2008 Woodie Awards
Footsteps develop into unity of dances
ENSEMBLE: Dance concert culminated in its semestral performance from May 6-8.
By: Dean Turner
Issue date: 5/12/05 Section: Arts
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From the classroom to the stage, Concert Dance Ensemble takes students through the process of producing a dance show in a short, intensive nine-week period.
"Concert Dance Ensemble is a beginning and intermediate production class that happens every spring," director Bernice Boseman said.
In the fall, "Oui, Geometer" was put on by the advanced theater dance class, Boseman said.
The name "Oui, Geometer" originates from a 20-year-old club. It means that they are about angles, shapes and sizes, Boseman said.
"In a nutshell, Concert Dance Ensemble gives students the experience of auditioning, learning a dance from a choreographer, rehearsing the dance and then presenting it on stage," Boseman said.
More students perform in the spring production of Concert Dance Ensemble because they have developed their technique through their fall dance classes.
"In the fall production of Concert Dance Ensemble, there are fewer students and more guest artists and faculty working in smaller groups," choreographer Daniel Berney said.
Boseman hopes to do more dances requiring male and female dance partners.
"We are looking for some strong male dancers because we would like to start doing partnering work so that we can have lifts and things," Boseman said.
A lift involves a male dancer lifting a female dancer into the air as part of the performance.
Spring 2005's production took place May 6-8 and was titled "Footsteps: Songs of the Beatles."
It was a series of prerecorded songs danced through various genres, including Latin, hip hop, modern dance, jazz, Middle Eastern and African styles.
The production is a concert dance ensemble, which is a series of planned performances organized around individual songs interpreted through the performances of a group of dancers.
"You have nine weeks to audition and put on a show; it's a pressure cooker," Boseman said.
Nine weeks is a short period of time for the artistic and physical productions necessary to create a concert dance ensemble.
"Concert Dance Ensemble is a beginning and intermediate production class that happens every spring," director Bernice Boseman said.
In the fall, "Oui, Geometer" was put on by the advanced theater dance class, Boseman said.
The name "Oui, Geometer" originates from a 20-year-old club. It means that they are about angles, shapes and sizes, Boseman said.
"In a nutshell, Concert Dance Ensemble gives students the experience of auditioning, learning a dance from a choreographer, rehearsing the dance and then presenting it on stage," Boseman said.
More students perform in the spring production of Concert Dance Ensemble because they have developed their technique through their fall dance classes.
"In the fall production of Concert Dance Ensemble, there are fewer students and more guest artists and faculty working in smaller groups," choreographer Daniel Berney said.
Boseman hopes to do more dances requiring male and female dance partners.
"We are looking for some strong male dancers because we would like to start doing partnering work so that we can have lifts and things," Boseman said.
A lift involves a male dancer lifting a female dancer into the air as part of the performance.
Spring 2005's production took place May 6-8 and was titled "Footsteps: Songs of the Beatles."
It was a series of prerecorded songs danced through various genres, including Latin, hip hop, modern dance, jazz, Middle Eastern and African styles.
The production is a concert dance ensemble, which is a series of planned performances organized around individual songs interpreted through the performances of a group of dancers.
"You have nine weeks to audition and put on a show; it's a pressure cooker," Boseman said.
Nine weeks is a short period of time for the artistic and physical productions necessary to create a concert dance ensemble.