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AMPLIFIED – Summer Workshop for Pre/Professionals

Get back into our bodies and the studio with AMPLIFIED: AMP’s four-day summer workshop! Let’s move BIG, sweat, and explore mobility, length, momentum, and 3-D expansion, while amplifying our physical possibilities in a curious, uplifting, and enlivening environment. Led by AMP and Special Guest Artists, Taja Will and Darrius Strong. For pre/professional movers. Come as you are!

August 9-12
9:30am-12:30pm
Studio 5B at The Cowles Center
Pre-registration and drop-in options, subject to availability.
Synchronous virtual/online options available.

Schedule:
9:30-11:00am: Contemporary Movement Practice
Led by AMP’s Co-Director, Joanna Lees

11:00am-12:30pm: Improvisation is…Possible, Impossible, Remarkable
Led by Taja Will – August 9 and 12

11:00am-12:30pm: Movement Practice
Led by Darrius Strong – August 10 and 11

In-Person Registration and Rates:
Full Workshop: 9:30am-12:30pm, Monday-Thursday: $100
Half Workshop: 9:30-11:00am OR 11:00am-12:30pm, Monday-Thursday: $50

In-Person Drop-in Rates:
$15/practice or $28/day

Online options, information, and rates can be found here.
Rates range $12-$80.

No one turned away for lack of funds.

Questions? Email alternativemotionproject@gmail.com.

PC: Bill Cameron

Young Dance Performing Company Introductory Workshop

Join Program Director, Chitra Vairavan, and Artistic Director, Anat Shinar, for a Company Introductory Workshop on August 11 from 5:00-6:00 p.m. We’ll dance, talk, and answer questions about the performing company. Ages 7-18.

The Young Dance Company is a group of passionate dancers committed to exploring themselves and their world through dance.

Company members, ages 7-18, take weekly classes and rehearse on Saturdays, September through May. The company frames its annual season around a theme that immerses dancers in artistic inquiry and produces high quality, innovative performances. Dancers work with professional artists to investigate and collaborate on choreography relative to the selected theme. Their work is presented in venues throughout the year and in a season finale concert each spring.

Email Anat to RSVP, anat@youngdance.org.

Zenon – Summer Online and In Person

Zenon Dance School is very excited to continue our summer session with virtual and hybrid classes all summer long!

MONDAY
5:30pm: Cardio Dance Jam with Ariel Linnerson
5:30pm: Ballet for Contemporary Dancers with Anne Lentz

TUESDAY
9:30am: gaga/people with Berit Ahlgren – IN PERSON ONLY
5:30pm: All Levels Hip Hop with Arturo Miles
7:00pm: Beginning Jazz with Allison Rubin-Forester

WEDNESDAY
9:30am: Composition/Improvisation with HIJACK
5:30pm: Intermediate Contemporary/Modern with Ruby Josephine Smith – HYBRID
5:30pm: Beginning Ballet with Lisa Erickson

THURSDAY
9:30am: Advanced Contemporary/Modern with Erin Thompson – HYBRID
5:30pm: Afro Modern with Roxane Wallace
7:00pm: Intermediate Modern with Dustin Haug – HYBRID

FRIDAY
10:00am: All Levels Jazz with Erinn Liebhard and Karla Grotting – HYBRID
12:00pm: Intermediate Ballet with Penny Freeh

SATURDAY
9:00am: All Levels Yoga with Ariel Linnerson
10:00am: All Levels Tap with Dorian Brooke
10:15am: Youth Hip Hop, Ages 6-9 with Erin Sheppard
11:15am: Youth Ballet II, Ages 8-10 with Kendall Kramer
12:00pm: Beginning 2 Ballet with Benjamin Johnson

Register online today!

Concerto Dance by Jolene Konkel Summer Intensive

Join Concerto Dance for our Summer Intensive August 12-14!

Thursday and Friday: 2:00-5:00pm
Saturday: 9:00am-12:00pm

Schedule includes classes offered in both modern and jazz dance along with company rep taught by company members Sara Karimi, Besty G. Nelson, Sarah Steichen Stiles, and Artistic Director Jolene Konkel. Registration is now open for professional, pre-professional/college student, and advanced dancers ages 16 and older.

Classes are offered in person at limited capacity. A virtual option is available for dancers interested in joining remotely. See website for full class schedule and registration information.

Cost is $140 for full intensive. Financial assistance available, please inquire. See website for single classes or single day options.

 

BCL – Open House

Considering joining the BCL family? Join us at our studios for our annual Open House on August 14, 2021 from 12:00-3:00pm! Tour our studios, observe in-session classes, take a placement class, and meet one-on-one with our faculty members. While at our facility, we welcome you to learn more about all our programs including pre-professional, adult/teen, scholarships, performance ensembles and more. 

To learn more and register for a FREE placement class, click the link here: https://bit.ly/BCLopenhouse.

 

Ballet Royale: Beauty and the Beast Inspired Creative Story Ballet Workshop

Give your young dancer the joy of dance and performance!

On Saturday, August 14, Ballet Royale is offering a Beauty and the Beast-inspired Creative Story Ballet Workshop! This is our final story ballet workshop for the summer, and it includes a short performance at the end.

Recommended for ages four through nine.

Class sizes will be limited to maintain social distancing.

Saturday, August 14
Beauty and the Beast-inspired
10:00am-11:00am

Please visit our website by clicking HERE for more information, or contact the studio. We would love to dance with you!

BCL Adult/Teen Drop-In Classes

A light-skinned dancer in a red leotard reaches arms out in first arabesque

Join us for our adult/teen drop-in classes! 

Dance is for everyone! Get your body moving and enjoy a variety of dance and conditioning classes, including Pilates.

You can join us in-person, or virtually via Zoom. All attending dancers must sign-in on MindBody. Class sign-in will close 10 minutes before the class begins. Class size is limited to 10 dancers for in-studio.

Learn more or sign up for a class here: https://bit.ly/AdultTeenBCL

Katha Dance Theatre Summer Kathak Intensive

Katha Dance Theatre (KDT) has been teaching and performing Kathak, the North Indian classical dance form, for over three decades. Kathak is an elegant dance form characterized by rhythmic footwork, graceful hand gestures, pirouettes, lyrical movements, and storytelling. KDT is excited to be offering a two-week virtual Kathak intensive this August, to be co-taught by Kathak master Durga Arya-Krüger. Classes will be offered via Zoom on weekend mornings (taught by Ms. Arya-Krüger) and weekday evenings (taught by KDT instructors).

The intensive is open to anyone with two or more years of Kathak experience. Classes run from August 14-26 for the following groups:

Group A: Youth and adults with 2 or more years of Kathak experience.

Group B: Youth and adults with 4 or more years of Kathak experience.

Group C: Youth and adults with 5 or more years of Kathak experience. This includes intermediate students, interns, and KDT Company dancers.

If you are new to KDT, please email us at info@kathadance.org and we will help you determine your class placement.

For the full schedule and enrollment details, visit our website: https://kathadance.org/school/classes/summer-intensive-2021/

Young Dance Performing Company Preseason Camp

Join Chitra Vairavan and Anat Shinar for a preseason Performing Company camp! We’ll dance the mornings away exploring a variety of techniques with special guests, develop our improvisation and dance-making skills, and build community through movement activities. 

Company Preseason Camp
Monday-Thursday, August 16-19, 10:00am – 1:00pm
Location: Young Dance
Tuition: $133

The Young Dance company is a group of passionate dancers committed to exploring themselves and their world through dance.

Company members, ages 7-18, take weekly classes and rehearse on Saturdays, September through May. The company frames its annual season around a theme that immerses dancers in artistic inquiry and produces high quality, innovative performances. Dancers work with professional artists to investigate and collaborate on choreography relative to the selected theme. Their work is presented in venues throughout the year and in a season finale concert each spring.

Register: https://register.youngdance.org/