RWU校友舞蹈节

RWU校友舞蹈节
11月5日，下午12点到5点
RWU表演艺术中心舞蹈工作室
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校友、在校生——还有未来的学生! Please join the Dance and Performance Studies Program’s 1st Annual 校友 Dance Festival!

Ever wish you could have a family reunion with your past, present, and future dance-family? 好了，就是这样了! This year’s homecoming master classes include: A holistic modern/当代 warm up, which will set the stage for a collaborative phrase-making workshop. 吃了点零食，聊了聊生意, we will transition into a hip-hop fundamentals workshop and a group improv finale!

After having their senior year cut-short due to the Covid-19 pandemic shutdown, 我们很高兴地欢迎:

Emily Bartnicki graduated summa cum laude in 2020 from RWU with degrees in 舞蹈和表演 Studies and Political Science. 在RWU, she trained in 当代 and modern styles under esteemed faculty and guest artists, including a semester of 培训 in London on RWU’s distinctive Dancing in London program. 她曾在布鲁克林舞蹈节上表演, 美国大学舞蹈协会会议, 塞勒姆艺术节, 各种专业公司展示, 和更多的. 目前, she is a company dancer with Project31 and teaches at various dance venues in the New England area. She also works in contract law within the tech industry. 

Meryl Gendreau began dancing at an early age, studying and performing modern dance. 17岁时，她开始接受嘻哈训练, traveling overseas to Germany and Croatia for intensives rooted in hip-hop fundamentals. She began directing competitive hip-hop crews at age 20, 现在她领导着自己的团队, 西1, 走出她的工作室, 西侧沟槽, 哪一家在2020年开门营业. Meryl returned to academia to pursue her dance education at RWU, 并获得了舞蹈和表演研究学士学位. Her credits include dancing backup on film for Duc Anh Tran, 并在迪士尼的《网赌的十大网站》中担任首席舞者. She currently dances for Boston Company N/A, and is a cast member and dance captain in AYO the Show.

Jillian MacLaughlin is a New Hampshire-grown-Boston-based dancer, 歌手, 表演艺术家, 编舞和教育家. She holds a BA in Dance and Performance Studies from RWU, 她在那里学习现代, 当代, 芭蕾舞, and improvisation techniques – along with theory courses in mime, 作文, 运动机能学和教育学. She has had the pleasure of dancing for Natalie Johnson Dance in works including Enduring (2021) and Closing Distance (2022), as well as Lorraine Chapman Dance Company’s Birdie (2021) and Bon Secures (2021). 和她的创意搭档詹娜·格罗斯, Jillian makes work that approaches social commentary through pantomime-inspired comedy under the dance theater title Rose Woods Dance Collaborative.

詹娜总值 is a dancer, choreographer, and multi-media artist from Westford, MA. They have received their BA in Dance and Performance with a minor in Graphic Design Communications from RWU. Jenna has had the pleasure of working with Lorraine Chapman (LCTC) and Natalie Johnson Dance. Their passion for comedy intertwines within their practice by analyzing her childhood, 发现古怪的动作, 嘲笑舞蹈的威望. Their main choreographic focus is to make serious topics into jokes, and to take jokes seriously. 和她的创意搭档吉莉安·麦克劳克林, Jenna makes works that approach social commentary through pantomime-inspired comedy under the dance theatre title Rose Woods Dance Collaborative.

We hope to see you soon for this fun day of dance, networking, and trade advice!

For questions, please connect with Professor Cathy Nicoli at cnicoli@plunkocity.com