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AUTUMN
LEAVES: HOT JAZZ / COOL TAP
Geva Theater Center Nextstage
www.gevatheatre.org
September 30 - October 8, 2011
Bill Evans Dance presents RHYTHM TAP ROCHESTER
(William Evans, Cheryl Johnson and Courtney World)
and NO MEAN FEAT JAZZ TRIO (Gabe Condon, Alex
Dugdale and Dominic Sbrega).
Guests artists:
Don Halquist and Leanne Rinelli, of the
internationally-acclaimed Bill Evans Dance Company
(dancing Evans’ modern Tango), Danny Lopa,
renowned Rochester jazz bassist, and Tamara
Wilcox, pianist and director of music in the
Department of Dance at The College at Brockport.
Special guests:
September 30 and October 2, Rochester’s
amazing Oasis Tappers;
October 7 and 8, tap students from The
College and Brockport and Rochester’s School of
the Arts.
BILL EVANS and Don
Halquist at SUNY POTSDAM
DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE AND DANCE
Potsdam,
NY
borshdp@potsdam.edu
October 18, 2011
Evans and Halquist will teach four different
master classes—Bartenieff Fundamentals, Modern
Technique, Evans Repertory and Rhythm Tap Dance,
and present and Informance for interested
students.
BILL
EVANS at NATIONAL DANCE EDUCATION ORGANIZATION
ANNUAL
CONFERENCE
Minneapolis,
Minnesota
www.ndeo.org
October 19 – 23, 2011
Evans will conduct a day-long workshop for
selected students from colleges and universities
on Thursday, October 20.
The workshop will result in a new work,
created in collaboration with musician/composer
Alan Terricciano, that will be performed at the
conference’s culminating gathering, Saturday,
October 22, 5:30 p.m.
On October 22, from 12:15 to 1:30, he will
teach a modern dance technique class open to all
conference participants.
BILL
EVANS at FLORIDA DANCE EDUCATION ORGANIZATION
ANNUAL
CONFERENCE
Miami, Florida
clarence.brooks@fau.edu
October 28 and 29, 2011
Evans will share his work in Laban-based Modern
Dance Technique and Bartenieff Funbdamentals with
educators on Friday, October 28 and with dance
students on Saturday, October 29.
BILL EVANS restages
“FOR BETTY” for DANSCORE
Hartwell Dance
Theatre
Brockport,
NY
November 16 and 17, 2011, 7:30
p.m.
Hochstein Performance Hall
50 Plymouth Avenue
Rochester, NY
585-395-ARTS
November
19, 7:30 p.m.
Evans is restaging his 1970 signature work, “For
Betty,” created in honor of Elizabeth R. Hayes
for Repertory Dance Theatre, for 10 undergraduate
and graduate dance majors and the annual SUNY
Brockport dance faculty-choreographed
concert.
BILL EVANS directs
NEW DANCERS SHOWCASE
Strasser Studio,
Hartwell Hall
Brockport, NY
585-395-2153
December 2 and 3, 2011
Bill
Evans will once again direct the New Dancers
Showcase, which he founded in 2004, during his
first year on the faculty of The College at
Brockport. His
assistant director is MFA candidate Falon Baltzell.
Fifty-three new dance majors will perform
works created by MFA and MA candidates and Vanessa
Van Wormer, adjunct instructor.
Admission is free.
Donations are welcome.
BILL
EVANS WORKS performed by
SCHOOL OF CONTEMPORARY DANCERS
SENIOR
PROFESSIONAL PROGRAM
Gas Station Theatre
Winnipeg, Manitoba,
Canada
info@schoolofcontemporarydancers.ca
December 8 – 11, 2011
Bill
Evans’ works “For Betty” and “Craps”
will be performed in the WCD Senior Professional
Program annual December concerts.
BILL EVANS DANCE is
part of FABO COLLABO
Geva Theatre Center
Nextstage
Rochester, New York
www.gevatheatre.org
January
12 – 15, 2012
Bill
Evans Dance will join four other Rochester-based
contemporary dance companies—BIODANCE,
FuturPointe, Geomantics Dance Theatre and PUSH
Physical Theatre—in five performances curated by
New York City-based dance writer Elizabeth Zimmer.
Evans’ contributions will be
“Colony,” a modern dance piece for eight
dancers and “Winterhythms,” rhythm tap and
live jazz vocals.
BILL EVANS at the
SOUTH CENTRAL AMERICAN COLLEGE DANCE FESTIVAL
ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE
Texas
A & M International University
Laredo, Texas
bededan@yahoo.com
February
28 – March 3, 2012
Evans will serve as one of three adjudicators,
teach master classes and perform in an informal
concert. He
will remain on campus to serve as a guest artist
on Monday, March 5.
BILL EVANS at the
NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL DANCE FESTIVAL
University
of the Arts
Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
March 8 - 10, 2012
Evans
will represent The College at Brockport Department
of Dance and teach master classes for students and
faculty.
BILL EVANS DANCE
COMPANY presents DANCING
IN THE VERNAL EQUINOX
Hochstein
Performance Hall
Hochstein School of Music and Dance
50
Plymouth Avenue
North
Rochester, NY
billevansdance@hotmail.com
585-964-9196
Sunday, March 18,
2012, 3:00 p.m.
Download
Flyer for Ticket Info
Bill
Evans Dance Company in a concert including three
Rochester premieres.
Dancers will include:
Heather Acomb, Tom Ciconne, Kathy Diehl,
William Evans, Trent Furnace, Don Halquist, Leanne
Rinelli, Jenny Showalter, Vanessa Van Wormer and
Courtney World.
Live music by the Eastman School of
Music’s Ossia New Music Ensemble, directed by
Matt Evans.
Tickets available at the door, 2:00 p.m.
Email billevansdance@hotmail.com
to reserve tickets in advance.
BILL EVANS directs
DANCE/HARTWELL
Hartwell Dance Theatre
Brockport, NY
(585)395-ARTS
March
29 – 31, 2012
Evans will direct this annual production, including works
choreographed by The College at Brockport
Department of Dance undergraduate and graduate
students, and featuring the thesis choreography
project of MFA candidate Sarah Elizabeth Bennett.
Bill Evans and Don
Halquist at Senior Professional Program School of
Contemporary Dancers
Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada
Info@schoolofcontemporarydancers.ca
May 23 – June 1, 2012
During this annual two-week residency, Evans
and Halquist will teach courses in Evans modern
dance technique—intermediate and
advanced/professional levels, applied kinesiology
and Evans repertory.
Evans will create a new work and Halquist
will re-stage an existing Evans work.
The residency will culminate in a
performance of the new and re-staged works, a solo
by Evans and possibly a re-staged Evans duet
performed by Halquist and renowned solo artist
Winnipeg artist Jolene Bailie.
BILL
EVANS at the NEW MEXICO TAP DANCE JAM
NDI NEW MEXICO
Albuquerque, New Mexico
505.872.1800
June 14 - 17, 2012
Evans will serve as guest artist in the annual New
Mexico Tap Dance Jam, which he founded in 1999.
There will be classes at all levels on all four days
and tap performances on the 15th and 16th.
BILL EVANS AND FRIENDS:
A CONTEMPORARY DANCE CONCERT
Hartwell Dance Theatre
Hartwell Hall, Corner of Kenyon and Monroe
(park
in lot N, southwest of the building, and enter
Hartwell Hall adjacent to traffic circle on west
side of building)
The College at Brockport, State University of New
York
Brockport, New York
billevansdance@hotmail.com
Saturday, June 30, 2011, 7:30 p.m
Some of the 2011 Brockport BETI participants
36th
ANNUAL BILL EVANS SUMMER INSTITUTE OF DANCE
OPTION ONE:
BILL
EVANS DANCE TEACHERS’ INTENSIVE
The
College at Brockport Department of Dance
Brockport, New York
(20 minutes from the
Rochester, New York International Airport)
billevansdance@hotmail.com
June 24 - July 7, 2012
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form here**
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OPTION TWO
(SUBJECT
TO CHANGE):
BILL EVANS and DON
HALQUIST
INTENSIVE
for
Modern Dancers and Dance Teachers
Saint Mary’s College of California
Moraga, California
(half an hour from the Oakland
International Airport)
billevansdance@hotmail.com
July
14 – 19, 2012
For
established and emerging teachers of contemporary
dance including graduate students in dance and
undergraduate students in dance education.
**DOWNLOAD Additional St. Mary's
information, schedule and registration form here**
OPTION THREE
(SUBJECT TO CHANGE):
BILL EVANS and DON HALQUIST INTENSIVE
for Modern Dancers and Dance Teachers
Sponsored by Contemporary Dance/Fort Worth
Texas Christian University
Fort Worth, Texas
billevansdance@hotmail.com
July 22 – 27, 2012
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Additional Beti information and schedule here**
BILL EVANS at
KINECTIONS DANCE/MOVEMENT THERAPY
Six-Day
Intensive Workshop:
The Bill Evans Approach to Laban Movement
Analysis
718 University Avenue
Rochester, NY
(585) 473-5050
kinectionsinfo@kinections.com
August 2 - 9, 2012
(tentative)
Mr.
Evans will introduce basic concepts and practices
of the LMA areas of knowledge:
Body, Effort, Shape and Space, as he has
found them transformative in his life and work.
Students will be mostly participants in the
Dance Movement Therapy program led by renowned
dance movement therapist Danielle Fraenkel.
(No classes on Sunday.)
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