Opening Day – July 2021
11:30 am – 1:00 pm Registration and Vendors
1:00 pm – 1:45 pm Meet and Greet (Anna Gravenkamp)
1:45 pm – 2:00 pm Light snacks provided
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
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Dinner in the Dorms or on you own
Class Schedule: Monday – Saturday
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8:30-9:00am Room 107 | Warm-ups | Warm-ups | Warm-ups | Warm-ups | Warm-ups | N/A |
9:10-10:30am Room 107 | Moving Modern/ Contemporary Themes Vincent Thomas | Moving Modern/ Contemporary Themes Vincent Thomas | Moving Modern/ Contemporary Themes Vincent Thomas | Moving Modern/ Contemporary Themes Vincent Thomas | Moving Modern/ Contemporary Themes Vincent Thomas | YOGA Master Class |
9:10-10:30am Annex Room | Contemporary Cami Bettencourt | Contemporary Cami Bettencourt | Hip Hop Janelle Perez | Hip Hop Janelle Perez | Hip Hop Janelle Perez | YOGA Master Class |
10:40am-12:00pm Room 107 | Performance REP class Vincent Thomas | Performance REP class Vincent Thomas | Performance REP class Vincent Thomas | Performance REP class Vincent Thomas | Performance REP class Vincent Thomas | Brunch Closing Share Session |
10:40am-12:00pm Room 108 | The Legacy of Paul Taylor Rachel Berman | The Legacy of Paul Taylor Rachel Berman | Musical Theater Oscar Gonzalez | Musical Theater Oscar Gonzalez | Musical Theater Oscar Gonzalez | Brunch Closing Share Session |
10:40am-12:00pm Annex Room | Contemporary Fusion Darcy Naganuma | Contemporary Fusion Darcy Naganuma | Ensemble Mvmt Theatre Kevin Kane | Ensemble Mvmt Theatre Kevin Kane | Ensemble Mvmt Theatre Kevin Kane | Brunch Closing Share Session |
12:00-1:30pm | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | |
1:30-2:50pm Room 107 | Art Making Vincent Thomas | Art Making Vincent Thomas | Art Making Vincent Thomas | Art Making Vincent Thomas | Art Making Vincent Thomas | |
1:30-2:50pm Room 108 | Progressions Oscar Gonzalez | Progressions Oscar Gonzalez | Ballet Johnny Zhong | Ballet Johnny Zhong | Ballet Johnny Zhong | |
1:30-2:50pm Room 104 | Tap Beg/Int Summer Williams | Tap Beg/Int Summer Williams | Ballroom John Delapena | Ballroom John Delapena | Ballroom John Delapena | |
1:30-2:50pm Annex Room | Embody You Akari Takahashi | Embody You Akari Takahashi | The Movement in the Music Pat Taylor | The Movement in the Music Pat Taylor | The Movement in the Music Pat Taylor | |
3:00-4:20pm Room 107 | Yoga Elissa Dawn | Yoga Elissa Dawn | Yoga Kellie Johnston | Yoga Kellie Johnston | Yoga Kellie Johnston | |
3:00-4:20pm Room 108 | Afro Caribbean Erin Landry | Afro Caribbean Erin Landry | Jazz Mark Haines | Jazz Mark Haines | Jazz Mark Haines | |
3:00-4:20pm Room 104 | Language of Dance Shana Habel | Language of Dance Shana Habel | Tap Int/Adv Sam Katz | Tap Int/Adv Sam Katz | Tap Int/Adv Sam Katz | |
4:30-5:00pm Class Room | Improvisation ideas, how to structure student choreography | Nutrition and social/emotional health | Technology in and out of the classroom | Share your work bring video examples of your work | D&M 2021 Planning | |
| TBA | TBA | TBA | AIR Concert (On Campus) | Banquet Phoenix Club |
Tuition: TBA
Housing: TBA
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.
Contemporary – Cami Bettencourt
This Contemporary Dance class is designed for those students who want to build upon existing dance skills and technique while increasing rigor. We will go through a basic warm-up which will focus on increasing flexibility and strength and total body connectivity. Contemporary blends creative dance and artistry with athletic technique found in Jazz, Ballet and Modern. We will review some across the floor technique and learn a Contemporary Dance combo that can be taken just for you or put directly on the stage for your students. This class will make you remember what it’s like to be a dancer again.
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.
Whacking / Waacking / House / Hip Hop – Janelle Perez
Whacking / Waacking – 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.
House – Although it’s debatable where the Dance originated, many say it came from Chicago in the late 70s and early 80s. The music was influenced by disco and later became fused with African and Latin sounds, leading to sub-genres such as Afro-House and Latin-House. DJ Frankie Knuckles is known to have contributed majorly to the evolution of house music. It’s a dance that emerged from the underground Club scene and the term was codified from a club called “The Warehouse”. This class will focus on vocabulary such as the groove called “The Jack” and different variations of footwork. We will be doing exercises in place and also traveling across the floor.
Hip Hop – This Social Dance and Culture originated in the Bronx, New York on 1520 Sedgwick Ave in 1973. DJ Kool Herc is considered to be the Godfather of Hip Hop. He looped breaks, which was revolutionary and hosted many popular parties. Graffiti Art (Writers), Breaking, DJing, and Master of Ceremonies are the four elements of Hip Hop. For this class we will go over the fundamental grooves such as the Rock and the Bounce. We will also go over different vocabulary or party dances and use the vocabulary while still maintaining the groove.
Contemporary Fusion – Darcy Naganuma
Fusing elements of contemporary dance, release technique, hip hop, house, and other dances under the street dance umbrella, Naganuma’s students enjoy full-bodied movement that is at once aggressive, sensuous, virtuosic, and spirited. Approaching movement from a skeletal level, students are challenged to move with less tension and greater efficiency without losing the dynamic bite that has become Naganuma’s trademark. Naganuma encourages a warm, friendly classroom community, where students feel comfortable taking risks and pushing themselves to their own outer limits. Her classroom is a place where solid technique and artistic invention exist in active interplay.
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…?
Ballet – Johnny Zhong
Mr. Zhong teaches a traditional ballet class inspired by his Classical Russian/Vaganova training with modern updates that he has found to promote excellent technique. He values a long barre for proper warm-up and placement. The foundation of his class is around 8 basic techniques which will be discussed during the Dance and Movement Workshop. His goal is to give students the tools to better understand their own body and instill a respect for the discipline of the ballet art form.
“Working hard is nothing if you don’t work smart”
Johnny Zhong
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.
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 – Pat Taylor
“The Movement in the Music” 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.
Ballroom – John Delapena
Swing – Take home the elements and fundamentals in leading and following in East Coast Single time swing.
Salsa – An introduction to Latin hip action as it pertains to Salsa basic foot patterns.
Waltz – A better understanding of frame and smooth footwork using Waltz elements and fundamentals.
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 – Mark Haines
Mark Haines’ Jazz Class is an eclectic, fast-paced, fun and challenging class. Using Jazz basics to explore direction change, weight change, and facings, this class will stretch your mind as well as your body.
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.