michael – Bates Dance Festival https://www.batesdancefestival.org Tue, 21 Aug 2012 14:30:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 https://www.batesdancefestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-BDF-icon-02-01-32x32.png michael – Bates Dance Festival https://www.batesdancefestival.org 32 32 Moving in The Moment https://www.batesdancefestival.org/moving-in-the-moment/ Tue, 21 Aug 2012 14:30:25 +0000 http://bdfblog.org/?p=767 Hey it’s Michael again! The end of YAP is near. Last night there were two special performances, YAP’s Moving in The Moment and the adult dancers big piece. There were so many beautiful scores brilliantly puzzled together to create one big performance, students saw dancing on a whole new level of genius. YAP had an amazing string of performances pieced together to create a beautiful dance by young people.

]]> Festival Finale Farewell https://www.batesdancefestival.org/finale/ Tue, 21 Aug 2012 14:26:49 +0000 http://bdfblog.org/?p=771 Hey this is Michael! There were tears of joy for many of the graduating teens of YAP and from the younger students that will miss them. Even the Director Laura Faure was in tears. This was the best Finale by far. It was a pleasure to see many great performances that the crowd could feel the emotion in the dancers. It was a pleasure to keep you guys updated on the news of many important performances.

]]> Flash Mob https://www.batesdancefestival.org/flash-mob/ Wed, 08 Aug 2012 12:59:48 +0000 http://bdfblog.org/?p=762 Michael here! We had a successful day today.  YAP participated in a flash mob at the cafeteria. Cafeteria goers on their lunch break heard the crash of drums and saw a giant mob of kids parading through with bucket drums and sticks. Our song “We need some new drums” brought thunderous applause! The flash mob raised money to get new drums. I encourage everyone to come and check us out on Friday at 1pm. Hope to see many people there!

]]> Youth Arts Program: week 3 day 1 https://www.batesdancefestival.org/youth-arts-program-week-3-day-1/ Mon, 06 Aug 2012 23:23:17 +0000 http://bdfblog.org/?p=757 Hey it’s Michael again! This past week has been an exhausting one. We are putting final touches on dance and music numbers: the Green Teens are tweaking the “Dark Dance”, the Wind Warriors are working on a “Fossil Fuel Dance”, and the Animals Everywhere are working on a “Let It Grow” dance. We are still finalizing the rap video. If you have some free time you should really come and check out our Moving in The Moment performance on Wednesday at 7pm and our free demonstrations on Friday which start at 1pm. Hope to see a lot of people there.

]]> Week 1, Day 5: Green Energy https://www.batesdancefestival.org/week-1-day-5-green-energy/ Fri, 27 Jul 2012 18:06:27 +0000 http://bdfblog.org/?p=722 Hi, this is Michael again. This year’s theme for the YAP is Green Energy. The theme guides everything that will be in the final performance: it will define the choreographer’s message and energy through dance, shape the music we write, mold the art we make. Each group now has a different name that has to do with green energy. Today, all the groups worked on a “green energy” rap for the final performance. The seniors had auditions for Sarah Choroszy’s dance, titled “Cats To Be Kitten Me.” Stay tuned for more updates!

]]> YAP Week 1 Day Three https://www.batesdancefestival.org/yap-week-1-day-three/ Thu, 26 Jul 2012 17:22:35 +0000 http://bdfblog.org/?p=731 This is Michael again, doing another update on the program! At YAP today the seniors had a lesson on video cameras, the juniors had an intense workout in hip hop, and the freshmen jammed out in music. Yesterday we had a special guest named Kay Mann from Green Energy Maine. She told us that different green energy resources can help change the world, instead of using more energy to heat the house. How exciting to know that someone out there cares about energy waste!

]]> Welcome to the Youth Arts Program! https://www.batesdancefestival.org/welcome-to-the-youth-arts-program/ Thu, 26 Jul 2012 17:10:02 +0000 http://bdfblog.org/?p=725 Hello! My name is Michael. This my eleventh year at YAP. YAP is a dance and music camp that is about three weeks long for children between the ages of six and seventeen. The students are divided into three groups by age: the “freshmen,” “juniors,” and “seniors.” Be sure to check out this blog for updates on the program!

]]> Different Voices/The Amazing Finale https://www.batesdancefestival.org/different-voicesthe-amazing-finale/ Sun, 14 Aug 2011 02:44:16 +0000 http://bdfblog.org/?p=571 The teens went to go see Different Voices on Friday, and I thought it was amazing to see what other people from around the world show for dances and to tell stories of their life through movement of the body not lips. The Finale which was tonight was AMAZING!!!!!!! I thought Healthy Hoopla(YAP), Twenty, Dance Without A Title, Accents And Rebounds, Come And Gone (Oh To Be Not Anyone), Hip Hop Repertory, were amazing and each one showed a different style of dance. I hope to tell you more next year but for now Farewell!

]]> The Little's and the Finale https://www.batesdancefestival.org/the-littles-and-the-finale/ Thu, 11 Aug 2011 22:23:54 +0000 http://bdfblog.org/?p=560 The Little’s (students ages 6-8 years old) went to a Lots to Gardens site today at Franklin Pasture.  They did different things like, picking horn worms from tomato plants, Japanese beetles from plant leaves, and weeded and composted!  They also learned about what plants are edible in the wild. Lots to Gardens has loads of cool community activities like cooking classes and community food projects.  We learned that anyone can get involved by volunteering and people who don’t have yards use part of the gardens to grown their own vegetables like cucumbers and eggplants!  It was pretty cool.

The YAP group had a rigorous practice run of the final show we will be doing on Saturday, but tomorrow we will be working on dances and music numbers to show tomorrow at 2:30pm at Olin Arts Center at Bates College it’s free to the public.  I would at this time like to thank our amazing interns who I totally hope come back next year: Scotty, Keyla, Rika, and Christine, and our amazing teachers Patrick, Dana, Terrence, Priscilla, Yvvone, Rose for a wonderful 3 weeks at YAP this year. I can’t believe the three weeks is almost gone!

]]> The show https://www.batesdancefestival.org/the-show/ Wed, 10 Aug 2011 21:11:22 +0000 http://bdfblog.org/?p=556 Today each group at YAP started showing their dances and Dana Reed used her magic to start piecing the show together inch by inch, the teens after YAP got to go see Jennifer Archibald’s Rep. class and it was amazing!!!  Jennifer is doing a piece in the different voices show and we’re psyched to see it!

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