Project Proposal
- Throughout the year, the interns will gain a thorough understanding of what it means to be a dance teacher of levels from introductory dance classes to a Junior Company level. Specifically, each intern will be responsible for choreographing and planning the performance of a dance in a particular genre to teach to her respective class. For the project, the interns will need to research a specific style of dance, lyrical-jazz, so that they can choreograph and perform this style at the Student Learning Conference. Throughout the year, they will also accumulate the necessary skills to effectively produce and run a performance, which they will use when they direct the annual Student Choreography Showcase.
- By assisting in teaching and choreographing for dance classes throughout the year, each intern will be able to develop skills in choreography and gain a basic understanding of what is aesthetically pleasing for a group of dancers to perform on stage, as well as acquire individual ideas and inspirations to bring to the table for the group to use when they collaborate. They will also have the opportunity to observe Rebecca Clark, the Centennial Dance Prograph Director, while she teaches and choreographs.
- After undergoing their internships, the interns will be able to work together to choreograph a lyrical-jazz piece to be performed at the Howard County Student Learning Conference. They will also produce and direct the Student Choreography Showcase, an annual production where students in the dance program are given the opportunity to perform their own choreography.
- The Student Choreography Showcase and Student Learning Conference are both performances that, by entertaining an audience, will hopefully gain a following for high school dance programs, and encourage students to participate. The Student choreography Showcase is also an opportunity for students in lower level dance classes to perform their own choreography, an opportunity which is not typically granted to those of introductory levels.
- The audience of the performances will be the students and teachers attending the Student Learning Conference, as well as the Centennial High School community. Rather than portraying a direct message in the choreography, the interns are hoping that their performance at SLC will be inspirational to students in the program to support and possibly undergo an internship in high school dance programs. The Student Choreography Showcase is meant for the Centennial High School community consisting of peers, family, and friends of the performers, to see the talent that exists in Centennial and the importance of fostering this talent through the dance program.
- The audience will be local, composed of members of the Howard County and Centennial High School Community.
- The message will be portrayed through the means of visual entertainment. A carefully planned combination of various visual components including choreography, costumes, and lighting will contribute to the strength of the message.
- Resources will be required to obtain each of these visual elements: costuming catalogs for costumes, a tech crew for lighting and music, and various human and visual sources for choreographing and researching the genre.
- The only special costs that would arise would be costume costs and music copyright costs. Studio time for rehearsals must also be considered. The interns will also need to plan ahead transportation to and from the Student Learning Conference.
Tentative Timeline
January 15th, 2010 Choose a song for the intern/mentor piece
January 2010 Choreograph the intern piece to perform at both the Student Learning Conference and Student Choreography Showcase.
February 2010 Auditions for Student Choreography Showcase
March 2010 Audition the intern piece for Student Learning Conference
March 1st, 2010 Tech Rehearsal of Act I of SCS 3-5 pm
March 2nd, 2010 Tech Rehearsal of Act II of SCS 3-5 pm
March 3rd, 2010 Dress Rehearsal of SCS 3-5 pm
March 4th, 2010 Dress Rehearsal of SCS 3-5 pm
March 5th, 2010 Student Choreography Showcase at 7pm
April 24th, 2010 Student Learning Conference, interns perform
6. Noel Marsh
Why hello, Lindsey! :)
I'm excited to have found your digication page! I didn't know that you were doing a choreography project for IR/mentorship! That's really exciting. I hope the whole endeavor goes well, and I'll have to find out when the performance is! Best of luck. :)
-Noel
Wilde Lake HS
01/30/10, 03:53 am
5. Jeff Huang
Lindsey,
It's great that you get to practice your choreography skills while helping so many dancers on a day-to-day basis. It looks like all the parts of your project are really well planned and waiting to be executed. I look forward to seeing your performance this year!
-Jeff Huang
Centennial High School
01/15/10, 06:58 am
4. Elizabeth Villanyi
Lindsey-
This is such a great idea! The choreography showcases are always so well put together, and I have no doubt that you will be just as successful this year.
Your proposal seems very thought out, and you have a strong understanding of what is required of you. It sounds like you already have a good idea of how you want the show to present itself, and you're heading in a great direction. I wish you the best of luck, and I hope that I will be able to attend!
-Beth Villanyi
Centennial High School
01/15/10, 03:35 am
3. Tejus Kulkarni
Marshall-
Your project sounds like a challenge! Teaching kids that are almost your own age has to be tough. First off the choreography takes a lot of creativity and to be doing this is a new field is a whole other situation. I'll definitely be in the crowd to support your project! good luck!!
Tejus Kulkarni
Centennial High
01/15/10, 03:21 am
2. Sean Huang
Hey Lindsey!
I'm very impressed by your project because I can only imagine how much effort and practice go into preparing a dance performance from beginning to end. I'm glad to see you have to learn more about a relatively new type of dance (lyrical-jazz) - this way, you learn how to instruct a new type of dance and the students learn how to perform that new type of dance.
I have close to no knowledge about dance, so I can only offer general performance advice - practice, practice, practice! Good luck with the show, and I definitely plan on attending.
-Sean Huang, Centennial
01/15/10, 03:06 am
1. Aliana Akhtar
Lindsey-
This looks like a well thought out project. I am glad that you are putting your dance expertise to work! I have gone to the Showcase in the past and the dances have been put together very nicely, so I am excited to see what is in store for the CHS Dance Company this year.
I feel as though dance, like music, is just another way to express yourself while at school. It's another way to get away from the stressful school life and go to a peaceful, and in your case, graceful world.
Good luck with the Showcase! Hopefully I will be able to attend!
--Aliana,
Centennial High
01/15/10, 02:29 am