April 25, 2019
Story by Joe Vinduska
Photo by Brandon Steinert
SWAG合集 Dance Theater will host a spring concert titled 鈥淏eyond Words鈥 at 7 p.m. on April 30 in the Fine Arts Auditorium. Admission is $5 per person. SWAG合集 students get in free.
The concert will feature the SWAG合集 Dance Theater dance company, SWAG合集 dance technique classes, SWAG合集 Ballroom Dance class students and guest dancers from area studios including Danceography, Euphoria and Just Dance.
SWAG合集 Dance Instructor Danika Bielek said she loves the idea of collaboration with dancers throughout the community.
鈥淚 wanted to create an event and forum where everyone can get together and be sharing, really get to know each other and look at dance as a cultural experience,鈥 Bielek said. 鈥淚t gives a good view of what artistic or expressive dance is in the community and it gets younger students out to SWAG合集 too, which is exciting.听 It also gives our dance students a chance to see what the other dancers are doing in the area.鈥
Bielek said the concept of the concert is that communicating an emotion via dance is very different than using words.
鈥淪ometimes we can鈥檛 quite find the right words to say so we say it kinetically from body to body,鈥 she said. 鈥淭here is a deeper kinetic communication that happens automatically in dance.鈥
The dance program at SWAG合集 was restructured last year and this year was the first full year under Bielek.
鈥淚t鈥檚 been very exciting,鈥 she said. 鈥淲e have a diverse student body and we鈥檙e very excited to have this opportunity to have this dance program at SWAG合集.鈥
The SWAG合集 Dance Theater dance company will have tryouts at 4:30 p.m. May 14th in Studio 34 located in the Sunflower Housing area. If interested students are unable to attend this audition date, they can contact Bielek to arrange another time and day. To be considered for company placement, dance students must have at least two years of dance experience and plan to register as a SWAG合集 student in Fall 2019. Many dance scholarships are available.
To register or request more information, contact SWAG合集 Dance Instructor Danika Bielek at (620) 792-9253 or bielekd@bartonccc.edu.