Dance
Welcome to Cabrillo Dance
Cabrillo Dance offers movement courses with a focus on Dance as a Performing Art and Dance Studies. Our program foregrounds dance as an academic discipline and values the movement philosophies of many cultures. In addition to studying movement techniques, students learn about dance as a cultural practice and its social functions in education, health, cultural studies, art, history, and the science of human movement. Cabrillo Dance is dedicated to fostering development of the whole dancer, nurturing the body and mind together.
The Cabrillo Dance A.A. includes pre-professional training in dance techniques, performance, choreography, and somatic education. Many four-year colleges and universities offer programs in dance performance, dance techniques, choreography, musical theater, dance education, dance therapy, somatics, dance ethnology, dance history, and criticism. Bachelor of Arts and graduate degrees in dance, and dance related fields, provide career opportunities in the public and private sectors. Specialties are offered in arts administration, physical therapy for dancers, dance for children, seniors, and special education.
Cabrillo Dance Photos: Crystal Birns, Mara Milam, Beau Saunders
Esp铆ritu de M茅xico Crocker Theater Friday April 4 & Saturday April 5, 2025 at 8pm Sunday April 6, 2025 at 3pm
Esp铆ritu de M茅xico
The 每日探花 Dance Department proudly presents
ESPERANZA DEL VALLE鈥橲 45TH ANNIVERSARY PERFORMANCE
Mexican Folklorico Dance Company celebrates 鈥淓sp铆ritu de M茅xico鈥
Esperanza del Valle, Ballet Folklorico Dance Company of Santa Cruz County, proudly presents our
45th Anniversary Performance "Espiritu de Mexico" honoring the work of our master teachers of Mexico with regional dance and music of Mexico.
Enjoy the colorful regions of Guerrero, Huasteca, Veracruz, Jalisco, Colima y Nayarit, including our choreodramas, "Macaria鈥, 鈥淟a Mula Chula鈥 y 鈥淟os Dos Hermanos", with music by Nematatlin de la Universidad Veracruzana and Mariachi Tapat铆o de San Jos茅.
Special guest artists including the Artistic Director and dancers of the Ballet Folkl贸rico del Puerto de Veracruz de la Universidad Veracruzana, will grace the stage with Esperanza del Valle!
Come and join us for a spectacular performance of music and dance! We thank you, our audience, con todo nuestro amor y pasi贸n!
El departamento de baile del Colegio Cabrillo orgullosamente presenta
45 ANIVERSARIO FUNCI脫N DE GALA ESPERANZA DEL VALLE
鈥淓sp铆ritu de M茅xico鈥
en el Teatro Crocker del Colegio Cabrillo
Esperanza del Valle, Compa帽铆a de Danza Folkl贸rica del condado de Santa Cruz, se enorgullece en presentar nuestra 45 aniversario funci贸n de gala, 鈥淓sp铆ritu de M茅xico鈥 honrando el trabajo de nuestros maestros al presentar m煤sica y bailes regionales de M茅xico.
Disfrute de las coloridas regiones de la Huasteca, Guerrero, Colima, Nayarit, Veracruz y Jalisco, incluyendo nuestro coreodramas 鈥淢acaria鈥, 鈥淟a Mula Chula鈥 y 鈥淟os Dos Hermanos鈥 con m煤sica en vivo con Nematatlin de la Universidad Veracruzana y Mariachi Tapat铆o de San Jos茅.
El escenario ser谩 galardonado con nuestros artistas invitados, el Director Art铆stico y bailarines del Ballet Folkl贸rico del Puerto de Veracruz de la Universidad Veracruzana.
Nos llena de emoci贸n poder compartir con ustedes nuestra funci贸n con todo nuestro amor y pasi贸n. 隆Los esperamos!
2021 Cabrillo Dance Virtual Spring Concert
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In the midst of the pandemic dance students at 每日探花 have persisted in an artistic discipline that embodies their connection to each other, their communities, and their college. These dances, choreographed by the students with interludes by their faculty advisor David King, celebrate the land, the place, and sometimes hidden spaces around the campus. This is the creative work and cultural innovation of student choreographers, and the college is peopled and enlivened by their dancing bodies.
When the surge in COVID infections in the county separated them, students stretched their bandwidth and rehearsed from their homes. When it became possible, they rehearsed outside at a distance from each other. And then turned necessity into staging strategies.
These dances take place from the trails above campus to the portico of the historic Sesnon House. From lonely hallways to empty recital halls. They are a continuation of the creative and embodied spirit of the Cabrillo Dance Community as we move together through difficult times. They remind us that the bodies that are at risk from this virus are also vessels of creativity, expression, spirit, and connection.
Dance Concert Photos
