Tuesday, November 29, 2016 //
5:30 pm to 7:00 pm

CHAT Lounge 10th Floor // Gladfelter Hall // 1115 W. Berks Street // Philadelphia, PA 19122
Kristina M. Lang // 215-204-7609

Dance Studies Colloquium presents
A lecture with
Pallabi Chakravorty, Swarthmore College
“This is How We Dance Now: Performance in the Age of Bollywood”

CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING AND CINEMATIC ARTS
All Dance Studies Colloquium events are free and open to the public. No tickets are required.
This event will be livestreamed at http://livestream.com/accounts/1927261

The Department of Music and Dance will host a public celebration to honor Professor Sharon Freidler’s work and retirement. This event, “Making Change for Better Communities Through Dance”, will include faculty, alumni, staff, and students.

There will be live dance, video, and the spoken word to offer a well-rounded glimpse into the numerous contributions that Sharon has made to the field of dance and to our community over the years.

Among the highlights: performances by four alumni of the Dance program who have gone on to distinctive international careers in the dance world; a presentation by a fifth alumna who is one of the leading dance scholars in the U.S.; and a performance by Sharon’s Dance for PD group (Parkinson Disease), accompanied by live music.

“Critical Choreographies of Michael Jackson’s Face”

A lecture with Sherrill Dodds

October 6, 2016

LPAC Cinema

11:20A – 12:35P

Sherril Dodds, Professor of Dance at Temple University, will discuss the scholarly and public attention devoted to the transformations of popular music celebrity Michael Jackson’s face, and the little consideration of how his face works choreographically. Drawing on the lenses of dance and popular music studies, first she will examine how his early career was characterized by a fixed smile, and secondly how he mobilized his face (through a frown and a scream) as his solo career developed to stage a critique of the popular music industry.

Professor Dodds has authored Dance on Screen: Genres and Media from Hollywood to Experimental Art (Palgrave, 2001), Dancing on the Canon: Embodiments of Value in Popular Dance (Palgrave, 2011), and co-edited Bodies of Sound (Ashgate, 2014). She is a founder member of the UK PoPMOVES research group, has been a visiting scholar at Trondheim University (Norway), Griffith University (Australia), and Stanford University (US), and was the recipient of the 2015 Gertrude Lippincott Award for her article “Facial Choreographies and the Choreographic Interface.”

Join us for showings in dance from our technique classes:
Dance Lab I 
Ballet Repertory students in excerpts from SWAN LAKE
Pointe and Partnering

Monday, May 2
5pm
LPAC Troy Dance Studio

Plus

The Performers: an experiment in progress
Directed and Choreographed by Erica Janko
Live music by Nirvaan Ranganathan
Advised by Jumatatu Poe

Monday, May 2 & Tuesday, May 3
4:15pm and 6:15pm
(with talkback after final showing on Tuesday)
LPAC Boyer Dance Studio

SEATING IS LIMITED for this showing and by reservation only, please email Erica Janko at ejanko1@swarthmore.edu for more information and reservations

A “performance” may be defined as all the activity of a given participant on a given occasion which serves to influence in any way any of the other participants.
– Erving Goffman, from The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life, 1959

https://www.facebook.com/events/266030917069539/

The Department of Music and Dance sends a warm invitation to all! This spring concert will feature dances and music from a variety of styles and from various cultural traditions including Ballet, Taiko, Modern, Tap, Flamenco and more! Come celebrate our students and faculty with this joyous end of the semester showcase. Free and open to the public without welcome. All ages are welcome.

Lang Performing Arts Center
Pearson-Hall Theater (MainStage)
Friday, April 29 at 8PM
Saturday, April 30 at 8PM

http://www.swarthmore.edu/news-events/balancing-act

SUMMER EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
LPAC, a multi­venue performing arts facility, regularly staffs students to work behind the scenes on productions. A majority of the work we do over the summer involves supporting dance rental clients and making sure our facility is in top­notch condition.
We are looking for a few motivated people to join our team for the summer season. Preferably, candidates will have worked LPAC show calls and work calls with us prior to consideration for this position. There are several types of roles students will fill, ranging from backstage crew to light board and sound board operation to front of house. The ideal candidate will have experience in all three areas, but we will provide training for an otherwise strong applicant. The pay for this position is student worker category 2.

Minimum Qualifications:

●  Ability to stand for extended periods of time
●  Ability to lift at least 20lbs
●  Ability to follow direction
●  Willingness to learn
●  Excellent work ethic
●  Positive attitude
●  Preferred: has worked 1 call at LPAC as run crew, 1 call as board op, and a semester as an usher (house management experience preferred)

Job Duties and Responsibilities Include:

• Arriving on time to all calls (including some early morning calls)
• Stamina and ability to work long days while maintaining positive attitude
•  Working as a member of the production team to ensure the best possible outcome for all events
  ●  Following instructions given by LPAC staff members
  ●  Representing the LPAC in a professional manner
  ●  Being polite and respectful at all times
  ●  Assisting clients in tasks
  ●  Upholding LPAC rules
  ●  Maintaining the space as needed (including but not limited to sweeping, mopping, dust mopping, cleaning and setting up quick­change locations, cleaning and setting up dressing rooms, cleaning and setting up backstage areas, setting up lobby, setting up FOH as needed)Time commitment:
  This summer, employees are expected to work an average of 20 hours/week during June. During FOH shift weeks, employees will work an average of 6­10 hours/week. During July and August employees can expect 10­20 hours per week. There are some dates that are non­negotiable (large events), but the other days are somewhat flexible. A schedule of all unavailable hours from May 13th to August 12th must be submitted with an application. Once staffing has been finalized (should be finalized by Monday, May 2nd) we will have a summer staff meeting on Wednesday, May 4th. Attendance at this meeting will be mandatory and paid time.

  What to expect:
  Please note that the tasks will be of a wide variety. In addition to working show and tech calls, you will be asked to do a lot of organizing, sorting, and cleaning. Furthermore, we will complete maintenance on the building such as reorganizing storage areas, cleaning and maintaining lighting units, painting the stage, cleaning out the stage completely, etc. It is imperative that you maintain a positive and motivated attitude throughout each workday.

  What to do next:
  Applications are due by April 15th; interviews will start shortly thereafter. Please submit the following for your application by Friday, April 15th at 2:00pm:

  ●  A letter of interest describing why you are an excellent fit for summer work at the LPAC and what skills you will bring to the table.
  ●  A detailed schedule of unavailable hours from May 13th through August 12th.
  ●  A brief descriptions of the calls you have previously done for LPAC
  ●  2 on campus references, including phone numbers and email addresses

  *If you are interested in applying be sure to get on LPAC’s student worker email list and work at least two work calls and two show calls as soon as possible.

  *Applicants wishing to seek summer housing must follow all summer housing guidelines put out by the Office of Student Engagement.

  Feel free to contact Allie (aemmeri1) in the LPAC office for further details. We hope to see you this summer!