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How three associate professors spent their sabbaticals James Hansen choreographed “Lovely” during his sabbatical in Chile. For full-time university faculty, sabbaticals are a welcome vacation. Deciding how they should be spent though, can be difficult. The possibilities seem infinite—some work on research projects, choreograph or travel. Regardless of plans, the time off can be exhausting, […]
Music to help dancers develop their personal movement voices The first year of college can be a struggle for dancers because their beliefs on technique and movement are often flipped upside down. “College is really about deprogramming them,” says Kiesha Lalama, associate jazz professor at Point Park University in Pittsburgh. “A lot of freshmen come […]
How three faculty members teach dance history As trained dancers, we embody history. Every jump, contraction and tendu reveals lineage—an evolution of movement over time through culture. It also gives form to the politics and social values that have inspired several dance movements. The study of dance history is vital to training, but course content […]
Embracing competition circuit students into college dance “Sometimes my class is honestly quite unsatisfying to former competition dancers.” —Meghan Durham Sophomore Lindsay Deitchman says it took her a full semester to feel comfortable at Ohio State University’s dance program. Competing with studios in Westchester, New York, she had little modern dance training and didn’t understand […]