Molly Puryear's Contemporary Choreography Class in "Lost." Photo by Yvonne Portra.
THE MALASHOCK DANCE SCHOOL SPRING SHOWCASE was held at Sushi: A Center for the Urban Arts this past weekend and was a great success. On Sunday, the show was completely sold out – we squeezed in more than 90 people – and the dancers “danced” amazingly. The showcase included performances by the students of The Malashock Dance School as well as the participants of the New Works Workshops. John Malashock premiered his new work, Unsettled , Michael Mizerany debut his work for eight women, Total Eclipse , and Katie Griffin and Matt Carney performed a new dance they choreographed jointly, Dreams .
Jaami Waali's Hip Hop Class in Swaggerific. Photo by Yvonne Portra.
Joe Alter
As a reminder, the MALASHOCK DANCE SUMMER WORKSHOP INTENSIVE is fast approaching. Plus a new development: Due to larger than expected enrollment, Joe Alter, associate professor and coordinator of the dance division at San Diego State University, has been added to the Summer Workshop Faculty. He is the Artistic Director of the Joe Alter Dance Group and also currently performs with Leslie Seiter’s Little Known Dance Theater.
On the touring front, MALASHOCK DANCE will be spending a week in the Midwest at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville in March/April of 2010. In addition to a company performance, we will offer three master classes including advanced modern technique, intermediate modern technique and a class in partnering.
And of special note: John Malashock has been elected to the Board of Trustees for DANCE/USA , the national service organization for professional dance. This is a tremendous honor for John, and he looks forward to being an enthusiastic representative. John will start his three year term on July 1, 2009.
John Malashock and Executive Director of DANCE/USA, Andrea Snyder.
Lastly, save the date for San Diego’s most fun fundraiser: MALASHOCK THINKS YOU CAN DANCE , Saturday, September 26, 2009 at 8 pm at Irwin M. Jacobs Qualcomm Hall.
Michael Mizerany
Associate Artistic Director, MALASHOCK DANCE
