The Department of Communication, Media, and the Arts presents Dance Awareness Day, offering a series of free dance classes to the community on Oct. 18. The event is also open high school and college students to those in the tri-county area.
“We have people from Broward College come and join, we also invite high school dance programs. We have schools coming from Wellington and Miami, so from all over the tri-county area,” said Elana Lanczi, NSU associate professor of dance.
The event will feature a variety of dance styles such as hip-hop, jazz and tap and will be taught by NSU dance faculty. NSU dance majors will also get the opportunity to lead some workshops.
Madison Cantor, junior dance major, will be teaching her favorite dance style, jazz-funk.
“Jazz-funk is definitely my favorite style since I can express high energy and my sassier side,” Cantor said. “It is an important event, it helps promote dance, the arts and the program, but also allows students to take classes in a very judgment-free space or explore new styles that they’ve never done before or even just explore dance in general as a way of movement and exercise in a comforting space.”
The event will take place on Oct. 18, the dance classes will occur from 9 a.m. to noon. Classes will be held in the Don Taft University Center room 233, Performance Theatre and the Miciaci Center from 1 to 2 p.m. There will be an informal presentation in the Performance Theatre followed by a Q&A where the faculty will talk about different careers and opportunities in dance.
“I hope that people feel encouraged to come out and try something new, meet new people and hopefully gain a greater appreciation for all the different styles of dance,” Lanczi said. “For our high school students, we hope that they can experience what it’s like to dance in college.”
For more information:
Contact Elana Lanczi at lanczi@nova.edu
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