Scholars Day: April 10, 2013

Session I: 9 - 10:30 am

Please note that times are approximate. If you are interested in attending sessions with multiple presentations, please be in the room at the start of the session.

Dance, Hartwell Dance Theatre
Chair: Maura Keefe
9 am	Recuperating in the Act: Somatic-Driven Choreography Bethany Fagan
9:15 am	The Body in the Site Amy Sullivan
9:30 am	Voguing: Escaping Oppression Through Self-Expression Chelsea O. Gavazzi
9:45 am	Imagination - A Place for identity (re)Creation Through Trance Dance Roy Harrington Tracy
10 am	Humanity and Efficiency: The Partnering of Dance and Management Theory Colleen Culley
10:15 am	The Circular Theory in Chinese Classical Dance and American Modern Dance Yang Wang
Dance, Strasser Dance Studio, 152 Hartwell
Chair: Vanessa Van Wormer
9 am	Perchance to Dream? The Relevance of Romanticism in Contemporary Dance Vanessa Van Wormer, Juliana Utz, Lauren Saint-Louis, Kara Foote, Christina Gorman
9:20 am	An Evolutionary Approach to Music Improvisation for Dance Matthew Frazier-Smith, Falon Baltzell

Session II: 10:45 - 11:45 am

Please note that times are approximate. If you are interested in attending sessions with multiple presentations, please be in the room at the start of the session.

Dance, 229 Hartwell
Chair: Tamara Wilcox
10:45 am	Choreographers as Composers Tamara Wilcox
Dance, Hartwell Dance Theatre
Chair: Maura Keefe
10:45 am	Tap Dance: An Exploration of an Art Form’s Trajectory on the Concert Stage Janet Schroeder
10:55 am	The Subtleties of Social Acceptance/Occupants: Movement Dynamic Adrian Safar
11:05 am	A Fusion Between Chinese Dance Culture and Modern Dance Choreography Siwen Jiang
11:15 am	Dancing With Hitler: Examining the Movements of the Nazi Movement and Geopolitics of Dance Allison Bohman
11:25 am	Who's Leading Now? The Partnering of Dance Studies and Feminist Theory Julia Zdrojewski
Dance, Strasser Dance Studio, 152 Hartwell
Chair: Juanita Suarez
10:45 am	The Collaborative Process--Switching Roles Nicole Kaplan, Emma Scholl
11:15 am	Inscrita Marielys Burgos-Melendez

Session III: 1:15 - 2:15 pm

Please note that times are approximate. If you are interested in attending sessions with multiple presentations, please be in the room at the start of the session.

Dance, Hartwell Dance Theatre
Chair: Maura Keefe
1:15 pm	Cuba Dances: an Ethnographic Journey Across Borders Oluyinka Akinjiola
1:30 pm	Declarative Process: Compositional Methods of Steve Reich and Trisha Brown Matthew J Frazier-Smith
1:45 pm	Bodies in Space/Bodies as Space: Current Perspectives of Dance Improvisation in Puerto Rico Marielys Burgos-Melendez
2 pm	Solo Dances and Other Strategies to Survive Budgetary Cuts in the 21st Century Angie Muzzy
Dance, Strasser Dance Studio, 152 Hartwell
Chair: Mariah Maloney
1:15 pm	A Year of Dance Making with Mariah Maloney Mariah Maloney

Session IV: 2:30 - 3:30 pm

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Dance, Hartwell Dance Theater
Chair: Suzanne Oliver
2:30 pm	Dance and Sport Anna Corvera, Yokastheline Alejo, Elizabeth Buehler, Allyson Delaney, Jenna Ellis, Alexis Hills, Jasmine Perez, Melissa Sanfilippo, Ayecia Simpson, Eliana Slurzberg, Chelsea Spraker, Robin Wonka
Dance, Strasser Dance Studio, 152 Hartwell
Chair: Maura Keefe
2:30 pm	Beyond the Erie Canal and Back Again: A Selection of Dances That Went on the Road Maura Keefe

Session V: 3:45 - 4:45 pm

Please note that times are approximate. If you are interested in attending sessions with multiple presentations, please be in the room at the start of the session.