arts. She herself has been actively making and performing work since 1997. Her work has been seen nationally and internationally at The Joyce Soho (Manhattan, NY), Kaay Fecc Festival Des Tous les Danses (Dakar, Senegal), La Festival del Caribe (Santiago, Cuba), Lisner Auditorium (Washington DC), McKenna Museum of African American Art (New Orleans, LA), as well as many anonymous site-specific locations around the world. She was a recipient of the Innovative Seed Grant, University of Colorado’s most prestigious research grant, for her ethnographic research project ADADIA African Drum and Dance in America: the Oral History Archive. She will be returning to EarthDance Workshop and Retreat Center and teaching at Bates Dance Festival where she continues to expand work as an AfroModern contemporary technique teacher and work on Technology of the Circle, a group improvisation and interdisciplinary performance process. Her most recent choreographic presentation, And They Lynched him on a Tree, a multidisciplinary collaborative effort, premiered in February 2011 at the ATLAS Black Box Theatre, in Boulder, CO: a center for the intersection of art, science and technology.
Hunter College has postponed the planned FALL 2012 launch of its new MFA/Dance degree program. Aiming to engage a diverse, talented and motivated student body destined to become leaders in the field, the 60-credit curriculum integrates the rigorous study of art making and performance with a diverse array of aesthetics, cultural perspectives, and pedagogy. The program will be built around core Hunter full-time and part-time faculty, prominent guest artists, strong and ongoing relationships with curators, theaters and other NYC resources. Cross-disciplinary and specialized interests are a significant feature of the program curriculum: our aim is to merge professional-level artistic practice with invigorating critical perspectives in a supportive and challenging community of artist/thinkers/educators prepared for the future of the field. For further information: http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/dance/mfa-dance-degree Jana Feinman, Director of Dance (212) 772-5012 jfeinman@hunter.cuny.edu David Capps, MFA Coordinator (212) 772-5014 dcapps@hunter.cuny.edu
Tuesday 12/6 7:30pm. Bessie Award winning choreographer Donna Uchizon will conduct the Spring Rep class. "Unafraid to provoke provocative questions, Donna Uchizono creates vivid dances characterized by striking visual imagery, layered fragility, emotional sublimity and bold, original gestures."
Congratulations to Anyeli Arias, Kirsten Davis, Jacqueline Molinari, and Angela Lianzo for their selection as representatives of the Hunter College Dance Program at the College Partnership Program's "In-Progress" Day at Dance New Amsterdam on Saturday October 29th. The event gathers dance programs from NYC, Long Island, New Jersey and Pennsylvania to look at student choreographed work and exchange feedback. The CPP is organized by Estelle Woodward Arnal and the In-Progress Day is moderated by Hunter Faculty member, Maura Nguyen Donohue.
Congratulations to Hunter Students Alexandra Amirov and Kristina Dobosz for their participation in faculty member, Maura Nguyen Donohue's latest premiere "I'm not coming back" at Danspace Project, Thu - Sat 10/13-10/15 at 8pm.
A representative from SAF (Student Activities Fund) will be here to conduct an informational session on the SAF grant. Every choreographer should apply for SAF funding to cover costume costs, etc. 9/14 Weds 1pm Middle Studio.
Congratulations to HC '10 alumn Tim Edwards for getting into the David Dorfman Dance Company. Tim will be touring with DDD's newest work "Prophets of Funk" this fall.
Celebrating the Alwin Nikolais Centennial at Hunter College.
Congratulations to Laura Schubert and Jessica Colotti for getting their duet "Fluffy Gina" into the "real world" as part of the Newsteps program at Chen Dance Center.
Hunter alumna joins Pilobolus Dance Company
West African Dance Open House, May 14 @ 4pm