Harris Center Winter 2018-2019

Spotlight on Folsom Lake College: Dance
Students of dance at Folsom Lake
College not only learn how to perform
a variety of classical and contemporary
styles with proper technique and
kinesthetic awareness, they also
learn to identify the pioneers of dance
history, understanding the sociocultural
and historical context of each
style. Dance education at FLC is holistic,
cultivating a broad understanding of
dance as a movement theory and art
form, guiding students in the analysis
of dance as culturally meaningful.
Students can earn an Associate of Arts
Degree in Dance Studies from Folsom
Lake College, which paves the way for
possible employment opportunities in
a dance-related field or transfer as a
dance major to a four-year institution.
The Folsom Lake College Dance
Program offers courses in Ballet, Jazz,
Modern, Hip-Hop, Dance Composition
and Production, Musical Theatre Dance,
Intro to Dance, Dance Pedagogy, Theory
and Practice, Work Experience in Dance,
and World Dance History.
At the end of each semester, students
enrolled in FLC dance classes can
perform publicly as part of Evening of
Dance, a showcase that also features
work by the MOSAIC Dance Company.
Folsom Lake College's MOSAIC Dance
Company is a dance family of diverse
ages, ethnicities, shapes and sizes,
as well as varying social and cultural
backgrounds. The dancers in MOSAIC
perform an array of styles including
Ballet, Jazz, Tap, Hip-Hop, Contemporary
and Lyrical, Theatre Dance, and ethnic
forms such as Polynesian, Classical
Indian Bharata Natyam and Kathak,
West African, Brazilian Samba, Balinese
Legong, Classical Chinese dance and
Folklorico. Acting as ambassadors for
the greater Sacramento community,
MOSAIC performs and tours throughout
California. Its outreach and educational
projects include regular visits to the
Sacramento Children’s Home, local
elementary schools and the Folsom
Empire Ranch Alzheimer's Facility.
FACULTY
Debi Davis Worth
Professor of Dance and Anthropology
Dance Department Chair
Director, MOSAIC Dance Company
After twelve years living, dancing and
teaching in L.A., New York, London
and Japan, Debi Worth returned home
to the Sacramento area bringing her
experience and passion for dance to the
students at Folsom Lake College. While
in high school, she secured her first
professional contract with Music Circus's
Broadway Series Camelot, and from
there toured the U.S. and internationally,
including a trip to the Island Kingdom
of Tonga to dance for King Toupou's
78th birthday on the palace grounds.
Ms. Worth's professional dance career
was in musical theatre, after which she
moved to Japan for three years to teach
English and take a post as producer and
choreographer for the musical theatre
group, Hokkaido Players, and was invited
to choreograph a showcase for the NHK
televised Yosakoi Soran Dance Festival of
Sapporo City. She completed her Master's
degrees in Cultural Anthropology and
Dance Studies at the University of
Surrey, Roehampton in London while
she taught in the University's dance
department. Professor Worth developed
and now guides the dance program at
Folsom Lake College, including direction
of MOSAIC Dance Company, as well as
collaborative projects involving the
Folsom Lake College Dance, Theatre,
Music and Visual Arts departments,
including choreographing The 25th
Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,
Mussorgsky Celebration and Spring
Awakening.
Sunny Mitchell
Adjunct Professor of Dance
DEAN
Dr. B.J. Snowden
Visual and Performing Arts, Language
and Literature
2018/19 EVENING OF DANCE
PERFORMANCES
Featuring MOSAIC Dance Company
Thursday, December 6, 2018; 6 p.m.
Thursday, May 2, 2019; 6 p.m.
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