Eun Jung Choi will be teaching Modern III during the first half of the semester.  She is an independent dance and performance artist who has been working actively since 1996.   Currently she is an artistic co-director of Da·Da·Dance Project, a dada-inspired, duet repertory company. The company’s mission is to challenge traditional notions of art making while promoting social awareness and diversity through collaborative performance efforts. This year, Da·Da·Dance Project has been invited to perform at Live Arts Festival’ “eight”, International Dance Avant Garde (Merida, Mexico), SIDance Festival (Korea) and Variations in a Foreign Land (New York).  In the company’s recent history, performances have included: a Joyce SoHo season (New York), La MaMa International (New York), nEW Festival residency and performances (Philadelphia), Festival Encuentro de Nueva Danza y Nueva Musica (Mexico), XI Muestra Internacional de Danza Contemporanea (Mexico), and a company season at Los Talleres (Mexico).  The company was selected for inclusion in the Pennsylvania Performing Arts on Tour (PennPAT) Roaster 2011.

As an independent artist, she has received funds from New York Danspace Project’s 2006-07, 05-06, and 03-04 Commissioning Initiatives, Korean Cultural Services NY, Dance New Amsterdam and Union StreetDance Rehearsal Space Grant. Her choreography has been seen at Sushi Performance and Visual Art (San Diego), CEC (Philadelphia), DancenOw, Danspace Project’s City/Dans, Global Exchange, DraftWork, FOOD FOR THOUGHT, DRA, Mexico Now Festival, Danceworks (Milwaukee), Daegue International Festival (Korea), Sexto Encuentro de Nueva Danza (Mexico City), and nEW Festival (Philadelphia).
As a teacher, Eun Jung has taught at the NC Governor’s School, Daegue Catholic University (Daegu, Korea), North Carolina School of the Arts, CICO (Center of Choreographic Investigation, Mexico), 72 Horas de Verano en Movimiento (Mexico City), Movimiento Escénico/Laborame (Mexico City), Little Red House School, Tanya Tower, Queens International High School, White Bird Productions, as well as various community workshops in and around New York City.  In 2010, she taught workshops at La Cantera (Mexico City), Chi Movement Center and PhillyPARD, and was commissioned to set a new work on students at Rowen University, Glassboro, NJ.

In addition to her career in dance, Eun Jung is an interdisciplinary video/interactive installation artist and graphic designer. Since receiving her Master’s Degree from New York University’s Interactive Telecommunications Program in 2003, her works have been presented at various theaters, galleries and commercial venues/parties in both Mexico and the United States. She has created digital contents for non-profit organizations and individual artists as well as commercial companies including Toyota, Nestle, Volkswagen, Telmex, Ford, Phillip Morris and CMS Partners. Her recent video projects include a video series, La Galleria de Humilde, La Casa de La Maestra and Porque no? (2008), a video performance project featuring Lince Siblings from Mexico City; Block Party Concert (2005), a promotional video documentary in cooperation with CMS Partners; Ducks and Geese Tour, cumulative dance performance documentary in collaboration with Bird Brain Dance, directed under choreographer, Jennifer Monson (2003). Her video work, Sliced Mirror (2002) has been seen at The West Wave Dance Festival (San Francisco), La MaMa Moves Festival (New York), Asian American Dance Performances (San Francisco), The Longford Dance Festival (Ireland), Billy De Frank Center (San Jose). Her recent video series, featuring Lince Siblings, has been screened at Joyce SoHo (New York), Encuentro Internacional Nuevos Creadores a Escena (Guadalajara, Mexico),and XI Muestra Internacional de Danza Contemporanea (Oaxaca, Mexico).

Anitra N Keegan will be teaching Ballet III this semester.  Anitra  began her training at the Academy of Dance Arts in New Jersey, where she received honors in both the Dance Education Syllabus and the Royal Academy of Dance examinations. She continued her training at the Royal Academy of Dance in England, Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet in Carlisle,  and Pennsylvania Ballet School in Philadelphia. After graduating from highschool, she began her professional career with Pennsylvania Ballet Company, Ohio Ballet Company, and American Repertory Ballet Company. Ms. Keegan then moved to New York and continued her dancing career with DancesPatrelle, Chamber Dance Project, BalletNY, where she was featured as “Desdemona” in John Butler’s Othello. During this time in her career, she was featured in roles choreographed by Alonzo King, Donald Byrd, Laura Dean, Heinz Poll, George Balanchine, Thaddeus Davis, William Soleau, and Stanton Welch. Upon joining BalletX in Philadelphia, she has had the privilege to have worked with choreographers such as Christine Cox, Matthew Neenan, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Jodie Gates,  Edwaard Liang, Alex Ketley, and Meredith Rainey. Ms. Keegan is also a graduate of Mason Gross School of Arts at Rutgers University.

Saturday November 21, 7:30 PM
Sunday, November 22 , 1 PM
Marshall Auditorium Haverford College

Free admission.
Reception follows.

Student choreographers and student dance groups from Bryn Mawr and Haverford present a variety of styles and genres in concert at Haverford College.  Come see friends, roomies, family, and classmates dancing in works ranging from ballet to jazz to hip-hop and more. Supported by the Dance Program, the concert is in its second decade and is entirely student run and directed.

What’s a floor barre?. . .Yes, you do it lying on the floor BUT it’s an intense workout, demanding full concentration on the exercises and can actually allow for better alignment and muscle work  and more sensitivity than when you are vertical in space. . .Yes, it’s called a ‘barre’ but it’s not just about ballet.  You will work through a variety of movement exercises focusing on the central body core as the original life source, gaining enhanced body control, strength, fluidity and suppleness for improved alignment and maximum joint and limb flexibility.

Rhonda Moore’s floor barre class stems from her 30 years of developing special breathing exercises for dancers, speakers, actors & vocal artists.  Her focus on the Effort\Shape theories of Laban help to clarify, mentally and visually, the ideas behind practical application. This permits each person to reach his or her full potential while elaborating the personal imagery necessary to truly master his/her physical and mental self.  If you have a yoga/pilates mat (or good towel), bring it.  The Dance Program will provide mats for anyone who does not have one.

Although having some dance vocabulary under your belt would be useful, this is a good workout that is suitable for dancers, actors, movers of all sorts who feel they are coming into the workshop in reasonably good physical shape.

Master teacher Rhonda Moore is a founding member of BILL T. JONES/Arnie Zane & Dancers.
She holds a BFA, cum laude, Dance, 1979, SUNY Purchase, Purchase, NY, and is completing her
Master of Fine Arts Degree from Temple University’s Boyer College of Music and Dance. From
1984 to 2008 she performed and taught in and around Verona, Italy. In addition to her Body
Conditioning work, she has wide experience in multi-disciplinary collaborations, and incorporates
Afro-Haitian, as well as traditional, classical, dance discipline into her work. Most recently she has
organized and directed RAD (Random Acts of Dance) for the Mural Arts Program.

Thursday, October 28th

Master Class,  4-5:30 PM
Pem Dance Studio, Bryn Mawr

Film Showing  and Discussion of Alwin Nikolais’ work,  6:30PM
Goodhart Music Room

Open to intermediate level dancers and above.  Dancers who are not from Bryn Mawr or Haverford should call to reserve a space:  610-526-5208.

This year is the centennial of the birth of modern dance pioneer ALWIN NIKOLAIS who was acclaimed for his early use of multi-media (he was a wizard in lighting, set and costume design, a composer as well as a choreographer) and his interest in pure motion as an expressive tool.  To celebrate Nikolais’ work and to physically experience some significant 20th century dance history we have invited New York dancer/choreographer Peter Kyle to do a two-part workshop on Nikolais.  Kyle will teach a master class in the Nikolais approach on Thursday, Oct. 28 from 4:00 – 5:30 in the Pem studio (in the place of Modern III), and will follow that with a talk and screening of Nik’s choreography at 6:30 in the Goodhart Music Room.  Don’t miss this chance to physically experience, see and hear about this fascinating chapter in 20th century dance.

Drawing on years of experience as a performer with some of the world’s premier modern dance companies including Nikolais & Murray Louis Dance, Mark Morris Dance Group, and Erick Hawkins Dance Company, Peter Kyle formed his own company in 2006 and  has received numerous grants and awards to support his work in both choreography and performance. He is also a highly regarded teacher, both nationally and internationally.  Peter will be teaching a class in the style of Alwin Nikolais, an important US choreographer and a pioneer in multi-media dance artistry.  Nik developed his technique after studying with Hanya Holm who was, in turn, a student of Mary Wigman, a founder of modern German Expressionist dance. The focus of the technique is on motion–the qualities and shape of motion and motion in and through space.  This Fall, we celebrate the centenary of Nik’s birth.