October2022_CollegeNews

Michelle Nance was invited to teach a master class entitled “Metered Movement” at Texas Dance Improvisation Festival, hosted at Texas State. LeAnne Smith directed Opening Door Dance Theatre, in addition to choreographing and performing in a new work (Threshhold), featuring alumni and faculty members: Kaysie Seitz Brown, Samantha Furry, Misti Galvan, Amanda McCorkle, and Michelle Nance . LeAnne Smith served her final stint as Artistic Director of Opening Door Dance Theatre (ODDT). Founded in 1984 by Karen Earl, Sandy Rodriguez, and LeAnne Smith, ODDT was created to serve the needs of advanced students by providing a pre-professional training arena for future dance artists. Through its first 38 years, Opening Door Dance Theatre has brought a wide array of internationally and nationally respected choreographers and performers to the theatre. The company continues to strive to present dance that is accessible to diverse audiences in the San Marcos and surrounding areas. We are all human movers and this movement that connects us is the very art of dance and of life itself. DANCE SPOTL IGHT College of Fine Arts and Communication | 11