Performance
Opportunities
There are numerous
choreographic and performance opportunities both at the University and
in the Five College Dance Department. Students may audition for any
concert produced by a Five College institution. These include faculty
and student concerts, graduate thesis concerts, and the Five College
Dance Department Faculty Concert. The University produces three concerts
each year, and participates in the American College Dance Festival.
In addition, student organizations such as Alive With Dance and The
Musical Theater Guild produce concerts and musicals that give both choreographic
and dance performance opportunities to UMass Amherst students.
The Sankofa Project (link to website) celebrates African Roots in American Dance through intensive summer study and choreographic residencies at UMass Amherst accompanied by performances and events celebrating, through dance, the diversity of the world in which we live.
SANKOFA FESTIVAL 2009: June 20-27. Link to flyer (pdf, 1.77MB) or web page.
The University
Dancers/UMass Amherst
A select group of talented performers, this ensemble is featured annually
in its own concert and January tour throughout the Commonwealth. From
time to time, the Dancers tour abroad. The repertory includes works
choreographed by guest choreographers and members of the Five College
Dance Faculty.
The Student
Concerts
All dance majors are required to choreograph at least once while at
the University and have their work produced in a concert setting. Because
auditions for student concerts are open to all university students,
the concerts provide performance opportunities to both dance majors
and non-majors.
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