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Clubs & Activities - Dance Club & Dance Company
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Dance Club
Advisor - Ms. Wirth
Dance Club is made up of dedicated dancers looking to work on their dance techniques as well as learn choreography for the GBHS dance show, an Evening of Dance. Membres meet twice a week to rehearse with Mrs. Wirth, student choreographers, or special guest artists. No audition is required, however, some dance training is recommended.
Dance Company & Ensemble
Advisor - Ms. Rosso
Starting next year dance classes will count for the 2nd P.E. credit. Fitness for Life is required for graduation and dance may count as the 2nd credit for completion. All dance classes at GBHS next year can be taken for either a Fine Arts, P.E., or elective credit!
The GBHS Dance Company is made up of highly skilled dancers who have a strong ballet and lyrical background. Company members work one day per week in the dance studio with an award winning, national choreographer on dances that are performed in State and County Dance Festivals, along with our own Evening of Dance! Dance Company has auditions yearly. Interested students must see Ms. Rosso.
Ms. Rosso has been director of the Glen Burnie High School Dance Program for the past 35 years. What started as a few dance classes has expanded into a full daily program, plus a Dance Program. Ms. Rosso holds the title of Outstanding Arts Educator from the Maryland Alliance for Arts Education, Maryland Dance Teacher of the Year, Eastern District and National Finalist from the National Dance Association. She also received the Anne Arundel County Public Schools Spirit of Excellence Award, WBAL-TV Class Act Award and 2003 Finalist for Anne Arundel County Teacher of the Year.
Glen Burnie High School Dance Company and Dance Program
The Glen Burnie High School Dance Program was established by Ms. Dianne Rosso 35 years ago. The Dance Company is made up of selected, upper-level dance students who perform in all types of educational and entertainment situations. The daily dance program is the "largest" in the state of Maryland, and offers classes in all levels of dance including: Dance for the Athlete, Dance Company, beginning, and intermediate dance classes.
Dancers have performed and provided entertainment for many events and organizations, including: Chesapeake Center for the Creative Arts "A Celebration of Dance," "Helping Give Hope" benefit for NCEON, the Kunta Kinte Heritage Festival, the Anne Arundel County Board of Education Human Relations Celebration, the Northern Anne Arundel Chamber of Commerce "Educational Excellence" dinner, the Kennedy Kreiger Institute "Festival of Trees," Marley Station Mall, Annapolis Mall, Glen Burnie Mall, Chesapeake Academy, World Trade Center in Baltimore, Maryland Media Educators Association, Delta Kappa Gamma Association, and the Anne Arundel County Retired Teachers Association. Company members have performed at Anne Arundel Community College for the Maryland LEA Superintendent's Secretaries Organization, the Anne Arundel County Teacher of the Year Banquet, Cambridge Maryland Christmas Festival of Lights, the Glen Burnie Chamber of Commerce Children's Christmas Party, the Glen Burnie Rotary, the EDA/AAHPERD Dance Gala in Washington,
D.C., the MAHPERD Convention in Annapolis, Maryland, the National Dance Week Presentations at the Anne Arundel County Board of Education, and GBHS Cultural Arts Evenings, along with numerous nursing homes and elementary and middle schools. Dance Company members have performed in Anne Arundel County Dance Festivals and GBHS is the "only" Maryland High School selected consecutively to participate in the Maryland High School Dance Showcase. The company also participates in GBHS's "Evening of Dance" production held twice a year, which features "all" dance classes at Glen Burnie High School. Dance Ensemble was selected to perform at the Kennedy Center in Washington D. C. Educator's Forum.
Some of the students from Ms. Rosso's Dane Program have gone on to become high school dance teachers. Others have performed in college dance companies, professional companies, for Disney, in Las Vegas, are working on Broadway, performing with the Radio City Music Hall "Rockettes," and have opened dance studios of their own. Ms. Stracey Wirth was a Dance Company member and one of Ms. Rosso's students.
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