{"id":513,"date":"2025-11-17T15:17:25","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T15:17:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/pre-college\/?page_id=513"},"modified":"2025-11-25T14:56:47","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T14:56:47","slug":"makers-and-movers-a-dance-intensive","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/pre-college\/programs\/makers-and-movers-a-dance-intensive\/","title":{"rendered":"Makers and Movers: A Dance Intensive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Experience moving and making with our renowned Montclair State Dance Faculty! The <strong>Makers and Movers Summer Dance Intensive<\/strong> offers dancers the opportunity to build their technique with classes in contemporary, jazz, and West African dance, while also creating their own solo dance works and developing a group performance piece. In addition, students will have the opportunity to explore New York City, dance capitol of the world, on a one day field trip.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dance is a powerful art form that encourages communication and helps us find our commonalities as well as celebrating uniqueness. This intensive highlights the collaborative nature of dance allowing you to make close connections with your peers and teachers as you explore moving and dance making.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">During the week-long program, you will:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Strengthen your dance technique<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Develop a creative idea into your own choreography<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Learn a piece with an established choreographer<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Explore NYC and see a show<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Put on a performance for parents, friends, and faculty<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">NOTE: participation in this program will count as a successful pre-screen that is part of the audition admission requirements for the BFA and BA in dance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Makers and Movers: A Dance Intensive will run during Session I: Sunday, July 12 \u2013 Saturday, July 18, 2026. <a href=\"https:\/\/apply.montclair.edu\/register\/precollege2026\">Apply Today<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Program Directors<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Professor Elizabeth McPherson<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:mcphersone@montclair.edu\">mcphersone@montclair.edu<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/theatre-and-dance\/\">Department of Theatre and Dance<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Professor Maxine Steinman<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:steinmanm@montclair.edu\">steinmanm@montclair.edu<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/theatre-and-dance\/\">Department of Theatre and Dance<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Experience moving and making with our renowned Montclair State Dance Faculty! The Makers and Movers Summer Dance Intensive offers dancers the opportunity to build their technique with classes in contemporary, jazz, and West African dance, while also creating their own solo dance works and developing a group performance piece. In addition, students will have the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":87,"featured_media":561,"parent":26,"menu_order":10,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-513","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/pre-college\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/pre-college\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/pre-college\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/pre-college\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/87"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/pre-college\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=513"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/pre-college\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/513\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":581,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/pre-college\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/513\/revisions\/581"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/pre-college\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/pre-college\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/pre-college\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}