IVC Performing Dance Ensemble

Artistic Director: Marie de la Palme (profile)
Associate Director: Fabienne Levenson (profile)

DNCE 170: Ticket # 65575 (Fridays 2:00pm - 6:00pm)
Audition: First Friday of every semester (2:00pm - 4:00pm in PE160)

The Performing Dance Ensemble is for intermediate and advanced dancers who are serious about performing. Students learn a varied and challenging repertoire that stretches them technically and artistically. They participate in the creation of new works and have the chance to grow in the interpretation and execution of the repertoire by performing them repeatedly over time.

Students also work on their resume, explore work opportunities in the area, and learn about health issues relative to performing. Invited professionals/ guest choreographers participate in the program thereby sharing their dance experiences in all aspects of the dance profession.

DNCE170 rehearsal hours: Fridays 2:00pm - 6:00pm; other rehearsal times include Sundays TBA depending on casting.

Participation by audition on the first Friday of the semester:
2:00-4:00pm in PE 160 (Note: Rehearsal times vary depending on casting)

Opportunities:

• UPCOMING DATES

• REPERTOIRE

• HIGH SCHOOL ED: Perspectives

More Info:

• Book The Ensemble:
  We can perform dances from our repertoire for your event/ fundraiser. Contact Marie de la Palme for details: mdelapalme@ivc.edu or 949.451.5533

• Visit Our Facebook:
  Irvine Valley College Performing Dance Ensemble Facebook Page

• View Our Repertoire On Our Promotional Video:
  If YOU are a dance student interested in going to the next level, then
  click here for a special video.

• Photo Gallery

Fall 2009 - 2010 Concert/Event Dates:

• Fall Audition
  August 28, 2009 (Friday) 2:00-4:00pm in PE 160
• "Enough" Performance
  October 10, 2009 (Saturday) 8:00pm
  Selected students will participate in "Without Restraint" performance directedy by Damon Rago of Loyola Marymount University at the Rose Center Theatre in Westminster.
• PERSPECTIVES Fall 2009
  November 20, 2009 (Friday) Noon & 7:30pm at PAC
• Student Dance Concert Fall 2009
  December 11 & 12 (Friday & Saturday) 8:00pm at PAC
  December 13 (Sunday) 2:00pm
• Spring Audition
  January 15, 2010 (Friday) 2:00-4:00pm in PE 160
• PERSPECTIVES Spring 2010
  April 23, 2010 (Saturday) Noon & 7:30pm at PAC
• Student Dance Concert Spring 2010
  May 5 & 6 (Friday & Saturday) 8:00pm at PAC
  May 7 (Sunday) 2:00pm

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Repertoire:

• Enough (2007)
  Choreographer: Marie de la Palme

• Pizzicatti (2008)
  Choreographer: Marie de la Palme

• Immortal Beloved (2001)
  Palm Desert Choreography Competition Best Duet Award Winner
  Choreographer: Marie de la Palme

• The Cage (2007)
  Palm Desert Choreography Competition Engagement Award Winner
  Choreographer: Marie de la Palme

• I Still Dance While I Sleep (2006)
  Choreographer: Fabienne Levenson

• Shall We? (2008)
  Choreographer: Marie de la Palme

• Le Coeur Illuminé (2002)
  Palm Desert Choreography Competition Grand Prize Award Winner
  Choreographer: Marie de la Palme

• Fall Down Seven Times, Get Up Eight (2008)
  Guest Choreographer 08: Rochelle Mapes

• Nocturne Studies (2008)
  Guest Choreographer 08: Francisco Gella

• Go Girls (2008)
  Guest Choreographer 09: Viktor Kabaniaev

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High School Educational Series: Perspectives

1.) High School Daytime Educational Series in the IVC PERFORMING ARTS CENTER:

• Dance Perspectives FALL 09 - SPRING 10
  Dates: Friday, November 20, 2009  Noon & 7:30pm
               Friday, April 23, 2009  Noon & 7:30pm
  
  A one-hour lecture/presentation in the new Irvine Valley College Performing Arts Center, PERSPECTIVES explores how choreographers communicate emotion, meaning and message.
  
  Artistic director Marie de la Palme is passionate about helping audiences and student choreographers understand how a dance work communicates its message through specific artistic choices.
  
  Fee for the event: $10 per student
  Contact: mdelapalme@ivc.edu, 949/451-5533
  
  FULL-DAY OPTION AT NO ADDITIONAL CHARGE
  If you can take your students out for the day, we offer several activities to further their exploration of dance.
  
  Schedule for the Day
  

  9:30 - 11:00am	A choice of master classes taught by our faculty.
  11:00 - 11:30am	Discussion with the artistic director, Marie de la Palme about the choreography process
  11:35am	Lunch

2.) Visit to Your School: Choreography Analysis

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  We can bring to your students a special presentation of a piece.  We then follow with a short lecture on choreography components and an anlysis of the specific artistic choises of the dance examined.

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