跳舞
Students build technique, personal expression and gain choreographic experience while dancing with their peers.
跳舞 Workshop
跳舞 Workshop is a production-focused studio course in dance performance. All dancers are welcome to audition, with no prior experience necessary. Auditions allow the director to place students into groups based on approximate levels of technique and artistry. Each group will have one required technique class per week and one rehearsal. Advanced dancers will be invited to join the Performing Ensemble, which will perform at various events, including the Fine 艺术 Assembly, and represent the SI dance program in the wider Bay Area dance community.
跳舞 Workshop provides an opportunity for novice dancers to encounter their growing dance practice in an inclusive environment, and for more experienced dancers to develop their ballet, 爵士乐, and contemporary dance technique. Various other dance styles will also be explored through master classes and guest artist visits, and all students will be challenged to hone their skills in creative expression.
In the fall semester, students will rehearse dances choreographed by the dance director and guest artists in a supportive community. In the spring, senior dancers will choreograph and direct pieces in their own styles. The culmination of each semester-long class is either the Fall 跳舞 Concert or the Senior Choreography Showcase.
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Senior 跳舞 Showcase
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关于 Claire Calalo Berry
Claire Calalo Berry is a dancer, 老师, and choreographer who has been working in the San Francisco Bay Area for over 15 years. Drawn to dance by way of her first love, musical theater, she began formal training in the modern dance program at Moreau Catholic High School, under the direction of Angela Demmel. She then majored in 跳舞 and Biology at Santa Clara University, and went on to earn an MFA in 跳舞 from the University of California at Irvine. While there, she studied with dance legend Donald McKayle as well as Loretta Livingston, Jodie Gates, and other esteemed faculty. She was invited to perform and direct in Lisa Naugle’s DTM2 Performance Ensemble at The International Festival for Composers in Spain in 2009, and also presented her research paper One Nation Under Art: Using International 跳舞 Outreach to Establish Foundations for Social Justice, at the 23rd World Congress on 跳舞. Her MFA thesis work focused on democratizing dance by incorporating collaborative processes and empowering dancers through collective ownership of choreographic materials.
As a professional dancer, Claire has performed works by Tandy Beal, Angela Demmel, 苏李珏, 尼娜安顿下来, Kristin Damrow, 铁男何, Lauren Baines, and many others. In 2010, she founded for change dance collective (www.forchangedance.org), a collaborative dance-making ensemble focused on creating innovative dance theater with social consciousness, with whom she both performs and serves as Artistic Director. Formerly an Adjunct Lecturer at Las Positas College and Santa Clara University, Claire has also taught in local community outreach programs, competitive dance studios, high schools, and international programs in Nicaragua, 伯利兹, 和西班牙. She serves on the Board of Directors of Choreographers Performance Alliance in Berkeley and Teatro Catalina, an arts education program serving children in rural Nicaragua.
As a dance maker, 一个老师, and a dance advocate, Claire’s greatest 快乐 comes from witnessing the small discoveries we make about ourselves when we move. She believes that these expressive moments lead us to finding purpose, 快乐, 身份, and an understanding of our role within our communities.