Recent Alumna & Interviewer Open to Questions!

churchmusicmom
Mon, 06 Dec 2010 18:20:50 +0000

The Columbia Ballet Collaborative and Orchesis both include Barnard students as well as CC students. Any Columbia student taking dance classes or majoring in dance does so through Barnard. My D, who was a student at Barnard, was very involved in Orchesis, for example, and she choreographed a piece that was selected to be performed at the Columbia Arts gala that is held in late January or early Feb each year.

In addition, the Barnard project at Dance Theatre workshop presents a performance each semester. Different well known choreographers hold open auditions at the beginning of each semester, and will select their cast accordingly. There has been a lot of modern-style presented in the past, but a LOT of it is ballet-based. Barnard Dances at Miller happens each Spring, I believe, and includes a variety of styles. Also, as an “off shoot” of Orchesis, there is the MaMa project (student-choreographed, produced, etc) that presents in the Spring, with auditions usually late in the Fall semester, I think.

There are other performance opportunities that I have omitted, I am sure. If you want to dance, particularly if you have been out of class for a while, i think Barnard with its varied levels of classes offered will be a great place for you to pursue this.