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| An Interview with Colorado Native, Jill Inglis |
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An Interview With Jill Inglis Interviewed by Jesse Werner Colorado native Jill Inglis has enjoyed a successful career in the commercial dance industry, performing in California, Chicago, around the world on cruise ships, and most recently in Las Vegas. In August, she returned to the Rockies to dance at the Colorado Springs Dance Theatre Wine Festival. One of CDA’s star volunteers, Jesse Werner, recently interviewed Miss Inglis about her career. Where did you train and in what disciplines? I started off at Barbra Ellis School of Dance in Colorado Springs, just doing ballet, jazz, and tap. And how old were you then? I was three years old. I was there for pretty much ten years and then went off with Nancy Derby of Derby Dance for about four years, doing the same things - ballet, jazz, and tap, and then added a little musical theater in. Also trained with Zetta Alderman of the Colorado Jazz Dance Company. What was the most important aspect of your childhood training? Probably the notion of making it fun. How did you first get involved in dance? My mom put me in because I always asked to wear a tutu. Did you know you wanted to be a dancer at a young age? I actually did not, I didnʼt think that I would dance past middle school or high school. When did you decide on as dance as a career? It was probably in high school when I started dancing with the Colorado Jazz Dance Company and I had to choose between volleyball and dance for college. Did you major in dance in college and where did you go? I graduated with a dance performance degree from Oklahoma City University. What was your favorite thing about the program at Oklahoma City University? Probably that they gave us several different disciplines - ballet, tap, and musical theater. They required a lot out of us and they switched our teachers around quite frequently so that we had a lot of variety. What has been the most surprising moment in your career? I guess it’s just all of the travel and being able to pick up and move to a new city and be able to dance right away. […] I just thought that you would be [in] one place all the time, and yet Iʼve moved to so many cities and been successful in all of them as a dancer. And where are you living now? Las Vegas. What has been the proudest moment in your career? Probably getting asked to come back to Colorado and give back to the Colorado scene when I came back for the Colorado Springs Dance Theater Wine Festival. When I got asked to come back to dance for that, it was a very big deal. Most of the time as a dancer you donʼt really think that people are thinking of you that often, so that was a really big thing. How did you become involved in commercial dance? Really just meeting the right people. Once I found a niche in Chicago, it just kind of went through. It’s all about finding the right people. What was your first big break in Chicago? It was probably for a company called Martin G Productions. It was a corporate event where they hired performers to come perform at their big annual party. That got me connected with different people in Chicago and I got numerous jobs from different people that I met at that one gig. Where did you go after Chicago? I went to Atlanta, but I didnʼt really dance while I was there. I guess you could say that I took a little break and then I went on a cruise ship. How did you find the experience of dancing on a cruise ship? Personally, it wasnʼt my favorite. If I would have been a little bit younger I think that I would have loved it. It taught me a lot of things, and it’s an experience I will keep but I probably wonʼt go back to. What projects are you currently working on? Right now Iʼm dancing for the Tournament of Kings and Iʼm in training for different shows out here - probably ones that [are] a little bit more demanding dance-wise. As of right now, Iʼm just training and preparing myself for bigger and better things, in my eyes. What kind of training are you doing? I basically train by myself. I go take dance classes from others. And I do some ariel, like silks, to make myself more diverse. […] Now it’s not just dancing, you have to be able to do twenty other things, especially out here. What would be your ideal job in Las Vegas? It would be La Reve. What inspires you? What inspired me to want to do this is the people who come to watch, and putting a smile on peopleʼs faces. As weird as it sounds, I didnʼt really enjoy performing for the people on the cruise ships because they didnʼt pay to come see the shows, therefore they werenʼt really involving themselves in our show. […] People who pay to come see [your] show […] give you energy. which you are able to give back to them and then it turns into a great show. And all the little ones. At our show we have to do what we call meet-and-greet, and we have to go out at the end and say hello to people. Thatʼs one of my favorites because I stop and take pictures with all the little girls. […] I remember when I was that little, I thought it was the coolest thing to take a picture with a dancer. The little kids inspire me to be a dancer. In what aspect of your dancing do you feel most fulfilled and why? I would say probably all the training that I do, whether its taking class myself or teaching class, thatʼs really what keeps me going, and it keeps building me. The most important part for me is that I always want to learn more. There is never an end to learning in this profession, or giving - giving away the knowledge that Iʼve received from people to other dancers. Who has been the most influential person in your career? I honestly canʼt say one person. Iʼve had so many different people influence me. I feel like [I] have bits and pieces of every single person Iʼve worked with or worked for or learned from. I donʼt think that just one person could sum it up for me. What is the most important thing you have learned about the business aspects of dance? Not losing what youʼve worked for, what you know. A lot of times, it’s not about your dancing ability, it’s about what they are looking for. You could have the wrong hair color, or be the wrong height. So just keep going, because you hear ʻnoʼ nine times out of ten. It’s just that tenth time youʼre looking for. What advice do you have for young dancers? To build a strong sense of self, or self worth for yourself, and to stick with it and believe in yourself and find people that believe in you too. |
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| National Dance Education Organization Conference |
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Focus on Dance Education: COLLABORATIONS: DIFFERENT IDENTITIES, MUTUAL PATHS OCTOBER 19-23, 2011 - Minneapolis, MN Radisson Plaza Hotel (downtown Minneapolis) and neary venues 35 South 7th Street, Minneapolis, MN 55402 Please join us in Minneapolis for the annual NDEO National Conference in October. We offer over 200+ sessions including movement workshops, papers, presentations, panels, master classes and social events. Energize your body and mind. Jumpstart your career! If you have already registered for conference, please pass this email on to a friend or colleague. 2011 NDEO Conference Schedule - subject to change Online Conference Registration Information Note: If you register online for conference, you will need to login with your user name and password to complete the transaction. You must be a current member of NDEO in order to have a user name and password. To join or renew your NDEO membership go to www.ndeo.org/membership. Download Conference Registration Form Joint Conference Benefits: Because NDEO is collaborating with the American Dance Therapy Association and the International Guild of Musicians in Dance for this conference, each registered NDEO conference attendee is eligible to attend any of our partner's regular sessions at no extra charge. A schedule of ADTA sessions can be found on our website at www.ndeo.org/conf2011. You can also sign up for any of ADTA's Intensives but there will be an extra fee payable directly to ADTA. Details on the International Guild of Musicians in Dance sessions and intensives will be forwarded when they are available. Student Memberships: Students are defined as members who are in high school or are in undergraduate or graduate (masters) programs at a college or university. PhD / EdD candidates are no longer eligible for student memberships or student conference rates. If the student's school is also an Institutional Member of NDEO then they qualify for the discounted student conference rate of $90. If their school is not an Institutional Member then the rate is $120. Institutional Membership Conference Benefit: NDEO Institutional Memberships can be used to bring up to TWO faculty to conference. If you are registering for conference using an Institutional Membership and are NOT the contact name on the account, please mail in your registration form or call the office at 301-585-2880 to register. You cannot register online. |
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| Hannah Kahn Dance Company, Ballet Ariel and Gossamer Winds in An Evening of Dance |
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Ballet Ariel at 303-945-4388 or Hannah Kahn Dance at 303-789-4181 |
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On Thursday, July 14, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. the Hannah Kahn Dance Company, Ballet Ariel and Gossamer Winds will join forces to present An Evening of Dance at the Arvada Center’s Outdoor Amphitheater (6901 Wadsworth Blvd. Arvada, CO 80003). For tickets call 720-898-7200, or on-line at SummerAtTheCenter.com (click on schedule of Centerfest concerts) Ticket Prices are as follows: Premium Covered $22; Covered $18; GA Lawn $10. The Hannah Kahn Dance Company will open the program with three dances: Calling, Linked Up and a premiere set to music that blends West-African rhythms, vocal harmonies, pop and jazz. With the premiere, Kahn juxtaposes her own idiosyncratic and complex movement vocabulary with this beguiling music. Calling is an uplifting depiction of living a life with a calling, be it a driving passion to create or a spiritual calling. Linked Up uses seven dancers and music of Philip Glass to create an exuberant and soulful world of interconnections. In Avoca – A Tale of Molly Brown, Ballet Ariel brings to life the amazing story of Margaret (Molly) Brown. The ballet portrays her humble start in Leadville, her romance with JJ Brown, her rise in fortune after JJ found gold, and her bravery after the sinking of the Titanic. The ballet is danced to a wonderful score from ragtime to jigs and gospel performed live by Gossamer Winds. “ A Ballet Company that is becoming an absolute gem…the scene at the sinking of the Titanic is stunning.” - worlddancereviews.com This performance is part of the Arvada Center’s Centerfest series, which presents performances by organizations which receive funding from the SCFD. |
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| 2011 NDEO Conference Registration |
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| The 2011 NDEO Conference will be held October 19-23 in Minneapolis, MN. Early Bird conference registration is now being accepted online. The title of the conference is Focus on Dance Education: Collaborations: Different Identities, Mutual Paths. Summary of sessions offered include Model Dance Program Tour, Dalcroze Eurhythmics, Jump Rhythm Technique, Social Dance from 1890 to 1920, Hip Hop Uncovered and Creating Dance Technology Resources, among many others. | ||
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| Avoca - A Tale of Molly Brown |
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For performance and ticket information call 303-945-4388 or visit www.balletariel.org. |
| Ballet Ariel will offer three performances; Saturday, March 19th at 7:30 pm, and Sunday, March 20th at 3:00 pm at the historic Cleo Parker Robinson Theater located at 119 Park Avenue West in Denver, and Sunday, March 27th at 3:00 pm at the Rock Canyon High School Theatre at 5810 McArthur Ranch Road in Littleton. Ticket prices are $19.00 for adults and $15.00 for students/seniors. Ballet Ariel brings to life the amazing story of Colorado heroine Margaret ‘Molly’ Brown. The ballet portrays her humble start in the bustling Leadville mining town, her romance with miner J.J. Brown, her rise in fortune after J.J. found gold in the Little Jonny Mine, and her bravery and compassion after the sinking of the Titanic. The title of the ballet ‘Avoca’ is from a poem by Thomas Moore and a town in Ireland that inspired Molly. She named her beloved summer home and retreat Avoca after the poem. The Molly Brown House Museum will provide narration for the ballet and costumed docents will be in the lobby prior to the performance. The ballet will be danced to a wonderful score of 20th century music performed live by the wind quintet Gossamer Winds, an Augustana Arts performing group. The ballet features traditional music alongside music of George Gershwin, Scott Joplin, and Edward MacDowell, who in Molly’s day was considered one of the world’s leading composers. Choreography for the ballet is by Ilena Norton, and the score was compiled by John Richardson and Ilena Norton. Also on the spring program is the Pas de Six from the ballet ‘Napoli’ staged by Patricia Renzetti. This beautiful ballet was first presented by the great Danish choreographer Auguste Bournonville in 1842. | ||
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| Ballet Ariel's 'The Nutcracker' |
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Ballet Ariel is offering four holiday performances of The Nutcracker on Saturdays and Sundays, December 11, 12, 18 and 19. All performances are at 3:00 p.m. at the historic Cleo Parker Robinson Theatre, 119 Park Avenue West in Denver. Tickets are $19.00 for adults, and $15.00 for students, seniors and children. For performance and ticket information call 303-945-4388 or visit www.balletariel.org. |
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Ballet Ariel’s The Nutcracker is a beautiful performance of the holiday season favorite with a diverse cast of professional dancers. The magical night on stage begins with a festive holiday party, then children's toys and dreams are transformed into a fantasy of battling soldiers, dancing snowflakes, and the lovely sugarplum fairy, all woven into the beloved Tchaikovsky score. Peter Strand is featured as the Nutcracker Prince and Paul Noel Fiorino as Drosselmeyer. Jennifer Begley and Elvira Stewart alternate as the Sugar Plum Fairy. Students of the Ballet Ariel School are also dancing in The Nutcracker. The ballet is directed by Artistic Director Ilena Norton and Associate Artistic Director Patricia Renzetti. |
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Dance Informa online magazine is giving dancers a chance to WIN $4000 Cash and an Apple iPad! Dance Informa dance magazine has now launched in the US with a huge incentive for new subscribers. All dancers who sign up to the FREE bi-monthly online publication receive free entry into a cash draw of $4000 and a new Apple iPad. Each edition of Dance Informa contains up-to-date, nationwide and international audition listings, dance event information, interviews, advice, giveaways, dance fashion and more. Dance Informa has wide appeal across the dance industry given its diverse range of information for dancers of all ages and styles. So why not enter? ENTRY IS FREE and Dance Informa’s sweepstake is open to all US residents 13 years and older. Enter at www.danceinforma.com/dance_magazine.htm |
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| Friendship Dance Center Expands! |
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Bennett School of Irish Dance |
| The Friendship Dance Center at 1946 S. Quebec St in Denver is set to expand by 50% with the conversion of 1948 S. Quebec into part of the complex. The directors of the company have accepted a bid from Miller Construction Specialties to convert the warehouse section of the unit to two new studios with spring floors topped with Rosco Performance flooring. There will be a 36 x 10-foot sound-attenuation accordion door between the larger studios in 1946 and 1948 so they can be opened up to form a larger studio area. | ||
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Thanks to all of the grassroots advocates for your letters and calls to Congress and for attending Arts Advocacy Day. We're seeing the results! Next Steps: The FY 2010 Interior Appropriations bill will next go to full committee and then to the House floor for final consideration where your help may be needed to defend against floor amendments attempting to cut this increase. We must now put pressure on the Senate to match this funding level. Please take two minutes to visit the Americans for the Arts E-Advocacy Center to send a letter to your Members of Congress letting them know that the arts are important to you! Please help us continue this important work by becoming an official member of the Arts Action Fund. Play your part by joining the Arts Action Fund today -- it's free and simple. |
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| From the International Association for Dance Medicine and Science |
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Editor’s Note: We wanted to help spread the news about this fabulous resource for dance educators. You are all invited to check out the introductory issue of the 'IADMS Bulletin for Teachers’, which can be downloaded free from http://www.DanceEducation.org/teachers. The purpose of this publication is to apply dance medicine/science theory and research to practical problems in dance education, training and performance. The authors have written articles to address the specific needs of the dance teacher. Articles: - Conditioning for Greater Leg Extension - Teaching to the Whole Dancer: Synthesizing Pedagogy, Anatomy, and Psychology - Improving Pelvic Alignment - Abstracts from the Current Literature We hope you enjoy it - we welcome your feedback. Education Committee International Association for Dance Medicine & Science |
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| Carson-Brierly Dance Library Interviews |
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http://library.du.edu/about/staff/details.cfm?ID=154 |
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Carson-Brierly Dance Library Interviews are now on the web. Beginning in January 2009 several of the Oral Histories from the Legends of Dance Collection have been processed for listening on Penrose Library’s catalog records. Included are Lillian Covillo and Dulcy Amter. These interviews are part of the plan to make more of the information in the Dance Library collection available on-line. Kate Crowe the Archival Processing Librarian at Penrose Library has been doing the work and it is the plan to complete these interviews as well as digitize other items in the collection. We are pleased to be able to offer these oral histories to the dance community, as they are a vital part of dance history in Colorado. |
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