舞蹈节目
Why Study Dance at Saint Mary’s College?
Students come to Saint Mary’s to 跳舞 because they have a passion for moving. 在我们的节目中, you’ll cultivate your creativity, 技能, and artistry in a nurturing and supportive environment, guided by our accomplished, approachable faculty. You’ll receive plenty of personalized attention and have the opportunity to specialize in either Dance Studies or Choreography and Performance. Our noncompetitive atmosphere gives all 跳舞rs the opportunity to perform, even in their first year.
舞蹈节目 VALUES
The 舞蹈节目 at Saint Mary’s College aims to:
- 构造 a healthy attitude toward 跳舞 and the value of diverse 跳舞 forms including cross training in different styles and Somatic disciplines, following a holistic view of the human body which allows assessment and reflection without judgement both in the studio and on st年龄;
- 演示 individual artistic choices and promote self-authority and 年龄ncy to express individual thought and creativity outside of rigid, dominant and binary world views both experientially and in writing;
- 区分 technical terms and theories used in 跳舞 studies, influenced by aesthetics, anatomy and science, 体细胞, pedagogical 和性能 theories; and employ this terminology appropriately when discussing and writing about specific works and/or assessing one's practice;
- 识别 the cultural context of a work of art or style of movement in the studio and in writing. Frame creative challenges within larger historical/theoretical questions to locate one’s own place in history by recognizing the 跳舞 line年龄 that shape us in our search for defining the dancing identity necessary in today’s world;
- 参与 in critical discourse to explore how social identities are constructed, 限制, 钢筋, and treated with inequality by systems of power, including within the field of performing arts by analyzing issues of access, 表示, 排除, and inclusion in the field in both creative practice and on paper;
- 制定 an intersectional perspective through the lenses of race, 种族, 性别, class, 性, 能力, 年龄, and culture; strengthening our sense of how socially conscious bodies are able to see and take action towards social diversity in relationship to the SMC community, 大湾区, the country and beyond when assessing one’s practice.
SMC舞蹈团
From September to May, Company members experience what it means to be a professional 跳舞r by going through training, 编排, 和性能. Students in the 跳舞 program create original 编排 for a fall 跳舞 concert that features the work of graduating seniors. 在春天, the SMCDC members work with 跳舞 faculty and guest artists to create the annual spring 跳舞 concert. Guest artists have been 跳舞rs and choreographers from throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond including: Kara Davis, 弥迦书Sallid, 杰梅因McGhee, 贝拉·沃森, 幸福Kolmyer, 帕科戈麦斯, 珍妮丝加勒特, 尼娜安顿下来, 斯泰西Printz, 还有兰迪·波夫.
试镜 are not required for the Performing Arts major in 跳舞. Students will audition for performance ensembles, including the Saint Mary's College Dance Company, early in the new academic year. Contact 舞蹈节目 Director 凯茜Davalos at cdavalos@dalianzuqiu.com for more information on performance auditions.