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As a living art form, dance is constantly evolving almost by the minute. Whether it\u2019s a student taking a dance course for the first time or a student on their way to a university dance program, San Jacinto College\u2019s dance program offers its students a blank canvas to express themselves at any level.<\/p>\n

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Corinne Miller, dance program alumna.
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\u201cThe majority of our students are serious about a dance career, whether it\u2019s continuing on to university dance programs, pursuing performing careers, teaching at the studio level or public education, or pursuing a choreography career,\u201d said San Jacinto College dance program director, Jamie Williams. \u201cWe also have students who take our dance classes simply because they love to dance. For instance, one of my ballet students is a mom of four who always loved dancing, but chose a different career path. Now that her children are older, she has come back to school and is rekindling her passion for dance.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another student of Williams\u2019 originally took a Modern dance class to help with his balance and flexibility for sports. Three semesters later, he\u2019s still dancing.<\/p>\n

Student Tuesday Boswell says the diversity of all the dancers and what they bring to a dance is an inspiration in itself. \u201cWhat really makes the San Jacinto College program so unique is how diverse the members are,\u201d said Boswell. \u201cSince I have been dancing for the program, I have seen so many people inspire one another just by the way they dance and move in their own unique way. I\u2019ve learned how movement can be created and expressed in so many variations all because of the many creative minds of the students that come to dance.\u201d<\/p>\n

Williams says that dancers today are also breaking down social stigmas and barriers that once kept people away from dance. \u201cOne of the biggest misconceptions\u00a0is that dancers need to be a certain weight or body type in order to be successful. Unfortunately, the dance world itself created that stereotype throughout\u00a0history, and now it\u2019s one that we\u2019re actively working to\u00a0dispel. Choreographers are leaning more toward healthy, strong, \u2018human-looking\u2019 dancers than the frail stick figures of the past, and dance educators are working to eliminate the body type misconception.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Dance student, Tuesday Boswell.
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The San Jacinto College dance program provides students with performance opportunities through annual dance concerts along with local and national performance invitations. Each semester the dance students produce a dance concert with works choreographed by students and guest artists.<\/p>\n

Students also participate in the national American College Dance Festival. Recently, in conjunction with Black History month,\u00a0student Bryonna Milton choreographed a work entitled \u201cPhenomenal,\u201d set to Maya Angelou\u2019s poem, \u201cPhenomenal Woman\u201d that was\u00a0performed during faculty in-service week.<\/p>\n

The Spring dance concert will be held May 1 and 2 at 7:30 p.m., in the Marie Spence Flickinger Fine Arts Center auditorium on the San Jacinto College South Campus. The concert will feature a collection of modern, ballet, jazz, and Polynesian dance styles. For more information about the dance program, visit sanjac.edu\/career\/dance<\/a>.
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