CEDAR CREEK DANCE
The Cedar Creek Dance Program offers a rigorous dance curriculum in a public high school setting to prepare students for both professional and academic excellence. The core dance curriculum has its foundation in the study of ballet, modern/contemporary, and jazz dance techniques, composition/choreography, performance, aesthetics, anatomy/somatics, cultural/historical studies and analysis. The program develops expertise in these areas that can be applied to the various creative and intellectual interests of the student. To this end, the program is committed to providing the study of global dance forms such as Folk dance, Latin dance, Hip Hop etc., in order to develop student leadership and learning in a 21st century context.
Learning outcomes include artistic/aesthetic development, technical acuity, dance/movement theory: inquiry and application, creative process and dance design, performance intention and virtuosity, critical reasoning and analysis, and inter and intra-personal skill development. The Dance Department produces two main-stage productions each year with numerous other performance opportunities including community outreaches etc.
Learning outcomes include artistic/aesthetic development, technical acuity, dance/movement theory: inquiry and application, creative process and dance design, performance intention and virtuosity, critical reasoning and analysis, and inter and intra-personal skill development. The Dance Department produces two main-stage productions each year with numerous other performance opportunities including community outreaches etc.
Electives
Ashley Tabano (Dance)
Courses: Dance, Dance Composition Clubs/Activities: Piramotion E-mail: atabano@gehrhsd.net Phone: (609) 593-3560 x5629 |
Ms. Ashley Tabano (Dance) graduated with honors from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Dance. She has been trained in ballet, jazz, tap, modern, lyrical, and pointe. At NYU, she was also cast as a soloist in Alonzo King's Koto. She has had the opportunity to work with many well known choreographers and teachers from all over the country. In the summer of 2003, she was chosen to study abroad in Salzburg, Austria at the Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance where she studied with many European choreographers and teachers. Aside from her dance training, she has assisted directors in many different shows in Atlantic City such as Mickey Rooney’s Christmas Memories and John Byner’s Christmas. Outside of CCHS, she works as an instructor at Encore Performing Arts Center and director of the studio's competition team. Prior to coming to Cedar Creek, she taught dance at Oakcrest High School, Stafford Township Intermediate School, and Central Jersey Arts Charter School. www.encoredanceschool.com