Photos © by Fred Dearnley
On April 9, 2009, members of the UMF dancers will perform for our students, along with Artistic Director, Margaret Gould Wescott.
Thank you Margaret and Company for offering this amazing opportunity to our students. It surely will be an unforgettable performance. Merci Beaucoup!!!
As a former member of the company for four years, I personally can’t wait!!
Beth
Parents and Friends, rest assured, I put in a plea for a visit from Margaret's son, Seth Wescott (Olympic Gold Medalist in Snowboarding!) as well ….but as you can imagine his schedule takes him around the globe, far from South Freeport, Farmington and Sugarloaf these days. Margaret did, however, offer to come speak about his accomplishments and share mementos and films collected over his impressive career. That would be another welcome treat to look forward to! Thanks again!
From the UMF Dancers website:
The UMF Dancers is a post-modern, improvisational dance company committed to creating classes, dances, performances and lecture demonstrations around themes of race, social class and gender. Our work explores the integration of the body, mind, and spirit. We aim to create a community of dancers where tolerance of divergent points of view and affection exist.
The UMF Dancers are proud to be celebrating their 29th year as a modern dance company. We are located on the campus of The University of Maine at Farmington, which has been named the top public comprehensive college in the Northeast for 8 years in a row by the US News and World Report.
Although recently we are focusing on the contact improvisation form of dance, in the past, the company has studied the work of Rudolph Laban, African Dance, Dance and Text, Choreography, and has for the last 10 years been studying modern dance from a somatics point of view. Through the company we also have been able to study Dance History and have amassed an impressive video library through the Mantor Library.
We welcome you to explore our website, learn more about the history of the UMF Dancers, meet current and past members, and explore our photo gallery.
http://umfdancers.umf.maine.edu
Founder & Artistic Director Ms. Margaret Gould Wescott:
Margaret is a Maine native who is a student of dance and believes that mind/body/spirit is one word. She has been choreographing, teaching, performing, and directing dance events since 1967. She is the Founder and Artistic Director (1980). She is the co-author of The Maine State Dance Curriculum. Margaret is the past president of the Maine Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (MAHPERD). In 1998 Margaret was chosen as Maine's first Dance Educator of the Year by MAHPERD. Margaret is a bodyworker who graduated from the three year Rubenfeld Synergy™ training program in New York City in May of 1996. She is a member of the Visual and Performing Arts Department at UMF and is the proud mother of Sarah (35) and Seth (32) Wescott The twenty-fifth reunion concert of the UMF Dancers celebrated friendship, creativity, and the solidarity of intentional communities.
Thank you Margaret and Company for offering this amazing opportunity to our students. It surely will be an unforgettable performance. Merci Beaucoup!!!
As a former member of the company for four years, I personally can’t wait!!
Beth
Parents and Friends, rest assured, I put in a plea for a visit from Margaret's son, Seth Wescott (Olympic Gold Medalist in Snowboarding!) as well ….but as you can imagine his schedule takes him around the globe, far from South Freeport, Farmington and Sugarloaf these days. Margaret did, however, offer to come speak about his accomplishments and share mementos and films collected over his impressive career. That would be another welcome treat to look forward to! Thanks again!
From the UMF Dancers website:
The UMF Dancers is a post-modern, improvisational dance company committed to creating classes, dances, performances and lecture demonstrations around themes of race, social class and gender. Our work explores the integration of the body, mind, and spirit. We aim to create a community of dancers where tolerance of divergent points of view and affection exist.
The UMF Dancers are proud to be celebrating their 29th year as a modern dance company. We are located on the campus of The University of Maine at Farmington, which has been named the top public comprehensive college in the Northeast for 8 years in a row by the US News and World Report.
Although recently we are focusing on the contact improvisation form of dance, in the past, the company has studied the work of Rudolph Laban, African Dance, Dance and Text, Choreography, and has for the last 10 years been studying modern dance from a somatics point of view. Through the company we also have been able to study Dance History and have amassed an impressive video library through the Mantor Library.
We welcome you to explore our website, learn more about the history of the UMF Dancers, meet current and past members, and explore our photo gallery.
http://umfdancers.umf.maine.edu
Founder & Artistic Director Ms. Margaret Gould Wescott:
Margaret is a Maine native who is a student of dance and believes that mind/body/spirit is one word. She has been choreographing, teaching, performing, and directing dance events since 1967. She is the Founder and Artistic Director (1980). She is the co-author of The Maine State Dance Curriculum. Margaret is the past president of the Maine Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (MAHPERD). In 1998 Margaret was chosen as Maine's first Dance Educator of the Year by MAHPERD. Margaret is a bodyworker who graduated from the three year Rubenfeld Synergy™ training program in New York City in May of 1996. She is a member of the Visual and Performing Arts Department at UMF and is the proud mother of Sarah (35) and Seth (32) Wescott The twenty-fifth reunion concert of the UMF Dancers celebrated friendship, creativity, and the solidarity of intentional communities.
