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PERFORMANCES

 

February 12    CONCORA in Love, with AllongÉ Dance Variations dancers

4:00pm
South Church, 90 Main Street, New Britain

Conducted by Richard Coffey, a delicious tasting of love-themed texts and settings, from Song of Solomon to the latest of American composers: motets, madrigals, and choral dances. As an extra visual treat, you’ll enjoy special guest dancers Andrew Matte and Carolyn Cumming from Allongé Dance Variations, who will add beautiful romantic dances to complement CONCORA’s voices. A chocolate-laced reception follows. Snow date: Monday, February 13 at 7:30pm

Tickets: $45 preferred seating, $25 general admission, $10 students
Call 860-293-0567 or order online at www.concora.org

 

February 17-18    The Hartt School of the University of Hartford's Annual Collage Concert
 

7:30pm
Lincoln Theater
University of Hartford’s West Hartford campus
200 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford

A unique opportunity to experience the full range of performing arts disciplines in one evening, the Collage Concert features students from all of Hartt’s performing Divisions.
This year’s sampling of music includes excerpts from the Messa Da Requiem by Giuseppe Verdi; España by Chabrier; Short Ride in a Fast Machine by John Adams; and a solo performance by Hartt violin faculty member Anton Miller performing Bach, C Major, Largo, Solo. Collage also features excerpts from the Hartt Theatre Division’s sumptuous fall production of Sondheim’s spectacular musical, Sunday in the Park with George. In addition, Theatre students perform excerpts from Shakespeare’s classic Hamlet. Dance Division students perform a variety of repertoire including “Sarabande” from Martha Graham’s 1946 masterwork Dark Meadow.

Tickets (general admission) are free but required and early reservations are recommended. Tickets may be obtained in person at the University of Hartford Box Office in Lincoln Theater, or by calling the Box Office at 860-768-4228 or 800-274-8587.

Photo credit: John Long   Pictured: Sheila Huggins

 

 

march 9-10, APRIL 27-29    THE HARTT SCHOOL DANCE events

Lincoln Theater, University of Hartford

200 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford

 

Hartt’s fall main stage concert, Hartt Dances, features a new adaptation of Martha Graham’s 1946 masterwork Dark Meadow created especially for The Hartt School and coached by Peggy Lyman-Hayes, former principal dancer with the Martha Graham Company and founding director of The Hartt School’s Dance Division, and Miki Orihara, current principal dancer with the Martha Graham Dance Company. Dark Meadow features live music by Carlos Chavez arranged by Hartt composition student James Stewart and played by Hartt’s Performance 20/20 Honors Chamber Music Ensemble. Original sets by Japanese-American sculptor Isamu Noguchi, a frequent collaborator of Martha Graham's, were brought to the University of Hartford campus for this performance.

March 9 & 10, 2012 - The spring Senior Dance Concert also features the choreography of graduating seniors and their performances of works set on them by professional choreographers from around the nation. This concert is presented on Friday, March 9, at 7:30pm, and Saturday, March 10, at 2:00pm and 7:30pm. Performances are in The Edward C. and Ann T. Roberts Foundation Theater at the Mort and Irma Handel Performing Arts Center, 35 Westbourne Parkway, Hartford.

April 27-29, 2012 - The spring main stage dance concert, Hartt Dances, takes place on Friday, April 27, and Saturday, April 28, at 7:30pm, and Sunday, April 29, at 3:00pm, and performances are in Lincoln Theater, University of Hartford, 200 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford.

Admission to each performance is $20 with discounts for seniors, students, and groups. Tickets are available 6 weeks prior to each show. Please call the University Box Office at 860-768-4228 or 800-274-8587 or visit www.hartford.edu/hartt for tickets and up-to-date scheduling information for all performances.

Photo by: John Long. Pictured: Current Hartt Dance Students Sean Hatch and Annastasia

 

 

March 23-24    Elm City Dance Collective's Rebound Dance Festival

Rebound Dance Jam

Friday, March 23rd, 2012 at 8pm
Center for the Arts at Christ Church, 84 Broadway, New Haven, CT

Join us for this dynamic evening of movement that will kick off the Rebound Dance Festival! The jam will start with a group warm up and will be a fun and safe environment and welcomes movers of all levels in the dance community and all Rebound performers. Contact Dance Jam facilitated by ECDC.

Suggested donation $10.

Contemporary Dance Master classes

Saturday, March 24th, 2012 from 9-10:30/10:30-12:00am
Center for the Arts at Christ Church, 84 Broadway, New Haven, CT

ECDC will be hosting two master classes taught by guest artists as part of the Rebound Dance Festival. This will be an invigorating and challenging morning. Join us for one class or for both! These classes are open for all Rebound dance performers and the dance community.

$15 single or $25 for both.


REBOUND DANCE FESTIVAL presented by ECDC

Friday, March 23 – Contact Jam, 8pm

Saturday, March 24 – Master classes, 9-10:30am and 10:30-12pm
Saturday, March 24th, 2012 at 7:30pm
Educational Center for the Arts, 55 Audubon Street, New Haven, CT

Elm City Dance Collective will host Rebound Dance Festival in New Haven, CT. Rebound showcases the unique work of local, regional, and national dance artists and students and provides an accessible venue for professional dance artists to show work, connect with each other and bring interesting movement art to a wide community audience. Join us for the show and the other events that are happening as part of the Rebound Dance Festival:

$20 at the door, $15 students, seniors, groups of 10+, $10 high school students

For more information: www.elmcitydance.org

Elm City Dance Collective is a New Haven based organization that values an experiential and collaborative approach to dance creation, education and performance. ECDC works to challenge ideas about movement and reinvent the performance experience.

 

 

AUDITIONS

 

January 15 - February 26    The Hartt Community Division Dance From Studio to Stage: Auditions
 

Audition dates listed below. Registration begins one half hour prior to all audition times. No pre-registration required.

 

Students who wish to audition should bring with them:
Three Photos: a Head Shot, one in First Arabesque and one in Tendu A La Second
Audition Form: Please fill in the form and then print it.
$25 Audition Fee: (cash, check or money order payable to University of Hartford)
Dress Code: pink tights, solid colored leotard, ballet shoes and bring pointe shoes if applicable, hair neatly styled in a bun
 

From Studio to Stage strongly encourages all students to audition in person. However, we do accept digital auditions if there are circumstances which prevent you from attending one of our audition locations. There is a $30 DVD audition fee. We accept check (payable to University of Hartford) or money order.

The DVD must be recorded between October 1, 2011 and February 17, 2012 to be eligible for submission. Please mark the DVD with the creation date on it. We must receive this DVD by Saturday, March 3, 2012, however the sooner we receive it, the sooner the results will be processed. The DVD should be in a format viewable on American DVD players. Other formats cannot be viewed and therefore cannot be evaluated.

DVD Auditions: Guidelines for Submission

Ladies' Attire: Solid colored leotard, pink tights (no skirt), shoes (ballet and/or pointe)
Men's Attire: Black tights, white t-shirt or leotard top, ballet shoes
DVD should include the following:
Complete barre (one side only)
Center floor work including: adagio, pirouette combination, petit allegro, grand allegro, Pointe work-if applicable, echappés, relevés in arabesque, pirouettes en pointe, diagonal turning combination
The video should not exceed 15 minutes in length.
Completed audition form
$30 fee
Full-length dance photo in first arabesque
DVD format will be accepted (not returnable)
Deadline: Must be submitted by March 25, 2012, to be considered for a scholarship. We will continue to accept DVDS after March 25 however student acceptance will be on a space available basis.

Send all materials to:
From Studio to Stage
HCD Dance Department
35 Westbourne Parkway
Hartford, CT 06112

Audition Dates: Registration is 30 minutes prior to the audition.
 

January 15, 3:30pm
Joffrey Ballet School, 434 Avenue of the Americas, 5th Floor: Studio 6, New York, NY 10011

January 15, 3:30pm
The Hartt School Community Division Dance Department, Handel Performing Arts Center, 35 Westbourne Parkway, Hartford, CT 06112

January 29, 2:00pm
Shreveport Dance Academy, 2537 East 70th Street, Shreveport, LA 71105 shreveportdanceacademy.com

February 12, 2:00pm
Boca Ballet Theatre, 7630 NW 6th Avenue, Boca Raton, FL 33487

February 26, 2:00pm
The Hartt School Community Division Dance Department, Handel Performing Arts Center, 35 Westbourne Parkway, Hartford, CT 06112  860-768-6000

For more information, contact the Hartt Community Division office at 860-768-6000 ordancedesk@hartford.edu.

 

 

 

CLASSES/PROGRAMS
 

February 4-5 & 11-12    Connecticut Ballet presents a special BOURNONVILLE WORKSHOP
 

Learn about this unique balletic style from master teacher KARINA ELVER from Royal Danish Ballet.

Open to int/advanced ballet students and professional instructors and dancers alike...

Two consecutive weekends - four intensive days
February 4-5 & 11-12 – Noon-5pm

• Daily Bournonville technique class
• Daily Mime for the Ballet class
• Daily Bournonville repertory class

Open to intermediate/advanced students, professional instructors and dancers.
Tuition: $250 (Professional instructor/Professional dancer rate: $200)
Checks payable to ‘CBC.’
Register in person at CBC, 20 Acosta Street, Stamford, or call Lisa Monte, School Manager, 203-978-0771.

 

 

February 24    Dance Workshop with Karla Garcia

4:30-6:30pm
Glastonbury Healthtrax Fitness & Wellness
622 Hebron Ave, Glastonbury CT

Featured Dancer in The Addams Family Broadway Tour, Karla was one of the top 7 female dancers So You Think You Can Dance Season 5, as well as a member of Boogie Bots (America's Best Dance Crew Season 2). Karla has danced in the Wicked National Tour, Radio City Christmas Spectacular, and on Broadway in West Side Story and Hot Feet. She has danced with Jordin Sparks on VH1's Divas Live, appeared on The Comedy Awards dancing for Akon and The Lonely Island. Featured in a variety of Fitness infomercials she has performed in works by todays TOP Choreographers including Mia Michaels, Dwight Rhoden, Stacey Tookey, Ray Leeper, Marguerite Derricks, and Nappytabs.to just name a few!

Broadway Connection offers a unique opportunity for local dance students to take class from a current Broadway performer, without having to travel to New York. Join us on February 24th and you will come away inspired to reach your dreams from working with Broadway’s best!

$26.58 per participant (includes tax) - by Monday February, 20th
$31.90 per participant (includes tax) After February 20th

To enroll, call Healthtrax at 860-652-7066.
 

 

July 1 - July 28    HARTT COMMUNITY DIVISION OFFERS UNIQUE BALLET PERFORMANCE PROGRAM, FROM STUDIO TO STAGE

New Summer Intensive for Pre-Professional Dancers Ages 10 to 15

The Hartt School Community Division welcomes world-renowned Artistic Director Bruce Marks for a new intensive summer dance training program, From Studio to Stage, July 1 through 28, 2012, at The Hartt School’s state-of-the-art facilities at the Mort and Irma Handel Performing Arts Center in Hartford, CT. This unique intensive pre-professional ballet performance program is designed to provide the artistic training and technical foundation necessary for a young dancer to take command of the stage. The program also provides essential performance experience to prepare young dancers for today’s dance world. Room and board and a limited number of scholarships are available.

Lead by Mr. Marks, the From Studio to Stage curriculum offers students ages 10 to 15 technique classes, Cuban body conditioning, performance technique classes, rehearsals, and coaching sessions that address the daily challenges of a professional dancer.

Each participant will:
· Have a chance to be coached in a classical variation by Artistic Director Bruce Marks;
· Work with Vicente Hernandez of the Cuban National Ballet School, founder of “Preparacion Fisica,” to increase turn-out, extension, strength, stamina, and build his/her body into a strong, healthy instrument;
· Build confidence for the stage; and
· Strengthen and connect the physical and artistic aspects of his/her art form.

 

Auditions for From Studio to Stage take place in Hartford, CT; New York, NY; Boca Raton, FL; Shreveport, LA; and Columbus, OH, on selected dates in January and February. For complete audition and program information, including fees and scholarship opportunities, visit www.hcd.hartford.edu, or contact the Community Division Dance Department at 860-768-6000 or via e-mail at dancedesk@hartford.edu.

 

D.A.N.C.E. by Kristin
 

109B Main Street

(behind Carol & Company)
Collinsville, CT 06019

Zumba®
Every Wednesday, 7:15pm-8:15pm
Every Saturday, 10:00am-11:00am

Birthday Parties
Welcome to the world of stress free birthday party planning! You tell us how much planning you want to do; we take care of the rest. Need an idea? We are here to help! Birthday parties will be held at the studio with D.A.N.C.E. by Kristin staff, so that you can enjoy your child's birthday (or your own!!!).

Please contact Kristin Vilardi at dancebykristin@att.net or 860-977-1577 if you have any questions or would like to register for a summer class. www.dancebykristin.com

 

ARGENTINEAN TANGO DANCE INSTRUCTION
 

Elmwood Community Center
1106 New Britain Ave.

West Hartford, CT 06110

BEGINNER LEVEL: 7:00 – 7:45 pm
Discover exercises that are relevant to your dancing and that you can apply to your dance vocabulary.

Develop / interpret non-verbal cues that allow you and your dance partner to move together as one, skillfully on the floor.

Enjoy exploring togetherness with the music and pleasure learning to Tango.

INTERMEDIATE: 7:45 pm – 8:30 pm
Develop your tango dance skills further to the next level.
Alternate leader and follow roles and rotate dance partners.
Practice exercises relevant to dancing and apply them to a variety of linear and circular Tango dancing vocabulary with multiple partners.

Along with your partners, get acquainted with new and exciting figures that will help you to interpret the music and render its sounds as part of your drawing made out of joint motions and emotions on the floor. No partner required!!

PRICES: 5 lessons
Senior Member $60
Non Member $66

EMAIL REGISTRATION: Registration by email oped@prodigy.net and in person 15 minutes before class.
 

Make up lesson to be agreed with instructor
Soft sole footwear
 

Bringing Romance and Passion to your Life!!!

FURTHER INFORMATION
Dance World - Tango Mundo Organization
860-922-1420 - 413-585-9695 - 617-308-7370
oped@prodigy.net   oped2@verizon.net
www.tango-mundo.org   www.opeddanceworld.org

Bringing Romance and Passion to your Life!!!

 

 

Performance Dance™ adult beginning intermediate ballet CLASSES
 

Ongoing Adult Beginning Intermediate classes: Tuesday @ 10:30am at The Ballet School of Stamford (balletschoolofstamford.org) and Saturday @ 5:00pm at the Greenwich Arts Council (greenwicharts.org/index.asp).

Classes are taught by industry veteran Nancy Schwartz who has danced professionally in national ballet and modern dance companies for the past thirty years. Classes are musically based, combined with stretch and strength exercises for the adult. Classes are fun and educational, and welcome a large span in ages and varying degrees of training. Nancy continues her studies in New York City, and Connecticut. A long strength building barre of one hour is followed by well-rounded slow to quick movements in the center.

“Ballet for the Adult? Why Not! It’s the best exercise for the WHOLE body. In an age of constant self examination…what can we do to improve ourselves? What is a proven mind and fitness system that will nourish and build health, and provide hours of fun and engaging study... The answer amazingly is Adult Ballet. There are so many wonderful benefits to ballet class work. Adult ballet is proven as an anti-aging activity: it increases brain cell growth, improves overall health, reduces stress and builds your social network”, says Nancy Schwartz.

Please contact, dance@performancedance.com or 203-855-1118 or www.performancedance.com.

 

 

Elm City Dance Collective Classes
 

All programs will be held at the Center for the Arts at Christ Church, 84 Broadway, New Haven

 

ECDC Weekly Technique Class Series

Thursdays, 6-7:30pm
$15 Adult $12 Student ($120 10-class card)

Contemporary Technique with Kellie Lynch
The momentum of this class will enhance your movement experience as we build from the floor up to eventually establish a class rhythm and flow. We will move three-dimensionally through space concentrating on weight, initiation, articulation, and specificity. For those dancers who are new to inversion work, remain open and it will become more natural as we build our strength and learn upside down techniques.

 

For more information, upcoming performances and classes, please go to elmcitydance@gmail.com. Elm City Dance Collective is a New Haven based organization that values an experiential and collaborative approach to dance creation, education and performance.ECDC works to challenge ideas about movement and to reinvent the performance experience.

 

Chapeau Rouge

Dance Project ClassES

Chapeau Rouge Dance Project classes are designed for adults with some prior training or dance background whose passion for dance has not fizzled, but have been unable to find a fulfilling class with their peers. CRDP classes fill the place in your soul that cannot be found in the gym, on the treadmill or in an aerobics class. Our classes will give you a great workout as you rekindle your love of dance.

Where:
Circle of Life - Arts for All
East Hartford Community Cultural Center
50 Chapman Place
East Hartford, CT

When:
Monday evenings   6:00 - 7:30pm
Wednesday evenings   6:00 - 7:30pm
Saturdays (2nd & 4th Sat.)  10:30am - 12:00pm

Contact 860-683-2121, crdanceproject@yahoo.com, or  visit our website at  www.chapeaurougedance.com
 

Bellydance Classes
 

Chi Dancentre
44 Main St., 3rd Fl., Westport, CT
 

Sundays 12:30-1:30pm (ongoing)

For beginners through advanced students. The goal of this class is to increase stamina and refine technique. Tava has 10 years experience with this beautiful art form and 200 students of all ages and body types. First class is free. $20 per class (discount packages available). For additional classes and information, go to www.BellydancebyTava.com.

 

 

 

Belly dance connecticut

Instruction and performance.
Private and group classes.
For fitness and as an art form.

Always looking for all type of dancers to join our dance team. We perform all over CT.
malexah@gmail.com  203-565-7867 www.Malexah.com

 

The Hartt School Community Division

Dance Class Schedules available online for adults and children at The Hartt School Community Division. Please visit www.hartford.edu/hartt/community.



NEW RESOURCES FOR EDUCATORS


DANCING IN YOUR SCHOOL

A Guide for Preschool and Elementary School Teachers

 

More than 70 dance activities in this handbook give educators the tools to use dance in their classrooms, gyms, and playgrounds. Combining theory with practice, an introduction to the history of dance education and to dance terminology provide the foundation for the lesson plans and activities tailored for physical education, kinesthetic learning, and arts education. Each lesson plan and activity can be customized to fit into any curriculum. Includes appendices on equipment and dance-education networking resources. A specialized list categorizes age-appropriate dance activities, sample lesson plans and group dances. Author: Anne Dunkin. For detailed information and order form, click here.

 

SPECIAL INTEREST