"Sharing the Legacy"
Conference - April 2005

OUR SINCERE THANKS GO OUT TO ALL OF THE SCHOOLS, FACULTY, CHOREOGRAPHERS, RECONSTRUCTIONISTS, AND STUDENTS WHO PARTICIPATED IN OUR PRESENTATION OF SHARING THE LEGACY - 2004.

IT WAS A WONDERFUL LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR EVERYONE WHO ATTENDED THE PANEL DISCUSSIONS AND THE MASTER CLASSES WHICH WERE CONDUCTED BY LUMINARIES IN TODAY'S WORLD OF DANCE.

EACH CONFERENCE DAY ENDED WITH A SPECTACULAR CONCERT PERFORMANCE BY THE STUDENTS OF THE PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS - BEST WISHES TO EVERYONE.

Over 100 colleges and universities have expressed interest in the 2004 Sharing the Legacy conference. Seventeen colleges and universities are bringing more than 160 faculty and students to Hunter College. Two days of master classes, panel discussions and performances will address the challenges of preserving historically significant dance. Students will have the opportunity to perform 20th century dance masterworks at the Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College, learning about their dance heritage through direct participation. Sharing the Legacy has expanded to include two fully produced concerts, with students traveling from as far as Hawaii and Grenoble, France for the event.
The conference includes four master classes. In each class, a master teacher will introduce students to the legacy of a major legend of American 20th century dance. Lester Horton will be represented by Troy Powell, José Limón by Carla Maxwell, Bob Fosse by Bill Hastings and Alwin Nikolais by Murray Louis.
Additionally, Sharing the Legacy includes a presentation by the American Dance Legacy Institute, "New Dance Group Anthology" and a panel discussion entitled, "20th Century Dance in the 21st Century: Why Look Back?"
Our roster of panalists includes Joan Finkelstein, Denise Jefferson, Lourdes Lopez, Wendy Perron, and Gus Solomons Jr, with a keynote address by Deborah Jowitt. Our goal is to offer the future generation of dancers an opportunity to hear directly from those who have added so much to the legacy of dance.
Sharing the Legacy culminates in two gala concerts at the Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College. University and conservatory students will perform masterworks of 20th century dance, learning about dance history through direct participation. These are the programs for the April 2nd and April 3rd concerts (subject to change), along with the participating colleges and universities:

Friday, April 2, 2004 - 7:00 PM:

"Lazy Nautch" - Ruth St. Denis - Arizona State University
"Celebration" - Martha Graham - Barnard College
"Serenade" - George Balanchine - Barnard College
"Happy Endings Every Time" - Jack Cole - Brown University
"Tenant of the Street" - Eve Gentry - Brown University
"Deserts d'Amour" - Dominique Bagouet - University of Grenoble
"The Unsung" - José Limón - Long Island University
"Rooms Etude" - Anna Sokolow - University of Alabama
"Varshavianka" - Isadora Duncan - University of Alabama
"Heretic" - Martha Graham - University of Colorado
"Pahu Trilogy" - Maiki Aiu Lake - University of Hawaii
"Hexentanz" - Mary Wigman - University of Hawaii
"Pond" - Alwin Nikolais - Hunter College
"Line Up" - Trisha Brown - Hunter College
"Strange Fruit" - Pearl Primus - Hunter College

Saturday, April 3, 2004 - 7:00 PM:

"Primitive Mysteries" - Martha Graham - Boston Conservatory
"Ave Maria" and "Pizacatti" - Michio Ito - George Washington University
"Pond" - Alwin Nikolais - Hunter College
"Line Up" - Trisha Brown - Hunter College
"Partita V, op. 1 in G Major" - Doris Humphrey - Lamar University
"Bach Suite" - Murray Louis - Ohio University
"Music of Charles Ives" - Anna Sokolow - Slippery Rock University
"There is a Time" - José Limón - Temple University
"Mambo Magic" - Cuban Pete - U. of the Arts/Philadelphia
"Preludes" - Anna Sokolow - U. of CA/Santa Barbara
"Classic Kite Tails" - Erick Hawkins - University of Richmond
"Strange Fruit" - Pearl Primus - Hunter College