Dance Integration: Day After Night — Presentation Detail — Celebration of Scholars

Instructions

Student presentations must have a faculty sponsor.

Abstracts must include a title and a description of the research, scholarship, or creative work. The description should be 150-225 words in length and constructed in a format or style appropriate for the presenter’s discipline.

The following points should be addressed within the selected format or style for the abstract:

A clear statement of the problem or question you pursued, or the scholarly goal or creative theme achieved in your work.
A brief comment about the significance or uniqueness of the work.
A clear description of the methods used to achieve the purpose or goals for the work.
A statement of the conclusions, results, outcomes, or recommendations, or if the work is still in progress, the results you expect to report at the event.

Presenter photographs should be head and shoulder shots comparable to passport photos.

Additional Information

More information is available at carthage.edu/celebration-scholars/. The following are members of the Research, Scholarship, and Creativity Committee who are eager to listen to ideas and answer questions:

Jun Wang
Kim Instenes
John Kirk
Nora Nickels
Andrew Pustina
James Ripley

Dance Integration: Day After Night

Name: Stacy Pottinger
Department: Fine Arts
Type of research: Course project

Name: Megan Brancato
Major: Business Management
Hometown: Lake Villa, IL
Faculty Sponsor: Stacy Pottinger
Other Sponsors:
Type of research: Course project

Name: Taylor Guy
Major: Spanish
Hometown: Elk Grove Village, IL
Faculty Sponsor: Stacy Pottinger
Other Sponsors:
Type of research: Course project

Name: Kayla Spears
Major: Psychology
Hometown: Chicago, IL
Faculty Sponsor: Stacy Pottinger
Other Sponsors:
Type of research: Course project

Name: Marie Tredway
Major: Theatre Performance
Hometown: Vallejo, CA
Faculty Sponsor: Stacy Pottinger
Other Sponsors:
Type of research: Course project

Abstract

This project derived from an investigation into Arts Integration, including successful Arts Integration programs in the United States, such as The Kennedy Center’s CETA (Changing Education Through the Arts) and the 2011 report by the President’s Committee on Arts and Humanities, which links arts integrated teaching strategies to greater success in the 21st Century. Through this investigation, an integrated project was developed for the 2014 Dance Theory and Practices course that challenged students to construct and demonstrate understanding of Anita Diamant’s novel, Day After Night through dance. Choreographic assignments were developed from background research into the novel’s setting, from class discourse on themes and questions raised in Daimant’s novel, and from students’ personal connections to these themes. The project culminated in three student choreographed dances which were rehearsed, presented and documented as pre-performance pieces for the November, 2014 dance concert, Points of Departure.

Poster file