Contact
email: gaelicfusion@yahoo.com
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Thank you
for your interest in Gaelic Fusion Dance Company. The Company was founded
almost six years ago by a small group of Scottish Highland Dancers. The vision
of the company has always been to creatively build on Scottish music, dance
styles, costumes and traditions fusing it with other art forms. Most of the
GFDC dancers are adults with full-time jobs during the day. To give our
choreography and performances the time, energy, and practice they deserve we
have had to limit the shows and events we are able accept to about four per
year.
Here are
the guidelines we use to accept performances:
- There is a performance fee
charged (like the old idiom says, “You have to pay the piper.”)
- Proximity of performance
location to Madison, WI
- Performances must be scheduled
for evenings or weekend days, due to dancers’ full-time work schedules.
- Performances must be scheduled
at least three months in advance.
- A wooden stage is necessary (we
prefer 20’x30’ for most of our dances, but at least 16’x16’ in size)
- Length of show affects the fee
- Professional sound system with
CD player capabilities and microphone are required.
- Dancers typically have several
costume changes and it is helpful to have a nearby dressing room.
GFDC has many dancers with decades of experience. The unexpected
events and venues we have worked with in the past have led us to develop these
guidelines. We hope these guidelines help to inform and avoid any
misunderstandings in hiring GFDC.
With appreciation,
Gaelic Fusion Dance Company
gaelicfusion@yahoo.com
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Silvie Marlette is a member of the British Association of Teachers of Dancing (BATD) and the Federation of United States Teachers Association (FUSTA) in Highland dance. Silvie has twice attended the Ohio Scottish Arts School summer program. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee with a Bachelor of Science in Architectural Studies (BSAS), (magna cum laude) with a major in Architecture and a minor in Art History & Criticism. She has worked on more than thirty commercial projects since graduating from UW-Milwaukee in 2006. She is scheduled to complete her Master of Architecture degree from McGill University in the summer of 2012.
Silvie began dancing at three years old, throughout the years she has studied a variety of dance forms including: Scottish, Irish, ballet, jazz, and hip-hop as well as participating in several fitness classes including: Pilates, Hatha yoga, and Zumba. In total she has been Scottish dancing with several groups in Wisconsin for twenty plus years. She was a successful Premier dancer winning numerous medals and awards in competitions throughout the Midwest. She currently teaches Scottish dancing to new students. She is also a choreographer, teacher and performer of Gaelic Fusion Dance Company. She is very interested in various art forms and the use of different mediums for expression. She feels compelled to learn more about different music, media, and cultures. Culture is an integral part of Silvie's life and she enjoys celebrating her ancestors' traditions.
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Maggie
Thompson-co-founder/director, is a member of the British Association of
Teachers of Dancing-BATD and the Federation of United States
Teachers Association-FUSTA in highland dance. She also holds a B.S.
in Dance Education from The University of Michigan. Maggie is a
member of the Call for Peace Drum and Dance Company, St. Andrew’s Society of
Madison, and the Wisconsin Dance Council-Board of Directors. Maggie
has performed highland dance throughout the U.S.,
Canada, Scotland, and Egypt. She has won
numerous medals and trophies in highland dance competitions. She has
taught Celtic dance for the Madison
Metropolitan School
system under an Evjue Foundation grant. Also, she has taught for
UW-Extension in highland dance. In addition to teaching highland dance, Maggie
has taught ballet, modern and fitness classes at Western
Michigan University,
Kalamazoo Valley Community College,
and Portage Public Schools Adult Education. She is the founder and
former director of the Heather Highland Dancers and a past member of the
Caledonian Scottish Dancers of Milwaukee.
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