Timeline
2011
February 24-26, 2011 Dance Club Performance With Choreography by Connecticut College Students, Myers Studio
March 9-13, 2011 ACDFA New England Regional Festival, Keene State College, Keene New Hampshire, CC Student choreography presented: by Emma Judkins ’11 and Kimberly Lusk ’11
April 6, 2011 People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond Residency, Undoing Racism Workshop. Made possible through the Dayton Artist-in-Residence Program.
April 14-16, 2011 Dance Department Senior Thesis Concert, IMPRINT Featuring choreography by Connecticut College senior dance majors, a reconstruction of Twyla Tharp’s “The Fugue” by guest Jason McDole, made possible through the National Endowment for the Arts Dance American Masterpieces Grant, and a reconstruction of Daniel Nagrin’s “Spanish Dance” and “Strange Hero” by Shane O’Hara & Roxane d’Orleans Juste, Palmer Auditorium ?
April 30-May 6, 2011 PearsonWidrig DanceTheatre Residency with a performance of “A Curious Invasion,” with dancing by Connecticut College students & faculty. Made possible through the Dayton Artist in Residence Program.
May 5, 2011 Our Dance History at Connecticut College, 2nd Floor Studio
May 6, 2011 Kids Performance. A showing of works for students of the Regional Multicultural Magnet School, Featuring choreography by Connecticut College students.
May 6, 2011 Contact Jam, Myers Studio
May 9, 2011 DAN 222 Experimental Dance Showing, 2nd Floor Studio
May 12, 2011 Spring Showing, A showing of works by Connecticut College students, exhibiting work done in classes and independently throughout the semester. Myers Studio
January – April, 2010 Rodger Belman Residency, Re-staging of Laura Dean’s Sky Light made possible through the NEA Dance American Masterpieces Grant
February 1, 2010 Master Class with Ben Levy, Ben Levy Dance, Myers Studio
February 1-5, 2010 Kinodance Residency, onStage Performance, Palmer Auditorium
February 5-7, 2010 Kid’s Café at Long Island University, NYC, CC Student choreography presented: Supra Tofu Bros Featuring KG by Wayne Ong, ’11
February 11-14, 2010 ACDFA New England Regional Festival, Boston University, Boston Massachusetts, CC Student choreography presented: The Story of Roy ‘n Biv by Lily Ockwell ’10, GGBGGPWBPGPPWBGBPBBWPWGPBGBWPPPPWGGW: General and Specific Glimpses of Lives by Liz Young ’10 and Symmetric Synthesis by Sophie Maguire ‘10
February 25-27, 2010 Dance Club Performance, Spring Forward, with Choreography by Connecticut College Students, Myers Studio
March 1-6, 2010 Kinodance Residency, onStage Performance, Palmer Auditorium
March 4-6, 2010 Connecticut College Ammerman Center's Arts & Tech Symposium
March 22-28, 2010 David Dorfman Dance Residency
April 23-25, 2010 Dance Department Senior Thesis Concert, "woven" featuring choreography by Connecticut College senior dance majors, faculty Lisa Race, guest artist Rachel Boggia and a reconstruction of Laura Dean's Sky Light by guest artist Rodger Belman, made possible through the NEA Dance American Masterpieces Grant, Palmer Auditorium
April 24-28, 2010 Race Dance Residency
April 30-May 2, 2010 David Dorfman Dance Residency
May 3, 2010 Honors Thesis Performance, Dance Presentations by Sophie Maguire ‘10 & Lily Ockwell ’10, Studio A, 36 Golden Street, New London
May 3-9, 2010 David Dorfman Dance Residency
May 6, 2010 Guest Artist Xavier LeRoy, Performance of a work in progress: “Product of Other Circumstances,” Myers Studio
May 7, 2010 Kids Performance A showing of works for students of the Regional Multicultural Magnet School, Featuring choreography by Connecticut College students and an excerpt of Laura Dean’s Sky Light, re-staged by Rodger Belman, made possible through the NEA Dance American Masterpieces Grant. Myers Studio
May 13, 2010 Spring Showing: A showing of works by Connecticut College students, exhibiting work done in classes and independently throughout the semester. Myers Studio
September 3-5 Race Dance Rehearsals with Raja Kelly ’09 & Kaitlin Morse ‘08
September 7-10 & 13-17 David Dorfman Dance Residency
September 18-19 Gabri Christa Residency
September 27-October 6 Kyle Abraham Residency
Feb. 19-21, 2009 Dance Club Spring Concert Three Weeks Notice, With choreography by Connecticut College students, Myers Studio
Feb. 26-29, 2009 ACDFA New England Regional Conference University of Maine, Orono, CC student choreography presented: A Precarious Shelter by Rebecca Hite; Chiaroscuro by Emily Cannarella; Bowed by Kate Enman; And Then There Were Two by Adriane Brayton
April 3, 2009 Paul Taylor Dance Company, Master Class, Myers Studio CC onStage Performance, Palmer Auditorium
April 6-12, 2009 Jeremy Nelson Residency
April 16-18, 2009 Senior Thesis Concert The PULP of the matter Featuring choreography by senior dance majors Kate Enman, Rebecca Hite, Raja Kelly, Jennifer Mueller, Cassie Robertson, Carolyn Roose, Laura Snow and Laura Straight with guest artists Tania Isaac and Jeremy Nelson; Daniel Nagrin’s Strange Hero & Spanish Dance reconstructed by Roxane D’orleans Juste, Donald Laney & Shane O’Hara; Lighting Design by Laura J. Eckelman & Alan C. Edwards; Palmer Auditorium. The reconstruction of Strange Hero & Spanish Dance was made possible by American Masterpieces: Dance, a program of the National Endowment for the Arts, which is administered by the New England Foundation for the Arts with Dance/USA.
September 14-18, 2009 Kinodance residency
October 2 & 3, 2009 Martha Graham Dance Company Master Class onStage Performance, Palmer Auditorium
October 23, 2009 Adele Myers & Dancers Common Hour Showing, Myers Studio
October- December, 2009 Monica Bill Barnes residency
November 5-7, 2009 Dance Club Performance, Some Assembly Required
With choreography by Connecticut College Students. Myers Studio
November 22, 2009 Sky Light Master Class/Workshop with Rodger Belman
December 11-12, Dance Department Concert With choreography by David Dorfman, Heidi Henderson, Adele Myers; Swan Lake; Guest Artist Monica Bill Barnes; Student choreographers Lily Ockwell and Liz Young; Lighting design by Jesse Belsky, Palmer Auditorium
December 14-19, 2009 David Dorfman Dance Residency
December 16, 2009 Winter Showing: A showing of works by Connecticut College students, exhibiting work done in classes and independently throughout the semester. Myers Studio
Spring 2008 Paul Taylor’s Aureole, restaged by Andy LeBeau Dance/USA American Masterpieces Grant The reconstruction of Aureole was made possible by American Masterpieces: Dance, a program of the National Endowment for the Arts, which is administered by the New England Foundation for the Arts with Dance/USA
Jan 26, 2008 Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Master Class CC onStage performance, Palmer Auditorium
Feb. 6-9, 2008 ACDFA New England Regional Conference hosted by Connecticut College CC student choreography presented: an empty house, an empty bottle, an empty wagon by Halee Beucler, Three-Way Bulb by Zenas Hutcheson
Feb. 21-23, 2008 Dance Club Spring Performance Testing With choreography by Connecticut College students, Myers Studio
March 23- April 3, 2008 Nicholas Leichter Residency
April 7-12, 2008 Brigitte Dumez Residency
April 9-11, 2008 Senior Thesis Concert
April 19, 2008 David Dorfman Dance Performance CC onStage performance, Palmer Auditorium
April 23-30, 2008 Kathleen Hermesdorf & Albert Mathias Residency
April 25 & 26, 2008 Zenas Hutcheson ’08 Senior Honors Thesis Project Problems of Information, Myers Studio
Sept. 1-5 David Dorfman Dance Residency
Oct. 2 David Dorfman Dance “Disavowal”
Oct. 13-19 Nicholas Leichter Residency
Oct. 20-22 David Dorfman Dance Residency
Nov. 6-8 Dance Club Fall Performance More Than Ordinary With choreography by Connecticut College students, Myers Studio
Nov. 9-15 Tania Isaac Residency
Nov. 17-21 Nicholas Leichter Residency
Dec. 5 & 6 Dance Department Concert With choreography by faculty Heidi Henderson & Lisa Race, Guest Artists Nicholas Leichter and Colleen Thomas. Students Emily Cannarella, Rebecca Hite, Carolyn Roose, and Liz Young. Lighting Design by Jim French, Palmer Auditorium
Dec. 10 Dance Department Winter Showing Myers Studio
February 8 – 11, 2007 ACDFA New England Conference at Williams College. Connecticut College students presented: Katie Vason ‘06, Tread, and Kate March ‘07, Crooked Mouth(s), Parts I & II.
April 11 – 14, 2007 Dance Department Senior Thesis Concert, Eight in the Clear Choreography by Connecticut College Seniors Deniz Dinler, Kate March, Jessica Noe, Anne Sussman, Taiji Iwase, Avalon Paul, Allison Smith and Rebecca Woll, and guest artists Jeremy Nelson & Lisa Race. March 1 – 3 Dance Club Spring Performance, "Something Sinewy This Way Comes", choreography by Connecticut College students, Myers studio. February 19 – March 2 Guest Artist Jeremy Nelson's Residency
May 4 Senior Kate March's honors thesis, ondeck A site-specific performance at Mystic Seaport aboard the L.A. Dunton Schooner
Fall 2007 David Dorfman Dance Residency, Considered one of the most influential American contemporary dance companies for the past two decades, permanently named company-in-residence at the College to begin in Fall, 2007.
September 20 & 21, 2007 Guest Artists Peter DiMuro '83 & Elizabeth Johnson '98 of the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange
September 24-28, 2007 Guest Artist Dan Froot
February 17-19, 2006 New England Region American College Dance Festival at Boston University, student choreography presented: Senior Virginia Fuller, Three’s a Crowd, fate manipulation, and Sophomore Zenas Hutcheson, Unseen Enemy.
February 4, 2006 onStage at Connecticut College: Doug Varone and Dancers, presentation of its first Retrospective Concert and a discussion with the artists followed, Palmer Auditorium.
February 21, 2006 Guest Artist Mitchell Rose
Feb 27-March 10, 2006 Eddie Taketa Residency
March 2-4, 2006 Dance Club Spring Performance, "Flash", Featured choreography of Connecticut College students, Myers Studio.
March 5, 2006 Dance Student trip: Paul Taylor at City Center, Dance Club organized visit.
April 4-14, 2006 Guest Artist Jeremy Nelson's Residency
April 28, 2006 Dance Student trip: Eiko & Koma: Cambodian Stories at Wesleyan, Cambodian Stories: An Offering of Painting & Dance.
May 6, 2006 Dance Student trip: William Forsythe at BAM April 19-22, 2006 Dance Department Senior Concert, This is a Big Deal to Us, Featuring choreography by Connecticut College seniors Jennifer Reilly, Joshua Knowlton, Rachel Mieszczanski, Katie Vason, Kelsey Comstock, Katherine Egan, Virginia Fuller, and Caroline Martin, and works by guest artists Lisa Race and Jeremy Nelson. Palmer Auditorium
September 13, 2006 Kate March '07 Site Specific Performance at New Britain City Hall, Gallery Opening.
September 23 – 24, 2006 Guest Artist Jay-T Jenkins Hip Hop & Jazz sponsored by the CC Dance Team.
October 28, 2006 onStage: David Dorfman Dance, underground, Palmer Auditorium September 23 – 24
November 6 –18, 2006 Guest Artist Alexandra Beller Residency
November 2-4 2006 Dance Club Fall Performance, Catharsis, Choreography by Connecticut College students.
December 8 & 9, 2006 Dance Department Concert, Choreography by Connecticut College faculty members David Dorfman, Heidi Henderson & Adele Myers, Guest Artist Alexandra Beller, and Connecticut College students, along with a re-staging of an Isadora Duncan piece by Carrie Tron.
February 24-27, 2005 New England Region American College Dance Festival Association at The University of Maine. Student choreography presented: Maggie Bennett, An Approximation of Us and Molly Lieber, Her Let Down
April 13-16, 2005 Dance Department Senior Concert: Dispositioned, featuring choreography by senior dance majors Amy Adams, Maggie Bennett, Mara Forbes, Ani Javian, Molly Lieber, Cara Liguori, Megan Macfarlane, Elisabeth Miller, Sarah Wright, and Coco Yang, with guest artists Jeremy Nelson and Eddie Taketa; lighting designs by Les Dickert and Matthew Richards, Palmer Auditorium
September 19-24, 2005 Dayton Residency/Yunnan Project
September 19-September 24. 2005 Master Class by Guest Artis Gao Du, Chinese Folk Dance Department, Beijing Dance Academy, Panel: Tourism and Culture, Premiere Performance, Palmer Auditorium.
September 20-October 4, 2005 Guest Artist Doug Elkins Residency
October 27-29, 2005 Dance Club Fall Performance Impact, Myers Studio
November 14-21, 2005 Guest Arist Eddie Taketa's Residency: Dance/USA Project Doug Varone's Of the Earth Far Below
December 9 & 10, 2005 Dance Department Concert, with choreography by faculty David Dorfman, Heidi Henderson & Lan-Lan Wang, Guest Artists Doug Elkins & Doug Varone's work Of the Earth Far Below re-staged by Eddie Taketa. Students Virginia Fuller & Zenas Hutcheson.
February 13-14, 2004 Dance Department Concert featuring choreography by faculty members Heidi Henderson, Jacqueline McCormick, and Lan-Lan Wang, guest artists Heidi Latsky and Claire Porter, Elizabeth Johnson ’98 and students Kat Mueller and Nile Russell; lighting design by Kenneth L. Schutz, Palmer Auditorium
February 26-29, 2004 New England Region American College Dance Festival at Smith College. Student choreography presented: Kat Mueller ’04 Longitudinal and Nile H. Russell ‘04 A.B.C.B.1.
April 21-24, 2004 Dance Department Senior Concert: JUXT BEGINNING featuring choreography by senior dance majors NurAlima Grandison, Cammie Kelly, Daniel Leary, Meredith Marcus, Ian McGowan, Alexis Miller, Katherine Mueller, Kelly Nayden, Nile Russell, and Amelia Sholik, and guest artists Jeremy Nelson and Eddie Taketa; lighting designs by Gina Scherr and Bryan Keller, Palmer Auditorium
April 28- May 1, 2004 Connecticut College in Collaboration With Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage hosted a conference: "Yunnan China: Cultural Connections Along the Mekong" – the conference launches the multi-year Mekong Project, an international effort by Asian and American scholars, artists, officials, and public program specialists to research, support and present the cultural traditions of the Mekong region.
November 11 & 12, 2004 Performance by Full Fat Dance - Jeremy Nelson and Luis Lara Malvacías, Myers Studio
December 10 & 11, 2004 Dance Department Concert featuring choreography by faculty and guest artists David Dorfman, Heidi Henderson, Heidi Latsky, Lisa Race and Dan Wagoner and students Maggie Bennett and Molly Lieber; lighting design by Les Dickert, Palmer Auditorium
February 13-15, 2003 Connecticut College Dance Ensemble; performance
April 24-26, 2003 Senior Dance Concert; Choreography by the graduating dance students and guest artists
April 13, 2003 Onstage at Connecticut College: David Dorfman Dance; performance of No Roles Barred community project and See Level
November 14, 2003 Claire Porter; text and movement workshop and performance of "Portables"
Feb 22, 23, 2002 Connecticut College Dance Ensemble; performance
April 18-20, 2002 Senior Dance Concert
Spring 2002 -Spring 2003 Dayton Residency: David Dorfman
May 13-16, 2002 Tenth National College Dance Festival, Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C.
Limon East Coast: Summer Dance Workshop and Residency. A core curriculum offering Limon Technique, composition, Limon repertory, performance techniques, and supplemental courses in mentoring, coaching and ballet for modern dancers. For information, contact The Limon Foundation directly.
March 31, 2000 Ping Chong, Workshop and Presentation
April 20, 2000 Connecticut College Dance Ensemble; Lecture/Demonstration
May 11-13, 2000 Senior Dance Concert
May 19-21, 2000 ACDFA National 2000 University of Maryland/College Park
September 11-16, 2000 Ping Chong Residency; Lecture of "Vampires, Doppelganger and Aliens - Residents and Otherwise" Ping Chong and Company, Performance of "Undesirable Elements"
October 14, 2000 RE/BOUND, Alumni Concert
October 21, 2000 Connecticut Dance Alive Festival, Master classes and performances
Spring 1999 - Spring 2000 Meredith Monk Residency
May 12-15, 1999 Senior Dance Concert
Contact Information:
Phone:
860-439-2830
Fax:
860-439-5365
Email dcdor@conncoll.edu
Department of Dance
Box 5204
Connecticut College
270 Mohegan Avenue
New London, CT 06320-4196
