Fall 2007
Spring 2008
Announcing an Opportunity for Students to Present Their Work in ChoreoLab 2008
The Dance Program faculty have set aside up to 15 minutes of the ChoreoLab 2008 concert for student works that are of a choreographic caliber that would benefit from the full production values of this mainstage concert. We invite all students who are interested in presenting work on ChoreoLab 2008 to notify us of their interest and to begin working on a piece.
SHOWING DATES
Tuesday, February 5 at 8 p.m. in the Ark
Tuesday, March 4 at 8 p.m. in the Ark
We do not expect a complete finished work on February 5. We do expect a completed work on March 4.
If it is impossible for you and/or all of your dancers to be at one or both of these showings, please notify one of the full-time dance faculty as soon as possible.
ChoreoLab 2008 Dates
Friday, April 18 - CHOREOLAB School Show - 10 a.m. in Reynolds Theater, Bryan Center.
Saturday, Sunday, April 19, 20 - CHOREOLAB 2008 - 8 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. on Sunday in Reynolds Theater, Bryan Center
PROCESS AND CRITERIA
Saturday, Febrauary 23, 2008 at 9:30 am - 8:00 pm (Exact Schedule Below)
Across The Threshold Symposium
Duke University, East Campus (Exact Locations Below)
Acknoweledging the complex interrelationship of mind, body, and spirit is a step towards empowered and enlightened healing of ourselves, our relationships, and our environment. We are physical, mental, social, emotional, and spiritual beings, and the interplay between all these parts of ourselves affects our quality of life moment-to-moment -- our ability to synthesize ideas and knowledge; to develop our intuition; to imagine and create; to heal.
Panel discussion and workshops are free and open to the public on a first-come, first-served basis.
Workshops are limited to 50 people each.
The cost of the evening performance is $10 general admission, $5 students.
9:30 - 11:00, Richard White Lecture Hall, East Campus
Across the Threshold: Exploring Transformative Paths to Creativity & Healing
Moderator, Dr. Purnima Shah
A panel discussion with Drs. Sat Bir S. Khalsa and M.W. Krucoff, Richenel "Muz" Ansano, and Amma McKen, who will engage the audience in a conversation inspired by the following questions:
1. What is the relationship between spirit, matter, and energy?
2. What mind/body/spirit practices "part the veil", allowing us to alter our perceptions/projections
3. How have different cultures shaped the way in which communities perceive the connection between mind, body and spirit and/or transformative practices concerned with that awareness?
4. What is the role of the human spirit in health and illness?
11:15 - 12:45, The Ark Dance Studio, East Campus
Yoga: An Ancient Transcendental Practice for Modern Spirituality and Medicine
Workshop with Sat Bir S. Khalsa, Ph.D.
2:00 - 3:15, Richard White Lecture Hall, East Campus
Music, Imagery, Touch and Prayer as Adjuncts to High Tech Cardiovascular Care:
The MANTRA Study Project
Workshop with M.W. Krucoff, MD, FACC
3:30 - 5:00, The Ark Dance Studio, East Campus
Orisha Traditions through Rhythm and Song
Workshop with Amma McKen
8:00 Nelson Music Room
Alaako Oso: The Owner of Songs is Eloquent
Performance with Amma McKen
Amma will lead the audience to a divine experience through ecstatic vocal and percussive practices from the Yoruba tradition. With your voice and an open heart, come join us!
For the Entire Brochure contents please click here
Saturday, Sunday, April 19 & 20, 2007
CHOREOLAB 2007
8:00 PM Saturday and 3 PM on Sunday, Reynolds Theater, Bryan Center
Tickets $15 General; $5 Students. Available at the Duke Box Office
(919) 684-4444 or http://www.tickets.duke.edu Also available at the door of Reynolds Theater beginning one hour before curtain.
Fall 2007
Monday,
August 27, 2007
OPEN HOUSE
5:30 - 6:30 PM at The Ark Dance Studio Porch, East Campus
6:30 - 7:30 pm Optional African Dance Class
Come
and meet the dance faculty and other students interested in dance!
° Questions Answered
° Refreshments Served
° Audition Information
° Optional African Dance session 5:00 - 6:00 PM
° News of this year's Dance Events
Please join us for this informal get-together!
Repertory AUDITIONS*
at the Ark Dance Studio, East Campus
Wednesday:
° August 29, 2007 - 7:30 PM African Dance Repertory (Ava LaVonne vinesett) *
Thursday:
° August 30, 2007 - 7:30 PM Modern Repertory (Barbara Dickinson) *
° August 30, 2007 - 8:30 PM Ballet Repertory (M'Liss Dorrance) *
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OPEN TO DUKE STUDENTS ONLY
Sunday:
° September 23, 2007 danceTactics audition 2:00 - 4:00 PM (Keith Thompson)*
* For performance on Saturday, November 17 & Sunday, November
18, 2007, Reynolds Theater
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OPEN TO ALL
Monday, September 24, 2007 - Wednesday, October 3, 2007
danceTactics - Ten Day Residency with Keith Thompson & 2 Company Members
° Audition of Duke Dancers, daily rehearsals with dancers and composer. All rehearsals open to observers.
° Workshop presentation on the collaboration and the process presented by the choreographer and the composer, open to the public
° Daily contemporary dance techniques classes with Keith, open to upper level dance students from Duke and nearby colleges and universities and invited high school dance students from Durham School of the Arts.
° 2 interview sessions with Keith and Barbara Dickinson and/or Keval Kaur Khalsa for the Dance Program's Oral History Project on the topic "Dance Artists of Color in the 20th and 21st Centuries." These interviews will be transcribed and placed in Perkins Special Collections where they will be available to scholars worldwide.
° Guest in Dance 101 (Introduction to Dance) course
° One or two workshops for Theatre Studies students, Collaborating with Your Instrument - The Acting Body
° Community engagement residency activities for danceTactics company members.
We will pursue the possibility of a lunch and conversation with Keith Thompson as part of the John Hope Franklin Center Series. We have successfully arranged this in the past.
MASTER CLASS WITH KEITH THOMPSON AND members of danceTactics:
You are cordially invited to attend absolutely FREE, one or more Master Classes taught by KEITH THOMPSON AND danceTactics members. Again this class is offered absolutely FREE. There are several dates to choose from but space is limited and Reservations are Required.
Available Classes are listed below. All classes are taught in the Ark Dance Studio on Duke University's East Campus. SPACE IS LIMITED: There are ONLY 25 slots for each class, please e-mail Adrienne Brandon at adrienne.brandon@duke.edu or call 919-660-3354 for more Information or to reserve your spot/s. Reservations are available on a first come, first served basis. Once the all slots are taken we will begin a 'wait list'. You will be notified as to your status. Due to the limited space, if you must cancel your reservation or reduce the number of slots you reserved, we require that you notify us by phone or email that you will not be able to attend. We require as much advance notification of cancellation as possible because of the limited number of slots available, and in order to allow those on the waiting list to attend.
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SEPTEMBER 24 (Monday)
4:25-5:55pm Ark Dance Studio Modern Dance Technique II/III (Intermediate)
SEPTEMBER 25 (Tuesday)
6:00-7:30pm Ark Dance Studio Modern Dance Technique IV (Inter/Advanced)
SEPTEMBER 26 (Wednesday)
4:25-5:55pm Ark Dance Studio Modern Dance Technique II/III (Intermediate)
SEPTEMBER 27 (Thursday)
6:00-7:30pm Ark Dance Studio Modern Dance Technique IV (Interm/Advanced)
OCTOBER 1ST (Monday)
4:25-5:55pm Ark Dance Studio Modern Dance Technique II/III (Intermediate)
OCTOBER 2ND (Tuesday)
6:00-7:30pm Ark Dance Studio Modern Dance Technique IV (Interm/Advanced)
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REHEARSAL SCHEDULE
September Rehearsal Schedule with students
in the ARK dance studio
Monday, September 24, 2007
7:45 - 10:00 pm
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
7:45 - 10:00 pm
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
7:45 - 10:00 pm
Thursday, September 27, 2007
7:45 - 10:00 pm
Friday, September 28, 2007
6:00 - 10:00 pm
Saturday, September 29, 2007
10:00 - 1:00 pm; 2:00 - 5:00 pm
Sunday, September 30, 2007
10:00 - 1:00 pm
Monday, October 1, 2007
7:45 - 10:30 pm
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
7:45 - 10:30 pm
Open Rehearsals for Observation
All September rehearsals listed above are open to observation. Please email Adrienne Brandon at adrienne.brandon@duke.edu or call 919-660-3354 if you are planning to attend a rehearsal.
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MOVEMENT FOR ACTORS
(open class)
Tuesday, September 25th
1:30 - 2:45 pm (Branson Theater 001)
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Lunch and Conversation
Friday, September 28th
12:00 - 1:30 pm Franklin Center
lunch and conversation with Keith A. Thompson - John Hope Franklin Center
Lunch is provided. Reservations will be needed -- please call the Dance Program at 919-660-3354 for more information.
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Biography of Keith A. Thompson
Assistant Professor on the MFA faculty at Temple University, Keith Thompson is an exceptional educator and, as a performer and choreographer, an exceptional role model. He has worked with Dan Wagoner & Dancers, Jacob’s Pillow Men Dancers, and Creach/Koester Company, and danced internationally with the Trisha Brown Company from 1992-2001, serving as Trisha’s Rehearsal Assistant from 1998-2001. As a choreographer, he has been featured on the Dance Theater Workshop Guest Artist Series 2006 (New York, NY), the American Dance Festival Faculty Concert, 2005, D.U.M.B.O. Dance Festival (Brooklyn, NY), and the Cool NY Dance Festival (Brooklyn, NY). Formerly on the dance faculties of Shenandoah University and George Mason University, he has taught master classes and workshops in Contemporary Technique for prestigious national and international Dance Festivals. Mr. Thompson completed his MFA Research Fellowship in Dance from Bennington College in 2003.
As a choreographer, Keith is fascinated with dance’s capacity to communicate on its own, undressed. In his work, he explores form and the use of choreographic devices such as construction, deconstruction and innovation to manipulate and develop structures. He is on a trail of discovery that takes place within the moment, compositionally and conceptually. Complexity and the articulation of multiple pathways through and between spaces are a main focus of his work. Company website: http://www.dancetactics.org/
Friday, September 28, 2007
Alonzo King's LINES - Masterclass
10:05 - 11:30 am
The Ark Dance Studio, East Campus
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Battle Works - Masterclass
6:00 - 7:30 pm
The Ark Dance Studio, East Campus
Saturday, November 10, 2007 - Sunday, November 18, 2007
danceTactics - Nine Day Residency with Keith Thompson and 7 members of danceTactics° ° Daily rehearsals with repertory dancers, musicians and composer
°Workshop presentataion on the process of this collaboration specifically for music composition students and dance composition students.
° Daily contemporary dance technique classes with Keith or company members, open to upper level dance students and invited high school dance students from Durham School of the Arts.
° Mainstage performances, November Dances, 2007 (November 17 & November 18), featuring premiere of collaborative work by danceTactics.
°Performance of excerpts from November Dances, 2007 for area school children in Reynolds Theatre (up to 450 children attending).
° Brown Bag lunch discussion with Keith, "Economic Realities -- What It Takes to Establish and Maintain a Contemporary Dance Company, " of interest to Arts Management students, dancers, choreographers, and community dance professionals.
Saturday, Sunday, November 17 & 18, 2007
NOVEMBER DANCES 2007
8 PM Saturday and 3 PM on Sunday, in Reynolds Theater, Bryan Center
Duke Dance faculty and guests provide a vibrant, varied program
of modern, ballet, and African dance.
Tickets $15 General, $5 students. Available at the Duke Box Office
(919) 684-4444 or http://www.tickets.duke.edu Also available
at the door of Reynolds Theater beginning one hour before curtain.
Box 90686 