Technique Courses
Ballet Levels I-IV
Pointe
Classical Variations & Pas de Deux Typical Fall Events - Celebration Weekend Performance Contemporary Ballet (October) Modern Dance Levels I-IV Admissions Dance Open House (October) Modern Partnering Choreo II & Dance Production Performance (November) Dance Department Jazz Dance Levels I & II Winter Dance Concert Rhythm Tap Levels I & II (December) Choreography II Class Solo Showing Theory Courses (December) Improvisation I & II Music, Film, & Dance Class Showing (December) Choreography I & II Classical Ballet Variations Class Showing (December) Dance History I & II
Dance Production Typical Spring Events Guest Artist works Music for Dancers/Choreographers (February) Senior Dance Capstone Concert Pilates I & II (April) Spec. Topics: Dance Science Spring Dance Concert (April) Dance for the Child Choreo I Showing (May) Workshop Performance Courses
Ballet Performance Workshop
Contemporary Ballet Workshop
Modern Performance Workshop
Guest Artist Workshop
Reconstruction Workshop
Skidmore College Dance Department 815 North Broadway CREATIVE THOUGHT MATTERS Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 Phone: 518-580-5360 WWW.SKIDMOREDANCE.ORG Fax: 518-580-8356 Email: [email protected] Dance Department Mission Recent Guest Artists The mission of the Dance Department is to link critical thinking, historical perspective and creative discovery with the distinct movement TAKE Dance Company, KRISTEN FOOTE (Limon skills derived from studio practice and stage performance. Students develop a deeper Dance Company), JUSTIN PECK (New York City Ballet), understanding of dance and how it has emerged ANDREW SCORDATO, (New York City Ballet),RAHUL and evolved as an art form. They learn to ACHARYA (Odissi Dance of East India), KIRSTEN recognize and distinguish the ways in which SIMONE (Royal Danish Ballet), KEVIN WYNN (Kevin culture and society influence dance and, Wynn Collection), STEFANIE BATTEN-BLAND conversely, how dance embodies and expresses (Company Stefanie Batten-Bland), SUSAN JONES the human experience. Students work toward proficiency in the major through a combined (American Ballet Theater), SUMMER LEE RHATIGAN course of study, which includes intensive dance (SF Conservatory of Dance), LEAH COX (Bill T. Jones/ technique and movement training, dance Arnie Zane Company), BRIAN BROOKS (Brian Brooks history/criticism, improvisation and composition Moving Company), DIANE COBURN BRUNING classes. The dance major leads to a Bachelor of (Chamber Dance Project) BANU OGAN & ANDREA Science degree, preparing students for a career WEBER (Merce Cunningham Trust), DUŠAN TÝNEK in the fields of performance, choreography, dance Dance Faculty/Staff (Dušan Týnek Dance Theater), EARL MOSLEY, ALEX education, arts administration and dance Debra Fernandez, Chair of Dance, criticism. Dance majors and minors are SPRINGER & XAN BURLEY (Doug Varone Company), encouraged to investigate related areas of study, Professor of Dance BRIAN REEDER , STEPHEN PETRONIO (Stephen
which might include art history, arts Sarah DiPasquale, Assistant Professor Petronio Company) administration, music theory and performance, theater, museum studies, and exercise science. Mary Di-Santo-Rose, Associate Professor Mary Harney, Artist-in-Residence Denise Warner Limoli, Associate Professor Jason Ohlberg, Assistant Professor Erika Pujič, Lecturer Lori Dawson, Technical Director, Lighting Designer, Manager of Dance Center Carl Landa, Musical Director Jesse Kovarsky ‘10 Musicians: Currently on Broadway in Fiddler on the Roof Patricia Hadfield, Carol Ann Elze-Sussdorff, Elizabeth Woodbury-Kasius For more Administrative Assistants: The Dance Department has two spacious 50’ x 50’ studios with Harlequin sprung floors, baby grand Ellen Grandy, Judy Soukup pianos, and large windows infusing the spaces with Part Time Lecturers: natural light. The Dance Theater is an intimate 183- seat space used exclusively by our department. Tina Baird, Meghan DelPrête Throughout the year, we present an array of performances by students and faculty, guest David Otto, Christy Williams lecturers, and visiting artists.