Susan Dodge

Dancing Beyond the Steps Workshop

8 Classes

Dates: June 12, 14, 16, 19, 21, 23, 26, 28

Time: 10:00 - 11:30am

Dancing Beyond the Steps workshop with Susan Dodge will focus on the importance of musicality and mental presence in your dancing.  Susan Dodge is currently the Artistic Director of Dodge Dance Company and a former dancer with the Paul Taylor Dance Company. Ms. Dodge will guide students through a class designed to develop their presence onstage and in class. The class is focused on the dancer’s ability to learn and explore the elements necessary to express their artistry. Elements which move a dancer beyond steps and get them noticed by employers.  Class will begin with a short warm up and stretch and move quickly to combinations and choreography that develop different dynamics and qualities. Dancers will leave the workshop with a better understanding of their dancing and how to Dance, Beyond the Steps.

Saba

Composition Workshop

6 Classes

Dates: July 10, 11, 13, 17, 18, 20

Time: 7:00 - 9:00pm

This modern dance/composition class is opened to dancers and non-dancers.  Whether you want to explore the discipline of dance or you want to become a choreographer, Saba will help you discover your own vocabulary, gain greater ease to explore movement and guide you in how to teach it to others.  In a fun yet challenging atmosphere, within hours your body and mind will connect to your high creativity which lies within yourself.  You will evolve into a wonderful dancing and creating instrument, and through your creation we will be "Dancing to Celebrate Life®"  At the end of the workshop, there will be a free in studio performance.

Pavan Thimmaiah

Hip Hop-Funk Repertory and Performance Technique Workshop

6 Classes

Dates: July 17, 19, 20, 24, 26, 27

Time: 7:00 - 9:00pm

This workshop is open to Intermediate level dancers.  The workshop will focus on improving performance skills and Hip Hop-Funk dance technique.  Students will receive tips and inside strategies on how to succeed as a dancer and maximize their talent.  Students will learn PMT dance repertory and full choreography to be featured in upcoming stage performances.  A select number of students will be selected to join PMT Dance Company for their upcoming Fall Season.  This workshop is a great opportunity for up and coming dancers to receive serious and comprehensive dance training.  At the end of the workshop, there will be a free in studio performance.

Nathan Trice

nathantrice/RITUALS Modern Dance Workshop

4 Classes

Dates: July 24 to 27th

Time: 4:00 - 6:00pm

This workshop is open to Intermediate level dancers.  The workshop will be used to create a new work with exciting phrases, using communal rhythms and exploring theatrical elements such as connection and reaction.  His patience combined with clarity of thought and execution guides the dancers to the discovery of owning their movement and to a sense of confidence and expression.

Nicholas Seligson-Ross

NEW

Nicholas Andre Dance Theater Workshop

4 Classes

Dates: August 1 to 4th

Time: 10:00 - 11:30am

This class is intended to introduce students to Mr. Seligson-Ross style of dance which stems from the Paul Taylor & Jennifer Muller background. This class works on strengthening technique from the core. Repertory from Nicholas Andre Dance Theater will be taught in the class, along with new contemporary movement. Dancers taking this class should already have a strong ballet background and have studied modern or jazz dance. The class will be action-packed with lots of movement.

Throughout the class the students will warm up their bodies in order to be able to learn movements from the repertory as well as work on basic technique, needed for the physical style in which the company demonstrates in the repertory. The student will also be taught the use of mental preparation as a tool for dancers, using visualization as a helpful technique.

Angel Feliciano

Hip Hop Dance Intensive

6 Classes

Dates: July 31st, August 1, 2, 7, 8, 9

Time: 7:00 - 9:00pm

This workshop is offered to Advanced Beginner or Intermediate level students.  It features a unique fusion between Popping, Locking, and hip hop styles of dance and choreography.  It will concentrate on proper foundation, drills, choreography, staging and theatrical performance. Student's will become more confident styles taught and perform the actual piece learned throughout workshop.

Ginger Cox

NEW

Intermediate Contemporary Jazz Dance Intensive

4 Classes

Dates: August 28 to 31

Time: 7:00 - 8:30pm

Class will focus on taking movement out of the ordinary jazz vocabulary. Focusing on  athleticism, technique and shape, choreography will inspire you to explore jazz dance without borders.