Orchesis is a modern and jazz dance program offered by Campus Recreation for dancers of all abilities and experience.
Full membership offers participants
Dance training through weekly modern and jazz dance classes.
Performance opportunities with yearly membership, such as Dance Motif, an annual concert showcasing Orchesis choreography and talent
Various technical styles of modern dance such as Limón, Graham, and Cunningham with floorwork, barré exercises and traveling movement phrases, accompanied by live musicians
Jazz classes emphasize the practice and perfecting of technique, within the jazz idiom
All classes consist of preparatory exercises, locomotor work across the floor, stretching and the learning of dance phrase combinations.
Annual student members are eligible to apply for the Dorothy Harris Dance Award and the Orchesis Summer Study Award
More detailed information about the program offerings can be found at www.uofaorchesis.org
