Ms. Fisher in Carr Dance, here!
I'm going to attempt to update our blog as a means of communicating to the world what it is we are doing in dance over here! If it goes well, I hope to upload valuable tools for students as well (i.e., "What did I miss?" I am trying to figure out what the easiest, most accessible, and time friendly platform is - both for me and the students!
Congratulations! Last night was our Informal Works In Progress Showing. All dancers, grades 7-12, presented examples of class assignments on stage in Weaver Auditorium. We are very proud of all the work that was shown and the energy of all of our dancers!
Today is the last day of the quarter and dancers in grades 7-12, in Carr Studio with Ms. Fisher are busy writing their post-performance reflection papers. This will be the last grade of the quarter!
6th grade students in both Ms. Bean and Ms. Fisher's classes will have a class sharing to show what they have learned this quarter!
Have a super weekend everyone!
Friday, March 28, 2014
Monday, May 6, 2013
Dance Company Concert! HERE. now.
For Immediate Release
Contact: Christine
Kiernan Fisher
Phone: 919-560-3926,
ext. 23235
Email:
Christine.fisher@dpsnc.net
Durham School of the Arts
Dance Company
Presents
HERE. now.
DSA’s Dance Department enthusiastically invites you to join
us for HERE. now.- an evening of contemporary dance presented by our
Dance Company with special guests. Please plan to join us on May 17th and May
18th in Weaver Auditorium on DSA’s campus at 400 N. Duke St in Durham. Tickets
are $10 and will be available at the door. This year we are thrilled to be
joined by guest artists, Melissa Pihos,
Renay Aumiller Dances (RAD) and Todd Fisher.
The company will perform Group Consciousness, choreographed by Melissa Pihos-
artist-in-residence. This dynamic ensemble piece explores the idea of the group
versus the individual and what behaviors take place within a group.
DSA Dance Company will premier their newest work, If
Not Now, When? -an abstract exploration of the ideas surrounding
Humanism, choreographed by Fisher. Also on the concert are two repertory works:
Walls, which explores the idea of walls we build, break down, hide behind, and
try to escape- literally and metaphorically and Off the Grid, the infamous
“sock piece” which delighted audiences in the spring and returns for this final
performance.
Stephanie Blackmon-Woodbeck and William Commander of RAD
join us to perform an excerpt of a full-length performance entitled Pretty/Ugly.
Join us for this sneak peek and be sure to see the hour-long performance, which
will premiere at the Durham Arts Council's PSI Theater June 1st at 7:30pm and
June 2nd at 3:30pm. This duet is part of a collection of solos, duets, and
sextets that investigate aesthetics in beauty and the unfamiliar.
Todd Fisher joins his wife, dance company director,
Christine Kiernan Fisher to perform Somehow- a simple duet about life,
love and marriage. Christine Fisher met her husband on the stage with John
Gamble Dance Theater and takes this opportunity to explore their journey
together through movement. This duet celebrates a decade of dancing together,
exploring partnership through contact improvisation and revisits snippets of
the past 10 years of life on stage and off.
Two pieces of student choreography will also be in the
concert: Lose Yourself, choreographed and performed by Akinyemi
Blackshear and Remember, choreographed and performed by Edie Sanders.
Thursday, April 11, 2013
check out our guest artist in residence this year!
You can find a link to her blog here! On it you will find the piece that company will perform in May!
http://mpihos.wordpress.com/
http://mpihos.wordpress.com/
Friday, March 15, 2013
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Our journey to Oz:
Start out by picturing a lovely tornado, jitterbug and snow dance. There were 14 Company members to choreograph on so everyone had a partner. Next take out one dancer due to a broken foot. That left us with only 13 dancers. After resolving the technical issues of having an unlucky 13 members to a piece, we had to work with our next obstacles. These obstacles being a live pit, 6th grade munchkins, a live chorus ensemble, actors, the tech crew, props and costumes. This was all in the course of about one week, 4 hours after school each day. As a Company we handle chaos very well but this was madness even for us. We were struggling even in our final dress rehearsal. Dorothy wasn't even on the bed for the tornado scene. Tuesday was the first showing for other schools and we had no idea how that was going to go. During concert time we may finish a piece right before we go on stage but we can handle that. Trying to wrap our heads around 90% of the performance being out of our hands was nerve wracking but exciting. Tonight is our first real showing for an audience other than schools. We shall see how this turns out!
Start out by picturing a lovely tornado, jitterbug and snow dance. There were 14 Company members to choreograph on so everyone had a partner. Next take out one dancer due to a broken foot. That left us with only 13 dancers. After resolving the technical issues of having an unlucky 13 members to a piece, we had to work with our next obstacles. These obstacles being a live pit, 6th grade munchkins, a live chorus ensemble, actors, the tech crew, props and costumes. This was all in the course of about one week, 4 hours after school each day. As a Company we handle chaos very well but this was madness even for us. We were struggling even in our final dress rehearsal. Dorothy wasn't even on the bed for the tornado scene. Tuesday was the first showing for other schools and we had no idea how that was going to go. During concert time we may finish a piece right before we go on stage but we can handle that. Trying to wrap our heads around 90% of the performance being out of our hands was nerve wracking but exciting. Tonight is our first real showing for an audience other than schools. We shall see how this turns out!
Friday, March 8, 2013
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