{"id":62599,"date":"2024-11-22T09:47:47","date_gmt":"2024-11-22T14:47:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/harlequin.local\/?p=62599"},"modified":"2024-11-22T09:47:50","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T14:47:50","slug":"why-the-university-of-south-carolina-believes-well-rounded-humans-always-make-the-best-dancers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/us.harlequinfloors.com\/en\/why-the-university-of-south-carolina-believes-well-rounded-humans-always-make-the-best-dancers\/","title":{"rendered":"Why the University of South Carolina Believes Well-Rounded Humans Always Make the Best Dancers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Next spring, Mia Sanderson will graduate from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sc.edu\/study\/colleges_schools\/artsandsciences\/theatre_and_dance\/dance\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">University of South Carolina\u2019s Betsy Blackmon Dance Program<\/a>&nbsp;with two degrees, completing four years of dance and advertising curriculums that now position her for several career options: Will it be professional company life or marketing for a dance organization? Maybe even musical theater, she says.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve definitely become a better version of myself,\u201d Sanderson says as she considers the education that brought her to this point. \u201cI\u2019m just going to see where the world takes me.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Betsy Blackmon Dance Program at USC\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8YsszGVe-co?start=2&enablejsapi=1#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sanderson\u2019s enviable flexibility is the result of professors like&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sc.edu\/study\/colleges_schools\/artsandsciences\/theatre_and_dance\/our_people\/directory\/deckert_jennifer.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jennifer Deckert<\/a>, USC\u2019s dance program director, who has never been interested in teaching a narrow path to success. \u201cIt\u2019s about way more than their passion for dance,\u201d she says. \u201cIt\u2019s their&nbsp;<em>passions<\/em>&nbsp;for life.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-prepping-for-the-stage-the-classroom-and-beyond\">Prepping for the Stage, the Classroom, and Beyond<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Deckert structures USC\u2019s program with this in mind, and the school offers two BA tracks:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sc.edu\/study\/colleges_schools\/artsandsciences\/theatre_and_dance\/dance\/study\/ba_performance_choreography\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Performance &amp; Choreography<\/a>, which supports double majors like Sanderson\u2019s, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sc.edu\/study\/colleges_schools\/artsandsciences\/theatre_and_dance\/dance\/study\/ba_dance_education\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dance Education<\/a>, which allows students to graduate with a K\u201312 teaching certificate. The latter nearly guarantees employment in the state of South Carolina, and makes getting a dance education position in another state much simpler.&nbsp;In addition, the program recently added a low-residency MA in Dance Studies, the first graduate program in dance in the state of South Carolina designed for working professionals.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"524\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/us.harlequinfloors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/uscstudios-photoby-JasonAyer-980x654-1-524x350.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-62600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/us.harlequinfloors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/uscstudios-photoby-JasonAyer-980x654-1-524x350.jpg 524w, https:\/\/us.harlequinfloors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/uscstudios-photoby-JasonAyer-980x654-1-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/us.harlequinfloors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/uscstudios-photoby-JasonAyer-980x654-1-525x350.jpg 525w, https:\/\/us.harlequinfloors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/uscstudios-photoby-JasonAyer-980x654-1-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/us.harlequinfloors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/uscstudios-photoby-JasonAyer-980x654-1-350x234.jpg 350w, https:\/\/us.harlequinfloors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/uscstudios-photoby-JasonAyer-980x654-1-250x167.jpg 250w, https:\/\/us.harlequinfloors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/uscstudios-photoby-JasonAyer-980x654-1-539x360.jpg 539w, https:\/\/us.harlequinfloors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/uscstudios-photoby-JasonAyer-980x654-1-900x601.jpg 900w, https:\/\/us.harlequinfloors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/uscstudios-photoby-JasonAyer-980x654-1.jpg 980w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 524px) 100vw, 524px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere are more avenues than a performance life,\u201d Deckert says. Alongside the BA in Dance with an emphasis in Performance &amp; Choreography, \u201cthere are degrees students can seek that will support them and continue to serve the dance community\u2014that may or may not be them continuing to perform full-time, but [they] are still integrated into our dance world.\u201d&nbsp;Common second majors or minors include Business, Political Science,&nbsp;Journalism, Media Arts,&nbsp;Pre-Med, Pre-Physical Therapy, Marketing, Biology, History, and Psychology.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-a-classical-foundation-with-room-for-play\">A Classical Foundation, With Room for Play<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The variety of options should not, however, be misconstrued for a lack of quality or intensity. USC\u2019s program is classically focused: Students take ballet four days a week and contemporary twice a week, supplemented with additional options like pointe, jazz, and West African dance.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey usually come to our dance building around 11 am every day, and then they\u2019re in rehearsals until about 5 pm,\u201d Deckert says. Evenings remain open to allow opportunities for enrichment beyond the studio or stage\u2014dance students are encouraged to attend sporting events, join Greek life, and expand their social and academic circles throughout the city of Columbia.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/us.harlequinfloors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/usc-sylphide-photoby-SadieWhitehead-980x653-1-525x350.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-62603\" srcset=\"https:\/\/us.harlequinfloors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/usc-sylphide-photoby-SadieWhitehead-980x653-1-525x350.jpg 525w, https:\/\/us.harlequinfloors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/usc-sylphide-photoby-SadieWhitehead-980x653-1-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/us.harlequinfloors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/usc-sylphide-photoby-SadieWhitehead-980x653-1-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/us.harlequinfloors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/usc-sylphide-photoby-SadieWhitehead-980x653-1-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/us.harlequinfloors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/usc-sylphide-photoby-SadieWhitehead-980x653-1-250x167.jpg 250w, https:\/\/us.harlequinfloors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/usc-sylphide-photoby-SadieWhitehead-980x653-1-540x360.jpg 540w, https:\/\/us.harlequinfloors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/usc-sylphide-photoby-SadieWhitehead-980x653-1-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/us.harlequinfloors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/usc-sylphide-photoby-SadieWhitehead-980x653-1.jpg 980w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPart of the reason why I chose USC is because it\u2019s in the South,\u201d says Sanderson, who\u2019s originally from Minnesota. \u201cI felt like if I had gone to another school, I wouldn\u2019t have gotten as much of an idea of the types of people that we live in the world with. It\u2019s really important to know that as an artist.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-coming-this-spring-the-joffrey-ballet-in-residency\">Coming This Spring: The Joffrey Ballet in Residency&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This level of engagement has also attracted industry leaders for on-campus residencies. Spring 2025 will include a three-week visit by Chicago\u2019s Joffrey Ballet, during which choreographer and rehearsal director Nicolas Blanc will create an original work on the company. Meanwhile, Betsy Blackmon Dance Company members will immerse themselves into The Joffrey Ballet\u2019s creative ethos: Gerald Arpino stagers will set historic choreography on the students, and they\u2019ll also learn a contemporary work created by a Joffrey company member.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s the foundation for something really special,\u201d says Catherine Eby, company manager of The Joffrey Ballet. \u201cIt\u2019s so exciting for students to have that opportunity to have insight into professional work.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The residency will be Joffrey\u2019s most extensive collaboration of its kind, resulting in a well-rounded performance slate of dance on campus: The company will present Blanc\u2019s original work and several pieces from its repertoire, and the students will perform two Arpino works and the contemporary piece. Additionally, Joffrey\u2019s music director, Scott Speck, will work with the USC Symphony Orchestra prior to performances directed by USC professor of music Scott Weiss. Throughout the residency, dancers will be able to take company class and observe The Joffrey Ballet in rehearsal. The company\u2019s community engagement director will also join the group in South Carolina and oversee a week of arts programming for community members across campus and throughout the state.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eby says the enthusiasm and curiosity of USC\u2019s students and faculty was what made agreeing to the residency a no-brainer. \u201cIt\u2019s not about where the school is,\u201d she says. The question is \u201cIs the faculty committed and excited to bring these kinds of opportunities, and are the students excited to have this opportunity? Both of those things are abundantly true at USC.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/us.harlequinfloors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/essencedefemme-uscdance-photoby-SadieWhitehead-980x653-1-525x350.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-62606\" srcset=\"https:\/\/us.harlequinfloors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/essencedefemme-uscdance-photoby-SadieWhitehead-980x653-1-525x350.jpg 525w, https:\/\/us.harlequinfloors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/essencedefemme-uscdance-photoby-SadieWhitehead-980x653-1-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/us.harlequinfloors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/essencedefemme-uscdance-photoby-SadieWhitehead-980x653-1-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/us.harlequinfloors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/essencedefemme-uscdance-photoby-SadieWhitehead-980x653-1-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/us.harlequinfloors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/essencedefemme-uscdance-photoby-SadieWhitehead-980x653-1-250x167.jpg 250w, https:\/\/us.harlequinfloors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/essencedefemme-uscdance-photoby-SadieWhitehead-980x653-1-540x360.jpg 540w, https:\/\/us.harlequinfloors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/essencedefemme-uscdance-photoby-SadieWhitehead-980x653-1-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/us.harlequinfloors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/essencedefemme-uscdance-photoby-SadieWhitehead-980x653-1.jpg 980w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-honoring-the-legacy-of-betsy-blackmon\">Honoring the Legacy of Betsy Blackmon<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The high quality of resources and engagement that attract companies like Joffrey are thanks in part to Tom and Jane Suggs. Last year, the couple made a donation in memory of their daughter, Betsy Blackmon, a beloved class of 2007 graduate who died of cancer in 2018. The newly renamed Betsy Blackmon Dance Program means greater support for students and funding for full-time faculty, guest artists, and state-of-the-art facilities.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been such an honor to have Betsy\u2019s name connected to our program,\u201d Deckert says. \u201cWe expect that it will continue to grow and support our dancers as they get this full experience at USC.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-audition-now-then-chart-your-own-course\">Audition Now, Then Chart Your Own Course<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Interested applicants can find details about auditions\u2014which are submitted via video only\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/sc.edu\/study\/colleges_schools\/artsandsciences\/theatre_and_dance\/dance\/auditions\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>. Deckert encourages students to apply no matter their background. \u201cWe\u2019re looking for dancers that have strong technique and a broad understanding of their bodies. Then we can help refine those skills and abilities in a variety of directions,\u201d she says.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/us.harlequinfloors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/usc-antique-epigraphs-photoby-JasonAyer-980x653-1-525x350.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-62609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/us.harlequinfloors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/usc-antique-epigraphs-photoby-JasonAyer-980x653-1-525x350.jpg 525w, https:\/\/us.harlequinfloors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/usc-antique-epigraphs-photoby-JasonAyer-980x653-1-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/us.harlequinfloors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/usc-antique-epigraphs-photoby-JasonAyer-980x653-1-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/us.harlequinfloors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/usc-antique-epigraphs-photoby-JasonAyer-980x653-1-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/us.harlequinfloors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/usc-antique-epigraphs-photoby-JasonAyer-980x653-1-250x167.jpg 250w, https:\/\/us.harlequinfloors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/usc-antique-epigraphs-photoby-JasonAyer-980x653-1-540x360.jpg 540w, https:\/\/us.harlequinfloors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/usc-antique-epigraphs-photoby-JasonAyer-980x653-1-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/us.harlequinfloors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/usc-antique-epigraphs-photoby-JasonAyer-980x653-1.jpg 980w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sanderson says it\u2019s actually better if you don\u2019t know which direction is yours yet. \u201cA lot of high school students go into their four years of college and they expect to become an older version of this person that they are as a senior in high school,\u201d she says. \u201cBut when you\u2019re taking so many classes and interacting with so many different people from different places, it creates a new version of yourself.\u201d She\u2019s excited and curious to find out what comes next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This article was originally published by DanceMagazine.com. You can read that full article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dancemagazine.com\/university-of-south-carolina-dance\/#gsc.tab=0\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>USC isn&#8217;t interested in a narrow path to success. \u201cIt\u2019s about way more than their passion for dance&#8230; It\u2019s their\u00a0passions\u00a0for life.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-primary btn-an harlequin-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/us.harlequinfloors.com\/en\/why-the-university-of-south-carolina-believes-well-rounded-humans-always-make-the-best-dancers\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3835,"featured_media":62612,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[210],"tags":[788,381,346,790,789],"class_list":["post-62599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press","tag-betsy-blackmore-dance-program","tag-harlequin","tag-harlequin-floors","tag-jennifer-deckert","tag-university-of-south-carolina-dance"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why the University of South Carolina Believes Well-Rounded Humans Always Make the Best Dancers | Harlequin Floors<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"USC isn&#039;t interested in a narrow path to success. \u201cIt\u2019s about way more than their passion for dance... 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