WINTER 2019

South Carolina Dance Association

Fostering an environment that supports and promotes dance in our state!

SCAHPERD

The SCAHERD conference at Myrtle Beach was another smashing success for our profession and for our students. CiCi Kelly was SCDA’s guest artist. She

taught Hip Hop classes, shared her experiences with SC students, and gave SCDA Members be sure to check out our updated expert comments to budding website at www.scahperd.org! choreographers. If you have not been coming to the conference, you are Our News Corner will keep you in the loop with important missing out on some of the best information and opportunities, AND we will soon be launching our professional development for dance Member Spotlights section to feature YOU. For more information specialists. Technique class, dance on member spotlights or if you or someone you know should be education workshops, the Kaleidoscope featured, go to our website! Check out our first Member Spotlight performance and networking with new and old friends made the weekend fun in this newsletter. for all! We will continue to add even more exciting things, so stay tuned!

Save the Date! SCAHPERD PSAE Summer Institute November 15-17, 2019 October 13-15, 2019 June 9-14, 2019 Make plans now to attend. This is a fantastic arts Dance Teacher as Artist As you write your grants integration conference and Earn 3 hours graduate this spring, include money happens in Spartanburg credit. http://www.abcprojectsc.c for travel, subs and hotel!! this year! Visit psae.org for om/event/dance-teacher- Submit a presentation! more info! as-artist-institute/

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*Member Spotlight* Cathy Cabaniss

Cathy Cabaniss currently serves as a SCDA Regional Coordinator for the Lowcountry. Cathy moved to Charleston in spring 2011 and is now dancing her eighth season with Annex Dance Company. She is the dance teacher at Alston Middle School in Summerville. As a performer and teacher, she maintains a love of learning and continuing to be a dance student by taking dance classes when life allows. Cathy graduated Cum Laude with a BA in Dance from Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania.

What’s Cathy Up To? • She recently performed in a collaboration of the Charleston arts community titled "Moments Captured" with Annex Dance Company. The performance was in response to the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art's current exhibition "Southbound: Photographs of and about the New South." • In the classroom, she is teaching Bharatanatyam (classical Indian dance), African dance, and interpreting dance-- specifically Pearl Primus' Strange Fruit.

News from Florence One I send good cheer, to each of you. I would like to share that last year I took 8 of my students, to Corker College to auditions for the dance program and I am happy to say that Sapphire Murphy, Olyiva Gregg, have been and are now currently enrolled into the Corker’s College Dance Program for 2018 and 2019 school year. We are still awaiting the news of three remaining dancers that are still pending, Ricky Tate, TyQuan Jones, and Jaydin Pate. It feels good knowing that we are creating a space for young dancers to continue their training and exploration of dance. I am happy and proud of each of my dance students. Continued below right Dance Education Ideas at SCAHPERD

Florence One We are looking forward to an amazing new year of learning, in dance education and performance. Hot off the press: As I am writing this email to submit to you we have just been informed, that Ricky Tate has received his accepted into Corker College Dance Program. “Look at God.” See more about this group later in this publication! Submitted by Dennis Breedlove, Teacher Continued below…

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News from Charleston County School of the Arts Submitted by Kristin Tillotson, Teacher

The dancers at Charleston County School of the Ashley Padgett: A lifelong dancer who as a youth trained Arts are so excited as residencies this spring will under Nancy Giles at Southern Strutt Dance Studio in Columbia, SC. She was featured as a principal dancer and include: performed in their critically acclaimed shows “Ebb and James Jiang: a Latin ballroom dancer and choreographer Flow” and “Funktionslust.” In 2013 Ashley was selected to from Holy City Salsa in Charleston. Over his 15 years of perform in the world renowned Spoleto Festival as a dancer dance experience, James has won many local and national in the Opera “Le Villi.” Currently she is working with Tapio International Latin championships–Heritage, Atlanta Open, School of Dance-Gymnastics, traveling as a judge for Stage Ohio Star Ball, to name a few. James specializes in Ballroom One Dance. Dancing in both International and American style. Deninufay African Drum and Dance Company: Ms Nina will be representing Deninufay. Currently she is one of the co- Dennis Breedlove: This exposure to dance led him to New owners/dance instructors of Deninufay African Drum and York City, where he studied with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Company. She was chosen to be the face of a well- Dance Center. His continued study and training would lead known festival of The University of North Carolina by the him to the University of the Arts’ School of Dance. He name of “People by the Sea” and was also broadcast and earned a BFA in Dance with an AA in education and featured on CNN in honor of Charleston’s 9 who died in the dance/theater and voice for the stage from Miami-Dade Charleston Massacre of the Emmanuel Nine. Currently she College. His experiences in university stage productions is working on James Island on her own dance team by the included grant writing that lead him to train and study at name of “Turn Up & Dance Productions.” She teaches Bates Dance Festival in Lewiston, Maine. It also included genres of dance such as West African, stepping, hip-hop, other experiences that featured dance performances, set ballet, contemporary, jazz, afro-beat, and swing. She likes to and lighting design and choreography. Mr. Breedlove was a implement the art of self-love, love and care for others and member of Momentum Dance Company in Miami, where also the sister/brotherhood and building future leaders in he choreographed and danced. Currently Dennis works with her lessons. Florence School District 1 at South Florence High School Teacher of Dance Education and the Head Coach and Marlanya Locklear: A founding members of The Milwaukee Mentor for Bruin Elite Dance Squad. Dance Connection and has gone on to dance with Eleone Dance Theatre, Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble, Dallas Black Dance Theatre II , Deeply Rooted Dance theatre Brian McGinnis: Attended and graduated with a BFA in and Dayton Contemporary Dance company where she Dance from The Juilliard School under the directorship of served as the company jazz and contemporary instructor as Benjamin Harkarvy, and thereafter NYC became his home. well as resident choreographer for DCDC II. She is also the Brian immersed himself for many faithful years in the founder and director of Indurance Dance Intensive. She companies of Lar Lubovitch, Elisa Monte, David Parsons and most recently finished filming the James Franco Film “Blood Jacqueline Buglisi, and had the opportunity to perform at Heist.” Jacob’s Pillow, Lincoln Center, The Cultural Center of the

Philippines, The Bolshoi Theatre, American Dance Festival, Bret Shuford: Made his Broadway debut in the ensemble of The Joyce Theatre, NYC City Center, The Kennedy Center, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, followed by Disney’s Beauty and Millennium Park, The Shubert Theatre, and The Spoleto the Beast, The Little Mermaid. As the Broadway Life Coach, Festival, Italy. He toured with Hubbard Street Dance and Bret helps actors get more auditions, book more work, and later served as faculty at ChiArts, Chicago’s Public find their self-confidence. For more on his acting, visit Performing Arts High School, and Visceral Dance Center in bretshuford.com. the heart of the windy city. In 2017 he joined Boston

Conservatory at Berkley as an associate professor where he Jessica Lightheart: Currently teaches at the Ballet Academy now teaches Junior Dance Composition, Freshman Dance of Charleston! Over the course of three summers, she has Composition, Senior Modern Technique, and Senior completed the prestigious Bolshoi Ballet Academy Teacher Seminar. Certification Program in New York City, and is certified to teach levels A, B, and C.

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CONGRATULATIONS!!! Andrew Jackson Middle School 8th grade students researched, choreographed, and taught Lancaster County "Celebrities" as a "Lancaster County Dancing with the Stars; a Night of the Arts". This is the third year, and this year was sold out (750 seats) and raised over $25,000!!! $5000 of that was given back to local Arts groups in Lancaster County. Left: celebrities and choreographers. Submitted by Kim Benton, Teacher

In Their Own Words… Submitted by Florence District One

Ricky Tate: I have been accepted into Coker Sapphire Murphy: Being a Coker College student has really College. I plan on earning my degree in Dance opened my eyes to my abilities. I am building on skills I already Education & Choreography. While in college I plan have and adding to my skill list has been major since I become on studying abroad to get more experience in the a student here at Coker. I feel that pursuing dance at the world of dance and performance while performing collegiate level is broadening my skill pallet that is allowing me as well. After college I plan to look for an to become an even better performer& choreographer. internship to get more information and personal experience to better myself for my career as a teacher of dance education & choreographer.

Jaidyn Pate: I am 17 years old and have been a dancer most of my life. I plan on extending my love of dance beyond high school. I would like to major in dance and minor in business. I started dance technique classes and training when I was 10 years old and continue at Move Dance Academy in Hartsville, South Carolina. I am on a Competitive Senior Dance company. She plans to attend College of Charleston or Coker College.

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Olyvia Gregg: Following high school, I intend to pursue higher education in the areas of performance and mass communications. My goal is to create the foundation for a career that branches all areas of my unique skill set. With a growth-oriented mindset, I will broaden my talents to reach behind the scenes area of performance and work to manage projects of my own creation.

Tyquan Samuel Jones: I am a graduate of South Florence High School, in the fall I am planning on attending Coker College. I will double major in dance education and psychology. I am very happy about this opportunity and the endless possibilities of working with leading dance professors and guest artists from around the world. I am humbled by the teaching and mentorship I have gained and received from Mr. Breedlove over the years. He truly has been a foundation and rock during my high school years and even now as a young adult. He has instilled in me and other students that education is ‘key’ to all things in life.

SPARTANBURG DISTRICT ONE NEWS

Kellianne Floyd and Alex Flagg, dance educators in Spartanburg District One, are taking dancers to Coker College in Hartsville SC to participate in their annual Day of Dance Event on February 15th. Submitted by: Kellianne Floyd and Allie Flagg pictured at left and teachers in Spartanburg District One

Spartanburg District Seven News

Pine Street School’s Dance Ensemble attended Ballet Spartanburg’s Beauty and the Beast and The Nutcracker. The students performed on Veteran’s Day and are preparing for the annual Black History program and the spring production of Pine Street Dance Ensemble Veteran’s Disney’s Mary Poppins! Day Program