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Nancy (Braschayko) McNamara, a summa cum laude Laker Alumni from 2006 is attending the University of Michigan School of Medicine.
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College of Arts, Letters, Social Sciences and Emergency Services
Spring Dance Production Auditions for
"Fractured Fairy Tales"
(Three tales with a twist)
Monday Dec. 3rd
8:00pm-10:30pm
Arts Center Dance Studio
Room 209
Roles for:
- Male and Female Dancers
- Males and Females with minimal dancing experience
- Actors
- Tech Support: Hair, make-up, scene design and constrution, lighting, music composition, musicians, costuming, props, stage manager.
Please Attend Audition if interested in this production!!!
Audition for Dancers: Ballet barre and center floor work in modern. Dancers will be asked to present character’s through dance and improv mime.
Audition for Dancers with minimal dance: movement/dance combinations center floor with character emphasis – choreographed and improv.
Audition for Actors: Actors will be asked to present characters through movement.
All dancers and actors will be asked to complete availability schedule.
PRODUCTION DATES: APRIL 12-14, 2013
ON STAGE REHEARSALS: MARCH 25-28
TECH/DRESS REHEARSALS: APRIL 1-4, and 8-11
For more information contact Deborah Choszczyk, LSSU Dance Director, dchoszczyk@lssu.edu, or 906-635-2265.
Character sketches are posted in the dance studio, or request via e-mail.
Fine Arts Banquet
Apple fritters for all!
The Fine Arts Banquet took on a "Medieval" theme this year and was held in the Crow's Nest. A WONDERFUL period menu was created by Food Service that included soup served in bread bowls, dainty game hens and apple fritters, all eaten in period style, with ones fingers!
See more photos from the banquet!
Dance - Fine & Performing Arts Studies Department
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Program Options |
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Take a dance class for elective credit, pursue a minor in dance, or add a dance concentration to your fine arts studies program. Dance credits are opent to all students and all ability levels welcome!
- Dance Minor - 21 credits. The Dance Minor is obtainable for all students.
- Fine Arts Studies – Dance Concentration – 21 credits.
List of Courses in Dance Program
- Ballet I, II, and III
- Modern I and II
- Social Dance
- Scottish Highland Dance
- Musical Theatre – Tap/Jazz
- Creative Movement for Elementary Educators
- Movement for Actors
- Dance History
- Choreography
- Dance Company
- Senior Thesis
Meet new people, have fun and learn a performing art! |
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LSSU Dance Company |
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Fall 2011, the LSSU Dance Company was actively involved in outreach, expanded dance education and performance. The company along with the LSSU Dance Program presented an original ballet in Spring 2012.
All dancers had to audition for a position in the dance company this year. The company is soley responsible for producing all the dance concerts on campus, supporting all dance related activities, and serving as ambassadors for outreach dance programs and functions off campus.
View the latest videos and photos from past Dance Company performances |
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Fine Arts Banquet |
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Dance Awards at the April 2012 Fine Arts Banquet
From left to right:
- Dan Walker, Most Improved Dancer
- Kitty Drockton, Dancer Best Exemplifying the Values and Mission of the Dance Program
- Lindsey Mansfield, Graduating Senior and Completed the Dance Minor,
- Noel Granger, Most Improved Dance Company Member
- Kristen Boyea, Best Technical Support of the Ballet Production.
Dance Company Members
Cast and Crew of "Les Fees de la Nuit"
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Les Fees de la Nuit |
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What really happens deep in the woods at night was revealed during the Lake Superior State University dance production of "Les Fées de la Nuit," or "Fairies of the Night," which was performed April 12-14, 2012 in the LSSU Arts Center auditorium-turned-mystical-forest.
Prof. Deborah Choszczyk, who wrote, choreographed and directed the family-friendly original story, said the ballet turns "once upon a time" into "now" in the deep recesses of our northern forests. She said inspiration for the ballet came while she was camping all summer in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and the Boundary Waters of northern Minnesota. Being surrounded by water, fire, woods, and the sounds of the night was the impetus for her story. Read more ...
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Ishpeming Historical Society Benefit |
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Lake Superior State University dance students rehearse for a benefit for the Ishpeming Historical Society on November 12, 2011. Some male students in Prof. Deborah Choszczyk's Social Dance class helped out the female members of the LSSU Dance Company to fill out the group needed to perform baroque dances in full costume. The historical society's fundraiser, which included baroque music, dancing and dinner, was in the historic Butler Theatre in Ishpeming.
The couples, from left to right, are
- Stephanie Spurr, senior, Milford, and Mike Gordon, senior, Sault Ste. Marie;
- Sarah Kester, senior, Millington, and Lain Veihl, freshman, Onaway;
- Kitty Drockton, sophomore, Sault, and Jacob Brushaber, junior, Harbor Springs;
- Kaiti Dickenshied, sophomore, Munising, and Dan Walker, junior, Big Rapids.
- On piano is Alicia Berryhill, a sophomore from Onekama.
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Impact in the real world...
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Rachel Claucherty-Arnold
Environmental Health
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What made Rachel's Lake Superior State experience so unique was the practical research she did with top-notch faculty.
"I really enjoyed working with environmental chemistry professor Judy Westrick and biologist Deb Stai," Rachel says. "For my senior project, we evaluated a lab method for cultivating a fungus that causes infections in humans."
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