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BILL
EVANS in DANCE MAGAZINE
An essay by Bill Evans, “from the heart/Why I
Dance,” with a photograph by Jim Dusen and an introduction
by Wendy Perron, appear on the final page of the January, 2010
issue of Dance Magazine.
BILL
EVANS at the AMERICAN DANCE FESTIVAL JANUARY INTENSIVE
New York City, NY
Four classes in Evans Laban-Based Modern Dance Technique:
January 3 (9:00 – 11:00 and 11:15 – 1:15, LaGuardia
High School of Performing Arts.
January 5 (9:00 – 11:00 and 11:15 – 1:15, The Juilliard
School.
Contact Nicolle
Wasserman: 919-684-6402
or school@americandancefestival.org
BILL
EVANS at AUBURN
UNIVERSITY
Dance Program,
Department of Theatre
Auburn, Alabama
January 9 – 15, 2010
Bill Evans will
re-stage his choreographic work Colony
on Auburn University dance students.
Evans and Adrienne Wilson, A. U. director of dance,
will perform a rhythm tap concert, tentatively scheduled for
the evening of January 14.
Contact Adrienne Wilson, awpmusicdance@aol.com
BILL
EVANS at NATIONAL DANCE ASSOCIATION
PEDAGOGY CONFERENCE
The
Learning Circle: Dance
Pedagogy Leads our Practice
Dance Program, Department of Physical
Education and Dance
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, New Mexico
January 16 - 18, 2010
Mr. Evans will be a
“keynote” presenter:
January 16, 2:45 – 4:00, The
Evans Method of Teaching Laban Based Modern Dance Technique.
January 17, 2:45 – 4:00, Moving
Rhythm
January 18, 9:30 – 11:00,
Exploring Developmental Movement Patterns through Bartenieff
Fundamentals
January 17, 7:30 p.m., NMSU’s Hershel Zohn Theatre
Two Bill Evans works
will be included in the GALA performance,
Three
Gershwin Preludes, performed by Mr. Evans and Climbing
to the Moon, performed by Don Halquist.
Contact Dr. Debra
Knapp, deknapp@nmsu.edu
BILL
EVANS at NEW MEXICO
STATE
UNIVERSITY
Dance Program,
Department of Physical Education and Dance
January 19 - 23, 2010
Mr. Evans will re-stage his choreographic work Colony
on NMSU dance students and teach a variety of master classes.
Contact Dr. Debra
Knapp, deknapp@nmsu.edu.
BILL
EVANS at NEW ENGLAND
AMERICAN
COLLEGE DANCE
FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION
CONFERENCE
Boston University
Department of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance
915 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA 02215
February 11 – 14, 2010
Mr. Evans will serve
as one of three conference adjudicators, teach three master
classes (intermediate-advanced Evans Laban-based modern
technique, modern technique for teachers, and advanced rhythm
tap) and perform a lecture-demonstration.
Contact mtaylor-@bu.edu.
BILL
EVANS at WAGNER
COLLEGE
(tentative)
Dance Program, Department of Theatre
Staten Island, NY
February 19 and 20, 2010
Mr. Evans will serve
as a respondent to a Wagner Dance Concert and teach master
classes in Evans Modern Technique and Rhythm Tap.
Contact Rusty Curcio,
Head of Dance, rcurcio@wagner.edu
BILL
EVANS performs at UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO
Zodiaque Dance Concert
UB Center for the Art
Directed by Tressa Gorman-Crehan
February 27 (8:00 p.m.) and 28 (2:00 p.m.), 2010
Bill Evans will perform as a guest artist, dancing Three
Gershwin Preludes.
Visit www.ubcfa.org
BILL
EVANS at SOUTHWEST
AMERICAN
COLLEGE DANCE
FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION
CONFERENCE
Herberger
Institute for Design and the Arts
Arizona State University School of Dance
Tempe, AZ
March 17 - 20, 2010
Mr. Evans will serve
as one of three conference adjudicators and teach master
classes in intermediate-advanced Evans Laban-based modern
technique.
Contact CAROLYN.KOCH@asu.edu
BILL
EVANS 70!
Strasser Performance Studio, Department of Dance, Hartwell
Hall
The College at Brockport,
Brockport, New York, 14420
April 10 (7:30 p.m.) and April 11 (2:00 p.m.), 2010
Post-concert reception on April 11.
Mr. Evans will
celebrate his 70th birthday (April 11) with a
concert dedicated to Lila Snape Evans, his mother, who passed
away on December 11, 2009, at age 97.
Program will be
(subject to change):
- TRIBUTE
TO DANIEL, jazz-inspired modern dance performed by
Bill Evans, in honor of his mentor Daniel Nagrin, who
passed away in December, 2008
- FOR
MARGARET, a new modern dance work honoring
Bill’s “dance mother,” Margaret Gisolo, who passed
away in November, 2009, performed by Don Halquist, Mariah
Maloney, Heather Roffe and an artist to be announced
- BLUES
FOR MY FATHER, rhythm tap dance by Bill Evans and
jazz vocal improvisation by James J. Kaufmann, a tribute
to William Ferd Evans
- IN
GLOVES, a new work of text and movement by Claire
Porter, performed by Bill Evans and Don Halquist
- VELORIO,
a vigil for the deceased choreographed by Bill Evans
to four movements from Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem.
Performed by eight professional modern dancers to
honor Lila Evans
- THREE
GERSHWIN PRELUDES, a fusion of rhythm tap and
modern dance dedicated to Lila Evans on July 3, 2008,
performed by Bill Evans
$12/$10 seniors,
faculty and staff/$8 student
For tickets, call
585-395-ARTS
BILL
EVANS and DON HALQUIST at SENIOR PROFESSIONAL PROGRAM
SCHOOL of CONTEMPORARY DANCERS
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
May 18 - 28, 2010
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 Evans
work. The
residency will culminate in an informal performance of the new
and re-staged works, a solo by Evans and a re-staged duet
performed by Halquist and Winnipeg artist Jolene Bailie.
A separate, formal performance of portions of BILL
EVANS 70! (April
10 and 11 above) is a possibility.
Contact:
info@schoolofcontemporarydancers.ca
BILL EVANS at KINECTIONS
DANCE/MOVEMENT THERAPY
Four-Day Intensive Workshop:
The Bill Evans Approach to Laban Movement Analysis
718 University Avenue
Rochester, NY 14607-1259
(585) 473-5050
June 7 – 10, 2010
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.
For more information contact: kinectionsinfo@kinections.com
BILL
EVANS 70!
VSA North Fourth Arts Center Theatre
4904 Fourth Street NW
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87107
June 25 and 26, 2010, 8:00 p.m.
Mr. Evans will
continue to celebrate his 70th birthday (April 11,
2010) with a concert of modern dances, rhythm tap dances and
story-telling. He
will be joined by his life partner since 1985, Don Halquist
and by their former students Heather Acomb and Jenny
Showalter.
Program
(subject to change):
- TRIBUTE
TO DANIEL, jazz-inspired modern dance performed by
Bill Evans, in honor of his mentor Daniel Nagrin, who
passed away in December, 2008
- SUITE
CAVA, modern dance suite choreographed by Bill
Evans to piano music by Michael Cava—Dreamweaver,
danced by Heather Acomb;
Albuqerque Love Song,
performed by Bill Evans, and Climbing
to the Moon, performed by Don Halquist.
- BLUES
FOR MY FATHER, rhythm tap dance by Bill Evans and
jazz vocal improvisation by James J. Kaufmann, a tribute
to William Ferd Evans
- IN
GLOVES, a new work of text and movement by Claire
Porter, performed by Bill Evans and Don Halquist
- KILTER,
a modern dance solo choreographed by Don Halquist
and performed by Jenny Showalter
- WHAT’S
YOUR STORY MORNING GLORY, a solo for Don Halquist
choreographed by Bill Evans to music
by Glenn Miller
and His Orchestra
- THREE
GERSHWIN PRELUDES, a fusion of rhythm tap and
modern dance dedicated to Lila Evans on July 3, 2008,
performed by Bill Evans
Contact infor@vsartsnm.org
or call 505-345-2872.
BILL EVANS AND FRIENDS:
AN INTIMATE EVENING OF CONTEMPORARY DANCE.
Strasser Performance Studio, Hartwell Hall
The College at Brockport, SUNY
Saturday, July 3, 2010, 8:00 p.m
Bill
Evans, Don Halquist, Debra Knapp and other artists from the
greater Rochester area, as well as artists participating in
the Evans Modern Dance Certification Program will share their
recent work in an informal atmosphere.
Contact
bevans@brockport.edu
after June 1 for more information.
33rd
ANNUAL BILL EVANS SUMMER INSTITUTE OF DANCE
SESSION
ONE:
BILL
EVANS and DON HALQUIST INTENSIVE for Modern Dancers and Dance
Teachers
In association with the Dance Program, Department of Theatre
and Dance
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
June 21 – 25, 2010
Follow
this link for complete information and registration form (pdf
format)
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SESSION
TWO:
BILL EVANS’ 4TH ANNUAL HANDS-ON TEACHERS’ WORKSHOP:
DEVELOPING
A PERSONAL PEDAGOGY OF DANCE TECHNIQUE
The College at Brockport Department of Dance
June 27 - July 9, 2010
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SESSION
THREE:
THE ULTIMATE BILL EVANS MODERN DANCE TECHNIQUE WORKSHOP:
An Encyclopedic Overview of the Exercises and Phrase
Work which have defined the Evans Technique Since 1976
For Advanced and Professional Level Dancers and Teachers
Texas Christian University
Fort Worth, Texas
July 12 - 17, 2010
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this link for complete information and registration form (pdf
format)
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NEW
MEXICO
TAP DANCE JAM 2010
Produced by NDI-NM In association with the Dance
Program
Department of Theatre and Dance
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM
Classes: July
19 – 22
Performances: July
23 and 24
Mr. Evans founded the
New Mexico Tap Dance Jam and was its artistic director and
leading choreographer and performer through 2004.
In 2010, he will return as a guest teacher, performer
and choreographer.
Save
the dates. Details
will be revealed here in early 2010.
In the meantime, for
more information, contact:
National Dance Institute of New Mexico @ 505-872-2669 or
Jackie Church, Jackie@ndi-nm.org
BILL
EVANS DANCE at the BUFFALO DANCE FESTIVAL
University at Buffalo
Center for the Arts
Buffalo, NY
July 31, 2010
The Evans Dance Company will join Lehrer Dance and
Configurations in Dance in an evening of professional dance by
leading western New York professional companies, co-presented
by the UB Center for the Arts in its beautiful main stage
theatre. Evans plans to present his modern dance piece for
eight women, Velorio,
to music by Gabriel Fauré, as well as a solo performed by Don
Halquist.
Visit www.ubcfa.org
BILL
EVANS DANCE: THE
LEGACY
Venue to be announced.
Rochester, NY
Sunday, September 26, 3:30 p.m.
The Bill Evans Dance Company (founded in 1975) will present
its third annual Rochester production.
Program will include Evans’ masterpiece, The
Legacy, based on the life of his great-great-grandfather
Abel Evans, a Mormon polygamist who was born in Wales,
emigrated to Utah and established a household with three wives
of varying ages. Also
included will be reconstructions of other Evans works, Diverse
Concerto and Naturescape
Unfolding, as well as a new work for an all-male ensemble.
BILL
EVANS at the NATIONAL DANCE EDUCATION ORGANIZATION ANNUAL
CONFERENCE
Arizona State University
October 20 – 24, 2010
As he did in New York City in the 2009 conference, Bill
Evans will direct the Passing
on the Legacy workshop for selected college and high
school dance students. The
workshop will take place from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on
October 23. During
this session, Mr. Evans will facilitate the creation of a new
choreographic work, which will be performed at a general
session from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. on that same day.
For more information,
visit www.ndeo.org
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