{"id":19771,"date":"2013-04-08T16:52:02","date_gmt":"2013-04-08T21:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=19771"},"modified":"2013-04-08T16:52:02","modified_gmt":"2013-04-08T21:52:02","slug":"world-renowned-choreographer-meryl-tankard-hosts-master-class-for-acc-dance-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2013\/04\/08\/world-renowned-choreographer-meryl-tankard-hosts-master-class-for-acc-dance-students\/","title":{"rendered":"World Renowned Choreographer Meryl Tankard Hosts Master Class for ACC Dance Students"},"content":{"rendered":"

Australian choreographer Meryl Tankard<\/a>, known internationally for her work including the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games opening ceremony, led a master class with ACC dance students Friday, April 5.<\/p>\n

“I do enjoy teaching; it’s always different. I never know exactly what we’ll do until we meet the students,” says Tankard. “I like to work with a few improvisations to give students an idea of how I create my work.”<\/p>\n

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Meryl Tankard with ACC dance students<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tankard is touring the United States with her latest work, “The Oracle<\/a>.” Through partnership with Texas Performing Arts<\/a>, ACC students participated in a master class with the artist.<\/p>\n

“To have an international artist of her stature work with our students was amazing,” says Darla Johnson, founder of ACC’s Dance Department. “She and her partner shared their expertise and provided a rare workshop experience.”<\/p>\n

Tankard has held similar classes at Syracuse and Princeton universities and in Chicago and Denver.<\/p>\n

“It was a great experience,” says dance student Heather Bullock-Porter. “She brought out a side of myself I’m not used to expressing. It was a challenge, really made me think.”<\/p>\n

“Our students did an amazing job in the master class and represented ACC and Austin very well,” Johnson says.<\/p>\n

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Meryl Tankard works with ACC dance students in the master class<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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