Presenting

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Presenting

• Western Michigan Universitys
• Dance Department

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Department Mission As a dance
community they are committed to

• The highest aesthetic standards.
• Being of service to their diverse cultural
  community.
• Excellence in creative and scholarly research.
• Exemplary, experientially- based teaching.

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WMU Dance Facilities

• Located in the Dorothy U. Dalton Center
• Two large studios/One medium studio
• Each room is equipped with a piano
• Floating floors in all studios
• Locker rooms
• Maybee Music and Dance Library

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Degrees Offered

• Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance (80 hours)
• Bachelor of Arts in Dance (53 hours)
• Dance Minor (18 hours)

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Great Works Dance Project

• Established in 1996
• Introduces WMUs students and southwest Michigan
  audiences to the finest world class historic and
  contemporary dance works.
• Renowned choreographers and guest artists travel
  to WMU to stage and rehearse these masterworks.
• Choreographers/guest artists teach master classes
  and provide dynamic seminars to students and the
  general public about the historical significance
  of the dances.

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Great Works Dance Project

• Western Michigan University is one of only three
  institutions of higher education in the nation
  presenting the works of major choreographers in
  all three concert
• dance forms
• Ballet
• Jazz
• Modern

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Question

• In what year was the Great Works Dance Project
  established at Western Michigan University?
• 1988
• 1996
• 1995

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Bio

• Created by Suzie Stambek
• Student of WMU-College of Education
• EDT 347
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