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2011-2012 Fall Quarter Dance Division Calendar

Sept. 19	Freshmen meeting, ballet class, rudiments diagnostic test
Sept. 20	Freshmen physical, ballet class
Sept. 21	Class began
Sept. 22	Classes Begin, Placement class #2, ensemble auditions
Sept. 22	Ballet Theater Midwest holds audition for their professional Performance Ensemble
Sept. 23	Dayton Ballet Artistic Director, Karen Russo Burke, holds audition for Dayton Ballet's Te Nutcracker.
Sept. 26	The Tevlin Ballet holds audition for Nutcracker
Sep 30, & Oct 6	Dawn Weatherwax- Sports Nutritionist presentation. Bruce Simpson--Artistic Director of Louisville Ballet teaching master class.
Oct. 11-23	Benjamin Bowman sets The Story Teller by Twyla Tharp
Oct, 14	BalletMet Artistic Director Gerard Charles teaching master class, choreography class perform commissioned work for Duke Energy Conference Center.
Oct, 14
Oct. 25-Nov. 14	Early registration for Winter Quarter and mandatory one-on-one meetings for dance majors with advisors
Oct. 26	Master Class by Devon Carney, associate artistic director of Cincinnati Ballet
Nov. 2	Master Modern Dance Class TBA
Nov 5,6	Dance Majors perform with CCM Phiharmonia Orchestra
Nov 5,6	Dance Majors perform with CCM Phiharmonia Orchestra
Nov. 11	Veterans Day Holiday, no classes or rehearsals
Nov. 18	Choreography Showcase adjudication followed by Run Through in concert order Fall Dance Ensemble Concert for lighting designers, etc.
Nov. 18	Examination Class sections II.
Nov. 21-Dec 2	Examination class section III, Load in to Patricia Corbet Theater for Fall Dance Concert
Nov.28- Dec. 2	Conferences for all levels
Nov. 24-27	Thanksgiving Break
Nov. 29-Dec. 2	Technical Rehearsals begin in PCT for Fall Concert, 6-11 p.m.
Dec. 4	Conferences for All Level may continue
Nov 29-Dec 4	CCM Ballet Fall Concert Dates: Meet the Artist Benjamin Bowman (repetiteur for Twyla Tharp Dance) Tuesday, November 29, 9:30–10:30 a.m. \| Baur Room – Free Open Dress Rehearsal of The Story Teller Directed by Benjamin Bowman Tuseday November 29, 12:45-1:45 \| Patricia Corbett Theater – Free Friday, December 2, 8:00 p.m. Saturday, December 3, 2:00 & 8:00 p.m. Sunday, December 4, 3:00 p.m. Patricia Corbett Theater Dance Tickets $15 general admission • $10 non-UC students • UC students free with ID
Dec. 2-4	Dance Concerts: Director Jiang Qi Friday 8 p.m., Saturday 2 & 8 p.m., Sunday 3 p.m. Through a National Endowment for the Arts’ grant, CCM Dance presents Twyla Tharp’s ballet The Story Teller, staged by guest artist Benjamin Bowman with music by Kiyoung Kim. This concert will also showcase Siete Canciones Populares, a world premiere choreographed by Dance Division Head Shellie Cash to music composed by Manuel de Falla for tenor and piano. In addition, the concert will showcase Paquita (Act II) with music by Ludwig Minkus, restaged by Professor Jiang Qi. Finally, Professor Jiang Qi will restage Danish choreographer August Bournonville’s Flower Festival in Genzano pas de deux to music originally by Matthias Strebinger and adapted by Holger Simon Pauli.
	Last day of classes
Dec. 5-10	UC Examinations
Dec. 11-Jan. 3	Winter Break, Happy Holidays!

2011-12 Winter Quarter Dance Division Calendar

Jan 9-13	Roger Van Fleteren, Associate Artistic Director of Alabama Ballet residence.
Jan 16	Martin Luther King Day
Jan 20	Moveable Feast Performance: Paquita
Jan 14	Admissions auditions
Jan 28	Admissions auditions
Feb 4	Admissions audition at Joffrey Ballet School New York
Jan 19 &Jan 26	Master Classes by Summer Rhatigan Master Classe by Luna Negra
Jan 28	Informal performance TBA
Feb 11	Admission Audition
March 6-10	Load in and Technical Rehearsals at Partricia Corbet Theater for The Choreographer's Showcase
March 6-10
March 10-11	Choreographers’ Showcase Co-directors: Jiang Qi and Michael Tevlin Experience the next wave of emerging choreographers as CCM dance majors take the stage with exciting and diverse new works. These choreographers have cast CCM dance majors to tell their stories through classical, modern and contemporary genres. Choreographers: Rebecca Brenner Jillian Conjura Julie Eicher Valerie Grabill Aaron Hanekamp Asia Harrison Deanna Karlheim Jennifer Levin Amanda Milligan Lydia Parks Rachel Vrbancic Come be a part of the magic. Our youth on the move have something to say! Saturday, March 10, 2pm & 8 pm Sunday, March 11, 2pm Location: Patricia Corbett Theater Admission: FREE *Save the date for the Spring Dance Concert on May 25–27, 2012
March 9	Class End
March 12-17	Finals Week
March 12-17	Finals Week
March 20-27	Spring Break

2011-12 Spring Quarter Dance Division Calendar

March 26 April 9-28	Classes begin Vivi Flindt Master classes and Staging La Sylphied act II
April 27	Board examinations for all dance majors at Corbett Theater 12-4
May 14-26	Load in and Tech rehearsals for Spring Dance Concert at Patricia Corbett Theater. Photographers invited to dress rehearsals
May 21	Memorial Day Holiday, no classes and rehearsals
May 25-27	Spring Concert Director: Shellie Cash La Sylphide Act II EI Amor Brujo Time Piece Serenede For Strings
May 28- June 1	Conferences for all dance majors
June 1	Classes end
June 4-June 8	Finals Week
June 4-June 8	Finals Week
June 9	Commencement