2023
April 2023
Saturday 22 April 2023
Sat 22 Apr, 1-4 pm. Harn Museum of Art, 3259 Hull Road, Gainesville, 32611. Joan Frosch. Free. Gainesville Dance Association - [facebook][events]
Explore galleries set-into-motion as performers respond to photographs, contemporary sculpture, museum gardens, paintings and prints. Experience performances of CONTEMPORARY, WEST AFRICAN, AFRO-BRAZILIAN DANCE AND MORE. Attend an interactive mini-workshop to express yourself and return to the creative body. Move and be moved.
Presented in partnership with students and faculty from the UF School of Theatre and Dance, HMoD merges the worlds of visual art and dance to create a museum experience like no other.
SATURDAY'S SCHEDULE:
Movement Workshops for All - Auditorium
1 – 1:20 pm Mindful Movement - A Movement Workshop for ALL Ages – with Melissa Jasmine Montilla
1:30 – 1:50 pm Becoming Works of Art - A Movement Workshop for KIDS! of All Ages – with Lexie Sealy
2 – 2:20 pm Mindful Movement - A Movement Workshop for ALL Ages – with Melissa Jasmine Montilla
Performances Throughout the Museum
1 pm First Year Ensemble performance (5 minutes) – Promenade
1:15 pm Dance Journeys: Groups*** (20 minutes) – begins in "AWE-some"
1:15 pm The State of Being and How We Got Here (7 mins), Choreography by: Liv Floyd; Dancers: Liz Connor + Cec Wood-Barron – Contemporary/"Global Perspectives"
1:25 pm Soliloquy (2 mins), Choreographed and performed by Chey Casner (Santa Fe College) – Promenade
1:30 – 2 pm Zaouli Masked Dance of Côte d’Ivoire: a Conversation with Barakissa Coulibaly, member of the UNESCO International Dance Council + Professor Joan Frosch, Professor, School of Theatre and Dance, University of Florida – Promenade
1:45 pm Entangled Shadows (4 mins) Choreography by: Rebecca Miller; Dancers: Bella Christophersen, Lauren Pognon, and Mackenna Lloyd – Rotunda
2 pm 22.715.10 (8 mins), Choreography by: Jordan Mendelsohn; Dancers: Taylor Griest, Sami Holzman, Emma Mulé, Danny Stuart, and Madison Pieczynski – Promenade
2:10 pm Cosmic Bodies (7 mins), Choreography by: Mykenzie Hughes; Dancers: Elan Robinson and Jordan Mendelsohn. Adjudicated for Gala, American College Dance Association – Contemporary/"Global Perspectives"
2:20 pm Dance Journeys: Solos (10 minutes) – Simultaneous, All Galleries
2:30 pm – 2:40 pm Dance Journeys: Finale – Rotunda
2:45 – 3:15 pm Lyrical Dances for the Same Sun, Movement Creation and Performance by Xan Burley + Alex Springer – Promenade
Finale
3:20 – 3:35 pm West African Dance by Rujeko Dumbutshena and West African Dance Class; Musicians: Aboubacar Soumah, Aboubacar Camara, Djo Bi Simon Irie – Rotunda
3:35 – 3:55 pm Zaouli Mask Dance Performance by Barakissa Coulibaly; Musicians: Aboubacar Soumah, Aboubacar Camara, Djo Bi Simon Irie – Rotunda