Rosemount High School Dance Department
Dance is a way to find yourself and lose yourself...all at the same time.
The dance department provides opportunities for all students to explore the art of dance. Whether you have never had a formal dance class or have studied dance most of your life, we have a class for you. As a part of the dance department students take class daily. Units of study consist of Jazz, Musical Theatre, Contemporary, Hip-Hop, Lyrical/Ballet, Modern (Limon, Horton techniques), Social Dance Forms, Composition, Improvisation, Dance History & Criticism. During the year we have multiple guest artists, field trips, and performance opportunities.
Also, dancers have the opportunity to travel with the dance department on both domestic and international trips. This is not required but is an amazing experience for those interested. The dance department has traveled to Chicago, Hawaii, Spain, Italy & Puerto Rico.
THE DANCE DEPARTMENT EXPLORES CHICAGO!
January 13th - 15th, 2023
Every three years students have the opportunity to travel to Chicago to take master classes, attend shows & take in the sights of Chicago.
Millennium Park - "The Bean"
Commercial Jazz Dance at The Original Gus Giordano Dance School
DANCERS ROCKED THIS COMBINATION THEY LEARNED IN 20 MINUTES!
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Christina Morris is currently in her twenty-third year as the dance educator at Rosemount High School. Christina teaches three levels of dance technique classes, Swing & Latin Dance, Advanced Dance Technique & Performance and an academic intervention strategies class. She is also the artistic director of the Modern Dance Company and Winter Dance Performance, and is the choreographer of multiple musical productions.
Christina is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin - River Falls, where she earned her undergraduate degree in Psychology and Dance, and of Concordia University, where she completed a Masters of Education degree in Curriculum & Instruction. She also attended the University of New Mexico where she received a Bachelor of Science degree in Health Education & completed additional master’s coursework in Choreography & Dance Performance. While attending the University of New Mexico Christina performed for three years as a principal dancer and choreographer with the Albuquerque based dance company, Keshet, under the direction of Shira Greenberg. Her professional affiliations include Dance Educators’ Coalition and National Dance Education Organization.
As an educator, Christina believes in creating a space where students are encouraged to take risks, make mistakes, and embrace differences. She believes there is nothing more rewarding than witnessing a student’s journey as they discover their own artistic voice.