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Dominic Duong, Erin East, and Mike Saenz, had very successful performances this weekend for the sjDANCEco ChoreoProject! Thank you to all of those who came out to support these talented choreographers, and hopefully were inspired by some of the impressive dance pieces!
We are proud to announce that Erin East won the sjDANCEco’s People’s Choice Award for her work! Congrats!!!
For more information about San Jose’s modern dance company, go to www.sjdanceco.org.
Jessica Chern and Sirina Law have been intensely preparing for the Royal Academy of Dance testing with Ballet Director, Karen Millar, for the past several months.
Here is a video of one of the exercises they will present at the examination:
The Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) offers an internationally recognized portfolio of examinations and assessments designed to encourage students of all ages and levels of ability to participate. Examinations are administered by the RAD Examinations Board. Each year approximately 230,000 candidates take part in these examinations and assessments worldwide. RAD was founded over 80 years ago and is the largest and most influential dance teacher training and examining body for classical ballet in the world and its method is taught in over 70 countries throughout the world.
There are six levels of the Vocational Graded Examinations. Jessica and Sirina are preparing for the Intermediate Foundation Examination.
Check out the RAD website, and contact our front desk for more information!
Anne Zivolich from San Francisco’s ODC (Oberlin Dance Collective) will be teaching two Master Classes at East West Music and Dance on February 25th. One class will be tailored to the beginning/intermediate dancer and the other for the intermediate/advanced dancer.
ODC is a contemporary arts institution with longstanding roots in the San Francisco community. ODC is the first modern dance company in America to build its own home facility in 1979. In September 2005, they opened a 33,000 square foot performing arts training center, the ODC Dance Commons, half a block from their cornerstone facility, the ODC Theater. In Fall 2010, the completion of ODC Theater culminated a successful two-year, $9 million renovation and expansion campaign that concludes ODC’s extraordinary, decade-long effort to realize a national center for contemporary dance and performance on the West Coast.
Anne Zivolich was born in Los Angeles, CA and has been a featured dancer in ODC since 2003. She studied on scholarship at Ballet Met, The Joffrey Ballet and Pacific Northwest Ballet. She graduated from The Juilliard School with a BFA in Dance. Zivolich has also danced with Hubbard Street dance company, and was an Isadora Duncan Dance Award (Izzie Award) finalist in Best Individual Performance, has been nominated for a Princess Grace Award, has performed on television for the Academy Awards Show, and is in the movie Toys.
Please take advantage of this wonderful opportunity!!
We are very excited to announce that three of EWMD’s staff members – Dominic Duong, Erin East, and Mike Saenz – have choreographed pieces that were selected to be featured at the sjDANCEco’s choreography showcase.
Please come see the inspiring pieces they’ve created!
Performances are Friday 2/17 at 7:00pm and Saturday 2/18 at 2:30pm and 7:00pm at San Jose State University.
Dominic Duong, Erin East, Emily Harter, Mike Saenz
Please visit the sjDANCEco website for more information.
Looking through an article on the Livestrong website, there was some great information regarding the benefits of dance. Two of the most important reasons to get your family dancing:
PHYSICAL BENEFITS: The physical benefit of dance might be obvious – getting an hour of exercise. However, there are lots of ways to get the heart rate up, so why dance? Looking through the article “The Benefits of Dance for Kids,” written by Rebecca Lake, she noted that dance classes increase:
And this all happens at the same time as you’re enjoying some music! What could be better?
EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS: Dance requires discipline, practice, focus and creativity, and these important skills transfer into other areas of our lives. Rebecca Lake’s article also mentioned that students who regularly participated in dance classes:
All the more reason to keep dancing, and maybe add a class or two!
Read more at http://www.livestrong.com/article/214791-the-benefits-of-dance-for-kids/#ixzz1jGzynqyh.
With the Golden Globes on Sunday, it was got me thinking about how many TV shows revolve around dance and music currently. It’s an inspiring and exciting time to be a dancer or musician! A few of the TV shows…
Dancing with the Stars
Here’s a clip of Savion Glover tapping on the show, my love for tap is even greater now!!!
Glee
So You Think You can Dance
The first season’s winner, Nick Lazzarini, is from the bay area – Mountain View to be exact. What a talent…
Then of course there’s Dance Moms. I’m a little afraid to watch it. However, at least these girls have a passion and get great exercise. I’ll have to see the show so I can get a better idea of what’s going on…
Also, with all of the competition shows like The X Factor, American Idol and America’s Got Talent, etc., there are dancers and musicians on TV all the time it seems.
Dance on, sing on,
Amber
Here’s a montage of the East West Music and Dance June 2011 performance! There were 3 nights of the concert, and the dancing looked amazing! The show inspired several of the EWMD choreographers to submit their choreography for sjDANCEco’s 2012 ChoreoProject Award Concert (http://www.sjdanceco.com/).
Thanks to all the dancers and families who helped put together such a great performance!!!
Hi Dance Enthusiasts,
As a dance teacher and studio owner for over 36 years, I have decided to start this blog and share information that I have gathered over the years about dance, teaching dance, and dance students.
One of the most frequent questions people ask me is whether a child is ready for a particular dance class. Here are a few general guidelines, regarding age, to remember when signing up for a dance class:
4 months and up: Children love music even at this young age! You might notice your little one starts to bounce to the tune as soon there is a song on! We love sharing music and movement with these young ones, and they love it too! The class currently offered is called The Music Class (www.themusicclass.com) and there are songs, instruments and toys that the children love to play and sing with!
2 1/2 – 3 1/2 year olds: This is a great time to join a dance class that has some structrue but also allows the child’s natural movement/dance creativity to lead the way. We offer a class called Mini-Tots that introduces ballet steps in a fun way and allows children to find they’re own dance creation!
4 – 6 year olds: This age is a magic age where children are able to pay attention and learn more defined ballet steps. Additionally, their fine motor skills are developing rapidly and they are usually able to learn tap at this point as well. Tap offers children not only a great way to dance, but the rhythm and tempos that are stressed help develop a child’s musicality.
6 1/2 and beyond: Children this age are ready to focus on, learn, and apply dance instruction at a more advanced level. We find that students this age can understand the musicality and rhythm inherent in dance, and they have the strength and ability to grasp both the gross and fine motor skills necessary for dance. We offer several options for this age group and find it is a great time to begin more structured forms of dance. Within that structure, they can explore they’re talent for dance and musicality.
Happy New Year!
Pam East
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