Hartt School's Dance Division Opens Its Doors For Open House Week 3/29-4/2

The Hartt School's Dance Division will open its doors for an exciting Hartt Dance Division Open House Week, March 29 through April 2, 2010, at the Mort and Irma Handel Performing Arts Center, 35 Westbourne Parkway, Hartford. Each day, visitors will be welcomed to the Center for an unprecedented opportunity to observe the classes and rehearsals of aspiring professional dancers in conservatory training. For more information, contact Amy Lesko, Dance Division Coordinator, at 860768.2478.

Have you ever wanted to see first-hand how dancers attain their incredible fusion of strength and grace? Are you curious about what goes into creating the stunning moves that make dance the most human of art forms? Would you be interested taking in a behind-the-scenes glimpse of a professional training ground for dancers or getting an insider's look at the "workshop"? If so, plan to drop by The Hartt School Dance Division Open House for one or more sessions, or attend the open rehearsal for Hartt Dances, Hartt's spring main stage dance concert, on April 2 from 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM, at the Handel Performing Arts Center.

The schedule for open classes and rehearsals is:
· Monday, March 29
o 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM Ballet I, II, and III
o 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Character I, Pointe III, and Repertory Rehearsal
o 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Contemporary Creative Movement Partnering
o 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM Repertory Rehearsal
· Tuesday, March 30
o 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM Ballet I, II, and III
o 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Variations II, Pointe I, and Men's Class
o 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Contemporary Dance Forms II and III
o 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM Repertory Rehearsal
· Wednesdsay, March 31
o 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM Ballet I, II, and III
o 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Variations II, Pointe I, and Men's Class
o 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM Modern I
· Thursday, April 1
o 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM Ballet I, II, and III
o 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Modern III
o 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Martha Graham Technique I and II
o 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM Repertory Rehearsals
· Friday, April 2
o 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM Ballet I, II, and III
o 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Men's Class, and Pointe II and III
o 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Martha Graham Technique II, and Modern I and III
o 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM Lecture demonstration, Hartt Dances spring repertory
· A Choreographic Offering
· Dark Elegies pas de deux
· Tarantella
· Steps in the Street
· Significant Other duet
· Don Quixote exerpts

Guests will be greeted by faculty, students, and staff at the main entrance and escorted to classes and rehearsals they are most interested in attending. For those who plan to stay for multiple sessions or even all day, the Backstage Café is conveniently located in the Handel Center's South Wing, close to all Dance facilities.

The Hartt School is the comprehensive performing arts conservatory of the University of Hartford that offers innovative degree programs in music, dance, and theatre. With more than 400 concerts, recitals, plays, master classes, dance performances, and musical theatre productions a year, performance is central to Hartt's curriculum. For more information on The Hartt School, visit www.hartford.edu/hartt.

Photo credit:Thomas Giroir

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