Department of Dance
Dance Concerts: Policies and Procedures- MA Grad Handbook
Revised Summer, 2007
SEE KATIE FENNELL (PUBLICITY AND MARKETING COORDINATOR) CONCERNING PUBLICITY AND BEVERLY STALLINGS (DEPARTMENT SECRETARY) CONCERNING ACCOUNTING PROCEDURES, EARLY IN YOUR CONCERT PROCESS.
For their culminating work, MA Choreography students usually create a new work or revise a piece they created while an MA student. The work is performed on a departmental concert. Depending on their agreement with their Committee, other options are possible such as creating a low-tech lecture demonstration or presenting a work in a public school or other alternate space. Please note that no department funds are available for MA projects. Please see General guidelines and Department concert guidelines.
General guidelines applying to all concerts
1. Designs for all posters/postcards, etc. for all concerts must be approved by the Department head before they are sent for printing.
2. All publicity material must state prominently that this is a production of the UNCG Department of Dance, and must carry the UNCG logo. All programs should include the UNCG arts logo, with the statement, "for information about other arts events at UNCG, call 334-4849."
3. All choreographers for shared concerts should be mindful of the needs of others, and should consult with the coordinator and with others on the concert before planning a work longer than 20 minutes.
4. Plans for scenery and props to be used must be approved in advance by the Technical Director.
Department Concerts
The Dance Department will sponsor one concert each semester to provide a showcase for work not covered by our other events.
1. Work for these concerts will be selected with the following priorities in mind:
a. Faculty directed pieces arising out of DCE 343/443 and DCE 687.
b. Any required undergraduate culminating project (DCE 470 equivalent) that cannot be shown in the Spring Senior Concert (December graduates).
c. MA in choreography final projects
d. Work selected for ACDF which has not been previously performed.
e. Other faculty work
f. Other student work
2. Categories e) and f) must apply to the Department Head in writing no later than 4 weeks before the concert. If there is more work than time on the concert, an ad hoc committee will be formed by the Department Head to create a selection process.
3. Since this concert is the most diverse, a coordinator/ artistic director will be appointed by the Department Head. The coordinator's role includes:
a. convening any selection process that is necessary
b. deciding the program order
c. assigning and coordinating the details of publicity and production
d. returning university facilities (including front of house and dressing rooms) to original condition at end of final performance.
4. Since this is a departmental event, it will normally be supported by the department in the following ways.
a. A production budget up to $600 per dance for DCE 343 and 687. Participating choreographers may request additional funds if cast size is especially large and/or other special needs are great.
b. The design and printing of posters (coordinated by Katie)
c. Publicity (coordinated by Katie), including reasonable printing costs for posters. Choreographers must provide information to Katie.
d. Programs (program copy must be given to Katie by choreographers).
e. Standard production crew (coordinated by Mitch).
f. Mitch will assist with technical production issues, including lighting design and preparation of recorded music.
g. Video crew
h. Theater after 6:30 during production week. Normally the production week is not more than 5 nights, although these are not necessarily contiguous nights. Additional time may be requested for technical production time by the lighting designer and other technical personnel.
i. Rehearsal space under our current policy
j. Staff for Box Office and front of house
5. No other special support will be available to choreographers other than that listed above. They will be responsible for organizing and arranging their own casts, rehearsals, costumes, music, props, sets, and program copy.
Graduate Projects Showcase
The department produces a VERY low tech Graduate Projects Concert near the end of each semester. These concerts serve as a showcase for Graduate Practica courses in choreography, performance, and design. There is one show only and technical rehearsal time is VERY limited. Usually held on a Sunday, faculty set the date at the beginning of each semester. The DCE 651 instructors coordinate the showing for that semester, in conjunction with faculty members teaching 650. The 651 instructors determine which projects will be shown (usually not more than one piece per person). Students involved in the showing create the program and any publicity.