Next Wednesday, July 2nd, is the Dance
Department’s annual Summer Informance. The show is on the Mainstage at the Rio
Grande Campus at 7PM and it’s free! The performance features works from ACC faculty Darla
Johnson, professional dancer and choreographer Roman Morgan, Texas State dance major Amanda Forsyth, ACC dance grad Anne Wharton, and ACC dance
major Heather Moran. It will also be the first concert debut for the new Austin
Community College Student Dance Company, Mind Body Motion.
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| Heather Moran in rehearsal |
One of the reasons the student dance company was founded was
to provide students with additional choreography and performance experience. As
the Vice President of Mind Body Motion, Heather Moran is getting her first
taste of choreographing outside of a class. “I questioned everything I did
in the beginning. It was really difficult not having the security of someone I
could go to with questions. I think the hardest thing was not having the class
space to just improv and come up with new movement with classmates,” said
Heather.
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| Nico Locke and Joel Davila in rehearsal |
She tried a new process with
her dancers and experimented with personal writing for the inspiration of
movement. “It worked really well. The dancers were really open to the idea of
writing and it pushed some dancers outside of their box. They created some
beautiful movement and a lot of movement – way more than I expected,” said
Heather.
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| Megan Thomas in rehearsal |
The dancers’ writings revolved around faith – the concept
for Heather’s piece. “I tried to originally get away from the concept of faith,
but I just kept coming back to it. It’s where I am now and I needed to get it
out,” said Heather. Her work has wonderful moments with duets and solos; the
solos being inspired by the dancers’ writings. “It’s incredible to see all
these dancers, coming from different backgrounds with different descriptions of
faith, connecting over something as simple but complex as faith,” said Heather
about her dancers.
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| Taylor Pierce and Elisa Garcia in rehearsal |
Heather’s piece will be one of seven new works presented in
the Summer Informance at the Rio Grande Campus at 7pm
on Wednesday, July 2nd. Invite all your friends and family!
Pictures by Anne Wharton
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