Boundary House : this shifting ground... at the EMMA lab!

Just a reminder to all those who want to come and see the performance being presented at the EMMA lab during the week of the festival. The space is small and intimate, so reservations are recommended to secure a seat.

The email to reserve seats is seniordancefest@gmail.com. All you have to do is say what show you would like to attend and how many people will be in your party!

There are shows at 6 and 8pm on Friday the 16th and 1 and 3pm on Sunday the 18th.

Also make sure to check out the other great work being presented next week in the schedule below!
Thanks and hope to see you there!

Schedule of Events

Wednesday, April 14
Sullivant Hall, 2nd Floor (former library space)
7:30pm; Pre-show performance with The Performance Improvisation Ensemble (PIE). Projects by: Rebecca Cash and Katie Vickers.

Sullivant Hall, Lobby
7:30pm; Pre-show exhibition. Projects by: Christianne Beffel, Laura Bunner, Kim Koerner and Elizabeth McClellan.

Sullivant Hall Theater
8:00pm; Dance performance Sharing Perspective: Dance in Different Cultures, Communities and Bodies. Projects by: Alex Bowden; Marissa Guthrie, Danielle Meier; Cecilia Petursson

Thursday, April 15

Sullivant Hall, 2nd Floor (former library space)
7:30pm; Pre-show performance with The Performance Improvisation Ensemble (PIE). Projects by: Rebecca Cash and Katie Vickers.

Sullivant Hall Theater
8:00pm; Dance performance "Rauchverbot" and "A Keeping Room." Projects by: Victoria DeRenzo, Katie Stehura; Caitlin Ewing, Sarah Gibbons and Kelly Onder.

Friday, April 16
EMMA Lab at ACCAD
6:00 & 8:00pm; Dance performance. Projects by: Katy Gilmore, Bernice Lee and Leigh Lotocki.

Saturday , April 17
Sullivant Hall, Lobby
1:30pm; Pre-show exhibition. Projects by: Christianne Beffel, Laura Bunner, Kim Koerner and Elizabeth McClellan.
Sullivant Hall Theater
2:00pm; Dance performance Sharing Perspective: Dance in Different Cultures, Communities and Bodies. Projects by: Alex Bowden; Marissa Guthrie, Danielle Meier; Cecilia Petursson and Lauren Smith.

Sullivant Hall, 2nd Floor (former library space)
7:30pm; Pre-show performance with The Performance Improvisation Ensemble (PIE). Projects by: Rebecca Cash and Katie Vickers.

Sullivant Hall Theater
8:00pm; "Rauchverbot" and "A Keeping Room."
Projects by: Victoria DeRenzo, Katie Stehura; Caitlin Ewing,
Sarah Gibbons and Kelly Onder.

Sullivant Hall, 2nd Floor (15th Avenue rotunda)
9:00pm; Reception.

Sunday, April 18
EMMA Lab at ACCAD
1:00 & 3:00pm; Dance performance. Projects by: Katy Gilmore, Bernice Lee and Leigh Lotocki.

P.I.E. Rehearsals Footage

http://blip.tv/file/3347824/

Alex Bowden's Senior Dance Project in the Works!!- Here's a Snippet of What I'm Doing :)

Ok so I have been working vigorously to pull this project together but there are so many components and a lot of loose ends!! I am trying to organize the music, costumes, transportation, tickets, etc. for all of my ARC dancers, rehearse a new solo, get together interviews and video footage for my video documentation process, and rehearse this duet...not to mention having to go to the gym every day to make sure I can even DO the duet! Neeedless to say, I'm going into Spring Break pretty nervous as to how and if everything will come together in time... Here is one portion of my project, a duet with Vicki Derenzo, choreographed by Adriana Durant. It is BY FAR the hardest piece I have ever done because it's an extreme challenge to both Vicki's and my own stamina/physicality. In its full length I believe it is about 5-6 min straight of full-out "balls-to-the-walls" hardcore dancing (for lack of better terms!). At this point, we get about a quarter of the way through and are already dying...check out the clips and see what we're working on! Hopefully we can work up the stamina and bring the physicality by performance time!!! :)

Hey Everyone!

This is a little sample from my project. Last summer while I was in Australia, I had interviews with Australian dancers and professors from the Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia, the university I studied abroad at in the Fall of 2008. My research is comparing their university dance program with OSU's dance program. I hope to find out how these two different programs in two different countries half way across the world value dance at the university level. Right now I'm in the process of interviewing OSU faculty and students. Then I will compile all the footage in a longer video exploring the thoughts, opinions, and feelings of people involved with dance in their unique university setting. This clip is the response I got from Australian dancers and professors when I asked them what dance meant to them.

Cheers!
Cecilia

Vicki and Stu Update : )

Hey guys!

We thought we'd explain a little bit about our project and show you a preview of some of our movement vocabulary. (This is Vicki DeRenzo and Katie Stehura (Stu) by the way.) For two summers now, we've studied in Vienna at the International Dance Festival. Impulstanz. We've had some very influential teachers: Rasmus Olme, Damien Jalet, Gavin Webber, Bruno Caverna, and David Zambrano to name a few...their practices were ridic! rigorous, physical, athletic etc.-- then as part of the festival, there are many performances available to see, and we found there was a general interest in a very different aesthetic then the studio practice... an interest in minimal movement, performance art, use of prop and scenery etc. We then realized what it was we were interested in investigating for our senior project... How does one transfer the athleticism and rigor of European training to choreography with a strong artistic point of view/ vision/ intent... can athletic movement be artistic?... does the way in which you begin creating affect the answer to this question...

SO-

-We commissioned Akos Hargitay, European choreographer to set a duet on us while in Vienna

-We created a class from our European experience and taught it to dancers in a new work we'd be creating

-We're working on a piece with our questions in mind

Our product will be (as of right now):

-An excerpt of the duet set on us in Vienna

-A brief documentary addressing our questions, process, and Akos' pov (our choreographer)

-Our piece with dancers: Melanie Gallo, Theresa Elwell, Amanda Platt, Daniel Holt, Katie Stehura, Vicki DeRenzo

(our project is sharing an evening performance with Caitlin Ewing , Sarah Gibbons, and Kelly Onder)

The clip we're showing is super brief and rough, but it is an excerpt of our movement vocabulary... dancers: Theresa and Amanda

Hope you enjoy! : )

video for fun

My dancers and I just had our first rehearsal at ACCAD this weekend! Here's a video of what we're working on lately. Very rough material!!



-Leigh