<p>The <a href="https://www.facebook.com/uwdsa/">Dance Student Association (DSA)</a>, and the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ADCUW/">Arts Diversity Council (ADC)</a>, two student-led organizations affiliated with the Department of Dance, have come back to school prepared with many exciting events in the Spring Quarter. The DSA hosts a myriad of dance related events throughout the year and raises funds for student scholarships. The ADC is a cross disciplinary student-council that provides support to marginalized students, primarily of color, involved in the arts at UW. Both organizations are instrumental in providing further opportunities for students at the Department of Dance.</p>
<p>On Saturday April 6th, the ADC will offer a free Visual Arts class, “<a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/2308219986130655/">Restorative Sketching Workshop,”</a> taught by local artist, Xavier Roache. This workshop is meant to help students to refuel their creative energy and have fun. Roache is a Seattle-based artist of color who is passionate about self expression through visual art and community. He has taught at some of Seattle’s most elite visual art institutions, Gage Academy of the Arts, and Seattle Art Museum.  </p>
<p>Then on April 13th, the DSA will be hosting three, free, master classes that are open to all students across campus. The dance genres being taught include, contemporary, jazz, and commercial style urban dance. All classes will be taught by dance majors and minors in the department.</p>
<p>Finally, on April 19th and 20th, DSA will present its first spring-time show: APEX. APEX, a sequal to the annual DSA fall-time show, INFLUX,  is a student produced and choreographed concert, where twelve students will present a diverse range of work. All proceeds from APEX will go towards the 2019 DSA Scholarships that are awarded annually to select students in the Department of Dance at the end of the quarter.</p>

<p>The <a href="https://www.facebook.com/uwdsa/">Dance Student Association (DSA)</a>, and the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ADCUW/">Arts Diversity Council (ADC)</a>, two student-led organizations affiliated with the Department of Dance, have come back to school prepared with many exciting events in the Spring Quarter.

<p>The Spring Quarter will start off packed with exciting events for the UW Department of Dance as it takes part in the international celebration of Merce Cunningham’s Centennial. In collaboration with the<a href="https://www.mercecunningham.org/activities/calendar//"&gt; Merce Cunningham Trust,</a> the dance departments of <a href="https://www.cornish.edu/news/release/cornish_dance_department_announces… College of the Arts</a> and the University of Washington will host a two-week teaching residency for Merce Cunningham Dance Company alums, Douglas Dunn and Holley Farmer. The two acclaimed artists will guide composition students in both schools through an immersion in Cunningham’s innovated and influential practices in chance operations. Farmer and current MFA candidate in dance at the UW, Brian Lawson will also teach technique classes in Cunningham technique.</p>
<p>Students will showcase their original work created over the course of the two weeks at the informal performance, “<a href="/events/2019-04-13/exploring-creative-legacy-merce-cunningham">Exploring the Creative Legacy of Merce Cunningham,” at the Henry Art Gallery on April 13th  at 2PM.</a> Traditional residencies usually involve company members setting choreography that already exists on students. Unique to this residency is that students will explore some of Cunningham’s most innovative and famous dance making structures, investigating first-hand methods to generate unexpected dances in the moment. In addition, the documentary, <a href="/events/2019-04-11/if-dancer-dances-seattle-film-premiere">“If the Dancer Dances,”</a> by former MCDC member Lise Friedman and Maia Wechsler, about the restaging of Cunningham’s work “Rainforest”, will be premiered<a href="/events/2019-04-11/if-dancer-dances-seattle-film-premiere"> at the Henry Art Gallery on April 11th at 7PM</a>.</p>

<p>Last winter, the Department of Dance hosted two dance artists, Ella Mahler and Erica Badgeley through the bst Residency. This Spring, the bst Residency is supporting two additional artists: Angel ‘Moonyeka’ Langley and Jessica Jobaris.<br /> <br />bst is a residency offered by the UW Department of Dance designed to support local dance artist by offering the gift of space and time in our coveted spacious studios when formal classes are not in session. bst offers the opportunity to experiment, make mistakes, revise ideas, and remain focused on the creative process without the pressure that accompanies commissioned works or performance deadlines. <a href="/body-space-time-residency">(Learn more about bst here)</a><br /> <br /> <br />About the 2019 Spring Recipients:<br /> </p>

<p>The Spring Quarter will start off packed with exciting events for the UW Department of Dance as it takes part in the international celebration of Merce Cunningham’s Centennial.

<p>Last winter, the Department of Dance hosted two dance artists, Ella Mahler and Erica Badgeley through the bst Residency. This Spring, the bst Residency is supporting two additional artists: Angel ‘Moonyeka’ Langley and Jessica Jobaris.<br /> <br />bst is a residency offered by the UW Department of Dance designed to support local dance artist by offering the gift of space and time in our coveted spacious studios when formal classes are not in session.

<div>One of our first year MFA candidates, Brian J. Evans stars in a stunning video and article entitled, "Dance to Freedom," by his alma mater, Gustavus Adolphus College. </div>
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<div>"<b>I was asked to be a part of the Make It Count campaign to show another perspective to prospective students and parent(s)/guardian(s) of how Gustavus Adolphus College helped me to cultivate the frameworks needed to make an impact anywhere I have the privilege of being." </b></div>
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<div>View the video and article here: <a href="https://gustav.us/profiles/evans.php&quot; target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://gustav.us/profiles/evans.php&amp;s…; rel="noopener noreferrer">https://gustav.us/<wbr></wbr>profiles/evans.php</a></div&gt;

<div>One of our first year MFA candidates, Brian J. Evans stars in a stunning video and article entitled, "Dance to Freedom," by his alma mater, Gustavus Adolphus College. </div>
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