March 9, 2021
Story by Joe Vinduska
Photo by Brandon Steinert
Barton Community College is hosting the first round of in-person auditions for its dance company, Barton Dance Theatre, and dance scholarship awards, from 10 a.m.-12 noon, March 27 in Studio 34, located in the Sunflower housing units on Barton’s campus.
Dance Coordinator Danika Bielek said students considering a job or career in dance, or becoming a dance major, should consider what Barton’s Dance Department has to offer.
“This is a great opportunity for students who enjoy dancing,” she said. “Barton’s Dance Department offers competitive performance award scholarships that can help pay for school while students continue to grow as dancers in a nurturing and creative environment.”
Barton Dance Theatre strives to:
• Give dance students an understanding of what it is like to dance in a dance company.
• Give dance majors and students pursuing other majors the opportunity to continue their love of dancing in college.
• Expose dance students to a variety of dance styles, and how to perform them.
• Give students experience dancing at different of venues, for a variety of audiences.
• Increase dance students’ knowledge of healthy practices for performers: nutrition, maintaining a healthy body, and social aspects of a dance company.
• Create technically strong and resilient dancers while learning to perform dance as an art form.
• Expose dance majors to university dance program options to consider transferring into after Barton.
To be considered for company placement, dance students must have at least two years of dance experience and plan to attend Barton in the fall of 2021. Once accepted, students will register for DANC 1001 Barton Dance Theatre (2 credits) meeting Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6:30-8 p.m.
Barton’s Performing Arts Dance Program is offering generous performance scholarships to both Barton Dance Theatre members. The dance program is also providing scholarships for students who wish to take other dance classes.
Register here: Registration Form. If you have questions, please contact Barton Dance Instructor Danika Bielek at (620) 792-9253 or bielekd@bartonccc.edu.