Flatlands Dance Theatre presents "The Solo Series "

Choreographer Spotlight: Introducing Rosely Conz.

Rosely Conz is a Brazilian dancer, choreographer, and educator. She has an MFA from the University of Colorado at Boulder, an MA in Performing Arts, and a BFA in Dance from the University of Campinas-Brazil. For the past 15 years, Rosely has been performing and choreographing professionally for dance companies both in Brazil and in the USA. Rosely is on a tenure-track position at Alma College in Michigan where she continues her research on how to use dance to get involved in issues of foreignness, belongingness, and immigration.

Conz is working with dancer Molly Roberts to create a piece for "The Solo Series" - streaming online May 1-8. Tickets available at www.flatlandsdance.org/events

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Alma College Dance student in the media

For many across the globe, guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that were publicized to help fight the spread of COVID-19 were seen as an obstacle to normalcy. For first-year student Audrey Plouffe of Flint, they represented an opportunity. “CDC Guidelines,” a film Plouffe created as an assignment in Rosely Conz’s choreography class at Alma College, is currently being showcased at “OUtBreaK!” — a curated, online-only festival organized by the dance publication Rogue Dancer Journal.

Read the rest on the Morning Sun (link)

Uprooted selected for the Grand Rapids Feminist Film Festival


The dance for camera Uprooted, done in collaboration with professor Stephany Slaughter, from Alma College, is now part of the official selection of the Grand Rapids Feminist Film Festival (GRFFF).

The 2019 GRFFF is now in its sixth year and will be held at the Wealthy Theatre in Grand Rapids, MI, on October 27th. There will be panelists, and upwards of 25 short films from around the globe.

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