+ When: Ages Saturday Sept 12th Theatre 10 & 10:00-11:00 under Hosts Ages Saturday Sept 12th 10 & 11:00-12:30 Master up Class with Mark Fields! Where: 2107 South Glenburnie Rd. New Bern, N.C, 28562

Cost: $20

What to Wear: A black , pink , ballet shoes, and hair in a bun.

Welcoming dancers from all studios

For more info go to www.dance-theatre.com or call 252-637-1818

Mark found his calling in life, to Dance, at the late age of 20. Mark grew up in a small town in West Virginia taking class at the Bluefield Dance Theatre. Mark shortly after + attended the University of North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem under the direction of the world famous instructor and director, Duncan Nobel. With a strong Dance Theatre Balanchine technical base Mark went to Chicago to start his professional career working with several companies including Dance Works, Gus Giordano, Hubbard Street, Chicago Welcomes City Ballet, and Joel Hall Dancers touring London . For several years Mark taught Mark to the and choreographed from coast to coast settling in LA doing industrial and music videos for Staff artists such as Billy Idol, MTV’s version of Thriller, Stix, Soul Train and other professional performances. Mark was cast as the lead dancer and dance captain for The Lost Colony on Roanoke Island. Following the production he opened The Caroline Dance Center in Raleigh, NC and established The Caroline Dance Company - North Carolina’s “Mark brings a first professional jazz dance company. Mark moved on to direct the Roanoke Ballet unique dynamic to Theatre in Roanoke VA. In 1997 Mark was hired by Dance Theatre in New Bern, NC the team. His classes teaching and choreographing Ballet, Jazz, and Contemporary . After a few years are always new and living aboard a sailboat in South Florida opened Gotta Dance, in Raleigh NC, a studio refreshing.” teaching Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Hip-Hop, Contemporary, Singing, and Musical Theatre classes. In 2013 Gotta Dance was closed and moved into his new school, the North Carolina Conservatory of Performing Arts. This performing arts school gave students professional training in a conservatory environment that included workshops and performance - Amber Gover opportunities at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, The , The Lost Colony, and Disney World. Mark offers his students professional training, challenging , performance opportunities, and will take those with the talent as far as they desire in their professional careers.