SRJC PRESENTS ANNUAL DANCE PERFORMANCE: Piece Work, May 13-15, 2011
Santa Rosa Junior College’s annual spring dance performance,Piece Work, will showcase new dance works created by college faculty, student choreographers and artist-in- residence M
elecio Estrella. Evening performances will be held on the Santa Rosa campus in Burbank Auditorium at 8:00 p.m. on Friday, May 13 and Saturday, May 14, 2011, with matinee performances at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 14 and Sunday, May 15, 2011.
Advance tickets to Piece Work are $15 General, $12 Students and Seniors, and are available at the SRJC Box Office in Burbank Auditorium on the Santa Rosa campus, Wednesday through Friday from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. Tickets may also be purchased at the door are for $17 General and $14 for Students and Seniors. The 2:00 pm show on Saturday, May 14 is a bargain matinee performance; tickets are $8 in advance and $10 at the door for all attendees. To order tickets by phone, call 527-4343 or purchase tickets online at www.santarosa.edu/theatrearts. All dances in Piece Work are inspired by a work of visual art or poetry of each choreographer’s choosing. The choreographers for Piece Work were selected through a rigorous adjudication process, and include faculty choreographers Lara Branen, Michele Camozzi, Susan Matthies, Carrie Stillman and Lea Poisson. One of the featured pieces was created for selected SRJC dancers by artist-in-residence Estrella. A Sonoma County native and current member of the Joe Goode Company and Project Bandaloop, Estrella combines dance and theatre that includes spoken text and songs.
MISSION STATEMENT
Dance, as an academic discipline,
encompasses the elements of dance as a performing art, as well as
the science of dance as movement. The mission of the dance program
is to promote dance as a medium of communication and expression uniquely
effective in the conveyance of meaning, emotion and cultural values.
The mission is also to train dancers in sound dance
techniques so their bodies are effective instruments for this artistic
expression. The techniques of the program increases students' level
of physical fitness, coordination, and grace through dance training,
and presents dance as a rigorous and specialized area of the performing
arts, demanding a high level of physical preparation as well as a
thorough understanding of aesthetics.
The Dance mission includes the following
objectives:
- Creating an environment in which
the general student population may experience dance as a means to
enhance physical fitness and wellness, understand and appreciate other
cultures and periods of history, interact cooperatively with men and
women of various ages and cultural/ethic backgrounds, and learn aesthetics
- Preparing
dance students to transfer as dance majors to public state and private
colleges and universities
- Providing preparation for careers
in dance including the areas of choreography, dance performance and
dance instruction
- Maintaining diversity of instruction
and course offerings
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Certificate Program