Student Dance Festival

Being a Dance Performance major at Kent State provides a great number of opportunities and privileges. I am currently a junior, and I am quite thrilled about this entire year. The biggest event for the junior class is the much-anticipated Student Dance Festival (SDF). This annual concert gives us the opportunity to choreograph a three- to five-minute piece which is performed in the spring by other dance students within the University. This year, we will be presenting our work with the BFA seniors in a combined concert: BFA/SDF 3.14~Infinity. With a big thanks to Roe Green, our concert will be held in the brand new EZ Black Box Theatre.

This past Wednesday, October 27th, our group of fourteen choreographers conducted our first audition to cast for SDF. We have all been anticipating this experience for a long time! Many talented dance students attended the audition, and we felt very lucky with how many were interested in being a part of the performance. After the audition concluded, we chose our casts of dancers in an organized and successful fashion. Each choreographer, including myself, was more than pleased with the results. I personally cannot wait until January 2011, when we are able to begin rehearsing. Words can neither express my thanks to everyone who is involved in this process, nor describe my excitement for what is to come next. I hope to see everyone at the performance this spring!



--Jordan Deckert (Junior Dance Performance Major)