Opening Day – July 6 2021

11:30 am – 12:30 pm Registration and Check In
1:00 pm – 1:45 pm Meet and Greet (Anna Gravenkamp)
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Hip Hop with Jackie “Miss Funk” Lopez
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm Modern/Contemporary with AIR Vincent Thomas

Class Schedule: Wednesday – Friday

	Wednesday July 7	Thursday July 8	Friday July 9
Warm-ups 8:30-9:00am	Warm-ups Vincent Thomas	Warm-ups Vincent Thomas	Warm-ups Vincent Thomas
Period 1 9:10-10:30am	Moving Modern/ Contemporary Themes Vincent Thomas	Moving Modern/ Contemporary Themes Vincent Thomas	Moving Modern/ Contemporary Themes Vincent Thomas
Period 1 9:10-10:30am	Language of Dance Shana Habel	Merge Power Flow Kellie Johnston	Whacking Janelle Perez
Period 2 10:40am-12:00pm	Art Making Vincent Thomas	Art Making Vincent Thomas	Art Making Vincent Thomas
Period 2 10:40am-12:00pm	The Legacy of Paul Taylor Rachel Berman	The Legacy of Paul Taylor Rachel Berman	Musical Theater Oscar Gonzalez
Period 2 10:40am-12:00pm	Progressions Oscar Gonzalez	Ballet Jaclyn Attefat	Ensemble Mvmt Theatre Kevin Kane
Lunch Break 12:00-1:00pm	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch
Period 3 1:10-2:30pm	The Movement in the Music-Jazz Dance Pat Taylor	The Movement in the Music-Jazz Dance Pat Taylor	Jazz Christy McNeil Chand
Period 3 1:10-2:30pm	Embody You Akari Takahashi	Tap Adv Sam Katz	Healing through Contemporary Dance Jamie Child
Period 3 1:10-2:30pm	Tap Beg/Int Summer Williams	Yoga, Movement, Self-Care Elissa Dawn	Afro/Carribean Erin Landry
Sharing Insights 2:30-3:30pm	Improvisation ideas, how to structure student choreography	Nutrition and social/emotional health	D&M 2022 Planning
Evening Activities	“Le Petit Rat” Screening/Q & A Vera Wagman	AIR Concert	Banquet

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Tuition: $285 Early Bird Pricing Through April 30 (CDEA Members Receive Discount)

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Class Descriptions

Moving in Modern / Contemporary Themes – Vincent E. Thomas

In this highly physical class, participants will find an organic freedom in movement while expanding their physical, expressive and technical ranges. Acknowledging the realities and themes of a modern/contemporary body and society in which we live assist in navigating the physical experience.

Art Making – Vincent E. Thomas

In this choreographic workshop, participants will explore a variety of creative structures for art-making. We will explore personal narratives, text and movement, and other stimulating sources to build art. Participants will interview, write and/or use an assortment of text/literature as the springboard for explorations.

Repertory / Performance (What’s Going On mash-up) – Vincent E. Thomas

This repertory and performance class will focus on celebrations and concerns in our community as participants brainstorm and discover action steps towards solutions for the concerns. Vincent takes inspiration from and looks through the lens of Marvin Gaye’s transcendent music and finds a reflection of the world today. Using repertory phrases from the national touring work What’s Going On, the participants will also bring their personal voices to the physical work. The Repertory/Performance class will perform an excerpt for the concert.

Healing Through Contemporary Dance – Jamie Child

This contemporary dance class will give students the opportunity to build their technique while also connecting to and processing their own emotions through movement. We will learn a warm-up, a few across the floors as well as a combination that can be used as an outlet for you, as well as something to take back to your students.

The Legacy of Paul Taylor – Rachel Berman

Ms Berman spent more than a decade performing lead roles with the Paul Taylor Dance Company as an integral part of the creative process of the man deemed the “world’s greatest living choreographer.” With Mr. Taylor’s passing in August of 2018, keeping his legacy alive is of the utmost importance. Drawing upon his wide range of movement styles and genres, Ms. Berman will offer students a “taste” of the beautiful and lyrical, satirical, humorous, or the depraved side of society Taylor sought to depict. The class will focus on the use of the torso and back, spirals, grounded weight, and the fluid curves that are so prevalent in this highly athletic vocabulary.  While concentrating on select excerpts from Taylor repertoire, students will find their own voice within it. 

Relating through the Language of Dance – Shana Habel

In this workshop, participants will explore spatial relationships through the Language of Dance. Language of Dance, or LOD, is a unique tool for exploring, creating and recording dance through the use of symbols. It is the only approach to movement study and dance that is based on the Movement Alphabet, and encourages an intellectual understanding of dance, providing a language for discussion and evaluation as well as a sound  framework for the dance-making process. Together we will explore, create and relate using the Movement Alphabet!

Whacking – Janelle Perez

Whacking – A dance that manifested from the disco era (1970s) from Los Angeles. The definition of whacking is “striking with force”. This class will focus on vocabulary such as lines, overheads, poses and going over “punking” which is the feeling and energy behind the dance. Inspired by super hero cartoons such as Batman, the dancers used onomatopoeia’s “whack”, “boom”, and  “pow” to contribute to the dance. This is how the word “Whacking” came about. The dance originated from the LGBTQ club scene; a dance that bloomed out of oppression and transcended into folks finding their voice and power through this movement. 

Progressions / Musical Theater – Oscar Gonzalez

Progressions: This class is focused on complete body control, alignment, strength, & flexibility. I will incorporate some specific warm-up techniques utilizing resistance stretching. I will be teaching across the floors which will start out with basic walking and I will add layers throughout the class. Working on basic turn exercises across the floors, which will end with a short turning combination. Learning to break down and layer jumps across the floor, specifically leaps, grand fouettés, etc. Breaking down and layering turns, specifically, Attitude, Arabesque, Pirouettes, Piqué Turns, etc.

Musical Theater: A fun energetic class learning choreography staging, formations, male/female options. I will be teaching my own original choreography to 2-3 different musicals. Musicals are still TBD, but I will give variation in dance styles for each piece.  They will all be fun, energetic, and filled with style. I will be incorporating level options so that it can be used for every level. (beg/int/adv) Be ready to have fun and dance your hearts out.

Ensemble Movement Theatre – Kevin Kane

“Each person has a literature inside them.” 

Anna Deavere Smith

“All of these metaphors: jigsaw pieces, orchestras or jazz groups, guests visiting houses, stars in the sky, families and societies, interdependent vital organs – evoke and express in someway a tension at the heart of ensemble, between collective endeavor and individual contribution. Ensemble is a communal, shared enterprise generated by unique, highly differentiated individuals.”

John Britton

These interactive, experiential workshops explore the process of building a versatile group of dance artists through learning the fundamentals of ensemble movement theatre and the (simulated) creation of an original devised ensemble movement theatre project. Utilizing a multidisciplinary approach to ensemble movement theatre, teacher participants will participate in dance and theatre games, physical theatre techniques, movement making and choreographic activities, reflective and creative writing, and gesture and vocal work, with the goal to collect creative tools they can use to help their students build a unified ensemble and develop original movement performance material. Centering communication, community building, and group collaboration as part of the creative process ensures that students form a tight knit cohort, invested in the social, emotional and artistic growth of their peers and committed to their own development as artists and community members. The thematic focus of these workshops is individual and group identity, asking and responding to the following essential questions: who am I, who are we, where are we from, who and what has helped us get where we are, and WHAT IS MY STORY…? 

Beg/Int Tap – Summer Williams

Learn a variety of Tap warm ups and drills to build technique, and musicality in Tap class. From Cramp Rolls to Improvisation, learn creative ways to challenge your students, differentiate for a variety of skill levels. and build your student’s confidence. This class is great for teaching students who have little to no tap experience.

Ballet Basics for Teachers – Jaclyn Riesz Attefat

This course will demonstrate how fundamental ballet techniques can reinforce training concepts that align with skills necessary for all forms of dance, as well as physical education. Teachers taking this course will learn to: ease students into the study of ballet in a public school setting, introduce basic concepts of ballet, develop an interest in the artistry and athleticism of ballet, and introduce academic language appropriate for the study of ballet. Teachers will learn to encourage in their students:  a self-awareness necessary for classical posture and weight placement, coordination and control necessary to achieve whole body movements and sustain positions in ballet, the ability to achieve elevation, an understanding of spatial awareness, and how to create dynamic values in their performance.

Embody You – Akari Takahashi

Embody You Dance is not about looking like a graceful, professional dancer on TV. Actually, it’s far away from that. Embody You’s mission is to allow you to fully express yourself without judgement, doubt, and fear. We will learn about the function of our brain for optimal expression and learn how to use the voice, body, and breath to connect deeply with our empowered, creative selves. 

The Movement in Music: Jazz Dance – Pat Taylor

“The Movement in the Music: Jazz Dance” encapsulates choreographer Pat Taylor’s signature style and approach to embodying through dance, the history/heritage, socio-cultural contexts, and aesthetic qualities of jazz music. This class emphasizes musicality, dynamic range and juxtaposition, jazz dance movement vocabulary, and the melding of physicality with individual creative expression.

Yoga, Movement and Self-Care – Elissa Dawn Strutton

Elissa’s classes integrate focused intention, breath work, traditional asana, core awareness exercises, dynamic and functional movement, restorative postures and guided Yoga Tune Up® therapy ball rolling techniques.  Increase mobility, build strength, improve body awareness, relieve tension patterns and leave feeling centered and renewed as a result of this unique, embodied experience.

Relating through the Language of Dance – Shana Habel

In this workshop, participants will explore spatial relationships through the Language of Dance. Language of Dance, or LOD, is a unique tool for exploring, creating and recording dance through the use of symbols. It is the only approach to movement study and dance that is based on the Movement Alphabet, and encourages an intellectual understanding of dance, providing a language for discussion and evaluation as well as a sound  framework for the dance-making process. Together we will explore, create and relate using the Movement Alphabet.

Merge Power Flow – Kellie Johnston

Merge Power Flow is rooted in connective tissue (fascia) to give you a mindful experience that will create stronger connections in your movement and repair disconnections in your body. The first of its kind, Merge was created to empower every student to better understand their body so they can work with it and not feel like they’re just trying to get through a class.  Merge teaches effective transfer of force through timing and rhythmic movement to create safe, strong, and functional movement patterns that don’t compromise your body. Our hope is Merge will leave you feeling grounded, secure, and fluid in your body. With a killer playlist to keep you motivated, intentional cues to guide you through this challenging and rewarding class you are sure to get a great work out and greater balance of mind and body.

Jazz – Christy McNeil Chand

Class begins with a dynamic warmup to build strength and access joint mobility. Through across the floor and center combinations, emphasis is placed upon rhythmic variance, quick changes of direction and weight shifts, style, performance, and a connection to the music.

Afro Caribbean – Erin Landry

This class will cover a variety of dance movements that are of the African Diaspora. Afro Caribbean and Latin dance movements will also be explored. In each session, the students will learn a choreographed dance. The class will begin with a warm-up and moving progressions across the floor.

Intermediate / Advanced Tap – Sam Katz

This class will be focused on intermediate/advanced rhythm tap technique, including warm ups, exercises and choreography to increase rhythmic accuracy & musicality, while working with a variety of music styles. We will also touch on exercises to improve improvisation and Kahnotation, one of the oldest and most used forms of tap notation.