Tag: Downtown Grand Rapids

DITA, Int/Adv Contemporary Modern w/guest artist Matt Farmer

May 7, 2018

Join us in welcoming Matt Farmer 
Int/Adv Contemporary Modern Technique
Sunday May 20, 2018
4-5:45 pm
Grand Rapids Ballet
341 Ellsworth Ave SW
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
$17/$15 Professional/Dance Educator
$13 Pre-registration provided by ArtPeers: https://artpeers.org/pre-registration/
For dancers 16+ years old ~ for more information contact Amy Wilson at [email protected]

Int/Ad Contemporary Modern: Using a variety of elements of modern and contemporary dance techniques, this class requires dancers to push themselves both physically and artistically. Building on the long fluid lines and posture of contemporary dance, while simultaneously implementing the strength and stamina of classic modern and post-modern floorwork, this class is sure to challenge dancers from all training backgrounds.

Matthew Farmer is currently the Chair of the Dance Department at Hope College, the Co-Artistic Director of R.G. Dance Productions and the Co-Artistic Director of H2 Dance Co. Formerly the Head of Dance at Anderson University, Farmer has had great success as a director, educator, choreographer, performer, and author; co-authoring the book Introductory Modern Dance: A Teaching Manual. Formerly the Associate Director and company member of LehrerDance, Farmer has appeared in Dance Teacher Magazine, Dance Magazine Online, and Dance Magazine. Prior to dancing with LehrerDance, Farmer danced with Peter Sparling as a company member of The Peter Sparling Dance Co. While dancing for Sparling, Matthew received his MFA from the University of Michigan, and he received his BA in Theatre and Dance from Hope College. As a soloist and guest performer he has performed in multiple cities throughout the United States and Europe, and has had the privilege of working with and/or performing works by Avi Kaiser, Sergio Antonino, Merce Cunningham, Laura Dean, Matthew Thornton, Doug Varone, and many more. As a master teacher and choreographer his works and classes have been produced by Eastern Michigan University, Anderson University, Western Kentucky University, Chicago National Association of Dance Maters, Southern Association of Dance Masters, Dancer’s Inc., On Tour dance conventions, Blue Lake International Ballet Ensemble, Interlochen, Wellspring/Cori Terry an Dancers, Fort Wayne Dance Collective, Hope Summer Repertory Theater, Next Step Dance, Musiker Productions, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and many more.

DITA @337 Project Space

May 6, 2016

MandyJoin DITA May 6th at at 337 Project Space
337 S Division Ave
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
6-9pm
Performance
7:30-8pm

“Part of me” is a solo exhibition of mixed media work by Mandy Cano Villalobos. Through meticulously executed pieces, the artist explores physical labor as both a meditative ritual and a futile exploit. Opening night will also include a modern dance performance by choreographer Hannah Sullivan with Amy Wilson and Carolina Gil Pava and music by Jeremy Verwys from 7:30 to 8:00 pm.

About the Choreographer:1379445_10151685776593034_519323078_n
Hannah Sullivan is a West Michigan-based instructor and choreographer. She is the Co-Artistic Director of the HIS Dance Ensemble with Tassia Hooks Johnson, writing & choreographing original contemporary ballets every year since the partnership formed in 2011. She is current faculty for the School of Grand Rapids Ballet, Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, LOCALZ iNTENSiVEs, Hearts In Step Dance Academy and the Dance Coalition. Hannah’s original works have been performed by both professional and student companies including Grand Rapids Ballet, Dance In The Annex (DITA), Macomb Ballet Company, Blue Lake International Ensemble, Young People’s Ballet Theatre and Muskegon Dance Company. Under the direction of Amy & Erin Wilson, Hannah was a collaborator with DITA’s ArtPrize 2014 Juror’s Time-Based Award winning work “respirador (breather)” and ArtPrize 2013 juror-nominated “Angle of Repose”. Hannah is also a featured performer with DITA, dance-on-camera films, and various West Michigan productions including the 2014 Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp opera “Hansel & Gretel”. Hannah is a master’s social worker and marriage & family therapist in West Michigan.

About the Musician:image1 (1)
Jeremy Verwys is a classical guitarist and composer from west Michigan. He is a graduate candidate for Master’s degrees in both Guitar Performance and Music Therapy at Illinois State University. Jeremy currently studies with Dr. Angelo Favis at ISU, and has studied under Carlos De la Barrera, Brian Morris and Andrew Bergeron in Grand Rapids where he received his Bachelors of Music from Grand Valley State University.

Jeremy has performed with the Grand Rapids Symphony as well as being commissioned by the dance faculty at Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp and other dance studios to compose and perform original works.

Opening Reception: A Gallery Exhibition of new works in Screendance @UICA

December 31, 2015

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Urban Institute of Contemporary Art (UICA)
2 Fulton Street W, Grand Rapids, MI 49503
Member Preview: 6pm, Public: 7pm
UICA Members: Free, Non-Members: $5

On January 08, join us as we celebrate the premiere of three dance films presented by ArtPeers and Dance in the Annex (DITA). Enjoy live movement by DITA, which includes a site-responsive exploration of spaces and structures at UICA as well as a screening of each dance film in the UICA Movie Theater. Small bites and a cash bar will also be available. mechanical

“A Gallery Exhibition of New Works in Screendance” will feature premieres of three unreleased works by ArtPeers and Dance in the Annex (DITA), created in 2015. The exhibition will include live movement by DITA at the Jan. 8 Premiere and Reception event (7:30pm start, 7:00pm doors). Works premiering for the first time anywhere include “As In Life,” created on a moving 40’ city bus, in partnership with The Rapid, with music by Paucity; and “Pull Me Back,” filmed in the Northern Michigan woods, featuring DITA wsg. Joshua Burge (actor, “The Revenant”) and music by Rick Chyme and Nixon. A third work, “mechanical response,” just completed a six-week exhibition run in Detroit, was created by ArtPeers, SideCar Studios and LaMarre and Dancers with music by Peace To Mateo. The UICA exhibition, Jan. 8-18, also features dozens of performance images from DITA, by ArtPeers. pullmeback1

Learn more: http://www.uica.org/event-calendar/new-works-in-screendance

SAVE THE DATES:
Upcoming Master Classes
January 24th, 4-5:45pm w/guest artist Nic Lincoln
February 14th, 4-5:45pm w/guest artist (TBA)
March 6th, 4-5:45pm w/guest artist Heather Vaughan-Southard