Dance Like Someone is Watching
Culver’s very own dance company, Dancevision, is a performance dance experience, coupling classwork and choreography with guest artist residencies to craft a group of well rounded, quality dancers who receive a letter of achievement sweater and pin annually. Many dancers pursue and accomplish Honors in Dance in the senior year.
WHAT IS DANCEVISION?
The Dancevision program is an audition based extracurricular activity that takes place after school during recreational time. Each year Dancevision performs two weekend shows in addition to programs during special events and athletic halftime shows. Recent student experiences include:
- Dance history students attended a performance of Jane Eyre by the Joffrey Ballet in Chicago.
- Dancevision attended a performance by Hubbard Street Dance Chicago featuring work from world-class choreographers Kyle Abraham, Rena Butler and Chrystal Pite.
The company is co-directed by Emily Smith (BA in Dance from Appalachian State) and Ingrid Dehler-Seter (MFA in Dance from Sarah Lawrence College and BA in Dance from Hobart and William Smith Colleges).
VISITING ARTISTS
Similar to many colleges and universities, the artist-in-residence program offers students in dance the opportunity to study, observe, and work with professional dancers and choreographers. Guest artists set choreography for the Dancevision company and featured in the Winter and Spring performances. Some of our most recent artist include:
- Matt Lopez and Melissa Ramos, New York City-based hip-hop choreographers
- Maggie Bradley, Modern dancer and Merce Cunningham student
- Nick Pupillo, Director of Visceral Dance Chicago
Other guests include Dancer and Choreographer Ann Reinking and Founding Producer of EnJoY! Productions Group Eric Jordan Young.
INTERESTED?
We’d love to connect with you! For more information on Dancevision or the Culver Fine Arts program, please reach out to Emily Smith at emily.smith@culver.org or Ingrid Dehler-Seter at ingrid.dehler-seter@culver.org.
