WMU Dance Alumni Homecoming Hosted by Partners in Dance
Partners in Dance invites you to join us for a fun-filled alumni Saturday during WMU Homecoming Weekend! Take a trip down memory lane and reconnect with fellow WMU dancers for an afternoon. We start with a special alumni technique class in the new Dunbar Penthouse Studio, taught by alum Taylor Timmerman. Whether you take class daily or it has been a few years, we welcome you to join us in movement (all levels welcome!) Class will be followed by light refreshments and conversation back in Dalton. Lastly, we will close out this epic afternoon with an open rehearsal of Tsai Hsi Hung's spellbinding masterpiece “Woman” in Studio“Woman” was originally set on WMU Dancers in 2021, as part of our National Choreography Competition and is being restaged for the 30thAnniversary of the Great Works Project. Bonus! Tsai Hsi Hung will be directing this rehearsal. We look forward to seeing you there!
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
2:00pm - Meet in third floor Dalton, the heart of WMU Dance and then stroll across the plaza to our new Dunbar Penthouse Studio
2:15-3:30pm - Alumni Technique Class taught by dance alum Taylor Timmerman who has recently returned to Kalamazoo after successfully working in the commercial side of LA dance for several years. ALL levels welcome. Get your LA groove on with light refreshments to follow in the Dalton Dance Office
4:00-5:00pm - Open Rehearsal of Tsai Hsi Hung’s masterwork, “Woman”, Studio B\Dalton Center
Wrap up gathering with Partners in Dance President David Curwen