Rachel Dodson
Dance Artist, Educator, Choreographer, and Art Instigator
Welcome back BRYRA MOVEMENT COLLECTIVE dancers and artists!
We are looking forward to starting the new year together on January 4th!
"To the Girl I Was: An Annotation from the Margin" Screendance
selected by
CASCADIA Dance & Cinema Festival for Future in Focus 2021
National Dance Education Organization
2020 recipient of Professional Development Scholarship
Idaho Commission on the Arts &
the National Endowment for the Arts
2020 recipient of Creative Projects for Individual Artists Grant
Thank you @artsIDAHO & NEA
NEW!
Enrollment is open for the special online mini-series
with
Bryanna Cross of Crossing Lines Center
Dance artists Bryanna Cross and Rachel Dodson have teamed up to create an exciting opportunity for dancers near and far to connect through innovative online dance programming. Each class is thoughtfully crafted for a positive and thorough student-centered experience with the intention of maintaining and building upon technique while conditioning through diversified practice.
University of Idaho at ACDA North West 2020
"Variable Velocity" Friday, March 13th 9:30am-10:45am
"Progressing Ballet Technique" Friday, March 13th 4:00pm-5:15pm
OPEN Master PBT Class Series
Progressing Ballet Technique, or PBT, is a revolutionary program designed to train the body by specializing in muscle memory, enhancing flexibility and using dance medicine and exercises to prevent injury. It is an excellent practice for dancers, athletes, or anyone interested in an exciting and safe new way to condition the body.
Classes are entry-level mixing sub-junior and junior levels of the PBT program. No experience is necessary, welcoming all ages!
"Breaking Boundaries"
University of Idaho
Faculty Dance Concert 2019
The Dance Program proudly presents "Breaking Boundaries," a contemporary dance concert, Nov. 15 at 7:30 p.m. in the Dance Studio Theatre (PEB 110). This concert features work by UI dance faulty Belle Baggs, Melanie Meenan, Rachel Dodson, and guest artist, Michael Schumacher. Limited seating available. Purchase tickets online or at the door while supplies last. General admission $10; UI students $8.
Reception to follow Saturday show and Q&A to follow Sunday matinee. Be sure to check out our special event, Dine and Dance; have dinner at Bloom in downtown Moscow before the show. For more information contact dance@uidaho.edu
Selected Artist
for choreographic presentation at
"FEM + FEST Feminist Art Festival 2019"
Spokane, Washington
The National Organization for Women Spokane NOW's "FEM+FEST Spokane Feminist Art Festival" is to present visual arts, spoken word, live music and other entertainment that highlights empowering and diverse representations of feminism in the Inland Northwest, and speaks to the importance of intersectionality as the new feminist paradigm.
Dodson was chosen from a pool of applicants to present post-modern dancework "Fifth Most Important Crop" in the stage portion of "FEM + FEST Feminist Art Festival 2019" in Spokane, Washington.
University of Idaho at ACDA North West 2019
"Ballet" Thursday, March 14th 10:30am
"Embodied Narrative Practice" Saturday, March 16th 8:30am
"Convergence"
University of Idaho
Faculty Dance Concert 2018
The University of Idaho Dance Program will present its annual fall main stage performance, “Convergence,” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, Oct. 25-27 and 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 28 in the Hartung Theatre. A Q&A with the choreographers and dancers will follow the Oct. 28 matinee performance. This fall’s show includes choreography from College of Education, Health and Human Sciences Dance faculty members Belle Baggs, Melanie Meenan, and Rachel Dodson.
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"inHabit - A Festival of Dance for Camera, 2018" - CALL FOR ENTRIES!
“Engaging community and coming together through a love for dance and expression”
The first ever festival of its kind on the Central Coast, “inHabit” is intended to bring artists and the community together to celebrate our unique perspectives, histories, and artistic expressions. It is our hope that in building bridges within our community, we will strengthen the fibers of our human connections while embracing the beauty of differences through this shared vision.
Both novice and established film-makers are encouraged to submit narrative, abstract, animated, and/or short films that push boundaries and experiment with cutting edge media while expressing themselves in uniquely authentic ways.
“inHabit” will make its exciting launch in May 2018 and incorporate site-specific, live performance and stand-alone dance for camera works in one unique production.
Featured performance artist and choreographer at
"Buffs United" Performance Event 2017
A partnership of CU Boulder students, faculty and staff will host a Jan. 25 BuffsUnited event that will support the values of an inclusive campus and the Colorado Creed.
The event, free and open to the public, will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Old Main Chapel. BuffsUnited will include speeches and musical performances to highlight important social issues.
“BuffsUnited is a celebration of a CU community that recognizes there’s value in all dimensions of diversity on our campus,” said Associate Professor Samuel Flaxman, an event organizer. “We want to build inclusion and improve campus climate in a way that affirms the values of the Colorado Creed.”
"Boneless" - An M.F.A. dance concert
produced by Rachel Dodson and Colt Irvin
A pair of unrelated dance works comprise a two-act production. Dodson's piece twists and writhes in a sensorial journey accessing the unity of mind, body and spirit while turning the self inside out to explore one's inner landscape. Interested in unearthing the creature within, Dodson seeks to peer under the surface of who we are in order to see what animal self lies in wait.
October 21st & 22nd, 7:30p.m.
October 23rd, 2p.m.
Charlotte York Irey Theatre, CU Boulder
* * * Summer Intensives 2017 * * *
Longmont Dance Theatre & Centennial State Ballet, Longmont, Colorado
Embodied Narrative Improvisation
June 12-16th - 10am-3pm
Premier School of Dance, Thornton, Colorado
Contemporary Modern
June 20th 6:30pm-8pm - Advanced
June 22nd 11am-2pm - Intermediate
2016 Recipient of the Beverly Sears Graduate Student Grant
The Beverly Sears Graduate Student Grants are competitive awards sponsored by the Graduate School at the University of Colorado, Boulder, that support the research, scholarship, and creative works of graduate students from all departments. Funding is provided by private donations and awards range from $100 to a maximum of $1,000 per proposal.
Spring 2016, Rachel was honored to be awarded one of the $1,000 grants in order to support the creative development of her MFA thesis concert--"Boneless".
* * * Summer Intensives 2016 * * *
Longmont Dance Theatre & Centennial State Ballet, Longmont, Colorado
Contemporary Dance
June 20th-24th, 2016 - 10am-3pm
Premier School of Dance, Thornton, Colorado
Contemporary Modern Dance
June 14, 2016 - 6:30pm-8pm - Advanced
June 16, 2016 - 11am-2pm - Intermediate
Production Company Dance Center, Longmont, Colorado
Voyage Intensive
June 28-30, 2016 - 9am-12pm
Dancers will be immersed in ballet, jazz, hip hop, contemporary, improvisation.
Classical Ballet Intensive
July 26-28, 2016 - 9am-4pm
An inclusive ballet immersion experience offering a brief overview of the classical ballet cannon, anatomy for dancers, classical variations, floor barre, pre-pointe and pointe technique. An exciting opportunity to take your ballet training to the next level!
The Art Underground, Louisville, Colorado
Classical Ballet Intensive
August 2-4, 2016 - 10am-2pm
A combination of ballet technique, repertory, and stretch/strength/conditioning for dancers
Morro Bay High School Dance Workshop, Morro Bay, California
Contemporary Dance
August 15th-17th, 2016 - 9am-3pm - Beginning/Intermediate
Guest performer for
"Neruda Project #3"
Video exploration project based on poems by Neruda
by Melissa Monteros
Honolulu, Hawaii 2016
Dodson's original research and embodied methodology of presentation was selected for the Hawaii International Conference in Arts & Humanities 2016. In "Searching for Reform for the Female Form in American Classical Ballet", she examined the ultra-thin body type commonly seen at the forefront of American classical ballet, uncovering historical roots and illuminating present structures of power in dance instruction, and society, which collude to maintain its institutionalization.
She was invited to independently present this research regarding female body image, fashion print media, and American classical ballet in a lecture/demonstration setting met with resounding success and lengthy discussion by attendees.
Master Class - High School Dance Day at the University of Colorado Boulder 2016
CU Boulder Department of Theatre and Dance hosts their annual High School Dance Day in the fall on campus. This event is open to high school students, their teachers, coaches and parents. Multiple dance classes are offered, along with an informal performance, BFA and scholarship auditions, and Q&A sessions for prospective students.
Rachel will be teaching an Intermediate-level master class 1pm-2pm in W350.
2015 Recipient of the United Government of Graduate Students Travel Grant
A The United Government of Graduate Students (UGGS) awards funding to individual graduate students who demonstrate academic and research excellence to support travel to academic conferences.
2015 Recipient of the Graduate School Travel Grant
The Graduate School Travel Grant is awarded to fund graduate students presenting research findings at meetings or conferences outside of Colorado.
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Rachel was awarded both grants in order to support the presentation of her original research at the Hawaii International Conference in Arts and Humanities, 2016. "Searching for Reform for the Female Form in American Classical Ballet" was received with resounding success on January 11, 2016.
Contracted teacher at the
Colorado Dance Education Organization's 2015 Annual Conference
"From Internal Landscape to External Aesthetic" Saturday, October 3rd 8:30am-9:30am
"Application of Alexander Technique to Dance Training" Sunday, October 4th 1:30-2:30pm
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