Jorge Torres, a world-renowned tango artist, came on campus for a day full of Tango last Saturday. The dancing began in the afternoon with three workshops for achieving balance in Tango, Vals, and Milonga. At night, a social event sponsored by the Emma Willard Dance Company put the dancing in full motion with Dance Company performances and social tango for [...]
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October 14, 2009
EWS presents Jorge Torres
The Dance Company at Emma Willard School, in partnership with Albany Tango Society, will present world-renowned tango artist Jorge Torres in afternoon tango workshops and an evening social. On Saturday, November 7, Jorge Torres will teach three afternoon workshops—Achieving Balance in Tango, Vals, and Milonga. The day culminates with a tango social and a performance by [...]
October 5, 2009
Stomp the Yard!
On Monday, October 5, and Tuesday, October 6, the first Emma Willard Step Team held tryouts. More than 10 Emma girls came and learned the steps for an amazing routine. The announcement of the members of the team will be revealed sometime this week by the team leaders, Danielle and Quianna. Good luck to the [...]
June 3, 2009
Dance Concert Video
Check out the video page for freshly posted dance concert footage. Thank you to John Wilpers for all of the great video.
May 27, 2009
Dance Assembly 2009
This morning, Emma Willard dancers performed at the end of the year dance assembly held in Kiggins. Teachers, fellow students, friends, and family attended this spectacular event. The performance included pieces from the beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels of ballet and contemporary. There was also a piece by the jazz dance class and a special [...]
May 23, 2009
Heelomali
The revered Emma Willard Dance Company had their anticipated final concert of the season titled “Heelomali” on May 22. The impressive performance entertained and captivated the full audience throughout the whole concert with many different dancing styles and live music performances in between. One of the dance pieces was choreographed by this year’s guest artist, Kim Epifano. The dances had [...]
May 1, 2009
May Day 2009
Despite threatening skies, this year’s May Day celebration was the greatest show on Earth. The circus-themed event included a ringmaster, white tigers, acrobats, clowns, and wild animals. Visit our photo gallery here.
March 1, 2009
Smile, the Musical
The performers of the Musical Smile gave their eagerly awaited performance on Friday and Saturday, February 27 and 28. The performance left the audience with laughs and smiles. The cast of Smile worked hard to create a show that made the audience forget that they knew the actors as they were absorbed in their roles. [...]
February 26, 2009
The end of Idol…
Tuesday, February 24, marked the final set of Emma Idol (EI) performances for the 2008–2009 school year. If you scroll around a bit on our video page you can see the last two episodes of Emma. Caroline and Chandana are featured in EI day 5 as the individual finalists. The final round for groups features a [...]
February 24, 2009
12 Tones meets Rihanna
On Friday, February 20, the 12 Tones performed for the first time at morning reports this semester. You can view their rendition of Rihanna’s “Disturbia,” complete with smoke and choreography here.
