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Due to the disruption caused by the COVID-19 virus pandemic, the Dance Department has decided to cancel many events this Spring.
We wish you and all in your community the utmost in health and well-being in this challenging time and always!
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SEPTEMBER 2019
- AUDITIONS FOR DANCE COMPANIES:
Auditions for Companydance and Veselica are open to all students.
COMPANYDANCE AUDITIONS FOR SENIORS AND JUNIORS
Monday, September 9 at 3:30 p.m.
Wagner Bundgaard Studio One, Center for Art and Dance
COMPANYDANCE AUDITIONS FOR SOPHOMORES AND FIRST-YEARS
Tuesday, September 10 at 4:00 p.m.
Wagner Bundgaard Studio One, Center for Art and Dance
VESELICA AUDITIONS FOR ALL STUDENTS
Tuesday, September 10 at 3:00 p.m.
Studio 3, Center for Art and Dance
STUART PIMSLER DANCE AND THEATER PRESENT
“MATINEE” PAGE-TO-STAGE-TO-SCREEN
Stuart Pimsler Dance & Theater (SPDT) has engaged populations worldwide through its performance works and community inclusive programs since its founding in New York City in 1979. SPDT’s interdisciplinary vision weaves movement, spoken text, song, and visual imagery to provoke and comment on the personal and political. Artistic Co-Directors Suzanne Costello and Stuart Pimsler and their company of compelling artists continue to garner critical acclaim for their “theater for the heart & mind.” SPDT’s current and past company artists have been distinguished for their artistic excellence, garnering seven McKnight Fellowships and five Minnesota SAGE Awards for Dance.
MATINEE is a dance/theater/film adaptation of American avant-garde novelist Robert Coover’s New Yorker short story, created and co-directed by Artistic Co-Directors Stuart Pimsler and Suzanne Costello in collaboration with filmmaker Andrew Welken. Join the artists of Stuart Pimsler Dance & Theater as they share their creative process for adapting a short story into a multimedia performance. This lecture/demonstration performance, MATINEE: Page-to-Stage-to-Screen, will take you behind the scenes to see how MATINEE was created and will include excerpts from the final work. We encourage patrons to peruse the short story that inspired this work. Also, view excerpts of the work can also be found here.
“MATINEE revives the thrilling days of yesteryear when cinema was for millions the chief purveyor of dreams and escapism.” – Linda Shapiro, City Pages
“A sumptuous multidisciplinary collaboration” and “a multimedia export that Pimsler can be proud of.” – Rebecca Ritzel, Star Tribune
Saturday, September 28, 7:30 p.m.
Wagner Bundgaard Studio One, Center for Art and Dance
Tickets: Complimentary Tickets. Reserved seating. Ticket reservations are also available.
This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.
OCTOBER 2019
- FIRST GLIMPSE
Preview this year’s upcoming dances in an informal showing at the beginning of the creative process.
Friday, October 4, 4:00 p.m.
Wagner Bundgaard Studio One, Center for Art and Dance
- FALL SCHOLARSHIP AUDITIONS
High school seniors applying to St. Olaf for the fall of 2020 may apply for a dance merit scholarship. More information can be found at stolaf.edu/dance/scholarships.
Friday, October 18, 2:00 p.m.
Wagner Bundgaard Studio One, Center for Art and Dance
- FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS #1
Four dances are performed–a student moderator poses a question–audience, choreographer, and dancers begin a conversation.
Friday, October 18, 7:30 p.m.
Wagner Bundgaard Studio One, Center for Art and Dance
- JOE CHVALA AND THE FLYING FOOT FORUM PRESENT “FRENCH TWIST”
“A Francophile’s dream: or rather, an absinthe-soaked, fantastical mélange of hyper-kinetic dancing, rapid-fire rhyming, wildly inventive percussion, live on-stage music and vibrantly patterned costuming.” – Camille LeFevre, Star Tribune
Saturday, October 26, 7:30 p.m.
Wagner Bundgaard Studio One, Center for Art and Dance
Tickets: Complimentary Tickets. Reserved seating. Ticket reservations are available here
This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.
NOVEMBER 2019
- FRESH SPACE
A performance highlighting dances-in-progress and completed dances by St. Olaf College students, faculty, and alumni; Carleton College students and faculty; and Northfield and surrounding area dance studios.
Saturday, November 9, 2:00 p.m.
Wagner Bundgaard Studio One, Center for Art and Dance
DECEMBER 2019
- SENIOR DANCE CONCERT
Senior dance majors present their senior capstone projects.
Tuesday and Wednesday, December 10 and 11, 7:30 p.m.
Theater Building, Kelsey Theater
Free and open to the public. There are no tickets. Doors open at 7:00 p.m.
If you are unable to attend the performance, you can watch a live stream of the Wednesday, December 11, performance beginning at 7:30 p.m. The performance will also be archived for future viewings.
- CHOREOGRAPHY SHOWING
A showing of final collaborative projects between the Beginning Choreography and Music Composition classes.
Thursday, December 12, 7:00 p.m.
Wagner Bundgaard Studio One, Center for Art and Dance
FEBRUARY 2020
- FINE ARTS SCHOLARSHIP WEEKEND – SCHOLARSHIP AUDITIONS
High school seniors applying to St. Olaf for the fall of 2020 may apply for a dance merit scholarship. More information can be found at stolaf.edu/dance/scholarships.
Friday, February 28, 2:00 p.m.
Wagner Bundgaard Studio One, Center for Art and Dance
MARCH 2020
- STOUGHTON NORWEGIAN DANCERS Performing at St. Olaf College
APRIL 2020
- VESELICA© SPRING CONCERT – Postponed; May be happening remotely at another time this Spring
St. Olaf’s international dance ensemble performs.
Thursday and Friday, April 2, 3, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 4, 2:00 and 7:30 p.m.
Wagner Bundgaard Studio One, Center for Art and Dance
Receptions will be held after the Friday evening and Saturday afternoon performances. If you are unable to attend the performance, you can watch a live stream of the Friday, April 3 performance beginning at 7:30 p.m. The performance will also be archived for future viewings.
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Due to the disruption caused by the COVID-19 virus pandemic, the Dance Department has decided to cancel many events this Spring.
We wish you and all in your community the utmost in health and well-being in this challenging time and always!
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- FIRST YEAR DANCE PROJECT AND MORE! – Cancelled
First Year Dance Project dancers perform pieces that have been created by and with faculty during the year. Junior and Senior Dance Majors present Junior Projects and Distinction Projects. Genres include jazz, contemporary, modern, improvisation, ballet, and international.
Friday, April 24, 4:00 p.m.
Wagner Bundgaard Studio One, Center for Art and Dance
MAY 2020
- COMPANYDANCE© SPRING CONCERT – Cancelled
A spring celebration of dance created by faculty, students, and guest artists.
Thursday, Friday, Saturday, May 7, 8, 9, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, May 10, 2:00 p.m.
Theater Building, Kelsey Theater
Tickets: $10 (complimentary for faculty/staff/students). Tickets will be available by phone (507-786-3332) during regular box office hours (11 a.m.-4 p.m.) and via the web (stolaf.edu/apps/tickets/) starting April 27. If you are unable to attend the performance, you can watch a live stream of the Thursday, May 7 performance beginning at 7:30 p.m. The performance will also be archived for future viewings.
- ADVANCED CHOREOGRAPHY SHOWING – Cancelled live; may be happening remotely
Final showing of choreographic works by the Advanced Choreography class.
Thursday, May 14, 7:00 p.m.
Wagner Bundgaard Studio One, Center for Art and Dance