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2011 Dancin' Downtown @ Santana Row Schedule

noreply@blogger.com (sjDANCEco admin) — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 21:55:00 +0000

9th Annual Dancin' Downtown @ Santana Row

noreply@blogger.com (sjDANCEco admin) — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 23:49:00 +0000

Performance Opportunity - AUDITION

noreply@blogger.com (sjDANCEco admin) — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 23:30:00 +0000

Audition
Saturday, April 16 - 1:30 - 4:30

sjDANCEco is looking for male & female community dancers who are advanced or have professional experience to augment the company's performance of José Limón's masterpiece 'Missa Brevis' in our Fall Season at the California Theatre October 14 & 15, 2011. The work will be performed with live music and the Symphony Silicon Valley Chorus. Rehearsals will take place July 11- 17 and Saturdays thereafter until performance week. Honorarium only.
For further information: (408) 924-5042

Congratulations to our 2011 ChoreoProject Awards Concert Choreographers

noreply@blogger.com (sjDANCEco admin) — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 16:35:00 +0000

Congratulations to our 2011 ChoreoProject Awards Choreographers!!

Luis Canales

Dalia Rawson

Anandha Ray

Michelle Dirck

Lauren Baines

Carol Abohatab

Renee Beauvais

Jazon Escultura

Sheena Annalise Hagy

Karin Cabello-Moriarty

Kim T. Davis

Tawnya Kuzia

Marte Madera

Dominic Duong

Nhan Ho

Maria Basile

Yao Yong

Performances will take place February 25th and 26th at 7:00pm (2:30pm matinee Saturday), at the SJSU Dance Theatre, SPX 219.

Purchase Tickets Here

Call for Choreographers

noreply@blogger.com (megan) — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 08:28:00 +0000

Application/Audition for sjDANCEco's ChoreoProject Award

• Application Deadline: Tuesday, December 7th, 2010
• Audition Dates: Sunday, December 12th, Noon - 3:00 pm at the Dance Theatre at SJSU, Spartan Complex SPX 219
• Performances: Friday & Saturday, February 25 & 26 @2:30 & 7pm at the Dance Theatre at SJSU, Spartan Complex SPX 219

sjDANCEco's ChoreoProject Award is a low-tech dance series for all dance disciplines (modern, ballet, hip hop, jazz, ethnic dance, etc.) designed to provide emerging and developing professional choreographers a cost free opportunity to present their work. Choreographers must be at a professional level to apply. Undergraduate students are not eligible.

Pieces presented for audition should be complete and no longer than fifteen minutes. We request that all choreographers participate in a moderated discussion with the audience following Friday's performance. Awards will be announced following Saturday's performance.

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Review of "For Every Season:Drama and Performance in Dance

noreply@blogger.com (megan) — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 08:22:00 +0000

October 21 & 22, 2010 - What’s Old Is New: Drama and Performance in Dance

By Joanna G. Harris

culturevulture.net

It seems we are in the seventh cycle in contemporary dance, if not further. Beyond the aesthetic and social protests of the earliest modern dance "movement," American choreographers have explored narrative dance, “pure” dance, “pedestrian” dance (wherein dance-movement looked like, but isn’t everyday movement), and a period of contact improvisation and technique for virtuosic display. Now it appears that dramatic dance has re-emerged on the boards, although, in its mixed-media form, it’s called performance art.

sjDANCEco, a dance company in its eighth year in residence in the Dance Program of the School of Music and Dance at San José State University, is directed by Gary Masters. Masters served as artistic associate of the José Limón Dance Company and of the Limón West Dance Project. It is fitting then that sjDANCEco keep the Limón repertory alive, in this performance staging “There Is a Time” (1956) and “The Waldstein Sonata” (1996). Limón, who is probably best known for his dramatization of the Othello story in “The Moor’s Pavane,” brought lyrical dance to a heightened state with his ability to build character and relationships through gesture, space shapes and musicality. All this was beautifully illustrated and executed in the 12 sections of “There Is a Time,” a work inspired by Chapter 3 of Ecclesiastes. The dancers moved from the large circle through the many themes cited in the text: e.g. “a time to be born, a time to die.” All are accomplished performers. I was moved by Dominic Duong, in the section cited above, and by Maria Basile‘s laughter in “a time to laugh... a time to dance.”

Other company members are Heather Cooper, Nhan Ho, Hsiang Hsiu Lin, Joshua Lau, Dominque Lomuljo, Marte Madera, Mike Saenz and Vicky Alvarez. Since I had studied with Limón and had seen this dance many times, it was a great pleasure to be reacquainted with its power and choreographic craft. The San José Chamber Orchestra played the Dell Joio score with aplomb.

Similarly, but more as a musical offering, sjDance performed “The Waldstein Sonata" (Beethoven) as its opening number. Limón choreographed it, but it was completed by Daniel Lewis, a member of the New York Company, in 1996. To the excellent playing of Helene Wickett at the piano, sjDance beautifully illustrated the musical themes, complete with Limón’s characteristic movement lines, under and over curves, sweeping leg gestures and group interaction. The program included two original works, both dramatic and effective. Hsiang Hsiu Lin built a piece called “The Funeral” that was both sad and funny in its portrayal of a soul guided to another world. Maria Basile’s “Inner Edge” was a portrayal of Nelson Mandela’s struggles. Three figures illustrated the range of emotion in that heroic story: Dominic Duong, Hsiang Hsiu Lin and Mike Saenz. Congratulations to Gary Masters and sjDance for a wonderful dramatic evening!

Fundraiser Saturday October 9th

noreply@blogger.com (megan) — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 05:25:00 +0000

Video submission finalists have been announced, they still need your vote! Dance Off!is also a fundraiser and all proceeds will go towards sjDANCEco's mission to to nurture the creative spirit of professional and emerging dance artists and to inspire audiences to discover dance. Costs are rising, but we are committed to bring you top-notch performances featuring the works of Jose Limon and sjDANCEco company members.

Show your support for your favorite dancer(s) by voting!

There are 2 ways to vote:

1. Buy your ticket to place your live vote (limited tickets, act fast!)
2. Purchase an absentee ballot (no absentee voting cap)

Select your choice under "Ticket Type". All proceeds go to benefit sjDANCEco's Fall Season performances, Oct. 21st and 22nd at the California Theatre.

The evening will consist of the comedic stylings of our emcee Paul Sawyer and our esteemed panel of guest judges will offer their hilarious and valuable feedback.

Meet our Judges:

* Joan Lazarus (Executive Director, DanceArt, Inc.) has served as Executive Director of Oakland Ballet, General Manger of the Cowell Theater at Fort Mason, and is Executive Director of WestWave Dance Festival, an annual festival of new choreography presented in San Francisco. She was the Capital Campaign Consultant for the ODC/San Francisco expansion project, and has also served as ODC Development Director. She is the former President of Dance Bay Area and served on the Steering Committee of Bay Area National Dance Week for six years

* Ken Greer (Founder and principal of DancePartner.com) has been dancing for over 20 years, and has danced competitively in Ballroom, Latin, West Coast Swing, and Hustle. And he was once caught doing a country western two step. Ken is currently a dance teacher in the bay area and ballroom competitor at the championship level.

* Lise la Cour (Ballet San Jose School Director) former soloist of the Royal Danish Ballet she also served as Associate Ballet Director of the Royal Danish Ballet from 1988–1995. Ms. la Cour was made a Knight of The Order of Dannebrog by Queen Margrethe II of Denmark. She was also awarded the Margot Lander Lifetime Achievement Award for her contributions to the world of Ballet.

Meet our Contestants:

* Escholas choreographed by Jennifer Gorgulho & performed by Group J. Co.
* Daisy Mohrman performing Gotten
* Gretchen Garnett of Gretchen Garnett & Dancers performing Just Passing Through
* Simon Harrison’s Tap Solo Fit as a Fiddle
* Proud Mary choreographed by Erica Valenzuela & performed by East West Music and Dance
* The Rawson Project Contemporary Ballet performing Iris
* Vertebra by Vertebra choreographed by Kelly Bowker & performed by Leah
* Emily Corso performing Keep it in the Closet
* Indra's Nest choreographed by Laura Graham-Marquard & performed by DeAnza Dancers
* Amy Chang’s For That So Much
* Elegant Choices choreographed by Laura Graham-Marquard & performed by Dancin Dove

The countdown is on, show your support today!

Video Contest

noreply@blogger.com (megan) — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:57:00 +0000

sjDANCEco has launched its first ever video contest. Please browse our video contest submissions and vote for your favorite piece! Voting is free and you can vote as many times as you like. The finalists will appear in Dance Off! a “SYTYCD” style performance on October 9th at 7pm in San Jose. Tickets and absentee ballots will be available for purchase once the finalists are announced on October 5th. Of the finalists who move on to the performance round, the $500 Grand Prize Winner will be determined based on audience ballots and absentee ballots.

sjDANCEco's 8th Annual Dancin' Downtown Festival

noreply@blogger.com (megan) — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 05:18:00 +0000

sjDANCEco Presents: 8th Annual Dancin' Downtown
South Bay Celebrates National Dance Week
A Free Outdoor Festival!

Bring your friends and family to this all ages FREE event, the 8th Annual Dancin' Downtown Festival, Kickin' Off National Dance Week in the South Bay!

Purchase T-shirts here.

Time -- Performance Group -- Title -- Choreographer
12:00 -- Teen Dance Company -- The End is Where We Start From -- Bret Easterling
12:05 -- PasoSambaDoble -- Drum Solo -- Gina Hays
12:08 -- Ballet San Jose School -- The Ugly Duckling -- Lise la Cour
12:15 -- Harmony Dance Center -- HDC Tourbillon -- Anne-Lorraine Bahi
12:22 -- Teen Dance Company -- Un/Resolved -- Stacey Printz
12:27 -- Silver Creek High School -- Fast Car/Loose Wires -- Kento Vo
12:34 -- Dancenter -- Matrix Dream -- Gina Hays and Caitlin Fahey
12:41 -- Raks Jenna -- Celebration Medley -- Elayna
12:48 -- Dance Effects -- Already Gone -- Michelle Dirck
12:51 -- Necrocosm Dance Company -- The Deep -- Luis Canales
12:55 -- Performance Dance Ensemble, -- Side Prajekt -- Tiffani Tapia, Donna Bias, Nick College of San Mateo Choi,Anthony Mao, James Portillo, Alyssa Wilmot,George Folau
1:02 -- Vision Dance Company -- Dancing with a Broken Heart -- Anna Gonzalez
1:06 -- M Production Company -- The Hill -- Michelle Dirck
1:12 -- Nor Cal Dance Arts -- Marching On -- Ryan Ramirez
1:15 -- Silver Creek High School -- Fireflies -- Lydia Martinez Campos
1:18 -- East West Music and Dance -- Proud Mary -- Erica Valenzuela
1:22 -- Adage Repertory Company -- Unbound -- Heather Cooper
1:28 -- Elemental Remix -- One for the Ladies -- Aline Biasini, Brandie Stevenson Jocel Taylor, Kim Kasper
1:33 -- East West Music and Dance -- Woven Facets -- Dominic Duong
1:36 -- Zohar Dance Company -- Zoom -- Daynee Lai-Krauss
1:41 -- Katie Green -- and all the roads -- Katie Green
1:48 -- Kybele Dance Theater -- Ilk Adim -- Seda Aybay
1:52 -- Santa Clara Vanguard -- Boom Boom Pow -- Noreen Kinohi
1:56 -- Mark Foehringer Dance Project -- Duet -- Mark Foerhinger
2:04 -- Erin Derstine Choreography -- Inis Mor (excerpt) -- Erin Derstine
2:09 -- Zohar Dance Company -- Nyanyama -- Daynee Lai-Krauss
2:13 -- Decadance -- Love Story -- Merry Yen
2:18 -- sjDANCEco -- Angelitos Negros -- Choreog. by Donald McKayle
2:25 -- Capitol Dance Company -- State of Emergency/
Butterflies/Crown of Age -- Allison Fields
2:32 -- Yaocuauhtli Danza Cultural -- Fuego -- Iztacoatl Ruvalcaba
2:39 -- Academy of Danse Libre -- Westchester Walk -- Kari Doyle
2:42 -- Dancin Dove -- Elegant Choices -- Laura Graham-Marquard
2:45 -- High Release Dance -- Ringtailed antics -- Helen Grindley
2:49 -- Atlas at the Branham Dance Center -- Bamboo -- Andrea Furtado
2:52 -- Yu Xin Ballet School -- Dying Swan -- Michel Fokine
2:55 -- Decadance -- Comanche -- Eric Liu
2:58 -- Academy of Danse Libre -- Mr. Ghost's Sweet Shag -- Christina Chan & Jeffrey Lee
3:01 -- M Production Company -- Everything Must Changed -- Michelle Dirck
3:08 -- Mission Dance Company -- Dance by Numbers -- Denaya Dailey
3:15 -- Los Gatos Ballet -- Roses from Alice in Wonderland -- Marcie Ryken and Christina Bernal
3:23 -- Atlas at the Branham Dance Center -- Bad Romance -- Michelle Lozano
3:27 -- Bonobo House -- In My Heart -- Amy Chang
3:30 -- IndepenDance -- Thanatophobia -- Victor Tran
3:33 -- Yu Xin Ballet School -- Pastorelle Dance from Ballet Giselle -- Yu Xin
3:38 -- RUGGED Dance Company -- The Source -- Tawnya Kuzia
3:43 -- Lila Salhov -- Mini Skirt -- Lila Salhov
3:46 -- Dance Attack! -- Textures -- Cheryl Copeland
3:57 -- Persephone Dance Co. -- Persephone Dance Company -- Imporvisational
4:04 -- Yaocuauhtli Danza Cultural -- Yaocuauhtli Danza Cultural -- Iztacoatl Ruvalcaba
4:11 -- RUGGED Dance Company -- The Source -- Tawnya Kuzia
4:18 -- Bonobo House -- in my mind we are still us -- Amy Chang
4:22 -- University Dance Theatre -- Symphony in Rose -- Jill Yager
4:29 -- Western Ballet -- Tangents -- Todd Courage
4:36 -- IndepenDance -- Ith-Naine -- Bernard Mamuyac & Sheena Hagy
4:40 -- Rashani World Fusion -- Spirit -- Self-improvisational Choreography
4:46 -- Hip Hop Craze -- Game Time -- Tiffany Maaske
4:50 -- Dance Attack! -- Good Lovin' -- Tina McLean & Melissa Bebee
4:53 -- DANCE FOR A CHANGE -- The Electric Slide -- Unknown

Open Company Classes

noreply@blogger.com (megan) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:24:00 +0000

Taught by Maria Basile, Heather Cooper, Hsiang Hsiu Lin, Gary Masters

Saturdays Oct. 31 - June 26

2:30-4:00pm

$15.00 individual class - $13.00 for 7 classes

SJSU - Washington Square Hall
Studio 204
4th Street near San Carlos(across from Togos)

For further Information call: 924.5042

noreply@blogger.com (megan) — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:16:00 +0000

sjDANCEco @ The California Theatre

Presenting these masterworks:

"The Winged" by Jose Limon

"Angelitos Negra" by Donald McKayle

"Witness the Dawn" by Fred Mathews
With new works by:

Maria Basile
Heather Allen-Cooper
Hsiang Hsiu Lin
Gary Masters
Robert Regala

Friday and Saturday

October 2nd & 3rd at 8PM

The California Theatre
345 South First Street
San Jose, CA 95113

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Videos of Dancin' Downtown Available to Order

noreply@blogger.com (megan) — Wed, 13 May 2009 02:16:00 +0000

Dancin' Downtown was yet another wonderful event with diverse and talented dancers performing a wide variety of fabulous choreography! John Parenica was there filming the festival and put together this montage of the whole 300 minutes in a 6 minute YouTube clip. DVDs and video files are available, please contact John Parenica, 2nd20 Productions by email (video at 2nd20.com) for information.

sjDANCEco's 7thAnnual Dancin' Downtown Festival: April 26th, 2009

noreply@blogger.com (megan) — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:32:00 +0000

Event Details:

The Circle of Palms/Fairmont Plaza is Downtown San Jose in the space between the San Jose Museum of Art and the Fairmont Hotel.

Performances will be non-stop from Noon till 5pm, April 26th, 2009.

Schedule of Events:

12:00 Teen Dance Company * "il mondo del lato"
12:03 SoShe's Performance Collective * "Standard Procedure"
12:12 Silver Creek High School * "Keep Breathing"
12:16 PasoSambaDoble * "Violeta"
12:22 Silver Creek High School * "4 Minutes"
12:27 M Production Company * "Samson"
12:30 Katiediddance * "Alone"
12:35 High Release Dance Company * "Hanami"
12:42 Teen Dance Company * "Die Alone"
12:46 Harmony Dance Center * "Kodo"
12:50 Dancenter * "Time"
12:55 East West Music & Dance * "Slow Me Down"
12:59 Vision Dance and Pilates Center * "Fly to Boston"
1:02 Mark Foehringer Dance Project|SF * excerpt "Here to There"
1:10 Dance Attack! * "Jai Ho"
1:20 Malia Movement Company * "Simmer Down"
1:25 Atlas at the Branham Dance Center * "Thinking of You"
1:28 El Grito de la Cultura * "Bailes Escolares"
1:32 Ballet San Jose School * "The Little Mermaid"
1:42 SpectorDance * "Sky"
1:49 NorCal Dance Project * "Transform"
1:54 East West Music & Dance * "If My Friends Could See Me Now"
1:57 Natasha Carlitz Dance Ensemble * "Off Your Rocker"
2:03 Decadance * "Miss You Much"
2:08 Vanguard Jr. Company * "Shake Your Pom Pom"
2:11 El Grito de la Cultura * "Folklor Mexicano"
2:15 Dancin Dove Productions * "Olika"
2:19 High Release Dance Company * "Dernier Cri"
2:24 Elemental Remix * "In the Element"
2:30 Los Gatos Ballet * TBA
2:40 Dynamics Dance Company * "An Introduction"
2:46 Decadance * "Feel Good Inc."
2:51 Vanguard Jr. Company * "Imagine"
2:55 Stamping Zebra Dance Theatre * "So Light Can Enter"
3:05 Los Gatos Ballet * TBA
3:10 DANCE FOR A CHANGE * "Electric Slide"
3:16 group A * excerpt "i contact 1"
3:24 San Jose City College * "The Distance of Closeness"
3:33 Academy of Classical Ballet-California * excerpt "Cinderella"
3:38 Soaring Spirit Dance Studio/The Music Place * "I'm For You"
3:42 Dominic Duong
3:50 Dance Effects * "Tainted Love"
3:54 group A * excerpt "i contact 2"
4:02 U Dance Electra* "\TBA
4:06 Dance Attack! * "Why Do Fools Fall In Love?"
4:10 Western Ballet * "Imagined Notions"
4:15 University Dance Theatre/SJSU * "Embody ONE"
4:20 Tribal Moon Belly Dance * Improvisational Tribal Style Belly Dance
4:30 The College of San Mateo Hip Hop Crew * TBD
4:37 University Dance Theatre/SJSU * "ToO"
4:42 Firebird Dance Theatre
4:50 Double or Nothing * "The Darktown Strutter's Ball"
4:54 sjDANCEco * excerpt "Dialects"