Master Class: Amy Seiwert, Contemporary Ballet
Schedule
Wed Oct 13 2021 at 10:15 am
Location
Santa Monica College | Santa Monica, CA
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This two-hour masterclass includes a ballet barre, some center, and repertory from Seiwert's catalog of work.About Amy Seiwert
Amy Seiwert enjoyed a nineteen-year performing career dancing with the Smuin, Los Angeles Chamber, and Sacramento Ballets. As a dancer with Smuin Ballet, she became involved with the “Protégé Program,” where her choreography was mentored by the late Michael Smuin.
She was Choreographer in Residence there upon her retirement from dancing in 2008 until 2018. Named one of “25 to Watch” by Dance Magazine, her first full evening of choreography was named one of the “Top 10” dance events of 2007 by the SF Chronicle. Other awards include a Bay Area IZZIE Award for Outstanding Choreography and a “Goldie” from the San Francisco Bay Guardian.
Her ballets have been supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, The Kenneth Rainin Foundation, ODC Theater, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, and the Joyce Theater in New York City.
Seiwert’s ballets are in the repertory of Ballet Austin, BalletMet, Smuin, Washington, Atlanta, Oakland, Sacramento, Colorado, Louisville, Cincinnati, Carolina, Oklahoma City, Milwaukee and American Repertory Ballets as well as Imagery, Robert Moses KIN and AXIS Dance. Seiwert served as Artistic Director of Sacramento Ballet from 2018-2020.
About the Masters of Dance Series
You are invited to attend and participate in our exciting FREE series of lectures and master classes. Sponsored by the SMC Associates and SMC Dance Department. Please see smc.edu/dance or call 310-434-3467 for information. FREE Streaming! Visit www.smc.edu/dance events to register.
If you need an accommodation due to a disability to participate in this event, please contact the Center for Students with Disabilities at [email protected] or 310-434-4265 at least 5 business days prior to the event.
The Santa Monica College Associates is a community-based support group that brings outstanding speakers, performers, and special events to SMC to enhance student excellence. Associates members receive invitations to special receptions and advance notices of lectures. Annual Associates memberships are entirely tax-deductible. Call 310-434-4100 or visit smc.edu/associates for more information.
SANTA MONICA COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES:
Rob Rader, Chair; Dr. Louise Jaffe, Vice Chair; Dr. Susan Aminoff; Dr. Nancy Greenstein; Dr. Margaret Quiñones-Perez; Dr. Sion Roy; Barry A. Snell; Ali Shirvani, Student Trustee; Kathryn E. Jeffery, Ph.D., Superintendent/President
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Where is it happening?
Santa Monica College, 1900 Pico Blvd, Santa Monica, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
