Three-day workshop will train teachers from throughout florida and the southeast in The Dance for PD® approach
A free master class, taught by dance for pd® founding teachers from the mark morris dance group, will be offered to the community in connection with the workshop
Workshop June 8-10
The University of Florida Center for the Arts in Medicine and School of Theatre and Dance will host a special Dance for PD training workshop, designed and developed by the Mark Morris Dance Group and Brooklyn Parkinson Group, for dance teachers and movement practitioners. The workshop will take place Friday June 8-Sunday June 10.
The two-and-a-half day program is designed to help dance teachers adapt what they already know so that they can work effectively and comfortably with the Parkinson’s population, replicating a class model that started at the Mark Morris Dance Group in Brooklyn, NY. The workshop will also expose other movement practitioners to Dance for PD® Best Practices so that they might incorporate components of the program into their own work.
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The University of Florida School of Theatre and Dance and the Center for the Arts in Medicine will host a special Dance for PD training workshop, designed and developed by the Mark Morris Dance Group and Brooklyn Parkinson Group, for dance teachers and movement practitioners.
The two-and-a-half day program is designed to help dance and yoga teachers adapt what they already know so that they can work effectively and comfortably with the Parkinson’s population, replicating a class model that started at the Mark Morris Dance Group in Brooklyn, NY. The workshop will also expose other movement practitioners to Dance for PD® Best Practices so that they might incorporate components of the program into their own work.
In 2012, the Mark Morris Dance for PD Training will take place June 8th - 10th.
UF Visiting Assistant Art Education Professor Susan Whiteland and Art Education graduate students Ahran Koo and Andre Frattino are leading an Art workshop at the Gainesville Senior Recreation Center. They are being joined by Donna Mitchell from the Harn Museum who will be presenting a talk about visualizing Florida, inspired by some of the Harn’s permanent collection. This talk will be followed with a workshop in chalk pastel. So far, 25 seniors have signed up to take the workshop. The class will be provided from 12:30 until 3:30 pm on March 30th.
University of Florida art student Jay Rosen hopes his horse art “Iris” will net thousands of dollars at the Horse Fever auction to be held at Live Oak Plantation in Ocala on March 23. Rosen is one of 27 artists out of 300 applicants who was chosen to contribute to the event which will benefit the arts in Marion County.
Story and photo by UF alum Suzette Cook
Jay Rosen was listening to Frank Zappa when he first started painting his horse “Iris” in his living room last summer.
But then the 21-year-old fine arts major from the University of Florida had a change of mood and decided to switch to jazz. “First it was Zappa, then it was Miles Davis,” Rosen said about the music that inspired him as he painted one of 27 horses that will be auctioned off on March 23 in Ocala.
Rosen is the only UF student whose idea was accepted by the jury of Horse Fever, a nationally recognized auction sponsored by the Marion Cultural Alliance. Three hundred applicants vied for a chance to paint the life-sized fiberglass horses. Rosen said his sculpture professor suggested he enter the contest and handed him the information.
This is the first charity event he has participated in. “I found out about the whole Horse Fever contest at the very end of my sophomore year,” Rosen said. “I decided to do something over the summer by painting in this really moving style.”
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UF Lighting Design Professor Stan Kaye along with SK Design and Consulting LLC, C.T. Hsu Architects of Orlando and Siebein Acoustics of Gainesville have been working on the complete renovation for the Dr. Philips magnet Performing Arts High School in Orlando. The project has just completed design phase and will enter a two year construction phase shortly. The client is the Orange County Public schools and includes complete theatre design and consulting. Kaye, along with the outstanding team has provided design for additional support spaces, a new black box theater, and a comprehensive demolition and modern renovation of the Dr. Philips main stage performance space. Originally constructed in 1980, the program has outgrown the facility. Kaye’s scope includes, program analysis and needs assessment, seating and sight-lines, re-configuration and expansion of support areas, new “state of the art” automated rigging system, theatrical lighting and control systems, drapery, flooring and orchestra pit modernization.
UF Lighting Design Graduate student “B” Bryan Lussier is working with the Sextant Group in Atlanta this semester as a lighitng Design intern. He is focusing on the design of the new Center for Disease Control and Prevention Champlee Campus facility to be built in Atlanta.
UG Lighting Design Graduate student Timothy Reed just completed work as Assistant LD to Paul Miller (New Years Eve in Times Square and Legally Blonde on Broadway) on Yentel at the Asolo Theater in Sarasota. Tim will assist again at the Asolo as a projection design assistant at the Asolo on Hamlet. Prince of Cuba. Over Spring break week he completed assisting Paul Miller on Hello Dolly at the Maltz Jupiter Theater.
UF Lighting Design alum Matthew Taylor completed a world Premiere Musical ”A Room with a View” as assistant LD for David Lander at the Old Globe theater in California.
On February 23rd, School of Theater and Dance accompanist and musicology Ph.d. candidate David Goldblatt donated his services as a guest artist for a ballet class taught by Professor Osmani Montoyo at the University of South Florida. Montoyo was joined by USF Dance Professors Merry Lynn-Morris, Andrew Carol, and Paula Nunez at Mr. Goldblatt’s presentation on his music for dance at the Southern Chapter meeting of the College Music Society.
From the Gainesville Sun, Correspondent Desiree Farnum:
Local artists recognized with Lifetime Art Achievement awards
Using their creativity to bring about civic awareness and change, two local artists are being jointly recognized next week for their efforts with Lifetime Art Achievement awards from the Gainesville-Alachua Cultural Affairs Board.
Artists Annie Pais and Margaret Ross Tolbert have worked in many projects under their separate belts but share a common passion for issues regarding Florida’s springs both through their art and in other work.
Read full article here.
Information session: Wednesday, Jan. 25th from 5:00-7:00pm
Location TBA on Facebook.
The Center for Arts in Healthcare at UF is recruiting students for the annual spring break service learning trip to Franklin County, Florida. Students will be helping residents in the rural community improve health literacy and access to healthcare through arts-based initiatives. With 23.1% of the residents living under poverty level, Franklin County is faced with many challenges and the need to address the disparities is dire.
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Qualifying to run for an executive position or Senate seat in Student Government election will be on January 27, 30 and 31 from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. each day. Please come to Room 284 in the Reitz Union.
If you have any questions, email the Supervisor of Elections at elections@sg.ufl.edu or call (352) 392-1665. www.sg.ufl.edu/elections
Spring elections include representatives of the colleges. If you are interested in being the next Student Government senator to represent the College of Fine Arts, you should follow the instructions to qualify for the upcoming election.
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UF Alum Blake Suarez’s work is a “featured poster” on http://helpink.org/. 40% of all profits from this item will go to: CHARITY: WATER
Charity: water is a non-profit organization bringing clean and safe drinking water to people in developing nations. Almost a billion people on the planet don’t have access to clean drinking water. Unsafe water and lack of basic sanitation kill more people every year than all forms of violence, including war. Charity: Water is working to change that.
