Dance Auditions

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Five College Dance Auditions at Amherst College with Shakia The Key. Photo © Jim Coleman.

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Announcing the Fall 24 FCD Repertory Project

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Bill T. Jones's Spent Days Out Yonder (2000)

Spent Days Out Yonder (2000), set to the andante second movement of Mozart's String Quartet in F major (K. 590), evolved from one of Bill T. Jones's solo improvisations that was recorded during a time when Bill was working with postmodern choreographer Trisha Brown. His improvisation was recreated by then rehearsal director Janet Wong (now associate artistic director) and later made into a full company work. (Here is a solo version of the work.) The intricate and detailed movement and musicality marries Trisha's release technique strategies with Bill's Africanist sensibilities of rhythm, sensuality, and spinal articulation/undulation. Bill, in recalling the improvisation, says he listened to Mozart as though he was listening to James Brown. This work offers students an opportunity to embody amalgamated movement lineages and styles through the choreography of a postmodern artist, while simultaneously developing deeper understandings of ways to hear and feel classical music in their dancing bodies. 

Auditions will be held on April 29 at 5:30pm in Studio 1, Webster Hall, Amherst College.

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Five College Dance Spring Auditions

Monday, April 29, 5:30pm at Studio 1, Webster Hall, Amherst College

Join Amherst College Assistant Professor of Theater and Dance Jenna Riegel and Mount Holyoke College Assistant Professor of Dance Shakia Barron to audition for next semester's FCD repertory project and faculty work.

Both these projects have end-of-August intensives and are auditioning this spring. Please see details in the registration form.

 

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UMass BFA Audition Dates

The next audition date for the UMass BFA in dance program will be December, 2024. For more info, keep your eye on the UMass Dance Admissions webpage

Cast Lists

Coming Spring 2024!

Class Placement Lists 23-24

Ballet Placement Fall 2023

  1. Abby Frisch, UMass 2026
  2. Aika Chen, UMass 2027
  3. Anaheed Khalili, UMass 2027
  4. Annalise Kuhlmann, MHC 2025
  5. Ariel Barniv, UMass 2027
  6. Billie Bernard, UMass 2027
  7. Catharine Richards, UMass 2025
  8. Chynna Jacobs, UMass 2025
  9. Ellery Whitman, UMass 2025
  10. Grace Wieselquist, MHC 2026
  11. Hengel Yong, UMass 2027
  12. Julia Steinberg, Smith 2027
  13. Madison Farmer, UMass 2025
  14. Maxine Kamen van Westen, UMass 2027
  15. Meena Relyea-Strawn, MHC 2027
  16. Meghan Macbeath, MHC 2025
  17. Mia Frias, MHC 2027
  18. Nicolette LeBrun, UMass 2026
  19. Olivia Olsen, UMass 2025
  20. Sophie Bergfalk, UMass 2027
  21. Sophie Kahn, MHC 2027
  22. Stella Melucci, UMass 2027
  23. Vivian Eisenman, UMass 2026

Note: Students receiving placement into 300 level courses are entitled to register for those courses for their remaining time as a FCD student unless their course work is unsatisfactory. Congrats Everyone!