Lorelei Bayne, Choreographic Toolkit
Level:  All
What do we dance about? This class is designed to inspire the dance instructor/choreographer's creativity for making dances, and also serves to explore tools for inspiring their students' in discovering their own individual choreographic voices. How do we extract the essences of movements, ideas, and imageries, and transform them into both composed and improvised movement? Focus will be on the creative process and the manipulation of the elements of time, space, and energy. We will use improvisation, text, and collaboration to explore the creation of choreographic language through a variety of view points and explore various approaches to shaping content that can be applied to solo, duet and group forms.

Dance and Movement A.I.R.
Randee Paufve, Technique Class
Level:  All
This class weaves together ideas about technique and performance by integrating rigorous technical movement with the art of expressive dancing. Built from a performance-oriented combination developed through shorter, modified sequences, we move from an easeful warmup into big, swooping, topsy-turvy dancing that plunges through space with rawness and refinement. With an emphasis on phrasing supported by exhilarating music, we access the bodily and spatial pathways necessary to dance the complex, detailed combination at the end of class. Students are encouraged to experiment with range and scope, to nurture a holistic sense of their bodies in motion, to cultivate a 360-degree awareness of space and to employ technique as a tool to support artistic expression.

 
Bayne/Paufve, Performance Ensemble
Level:  All
Randee Paufve and Lorelei Bayne will each teach sections of their respective repertory's that will be performed by the participants of the class at the final showing. Excerpts of exciting and diverse works will be learned and coached for performance.

Karen Toon, Tap Master
Level:  Intermediate/Advanced
This five day course will focus on the Musicality of Tap Dancing including Latin rhythms and swingy jazz.  A variety of paddle roll and crawl techniques will be practiced.  Two to four choruses of choreographed material will be shared to be performed at the informal dance performance at the conclusion of the workshop.  If you love to move to the music and contribute to the music through the sound and the rhythms created by your Taps; this class is for you.

Indah Boyle, Ballet
Level:  All
In this class, Indah will share instruction that has helped her to understand ballet technique and how it applies to any style of dance.  Indah uses a variety of music as an attempt to make ballet class more inviting to the non-ballerina.  Combinations are carefully crafted for the dancer to focus on technique while finding freedom of movement and artistry.  Having started ballet training at the age of 18, Indah was behind in technique and faced many physical challenges and limitations.  This ballet class highlights ideas that have helped Indah overcome these challenges and become a stronger dancer.

Ruth Rosenberg, Choreography
Level:  All
This class focuses on new or forgotten tools and techniques that can be used by either teacher or student to create dances. We’ll explore elements of the craft of choreography, and work with various elements such as text, visual art, props and structured improvisation.

Deborah Flemming, Choreography
Level:  All
Composition through improvisation is very scary for our students. Over the years, I have found, learned, and borrowed from master teachers various ways to introduce and practice improvisation and build compositions that are not so threatening and scary. I will lead us through ideas, activities and methods I use to help students become comfortable with improvisation. There will also be lots of activities and materials offered that are easy to use in helping students successfully craft compositions from their improvisational explorations.

Wahida Sharman, GYROKINESIS®
Level:  All
This class will change how you move and how you teach movement. The focus will be to move your body seamless and effortlessly through the natural arching, curling, and spiraling motions of the spine. You will be guided through these exercises while seated, lying and in standing. The movements are smoothly and harmoniously connected through the use of rhythmic breath patterns leaving your spine supple, joints flexible, organs stimulated and muscles powerful to support your newly found freedom.

Randy Solorio, Latin dance
Level:  All
This class will give basic rhythm, steps and combinations for the latin dances, Cha Cha, Salsa and Merengue. You will learn both side of the dances, lead and follow. Working with a partner will give you an understanding of cooperation and capabilities of others.

Stephanie Hopper, Hip Hop
Level:  All
This class incoporates basic moves of hip-hop such as: grooves, waves, and dead-stops. A lot of the movement is focused on portraying the sounds of the drums, bass, and other various instruments that are used in hip-hop music.

Raychel Price, Hip Hop
Level:  All
Class Description TBA

Ed Brazo, Musical Theater Class - Broadway Dance!
Level:  All
The participants in class will be given a very brief lecture about musical theater and Broadway dance/choreography foundation and history. This will be followed by a series of warm-up exercises, across-the-floor combinations of simple steps, followed by musical theater, acting related dance routines. A full-length dance or section of a dance from a typical Broadway musical, past or present will end each class. This is a very HIGH ENERGY and physical class and there will be incorporation of the voice.

Ana Frenes, Yoga
Level:  All
This class is designed to dance assist teachers who would like to include yoga techniques within their dance curriculum. The focus will be on organizing material for short class periods, exposing students to yoga philosophy and restorative yoga for teachers. Ideas for partner yoga, relaxation techniques and use of props will be emphasized. Teachers will need to bring their own mats. Yoga blankets, straps and blocks would also be helpful.