To all alumnae:
The alumni luncheon is scheduled for Saturday, June 13th at 12:30 PM. Please RSVP to sstrayer(at)umich.edu, or call (734) 763-5460.
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Funding
The Dancing at 100 events have received generous funding and support from the Office of the Vice President for Research, the UM Gay Delanghe Endowment, the School of Music Theatre and Dance, the Bentley Historical Library, and the UM Department of Dance.
For further information, please contact Samantha Strayer: sstrayer(at)umich.edu, telephone: (734) 763-5460. Dancing at 100 Website: http://sitemaker.umich.edu/dancingat100
For further information, please contact Samantha Strayer: sstrayer(at)umich.edu, telephone: (734) 763-5460. Dancing at 100 Website: http://sitemaker.umich.edu/dancingat100
Exhibit: Dancing at 100
LOCATION: Bentley Historical Library, 1150 Beal Avenue (map)
EXHIBIT: Dancing at 100: Highlights from the Bentley Historical Library’s Dance Collections. For dates, hours, and directions: Please call the Bentley Historical Library, (734) 764-3482.
EXHIBIT: Dancing at 100: Highlights from the Bentley Historical Library’s Dance Collections. For dates, hours, and directions: Please call the Bentley Historical Library, (734) 764-3482.
Video Dance Screenings
DATE: SATURDAY, JUNE 13TH, 2:30 PM-5:00 PM
LOCATION: Studio C, Dance Building (map)
Continuous screenings of video dances created especially for the screen, created by dance faculty and alumnae. Admission is Free.
LOCATION: Studio C, Dance Building (map)
Continuous screenings of video dances created especially for the screen, created by dance faculty and alumnae. Admission is Free.
Legacy Lectures
From the Press Release:
TITLE: Legacy Lectures: Bridging Past, Present and Future
DATE: SATURDAY, JUNE 13TH, 10:00 AM-12:00 PM
LOCATION: Betty Pease Studio Theater, Dance Building (map)
Mark Broomfield, currently a Doctoral Candidate in Critical Dance Studies at UC Riverside, where he has a prestigious Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship, will present his paper entitled Passing for Almost Straight: Critiquing the Performance of Masculinity of the Black Male Dancing Body.
UM Professor of Dance Jessica Fogel will present By the Light of a Lantern: Dance’s First Steps at the University of Michigan. Professor Fogel has recently been conducting research on the history of dance at the UM and has spearheaded the Dancing at 100 centennial celebration.
Selma Landen Odom will present The Dance Knowledge Expansion: Generations of Research and Teaching. Selma Landen Odom, Professor Emerita at York University in Toronto, was founding director of the first Canadian graduate program to offer the MA in Dance and PhD in Dance Studies. She holds a BA in English (Wellesley College), MA in Drama (Tufts University), and PhD in Dance Studies (University of Surrey). Her research focuses on teachers and transmission in dance and music. She has published hundreds of articles and reviews since the 1960s, and she co-edited the anthology Canadian Dance: Visions and Stories (2004).
TITLE: Legacy Lectures: Bridging Past, Present and Future
DATE: SATURDAY, JUNE 13TH, 10:00 AM-12:00 PM
LOCATION: Betty Pease Studio Theater, Dance Building (map)
Mark Broomfield, currently a Doctoral Candidate in Critical Dance Studies at UC Riverside, where he has a prestigious Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship, will present his paper entitled Passing for Almost Straight: Critiquing the Performance of Masculinity of the Black Male Dancing Body.
UM Professor of Dance Jessica Fogel will present By the Light of a Lantern: Dance’s First Steps at the University of Michigan. Professor Fogel has recently been conducting research on the history of dance at the UM and has spearheaded the Dancing at 100 centennial celebration.
Selma Landen Odom will present The Dance Knowledge Expansion: Generations of Research and Teaching. Selma Landen Odom, Professor Emerita at York University in Toronto, was founding director of the first Canadian graduate program to offer the MA in Dance and PhD in Dance Studies. She holds a BA in English (Wellesley College), MA in Drama (Tufts University), and PhD in Dance Studies (University of Surrey). Her research focuses on teachers and transmission in dance and music. She has published hundreds of articles and reviews since the 1960s, and she co-edited the anthology Canadian Dance: Visions and Stories (2004).
Site-Specific Performances
From the Press Release:
DATE: SATURDAY, JUNE 13 AND SUNDAY, JUNE 14, 6:30 PM
LOCATION: The performance will begin at the Chemistry Building, 930 North University Ave. (map)
Tracing moments from the history of dance at UM across ten decades and into the future, this unique site-specific dance performance gathers approximately 30 dancer/choreographers --alumni from several eras of dance at UM, joined by current UM dance majors--to create a tapestry of movement vignettes recalling images of dance at UM past and present. Linked by three buildings –one demolished, one standing and one imagined-- the performance will travel from Central Campus to North Campus. The performance will begin in the Chemistry Building, where the Barbour Gymnasium for Women stood from 1896 until it was torn down in 1977. This is where dance courses took place until the current Dance Building was erected in 1976 as an attachment to CCRB. Crossing North University, the performance will continue over the bridge that spans Washtenaw Avenue, and will echo some of the experiments of the 1960s and 1970s. An improvisational band of four live musicians will be directed by Aaron Gold. En route to the current Dance Building, the audience will pause to see a scene taking place below on Palmer Field, where women students first presented the Lantern Night performances in the early 1900s. The performance will then move to the Dance Building at the base of N. University Court, where they will see a variety of scenes of dance. Audience members will next board buses taking them to North Campus where the performance will conclude with a dance amidst the trees, and with a passing of the torch from one generation to the next. Evoking the Lantern Night performances from the earliest era of dance on campus, the performers will link the legacy of the past to a new future for dance on North Campus.
UM Professor of Dance Jessica Fogel, who will also be choreographing several scenes within the work, will direct the performance. The performance will feature choreography and performances by the following alumni, all living locally and nearby: Aimee Anderson, Noonie Anderson, Alana Barter, Jeanette Fischer, Carol Halsted, Holly Hobbs, Corinne Imberski, Sarah Martens, Anna McGarry, Michelle Millman, Barbara Neri, Linda Perry, Eva Powers, Erika Stowall, Beverly Robinson, and Jarel Waters.
Following the performance at approximately 8:30 PM on Saturday June 13th, there will be an Afterglow Reception for audience members in the Walgreen Drama Center, 1226 Murfin Ave. (map). At the Bentley, there will be a special exhibit tracing some of the history of dance at the UM, and highlighting the Bentley Historical Library’s dance collections. Tickets for the Afterglow Reception are $15 and should be purchased by June 1 at the MI League Box Office.
DATE: SATURDAY, JUNE 13 AND SUNDAY, JUNE 14, 6:30 PM
LOCATION: The performance will begin at the Chemistry Building, 930 North University Ave. (map)
Tracing moments from the history of dance at UM across ten decades and into the future, this unique site-specific dance performance gathers approximately 30 dancer/choreographers --alumni from several eras of dance at UM, joined by current UM dance majors--to create a tapestry of movement vignettes recalling images of dance at UM past and present. Linked by three buildings –one demolished, one standing and one imagined-- the performance will travel from Central Campus to North Campus. The performance will begin in the Chemistry Building, where the Barbour Gymnasium for Women stood from 1896 until it was torn down in 1977. This is where dance courses took place until the current Dance Building was erected in 1976 as an attachment to CCRB. Crossing North University, the performance will continue over the bridge that spans Washtenaw Avenue, and will echo some of the experiments of the 1960s and 1970s. An improvisational band of four live musicians will be directed by Aaron Gold. En route to the current Dance Building, the audience will pause to see a scene taking place below on Palmer Field, where women students first presented the Lantern Night performances in the early 1900s. The performance will then move to the Dance Building at the base of N. University Court, where they will see a variety of scenes of dance. Audience members will next board buses taking them to North Campus where the performance will conclude with a dance amidst the trees, and with a passing of the torch from one generation to the next. Evoking the Lantern Night performances from the earliest era of dance on campus, the performers will link the legacy of the past to a new future for dance on North Campus.
UM Professor of Dance Jessica Fogel, who will also be choreographing several scenes within the work, will direct the performance. The performance will feature choreography and performances by the following alumni, all living locally and nearby: Aimee Anderson, Noonie Anderson, Alana Barter, Jeanette Fischer, Carol Halsted, Holly Hobbs, Corinne Imberski, Sarah Martens, Anna McGarry, Michelle Millman, Barbara Neri, Linda Perry, Eva Powers, Erika Stowall, Beverly Robinson, and Jarel Waters.
Following the performance at approximately 8:30 PM on Saturday June 13th, there will be an Afterglow Reception for audience members in the Walgreen Drama Center, 1226 Murfin Ave. (map). At the Bentley, there will be a special exhibit tracing some of the history of dance at the UM, and highlighting the Bentley Historical Library’s dance collections. Tickets for the Afterglow Reception are $15 and should be purchased by June 1 at the MI League Box Office.
Alumni Dance Concerts
From the Press Release:
Prominent Alumni from NYC, Boston, Chicago, LA, and Ann Arbor will gather to present new works and recent repertory.
Alumni Dance Concert One:
DATE: Friday, June 12th, 3:00 PM.
LOCATION: Duderstadt Center Video and Performance Studio, 2281 Bonisteel Blvd (North Campus - map)
Featuring choreography and performances by the following alumni: Lisa Catrett-Belrose, Rachel McInstry, Liz Riga, Michael Phillips, Mark Broomfield, Susannah Windell, Ayako Kato, and Angela Gallo.
Alumni Dance Concert Two:
DATE: Friday, June 12th, 8:00 PM
LOCATION: Betty Pease Studio Theater, Dance Building (map)
Featuring choreography and performances by honored guests including the first Chair of the University of Michigan Dance Department, Elizabeth Bergmann, who now heads the Dance Program at Harvard University.
Noted danced artist Christine Dakin will be a featured performer on the concert. Ms. Dakin, a native of Ann Arbor and a UM alumna, is known for her performance of Martha Graham’s roles in such works as Appalachian Spring, Cave of the Heart, Lamentation, Clytemnestra, and for roles Graham created for her in Rite of Spring and Phaedra’s Dream, in which she was partnered by Rudolf Nureyev. Dakin joined the Martha Graham Dance Company in 1976; she was principal dancer, Artistic Director leading the company to its rebirth, and is now Artistic Director Laureate.
Also featured on the concert will be an excerpt from a work by longtime UM dance faculty member and former Chair Gay Delanghe (1941-2006); her work Venice, Milan, Florence choreographed to J.S. Bach's Concerto in the Italian Style will be performed live by pianist Christian Matjias. Robin Wilson will restage and perform in the work, joined by two UM dance alumni Corinne Imberski and Christina Sears-Etter.
Alleluia, set to music of the same name by American composer Randall Thompson (1899-1984), and choreographed by UM alumna and former UM faculty member Jeanne Parsons Bostian, will be performed by UM alumna Christina Sears Etter. As a young performer Bostian danced the role of Laurie in Agnes DeMille’s Oklahoma on Broadway. She was also partnered by modern dance great Ted Shawn in his choreography in performances at Jacob’s Pillow.
Other choreography and performances by alumni will be featured on the concert. Those alumni include Jodi Allen, Emily Berry, Maureen Janson Heintz, Lizzie Leopold, Melissa Bloch and Greg Patterson.
Prominent Alumni from NYC, Boston, Chicago, LA, and Ann Arbor will gather to present new works and recent repertory.
Alumni Dance Concert One:
DATE: Friday, June 12th, 3:00 PM.
LOCATION: Duderstadt Center Video and Performance Studio, 2281 Bonisteel Blvd (North Campus - map)
Featuring choreography and performances by the following alumni: Lisa Catrett-Belrose, Rachel McInstry, Liz Riga, Michael Phillips, Mark Broomfield, Susannah Windell, Ayako Kato, and Angela Gallo.
Alumni Dance Concert Two:
DATE: Friday, June 12th, 8:00 PM
LOCATION: Betty Pease Studio Theater, Dance Building (map)
Featuring choreography and performances by honored guests including the first Chair of the University of Michigan Dance Department, Elizabeth Bergmann, who now heads the Dance Program at Harvard University.
Noted danced artist Christine Dakin will be a featured performer on the concert. Ms. Dakin, a native of Ann Arbor and a UM alumna, is known for her performance of Martha Graham’s roles in such works as Appalachian Spring, Cave of the Heart, Lamentation, Clytemnestra, and for roles Graham created for her in Rite of Spring and Phaedra’s Dream, in which she was partnered by Rudolf Nureyev. Dakin joined the Martha Graham Dance Company in 1976; she was principal dancer, Artistic Director leading the company to its rebirth, and is now Artistic Director Laureate.
Also featured on the concert will be an excerpt from a work by longtime UM dance faculty member and former Chair Gay Delanghe (1941-2006); her work Venice, Milan, Florence choreographed to J.S. Bach's Concerto in the Italian Style will be performed live by pianist Christian Matjias. Robin Wilson will restage and perform in the work, joined by two UM dance alumni Corinne Imberski and Christina Sears-Etter.
Alleluia, set to music of the same name by American composer Randall Thompson (1899-1984), and choreographed by UM alumna and former UM faculty member Jeanne Parsons Bostian, will be performed by UM alumna Christina Sears Etter. As a young performer Bostian danced the role of Laurie in Agnes DeMille’s Oklahoma on Broadway. She was also partnered by modern dance great Ted Shawn in his choreography in performances at Jacob’s Pillow.
Other choreography and performances by alumni will be featured on the concert. Those alumni include Jodi Allen, Emily Berry, Maureen Janson Heintz, Lizzie Leopold, Melissa Bloch and Greg Patterson.
Ann Arbor Dance Works
From the Press Release:
DATE: Wednesday June 10 and Thursday June 11, 8:00 P.M.
LOCATION: Duderstadt Center Video and Performance Studio, 2281 Bonisteel Blvd (North Campus - map)
An evening of short chamber works by current dance faculty and guest artist alumni presented by Ann Arbor Dance Works, the resident professional dance company of the University of Michigan Department of Dance. The concert will feature alumna Dana Reitz performing a solo. Dana Reitz is a choreographer, dancer and visual artist who has developed and produced projects since 1973. In 1996, she and Mikhail Baryshnikov toured together with a program of solos; in 1998, she created Cantata for Two, a duet for Baryshnikov and Tamasaburo Bando (Tokyo). Her work has been commissioned and produced by the Festival d'Automne in Paris, the Hebbeltheater in Berlin, the Brooklyn Academy of Music Next Wave Festival, The Kitchen, and PepsiCo Summerfare, among many others. Reitz has toured extensively as a performer and teacher throughout North America, Europe, Australia, Hong Kong and Japan, and she is currently on the faculty of Bennington College. She is the recipient of two New York Dance and Performance (“Bessie”) Awards, she is the Artistic Director of Field Papers, Inc, and her work has been supported in part by many foundations including the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation and The National Endowment for the Arts.
Also featured will be alumna Leyya Tawil, who will be creating a new work inspired by the archetypal characters of the Commedia dell'Arte, particularly the play between wistful Pedrolino and the trickster Arlecchino. Tawil will collaborate with composer Topher Keyes for an original score for the work. Tawil has performed, choreographed, and taught nationally for the last thirteen years. This year marks her first international collaboration with Maqamat Theatre Dance in Beirut, Lebanon. Tawil has held faculty positions at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor (Visiting Artist), the University of San Francisco and Sonoma State University. She is currently the Middlebury College Artist-In-Residence in Dance. She received an MFA from Mills College and in 2008 was the recipient of an Emerging Artist Award from the UM School of Music, Theatre and Dance.
Several current UM dance faculty will be presenting works on the concert. Melissa Beck Matjias will be restaging her solo, The Yellow Wallpaper. Amy Chavasse will be creating a new trio for the concert. Bill DeYoung and Peter Sparling will also be contributing short chamber works to the program.
DATE: Wednesday June 10 and Thursday June 11, 8:00 P.M.
LOCATION: Duderstadt Center Video and Performance Studio, 2281 Bonisteel Blvd (North Campus - map)
An evening of short chamber works by current dance faculty and guest artist alumni presented by Ann Arbor Dance Works, the resident professional dance company of the University of Michigan Department of Dance. The concert will feature alumna Dana Reitz performing a solo. Dana Reitz is a choreographer, dancer and visual artist who has developed and produced projects since 1973. In 1996, she and Mikhail Baryshnikov toured together with a program of solos; in 1998, she created Cantata for Two, a duet for Baryshnikov and Tamasaburo Bando (Tokyo). Her work has been commissioned and produced by the Festival d'Automne in Paris, the Hebbeltheater in Berlin, the Brooklyn Academy of Music Next Wave Festival, The Kitchen, and PepsiCo Summerfare, among many others. Reitz has toured extensively as a performer and teacher throughout North America, Europe, Australia, Hong Kong and Japan, and she is currently on the faculty of Bennington College. She is the recipient of two New York Dance and Performance (“Bessie”) Awards, she is the Artistic Director of Field Papers, Inc, and her work has been supported in part by many foundations including the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation and The National Endowment for the Arts.
Also featured will be alumna Leyya Tawil, who will be creating a new work inspired by the archetypal characters of the Commedia dell'Arte, particularly the play between wistful Pedrolino and the trickster Arlecchino. Tawil will collaborate with composer Topher Keyes for an original score for the work. Tawil has performed, choreographed, and taught nationally for the last thirteen years. This year marks her first international collaboration with Maqamat Theatre Dance in Beirut, Lebanon. Tawil has held faculty positions at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor (Visiting Artist), the University of San Francisco and Sonoma State University. She is currently the Middlebury College Artist-In-Residence in Dance. She received an MFA from Mills College and in 2008 was the recipient of an Emerging Artist Award from the UM School of Music, Theatre and Dance.
Several current UM dance faculty will be presenting works on the concert. Melissa Beck Matjias will be restaging her solo, The Yellow Wallpaper. Amy Chavasse will be creating a new trio for the concert. Bill DeYoung and Peter Sparling will also be contributing short chamber works to the program.
Ticket Information
Tickets for all performance events can be purchased beginning May 11th at the Michigan League Ticket Office, (734) 764-2538. The office is located at 911 N. University Ave. (map). Box Office hours are Monday-Friday 10:00 AM-5:00 PM. Tickets are $10 per performance. There is an additional $2.00 per order service charge for phone orders.
Directly following the performance Saturday June 13th, there will be an Afterglow Reception in the Bentley Historical Library, where a special Dancing at 100 exhibit will be on view. The reception will begin at approximately 8:30 PM. Tickets for the reception are $15 and can also be purchased through the box office. Tickets for the reception must be purchased by June 1st.
Tickets can also be purchased at the door for all performances.
Seating is limited for all events.
Directly following the performance Saturday June 13th, there will be an Afterglow Reception in the Bentley Historical Library, where a special Dancing at 100 exhibit will be on view. The reception will begin at approximately 8:30 PM. Tickets for the reception are $15 and can also be purchased through the box office. Tickets for the reception must be purchased by June 1st.
Tickets can also be purchased at the door for all performances.
Seating is limited for all events.
Schedule
- Wed-Thurs June 10-11, 8:00PM - Concerts by Ann Arbor Dance Works, featuring faculty, students, and alumni
- Fri June 12, 3:00PM & 8:00PM: Two Alumni Dance Concerts featuring dancers from many different eras of dance at UM
- Sat June 13
- 10:00AM-12:00PM: Special legacy lectures by alumni and faculty
- 12:30PM: Alumni Luncheon For info and to RSVP to the luncheon please contact sstrayer@umich.edu or (734) 763-5460
- 2:30-5:00PM: Continuous screenings of videodances by alumni and faculty
- approx 8:30PM: An afterglow reception at the Bentley Historical Library following the evening performance. Ticket info to be posted soon.
- Sat-Sun Jun 13-14, 6:30PM: Large-scale, site-specific performance featuring alumni and current dance majors, tracing the history of dance at the UM
Lodging Info.
Hampton Inn North,
$109/night - ask for Dancing at 100 rate; must be booked by May 17th
2300 Green Road (map)
(734) 996-4444
Hampton Inn South
$109/night - ask for Dancing at 100 rate; must be booked by May 17th
925 Victor’s Way (map)
(734) 665-5000
Many hotels are booked for the weekend due to weddings, etc., so act quickly if you need a place to stay!
$109/night - ask for Dancing at 100 rate; must be booked by May 17th
2300 Green Road (map)
(734) 996-4444
Hampton Inn South
$109/night - ask for Dancing at 100 rate; must be booked by May 17th
925 Victor’s Way (map)
(734) 665-5000
Many hotels are booked for the weekend due to weddings, etc., so act quickly if you need a place to stay!
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Current Participants
Below are the names of the dancers we have listed as participating. Please email Jessica (jkfogel@umich.edu) asap if you are no longer able to be involved.
Aimee Anderson, Noonie Anderson, Alana Barter, Jeanette Fischer, Carol Halsted, Holly Hobbs, Corinne Imberski, Sarah Martens, Anna McGarry, Michelle Millman, Barbara Neri, Linda Perry, Eva Powers, January Provenzola, Samantha Shelton, Erika Stowall, Beverly Robinson, Beth Wielinski, and Jarel Waters.
Other alumni: we want you for the finale! Please contact Jessica if you plan to be in town for the Dancing at 100 events and would like to be a part of it.
Aimee Anderson, Noonie Anderson, Alana Barter, Jeanette Fischer, Carol Halsted, Holly Hobbs, Corinne Imberski, Sarah Martens, Anna McGarry, Michelle Millman, Barbara Neri, Linda Perry, Eva Powers, January Provenzola, Samantha Shelton, Erika Stowall, Beverly Robinson, Beth Wielinski, and Jarel Waters.
Other alumni: we want you for the finale! Please contact Jessica if you plan to be in town for the Dancing at 100 events and would like to be a part of it.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
100 Years of Dance overview
While the Department of Dance was not officially established until 1974-1975, dance has had a lively presence on campus since the early 1900s. Officially placed on the books in 1909 as a course in “Aesthetic Dancing” in the Dept. of Phys. Ed. for Women, dance has continuously evolved on campus, reflecting key trends in the professional and educational fields. Over the course of a century, UM Dance alumni have distinguished themselves as leaders in the field of performance, choreography, scholarship, and education. Early dance educators at the UM were closely connected to ideas of progressive education, and a belief in educating the whole individual in experiential learning. By the 1960s the program in dance was moving toward a growing interest in professionalism, in keeping with national trends in the field of dance education. Since the 1970s the Department of Dance has steadily built its reputation as a leading program for training professional dancers and developing creative artists. Now a department with 60 students, 13 full-time faculty and 3 part-time faculty members, it continues to expand its reach and vision in the new millennium.
In celebration of this rich legacy, the UM Department of Dance is presenting a week of festivities, including performances, master classes, lectures, and a special exhibit at the Bentley Historical Library. June 10-11 there will be concerts given by Ann Arbor Dance Works, featuring faculty, students, and alumni. June 12, there will be two alumni dance concerts, featuring dancers from many different eras of dance at the UM. June 13-14 there will be a large-scale, multi-site-specific performance featuring alumni and current Dance majors, tracing the history of dance at the UM.
In celebration of this rich legacy, the UM Department of Dance is presenting a week of festivities, including performances, master classes, lectures, and a special exhibit at the Bentley Historical Library. June 10-11 there will be concerts given by Ann Arbor Dance Works, featuring faculty, students, and alumni. June 12, there will be two alumni dance concerts, featuring dancers from many different eras of dance at the UM. June 13-14 there will be a large-scale, multi-site-specific performance featuring alumni and current Dance majors, tracing the history of dance at the UM.
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