CIC Certification Program
Choreographic Investigation Course
Composition Classes:
Composition classes will be held by one teacher for 5 classes. The class will have a theme that develops as the class progresses, but each day will have a specific task and topic so students can gain knowledge if they attend only one class or all five.
Themes:
Making Movements
Making Meaning
Exhausting Choreographic Choices
Solo Works
Architecture, Relationship & the Magic of Group Composition
Dance Theater
Developing your Creative Process
Dance & Technology
Designing the Stage
And More!
Lectures:
Lectures will be held by both professionals in the field and artists who have found success in these areas. Before each class, please check the website for any materials necessary for the class.
Topics:
Branding & Developing an Artistic Identity
Press Marketing: Press Releases & Kits & How to Relate to the Press
Internet Marketing
How to Create Strong Applications & Where to Apply
Work Sample Day (bring in your sample for feedback)
Lighting/Costuming
Funding
Budgets & Good Financial Practices
Self-Production, Co-Production & Being Produced
Working & Living Outside the Box
And More!
Choreolab:
CHOREOLAB is a four-week guided process that allows choreographers to create work within a supportive, safe and inspiring environment. Weekly, the participants will show work in class and will receive feedback from both the group and the facilitator. The workshop will culminate on the last session with a low-tech produced show in DNA’s intimate 130-seat theater and participants will have access to reduced-rate and subsidized free studio rentals.
Choreolab Offers:
Weekly showings & feedback within the class community
The optional opportunity to have showings & feedback videotapped
Subsidized studio rental discounted to $10/hour
Free last minute studio space
A minimal-tech showing in DNA’s 130-seat theater
A DVD of the final product of the work shown in the theater
Requirements:
Enroll in 2 semesters of composition classes (each seven weeks long). During each semester students will have a total of 5 composition classes plus 1 lecture and 1 Choreolab class. Students are expected throughout the course to be creating work for the Choreolab session.
Mentorship Opportunity:
All CIC Certificate Students will have the option of having a mentor for their 5-month program. This mentor, one of our Composition and/or Choreolab teachers, will work with the student 1 hour per month in whatever activity the mentor and student agree will be most beneficial.
Application Process:
Submit a letter of intent, a brief biography and artist statement highlighting your background and relevant experiences. Tell us why you are interested in participating and specify the goals you hope to accomplish during the course. You will be contacted with an interview slot after your application is received.
For more information contact:
Anne Merrick, Programs Coordinator
212.625.8369, ext 206
amerrick@dnadance.org
or Florence Baratay, School Director
212.625.8369, ext 205
fbaratay@dnadance.org
