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May 15, 2008
Department
of Dance News Bulletin
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The Department of Dance
faculty and students wish to express our sincere gratitude and best
wishes to two of our retiring colleagues and mentors, Alcine Wiltz and Sylvia Druker. Alcine has been
professor of modern dance for 25 years and Chair of the Department for
21 of those 25 years. Sylvia has taught all levels of ballet
classes for majors and non-mjaors during her 31 years in the
department. Both will be retiring July 1, 2008. Alcine and
Sylvia trained legions of students who were fortunate enought to have
been in their classes. We wish them much good fortune as they
begin this exciting phase of their life. They will be missed!
The Department of
Dance offers CONGRATULATIONS to the following students who will receive
degrees on May 23, 2008:
Students
receiving a Master of Fine Arts degree in dance:
Ryan
Chrisman and Marissa Guerrero
Students
receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in dance:
Sarah Anne Austin, Valerie Branch, Jennifer Frederick, Naomi Horak,
Meira Katzoff, Christopher Law, Aurelia Michael, Veronica Petruccelli,
Molly Pieplow, Lynetter Raudner, Katelyn Reber, Darnaya Small, Jennifer
Steiner, and Shelby Streimer.
Congratulations
to all!!
Summer 2008 - Dance Course Offered
Summer Term 1 - 3 credits
Instructor: Ryan Chrisman
Introduction
to Dance, DANC 200/0101,
is a study of dance as a form of communication and as an art
form.
This course will be a survey of theories of past and current
choreographers and will cover multiple styles of dance. DANC 200
satisfies the University of Maryland CORE
History or Theory of Arts (HA) Course, CORE Diversity (D) Course.
Class will meet June 2 - July 10,
Monday through Thursday, from 9:00am
to 10:40am.
Internships
The Kennedy Center is
looking for 20 top notch interns for the Fall 2008 semester and the
Winter/Spring 2009 semester.
Internships offer meaningful learning opportunities and on-the-job
experiences to college junior/seniors, graduate students, and recent
college graduates (within two years of graduation) who are interested
in beginning careers in performing arts management and/or arts
education. Approximately 20 students are selected each semester
to participate in a three to four month long, full-time (37.5-40 hours
per week) internship (Fall, Septermber-December; Winter/Spring,
January-May; Summer, June-August). Internships may be available
in advertising, development, education (local and national programs),
National Symphony Orchestra, press relations, production, programming,
technology, volunteer management, and finance.
Each intern, with their supervisor, develops a list of learning
objectives and goals that they would like to accomplish as well as
being assigned a project to be completed during their time at the
Kennedy Center. Each intern maintains a working portfolio,
attends required intern events, and participates in mid-semester and
final evaluations.
Interns receive a stipend of $225 per week to help defray housing and
transportation costs. College credit may be available.
Reduced work hours may also be available depending upon course work
requirements during the semester. Interns attend weekly sessions
that are led by executives of the Kennedy Center and other major arts
institutions in Washington, D.C. Interns may attend performances,
workshops, and classes spresented by the Center, free of charge (space
available), during their internship. Application deadline for the
Fall semester is June 15th. Please check out the website!
www.kennedy-center.org/education/artsmanagement/internships
Alum News
Regina Daniels (2004) received a letter from the Arts,
Entertainment, and Media Management Department and the Dean at Columbia
College in Chicago, on behalf of the faculty of the AEMM that she will
receive an award for Outstanding Community Service for the documentary
"Dancing With Silence." You can view this documenatry on youtube under "Dancing With
Silence." This award will be presented at the Third Annual AEMMY
Awards during Columbia's annual Manifest Festival in Friday, May 16,
2008 from 5-7pm. The event honors academic excellence,
outstanding leadership and community service of graduating arts
management students and presents the best students' projects within
each of the AEMM concentrations.
Congratulations
Regina!!
Enjoy the Summer
Break!!
Next News Bulletin will be September
4, 2008.
Please send items of
interest to
pcrowth@umd.edu
"Dance is the only art
of which we ourselves are the stuff of which it is made."
-
Ted Shawn
For information call: Department of
Dance
(301) 405-3180
or email: dancedept@umd.edu
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