Over the last 25 years, choreographer Susan Rethorst has garnered numerous awards and fellowships for her work which the NYT has described as  “meticulously made, sensually satisfying and thrumming with possibilities.”  BMC is hosting a week of events with Rethorst and her dancers:

MASTER CLASSES AND OPEN REHEARSALS:
*Tuesday February 19, 2:15 – 3:45pm
Master Class in Composition with Vicky Shick
Pem Studio, BMC.. open to all but reserve your space at 610-526-5210

Wednesday February 20, 3:00-4:30
Open Rehearsal 208 East Broadway, Part 5
Goodhart Hall, BMC

*Thursday, February 21, 4:00 pm – 5:30pm
Master Class in Technique with Jodi Melnick
Pem Studio, BMC.. open to all but reserve your space at 610-526-5210

PERFORMANCES: (Free to students but get tickets at the ARTS OFFICE in Goodhart)
*Friday, Feb. 22, 8 p.m.
Behold Bold Sam Dog
Hepburn Teaching Theater, Goodhart Hall

*Saturday, Feb. 23, 3 p.m.
208 East Broadway Part 5 (Premiere)
McPherson Auditorium Stage

*Saturday, Feb. 23, 8 p.m.
Behold Bold Sam Dog
Hepburn Teaching Theater

*Sunday, Feb. 24, 3 p.m.
208 East Broadway Part 5 (Premiere)
McPherson Auditorium, Goodhart Hall

Day-of-Dance
Saturday, Feb. 23, 12:30 – 10 p.m. includes two Rethorst performances + installations, exhibits, catering, two different performances of How to Get Started by John Cage with Elizabeth Streb, Claudia LaRocco, anne Waldman, and Douglas Dunn, and a Philly Performance Club led by critic Claudia La Rocco.

For more information go to http://bmcpas.blogs.brynmawr.edu/2012/10/04/susan-rethorst-inquiring-mind-choreographic-mind/

Sat., Feb. 16 at
7:30 pm
Pembroke Dance Studio

Choreographers Dinita Askew,
Corinne Karon, KC Chun-Manning,
Shannon Murphy, Ramaa Ramesh,
and Laura Vriend will present works
with their dancers in an array of styles.

Free Admissison

MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 7-8:40PM, Pem Studio
for intermediate/advanced and advanced dancers

Anthony Rizzi trained on full scholarships from 1980 to 1985 at the Boston Ballet School, and from 1985 to 2005 he was Principal Dancer, Choreographic Assistant and Ballet Teacher at the Frankfurt Ballett under the direction of William Forsythe. He danced most of the main roles and helped to create many of them, including Kammer/Kammer, Herman Schmerman, Eidos/Telos, and Impressing the Czar among others. In 1993 through 2005 he worked as a dancer and actor with Jan Fabre in Belgium on several critically acclaimed productions. Rizzi founded MOVING PRODUCTIONS for which he has made many works that have toured internationally including Snowman Sinking, JUDY WAS ANGRY with Jan Fabres, actress Els Deckekelier and members of the Frankfurt Ballet, and “I am open and receptive to new avenues of income” which was an Exhibition/Performance in Rizzi`s own apartment in Frankfurt and exhibited/performed as well in Berlin. He has also set works on companies in the US, Europe, and Australia.

Foto: © Katrin Schneider

Joining our faculty this spring are. . .

KC Chun-Manning, dancer, choreographer, and Alexander Technique practitioner.  KC will be sharing the Modern III instructional position with Linda Caruso Haviland.

Megan Mazarick is a Philadelphia based dance artist, choreographer and film maker who will be choreographing the Modern Ensemble.

Shannon Murphy, although noted as a Franklin Method advanced instructor and as a dance artist and choreographer in the contemporary/experimental dance scene, is also an accomplished choreographer in musical theatre and will be setting work on our Jazz Ensemble.

Jodi Obeid, a choreographer, performance artist, and dance educator will be teaching a special five week session on Contemporary Floor Technique for intermediate and advanced dancers.

FOR MORE INFORMATION on these and returning artist instructors check out the ‘people’ section of our website at http://www.brynmawr.edu/dance/people/

Friday, December 14  5:30-6:30 PM  PEM STUDIO, BMC

Advanced Choreography Projects ~End of semester studio showings
Choreographers: Sarah Jordan and Alexandra Kirsch
Dancers: Aurora Jensen, Hannah Klein, Catherine Wagner
refreshments will be served

Monday, December 17   4 PM
PEM STUDIO   BMC

Dance Comp I students, under the direction of DAVID BRICK, perform in their final choreographic projects.
student choregraphers: Sarah Bockol, Autumn Ding, Amanda Fletcher, Sheena Gopal
Asha Habib, Cerise Jones, Hilary Pierce, Sofia Ranalli, Amancay Candal Tribe, Joie Waxler

Saturday, November 17 @ 8PM
Sunday, November 18 @ 1PM
Marshall Auditorium, Haverford

Come see friends, roomies, classmates, and fellow students
doing modern, ballet, hip-hop, and more!  Free Admission.

With the support of the Mellon Tri-Co Creative Residencies Program and the Bryn Mawr Dance Program, the College will host a series of events showcasing the collaborators in a unique performance project, SCIENCE PER FORMS.  Working with the catalysts for the project, performance anthropologist, Marcel Williams Foster, and choreographer, Meredith Rainey, we are bringing computer designers and dancers to campus to share their process with us; hosting a panel on performance and robotics; and providing free tickets and transportation to Philadelphia to see the final performance project.

Lar Lubovitch Dance Company
Thursday  October 11  7:30 PM
Annenberg Center, UPENN, Philadelphia

Group ticket price is @ $20 and the bus ride in is free
Interested? email mcantor@brynmawr.edu

Join our group field trip to see Lar Lubovitch Dance Company, a celebrated company from New York, in a repertory program of famous works and new dances.

Friday  September 28  8PM  Goodhart
BREAD AND PUPPET THEATER

Tickets free to tri-co students, faculty, staff
other tickets, see BMC Performing Arts Series web page

Friday, Sept. 28, 8 p.m.
The Complete Everything Everywhere Cabaret
Hepburn Theater, Goodhart Hall

Saturday, Sept. 29, 8 p.m.
The Complete Everything Everywhere Cabaret
Hepburn Theater, Goodhart Hall

Sunday, Sept. 30, 2 p.m.
The Circus of the Possibilitarians
Thomas Great Hall Cloisters
(in case of rain: McPherson Auditorium/Goodhart)