Department of Dance - News and Announcements

Performance Opportunities
At the end of each semester all of the enrolled technique students present their finals in an Informal Dance Concert in the Auditorium of The Haidee and Allen Wild Center for the Arts or in Hinkhouse Center. Choreography students also present their final group works during the informal fall dance concert. The Cottey Repertory Dance Company (by audition) performs on campus during the spring semester in the Haidee and Allen Wild Center for the Arts. The dance company also occasionally tours and does other on-campus performances.

Creative Opportunities
Students enrolled in choreography classes compose short group dances as part of their course work. They present their pieces at the Informal Dance Concert during the fall semester, and may audition work for the main stage concert in the spring semester.

Teaching Opportunities
The Creative Movement for Children course involves hands-on experience instructing elementary-age children from the community.

Social Opportunities
BodyWorks, the dance student organization, provides a venue for dance interests of the Cottey student body. Past events have included Dance Showcases (in which any Cottey student may perform), a Belly Dance night, Swing, Hip-Hop, and Salsa lessons, and a Ballroom Dance.

Work-Study Opportunity
One full-time position in dance.

Scholarships
To apply for a scholarship in dance, please submit a recorded performance of yourself dancing in at least two dance styles (ballet, modern, and/or jazz preferred) on VHS or DVD. Please send video of only yourself dancing. You may choose to show barre or other class exercises, but please also include a 2-3 minute solo dance combination/performance.

Please include information with the video specifying the choreographer of the work you perform. Please keep total video length under 10 minutes. Please also include a résumé of your dance training and experience, and a statement of your collegiate and career goals and how they relate to dance, if this information is not already listed on your scholarship application form.

Your video will be reviewed by the department of dance after the application deadline.If an applicant wishes to audition in person, please e-mail Professor Jo Byrnes to arrange a date and time prior to the videotape deadline.
More information on Fine Arts scholarships.

On-Campus Performances and Exhibits
Students attending Cottey have the opportunity to attend approximately thirty performances each academic year. This includes performances by our music, theatre and dance students as well as guest speakers and performers contracted by the college as part of our Cottey Lecturers and Artists Series. The Conway Student Art Gallery, housed in the Rubie Burton Academic Center, exhibits student art work throughout the year. The P.E.O. Foundation Art Gallery, housed in the Haidee and Allen Wild Center for the Arts, is used for special exhibits, traveling shows, and faculty exhibitions.

Dance Conferences
When possible, dance faculty offer students the opportunity to attend, at the student's expense (travel paid by the College) the American College Dance Festival Association Annual Conference.

Department of Dance

• Professor Jo Byrnes
  
  
• Adjunct professor Christi Reeder

Course Descriptions

The Cottey Repertory Dance Company

News, Announcements and Opportunities

Fields of Study in Dance