Top Ten Moments: Fall semester at USC Kaufman

December 13, 2016

Kaufman Fall 2016 Collage

The top ten moments of the fall 2016 semester at USC Kaufman | Photos by Rose Eichenbaum, Mel Melcon/LA Times, Justina Gaddy, Carolyn DiLoreto, Celine Kiner

This semester, USC Kaufman filled the calendar with intensives, master classes, artists-in-residence, and more. From dancing with Forsythe to opening the Glorya Kaufman International Dance Center, BFA students enjoyed quite the eventful semester. Here are the top ten moments (in chronological order):

10. Hubbard Street Summer Intensive

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Students rehearse at Hubbard Street Chicago’s Los Angeles Intensive

Hubbard Street conducts the first summer intensive in the Glorya Kaufman International Dance Center.

9. Welcome Week 2016

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USC Kaufman welcomes a brand new class of freshmen, the second class of students in the BFA program.

8. A chat with Sir Matthew Bourne

Choreographer Sir Matthew Bourne and Re:Bourne's executive director James Mackenzie-Blackman watch a studio showing and participate in a discussion with BFA students, moderated by Vice Dean Jodie Gates.
Choreographer Sir Matthew Bourne and Re:Bourne's executive director James Mackenzie-Blackman watch a studio showing and participate in a discussion with BFA students, moderated by Vice Dean Jodie Gates.
Choreographer Sir Matthew Bourne and Re:Bourne's executive director James Mackenzie-Blackman watch a studio showing and participate in a discussion with BFA students, moderated by Vice Dean Jodie Gates.
Choreographer Sir Matthew Bourne and Re:Bourne's executive director James Mackenzie-Blackman watch a studio showing and participate in a discussion with BFA students, moderated by Vice Dean Jodie Gates.
Choreographer Sir Matthew Bourne and Re:Bourne's executive director James Mackenzie-Blackman watch a studio showing and participate in a discussion with BFA students, moderated by Vice Dean Jodie Gates.
Choreographer Sir Matthew Bourne and Re:Bourne's executive director James Mackenzie-Blackman watch a studio showing and participate in a discussion with BFA students, moderated by Vice Dean Jodie Gates.
Choreographer Sir Matthew Bourne and Re:Bourne's executive director James Mackenzie-Blackman watch a studio showing and participate in a discussion with BFA students, moderated by Vice Dean Jodie Gates.
Choreographer Sir Matthew Bourne and Re:Bourne's executive director James Mackenzie-Blackman watch a studio showing and participate in a discussion with BFA students, moderated by Vice Dean Jodie Gates.
Choreographer Sir Matthew Bourne and Re:Bourne's executive director James Mackenzie-Blackman watch a studio showing and participate in a discussion with BFA students, moderated by Vice Dean Jodie Gates.
Choreographer Sir Matthew Bourne and Re:Bourne's executive director James Mackenzie-Blackman watch a studio showing and participate in a discussion with BFA students, moderated by Vice Dean Jodie Gates.
Choreographer Sir Matthew Bourne and Re:Bourne's executive director James Mackenzie-Blackman watch a studio showing and participate in a discussion with BFA students, moderated by Vice Dean Jodie Gates.
Choreographer Sir Matthew Bourne and Re:Bourne's executive director James Mackenzie-Blackman watch a studio showing and participate in a discussion with BFA students, moderated by Vice Dean Jodie Gates.
Choreographer Sir Matthew Bourne and Re:Bourne's executive director James Mackenzie-Blackman watch a studio showing and participate in a discussion with BFA students, moderated by Vice Dean Jodie Gates.
Choreographer Sir Matthew Bourne and Re:Bourne's executive director James Mackenzie-Blackman watch a studio showing and participate in a discussion with BFA students, moderated by Vice Dean Jodie Gates.
Choreographer Sir Matthew Bourne and Re:Bourne's executive director James Mackenzie-Blackman watch a studio showing and participate in a discussion with BFA students, moderated by Vice Dean Jodie Gates.
Choreographer Sir Matthew Bourne and Re:Bourne's executive director James Mackenzie-Blackman watch a studio showing and participate in a discussion with BFA students, moderated by Vice Dean Jodie Gates.
Choreographer Sir Matthew Bourne and Re:Bourne's executive director James Mackenzie-Blackman watch a studio showing and participate in a discussion with BFA students, moderated by Vice Dean Jodie Gates.
Choreographer Sir Matthew Bourne and Re:Bourne's executive director James Mackenzie-Blackman watch a studio showing and participate in a discussion with BFA students, moderated by Vice Dean Jodie Gates.
Choreographer Sir Matthew Bourne and Re:Bourne's executive director James Mackenzie-Blackman watch a studio showing and participate in a discussion with BFA students, moderated by Vice Dean Jodie Gates.
Choreographer Sir Matthew Bourne and Re:Bourne's executive director James Mackenzie-Blackman watch a studio showing and participate in a discussion with BFA students, moderated by Vice Dean Jodie Gates.

Sir Matthew Bourne visits for a day, watches BFA students perform repertory, and discusses acting and his career as a choreographer.

7. Fall for Forsythe begins with Focus Forsythe at USC Kaufman

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Fall for Forsythe kicks off at the Glorya Kaufman International Dance Center: Focus Forsythe gives students a chance to participate in a lecture-demonstration led by William Forsythe himself.

6. Ribbon cutting ceremony at Glorya Kaufman International Dance Center

President Nikias and Glorya Kaufman join USC Kaufman to celebrate the ribbon cutting of the Glorya Kaufman International Dance Center.
President Nikias and Glorya Kaufman join USC Kaufman to celebrate the ribbon cutting of the Glorya Kaufman International Dance Center.
President Nikias and Glorya Kaufman join USC Kaufman to celebrate the ribbon cutting of the Glorya Kaufman International Dance Center.
President Nikias and Glorya Kaufman join USC Kaufman to celebrate the ribbon cutting of the Glorya Kaufman International Dance Center.
President Nikias and Glorya Kaufman join USC Kaufman to celebrate the ribbon cutting of the Glorya Kaufman International Dance Center.
President Nikias and Glorya Kaufman join USC Kaufman to celebrate the ribbon cutting of the Glorya Kaufman International Dance Center.
President Nikias and Glorya Kaufman join USC Kaufman to celebrate the ribbon cutting of the Glorya Kaufman International Dance Center.
President Nikias and Glorya Kaufman join USC Kaufman to celebrate the ribbon cutting of the Glorya Kaufman International Dance Center.
President Nikias and Glorya Kaufman join USC Kaufman to celebrate the ribbon cutting of the Glorya Kaufman International Dance Center.
President Nikias and Glorya Kaufman join USC Kaufman to celebrate the ribbon cutting of the Glorya Kaufman International Dance Center.

USC Kaufman faculty, staff, and students celebrate the ribbon-cutting of the Glorya Kaufman International Dance Center with the visionary founder herself, Glorya Kaufman.

5. More Fall for Forsythe events

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Fall for Forsythe continues: the Choreographic Institute is launched in a three-day summit, including a discussion with Norah Zuniga Shaw and William Forsythe. BFA students participate in a LACMA showing of two site-specific William Forsythe works, Acquisition RYBG and Stellenstellen.

4. Celebrate Forsythe at the Music Center

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William Forsythe bows with the dancers of Houston Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, and San Francisco Ballet at Celebrate Forsythe at the Music Center | Photo courtesy LA Times

BFA freshmen and sophomores take a master class with Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Artistic Director Peter Boal before seeing the company perform alongside San Francisco Ballet and Houston Ballet in Celebrate Forsythe at the Music Center.

3. BFA Fall Dance Performance

USC Kaufman presents the BFA Fall Dance Performance of repertory, including works by George Balanchine, Alejandro Cerrudo, Paul Taylor, William Forsythe, Dwight Rhoden and more.

2. BFA Student Works Performance

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BFA students perform Dylan Balka’s “Conscious, certain” | Photo by Justina Gaddy

The BFA Student Works Performance showcases choreographic works by sophomore students, performed by both freshmen and sophomores, in the brand new performance studio.

1. Master class with Lil Buck and Jon Boogz

Lil Buck Teaching Kaufman Majors
Jon Boogz Teaching Popping Exercises to Kaufman Majors
Jon Boogz Teaching Popping Exercises to Kaufman Majors
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Lil Buck & Jon Boogz Teaching Kaufman Majors
Lil Buck & Jon Boogz Teaching Kaufman Majors
Lil Buck & Jon Boogz Teaching Kaufman Majors

Lil Buck and Jon Boogz teach a jookin’ and animation master class while here to perform for a USC Visions and Voices event.


By Celine Kiner