Monday Morning Footnotes Spring  2015,  Issue  15:  April  20-­‐26    

House Keeping Annual  Student  Academic/Performance  Review    Junior  and  Seniors:  Remember  to  sign-­‐up  for  a  time  slot  for  your  annual  review.  The  sign-­‐up  list  is  posted  just  inside  the  door  of  the  KIND  office,  room  204  of  the  AC.        

The  assessments  will  be  on  Monday-­‐May  4,  Tuesday-­‐May  5,  and  Wednesday-­‐May  6.      You  will  begin  with  a  10-­‐minute  discussion  by  addressing  the  following:    How  have  you  improved?    In  what  areas  do  you  struggle?    What  are  your  goals  for  next  semester?    The  faculty  will  spend  the  next  10  minutes  in  a  dialogue  with  you  about  your  progress.    This  meeting  is  a  positive  approach  for  you  to  talk  to  us  and  for  us  to  give  you  feedback.    It  is  the  only  time,  each  year  that  we  get  to  sit  down  with  you  and  talk  about  YOU  and  where  you  are  headed.            

Words for Reflection We  have  accomplished  much  this  academic  school  year.    We  have  had  three  concerts  at  the  Center  for  the  Arts,  six  concerts  at  Rentfrow  Gym,  another  successful  Look  Who  Dancing  at  Pan  Am  Center,  participated  in  3  competitions  and  1  conference  (brought  home  national  championships  and  choreographic  honors),  volunteered  and  conducted  research  at  a  local  elementary  school  since  September,  and  participated  in  numerous  community  service  projects.  Ann  Gavit  became  a  full  time  College  faculty  member.    We  have  the  largest  graduating  class,  which  includes  undergraduate  and  graduate  students  and  many  dance  minors.    The  year  has  been  full  of  creativity  with  so  many  new  choreographies  by  students  and  faculty.    We  have  been  able  to  add  to  our  dance  scholarship  funds.  High  School  Dance  Day  was  an  enormous  success  with  over  130  dancers  participating  in  a  full  day  of  dance  classes.    We  have  traveled  to  Collin  College  and  local  high  schools  to  teach,  perform,  and  choreograph  as  another  way  to  recruit  students.    Bond  C  passed  and  we  have  continued  to  raise  money  for  the  Rentfrow  renovation.    If  all  goes  as  planned,  renovation  will  begin  this  summer.    WOW!  We  have  been  very  busy.    These  accomplishment  are  the  result  of  so  many  people’s  determined  tenacity,  vision,  drive,  and  hard  headedness.    For  us,  it  took  all  of  us!    Our  past  and  future  success  depends  on  each  one  of  us  to  keep  showing  up  (day  after  day)  and  believing  that  we  can  make  a  difference.    So  here  are  a  few  quotes  on  accomplishments.    I  started  reading  about  people  of  great  accomplishment...  and  it  dawned  on  me  suddenly  that  the  person  who  has  the  most  to  do  with  what  happens  in  your  life  is  you.       Benjamin  Carson    

The  supreme  accomplishment  is  to  blur  the  line  between  work  and  play.     Arnold  J.  Toynbee    

Self-­‐image  sets  the  boundaries  of  individual  accomplishment.       Maxwell  Maltz    

It  is  amazing  what  you  can  accomplish  if  you  do  not  care  who  gets  the  credit.     Harry  S.  Truman    Look  at  a  day  when  you  are  supremely  satisfied  at  the  end.  It's  not  a  day  when  you  lounge  around  doing  nothing;  it's  a  day  you've  had  everything  to  do  and  you've  done  it.         Margaret  Thatcher    

Annual Dance Awards Banquet We  have  had  80  RSVPs  for  our  awards  banquet.  We  will  be  honoring  our  graduates  and  presenting  awards  for  Excellence  in  Performance,  Excellence  in  Choreography,  Excellence  in  Leadership,  Excellence  in  Teaching,  Most  Improved  Dancer,  as  well  as,  presenting  awards  to  community  organizations  that  have  provided  exceptional  support  to  our  dance  program.  Si  Señor  will  be  catering  this  event.    I  am  looking  forward  to  celebrating  with  everyone  our  accomplishment  for  the  year.    

NMSU Summer Dance Program We  need  dancers  and  choreographers  for  our  summer  performance  of  Vivaldi's  Four  Seasons  and  Other  Works.  The  rehearsals  will  be  scheduled  throughout  the  summer  with  performances  at  the  culmination  of  our  workshop  that  runs  from  July  27  -­‐  Aug.  1.  If  you  live  in  the  area  or  if  you  are  willing  to  come  to  town  for  a  couple  of  days  at  a  time  for  rehearsals,  please  return  the  interest  form  (attached  to  this  email)  to  Ann  Gavit  at  agavit@nmsu.edu.      

NMSU Dance Program (575) 646-4067

agavit@nmsu.edu

Monday—Saturday,  July  27  –  Aug.  1,  2015 Cost  $175  (includes  classes,  use  of  costume  and  two  complimentary  show  tickets)

Dancers 11  years  and  up

Three  levels       Beg.—  Adv.

Placement  Class  on  Mon.  at  9:00  am

3  technique  classes  plus   choreography  each  day

Styles Ballet,  Modern,  Jazz,  Hip-Hop

Classes  and  Rehearsals Mon.—Fri.  (July  27—July  31)  

9:00  am—4:30  pm Delamater  Activity  Center

Performances

Vivaldi’s  Four  Seasons  and  Other  Works

Sat.  (Aug.  1)

2:30  and  7:30pm

Medoff  Theater,  NMSU  Center  for  the  Arts  

Performances Dance  Alumni  and  Seniors  

On  Sunday,  May  3rd  at  5:30pm,  NMSU  Dance  Alumni  and  seniors  will  present  Upturn:  A  collection  of  contemporary  dances.  Emerging  artists  from  the  NMSU  dance  program  will  premier  several  new  works  in  an  informal  concert.    The  performance  will  be  held  at  NMSU  Rentfrow  Gym  and  is  open  to  the  public,  with  tickets  available  for  $8  for  students  and  $10  for  adults.      

In  addition  to  the  concert,  a  repertory  workshop  for  young  dancers  is  being  offered.    Dancers  10  and  up  are  invited  to  learn  excerpts  from  each  choreographers  work,  and  perform  what  they  learn  in  the  show.    Workshop  will  be  held  from  1pm  to  2:30pm  on  Sunday,  May  3rd,  prior  to  the  

show.    Cost  for  the  workshop  is  $20  and  includes  the  student  performer's  admission  to  the  rest  of  the  show.    Tickets  for  friends  and  family  of  performers  must  be  purchased  separately.        

For  more  information,  contact  Colette  Kerwick  at  (505)  920-­‐4104.      Cattleya  -­‐  a  poetry  of  space,  movement  and  metaphors  Paola  has  invited  us  to  join  her  for  a  solo-­‐performance  that  she  has  been  working  on  for  the  past  year.  This  performance  will  kick  off  her  latest  project  “Cattleya”  which  aims  to  engage  community  in  a  dialogue  about  the  Latin  female  body  and  how  we  perceive  it  (on  stage  and  off).      

This  concert  will  be  on  Saturday  May  2nd,  7:30pm,  210  Poplar  St.  El  Paso,  TX  

Important Dates April  28     7:00-­‐9:30pm   End  of  Year  Social  Dance  lesson  and  Party  at  Rentfrow  Gym.    At               7pm,  Hannah  Cole  will  teach  the  Hustle  with  a  dance  party  following.             $5  for  lesson  and  dance  party.      

April  30     6:30pm   Class  Showing  (NMSU  dance  classes).    Rentfrow  Gym.    

May  1       6:00pm   Dance  Program  Awards  Banquet.    Rentfrow  Gym.    

May  3       5:30pm   Upturn,  a  contemporary  dance  concert  produced  by  graduate  students               and  NMSU  dance  alumni.    Rentfrow  Gym.    

May  8       6:00pm   The  Kinesiology  and  Dance  department’s  graduation  celebration.             Rentfrow  Gym. Celebrating our Birth  Abby  Keller  –  4/29  Anne  Bishop  –  4/30    

Have a great week!  

Debra Director  of  Dance  at  NMSU