2013 SUMMER DANCE IN COLORADO

Here’s a list of workshops, master classes & special opportunities to keep you dancing and learning throughout the summer. It includes listings for Colorado and a few in the neighboring state of Utah. This list will be updated throughout the summer. For contact info on teachers, local studios & their regular summer class schedules, look under Local Resources on Dance Bridge website www.artsresource.org/dance.

Colorado: June 14: UNWIND + GRIND, Friday, 7 - 9:30 p.m., Sol Vida Dance Studio, 4926 East Colfax Ave., Denver, CO 80220. Denver's only Divine Booty Shaking class mixes up the power of deep, world, soulful, hip shaking inspiring dance music, intentional movement, Sol Vida Technique, including African, Latin, and Hip Hop Fusion, plus the power and freedom of your personal style. Followed by an optional wine-luck (bring chocolate, wine, snacks to share). 7-7:15: Arrive, mingle; 7:15-8:30: Unwind + Grind: 8:30-9:30: Wine-luck. Space is limited. Pre-registration is required. $25 or 2 friends for $40. Registration at https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/ASP/home.asp?studioid=21174. http://solvidadance.com/.

June 15: Introduction to Contact Improvisation for Beginners w/ Alicia Grayson, Saturday, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m., Boulder Circus Center, 4747 N. 26th St., Boulder, CO. Open to anyone! $45. Alicia Grayson, 303-653-3969, [email protected] cash, check or paypal. Mail check to: Alicia Grayson, 155 Cumberland Gap Rd Nederland, CO 80466, or paypal: [email protected]. Class & Refund Policies: http://www.tumblebones.com/Tumblebones/Policies.html.

ANATOMY of IMPROVISATION Summer Workshops: Wednesdays: 12-1:30 p.m., Boulder Circus Center, 4747 N. 26TH St., Boulder. We will dive into an investigation of the moving body in a physical, creative, and fun environment by building a community of movers who value relationship, inquiry, and engagement in aesthetic expression. We will foster a vibrant state of well-being through investigating the complexity of the human form through a variety of improvisational modalities. No previous experience in dance is necessary. Beginners, experienced movers, the curious and clumsy are welcome and encouraged to join. $17 drop-in, $90 for a six punch card. This is an on-going class, but all are welcome to stop by and join us anytime. [email protected].

Thru June: NO FEAR PHAT FUNK with Nancy Cranbourne -For beginners & other levels, various days & times. Beginner beginners and beyond – join the fun. For schedule, check www.nancycranbourne.com.

June 17 – Aug. 26: COLLIDING BODIES and the ATHLETICS of INSTINCT with Joanna Rotkin, Mondays: 5:30-7:30 p.m., Boulder Circus Center, 4747 N. 26TH St., Boulder. Using breath as the foundation for movement, students access their strength, agility, balance, and flexibility through invigorating, full bodied dancing. Drawing on contemporary and post- modern dance techniques to experience a sense of flight and momentum - moving in & out of the floor, and up into the air with power and grace. Students cultivate mindfulness, creative expression, and spontaneity in their dancing by investigating their own movement potential. No Class July 8. $18 drop-in, $90 six punch card. Some previous experience in dance and/or movement is encouraged. [email protected].

PERRY-MANSFIELD PERFORMING ARTS CAMPS, 40755 Routt County Rd #36, Steamboat Springs, CO 80488. June 14-July 29: Pre-Professional Intensive, Grades 11–College. 970-879-7125 or 800-430-ARTS. www.perry- mansfield.org.

June 17 - 21: AESTHETIC EDUCATION INSTITUTE of COLORADO, Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Denver School of the Arts, 7111 Montview Blvd., Denver, CO 80220. AEIC is a nationally recognized professional development institute for artists, educators, and administrators. Participate in hands-on workshops with 5 master teaching artists to discover how to integrate arts-based practices into everyday teaching. Collaborate with arts integration specialists to connect and apply artistic experiences to the standards-based curriculum. Register at http://think360arts.org/t360- programs/professional-development/aeic/. Click to watch a short video about the institute: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP65wsAIMQE.

June 17 - 28: CONTROL GROUP PRODUCTIONS Summer Intensive, M/W/F 10 a.m. - 1 p.m., work|space Denver, 2701 Lawrence St., Denver, CO 80205. Dive into Control Group’s process and aesthetics in a two week intensive combining movement technique and dance-theatre composition. Engage contemporary performance practices and dialogs in a laboratory setting. Open to students and professionals. Partial scholarships available for movement professionals. Contemporary Dance Technique and Composition Laboratory culminating with an informal work-in-progress showing. $150 / early-bird discount: $120 until June 1. http://www.controlgroupproductions.org/2013/05/june-17-28-cgp- summer-intensive/?utm_source=CGP+Newsletter&utm_campaign=eef0471447- CGP_Newsletter_August_238_23_2012&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_115e66cf3b-eef0471447-283021493

June 17 – July 13: DENVER BALLET THEATRE ACADEMY Summer Dance Intensive, Denver Ballet Theatre, 99 Inverness Dr. East, Suite 250 A, Englewood, CO 80112. Classes in ballet, pointe, variations, character, jazz, modern, and hip hop with nationally acclaimed faculty and guests. Summer experience culminates with a performance at the PACE Center in Parker, CO. Details and info: www.dbtacademy.com.

June 17-Aug 10: ORMAO SUMMER SESSION, Ormao Dance Studios, 10 S. Spruce St., Colorado Springs, CO. Punch card classes, Ages 3 - Adult, Beginner - Professional in Ballet, Modern, Hip Hop, Tap, Jazz, & Contemporary styles. Character Camp - from pirates to princesses! Dance Sampler - experience hip hop/tap/musical theater/African, bgirls unite! AND bboys rock! Choreographers Create! To register: www.ormaodance.org.

June 18-20: LEADERSHIP for the 21st CENTURY: Using Creativity to Build Effective Schools, 8:30 a.m. t0 4:30 p.m., Denver School of the Arts,7111 Montview Blvd., Denver, 80220. Presented by Think360 Arts, their Aesthetic Education Institute of Colorado is geared for Administrators and Arts Coordinators. Amazing educators and artists lead this workshop. $250 per person. Info & registration: http://think360arts.org/t360-programs/professional- development/aeic/aeic-registration/.

June 22: EGYPTIAN DANCE WORKSHOPS with Cassandra, Saturday, 10 a.m. - 12 noon, Advanced & Professional Level; 1:30- 4:30 p.m., Intensive Oriental Dance Technique (all levels); 7 - 10p.m., Dance Party!, Pearl Street Studio: 2126 Pearl St, Boulder. $39 per class ($49 after June 1). Afternoon intensive includes brief discussion on Mideast Dance. Register Early & Save 20% : www.YogaDanceArts.com, 303-442-1111.

June 23 - July 27: 19th Annual INTERNATIONAL SUMMER DANCE INSTITUTE - Cleo Parker Robinson’s ‘One Spirit Many Voices’, CPRD School, 119 Park Ave. West, Denver. http://cleoparkerdance.org/events.

June 24 - July 29: H.E.A.L. COLLABORATIVE, 6 Mondays, 8:30 - 10 p.m., Community Dance Collective, 2020B 21st St., Boulder, CO. Explore developmental movement, Bartenieff Fundamentals, Release based modern dance, Skinner Releasing Technique, Yoga, and various other traditions & practices. $10 donation. HEALDanceCO (Humans Embodying Artistic Life), contact Charlie Birch, 609-214-6938, [email protected]. http://ow.ly/i/2kMt2.

June 29, August 3 & 17: MOVINGVOICE Workshops with Joanna Rotkin & Eve Maisonpierre, 3 Saturdays, 1 - 4 p.m., Eve’s Home Studio, 750 14th St., ‘the Hill’ in Boulder, CO. An investigation of the Moving Voice in a physical, creative, and fun environment, fostering self-expression and imagination through kinesthetic experience. Through our work together we will cultivate a vibrant state of well-being, curiosity, and inquiry. No previous experience in dance, movement, or voice is necessary. Beginners, experienced movers and singers, the curious and clumsy are welcome and encouraged to join. $25 deposit send to Eve Maisonpierre, 750 14th St. Boulder 80302. More info: Eve: [email protected] or [email protected].

VAIL INTERNATIONAL DANCE FESTIVAL Master Class Series - Hip Hop Beg & Adv with BE Life Studio; Ballet with Pacific Northwest Ballet; Tango with Gabriel Missé and Analia Centurión; Ballet with New York City Ballet Principal Dancer Daniel Ulbricht; Contemporary with Keigwin+Company; Modern Dance with Paul Taylor Dance Company; Contemporary with “So You Think You Can Dance” stars: Cyrus, Allison Holker & tWitch. Space is limited and on a first come, first serve basis. Pre-registration encouraged. More details or to sign-up for a class: email Harper Addison at [email protected] or call 970-777-2015, www.vaildance.org click performances – off stage events.

July 5 - 7: “Ripples – A DANCE EXTRAVAGANZA for EVERY BODY” led by Melissa Michaels & three guest 5Rhythms Teachers, Friday, 6 – 9p.m., Saturday, 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. (plus special evening event), and Sunday, 9;30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., StarHouse, 3476 Sunshine Canyon Rd., Boulder. A synergistic blend of teachings from diverse dance communities as you upgrade your basic dance practice and deepen in community. $250 prior to May 15; $275 after (payment plans available). To register, [email protected], 303-415-0272, www.bdanced.com.

July 5 - 7: Annual BUTOH and RITUAL DANCE WORKSHOP - MESA (Movement and Ecology Sanctuary for Art) Project in Ouray, CO. This workshop is centered on our relationship with the earth and our own wild, creative souls as understood through individual and group ritual dance practice. At the core of the MESA is the belief that indigenous belonging lives within the earth Herself and thus within our own bodies. Together, we’ll court the Holy in nature & our own bodies, approaching the soul as we would a wild animal, a God or a wind on the mountain. More info: Nathan Montgomery, [email protected]. $125 early birds! (before June 15), $175 sleepy heads (after June 15). Send payment to Syzygy Butoh, PO Box 863, Boulder, CO 80306.

July 11: CI OPEN SKILLS LAB, Thursday, 5:30 - 7 p.m., Boulder Circus Center, 4747 26th, upstairs, Boulder, CO. This is not a class/workshop, per se, but an experienced CI dancer will be there to help facilitate your self-directed research. Please come to a short warm-up starting at 5:30pm to help tune ourselves to the lab topic and to each other. All levels welcome. Open Jam Follows: 7-8pm. Faciliated by J. Akiyama. Fee: $5-10. Facebook RSVP: www.facebook.com/events/531353636914560. http://www.SharingWeight.com.

July 13 & 14: Annual BOULDER JAZZ DANCE WORKSHOP “Weekend Workshop” Saturday & Sunday, Boulder. 303-449- 0399, [email protected], www.boulderjazzdanceworkshop.com.

July 13 - 27: 35th Annual BOULDER JAZZ DANCE WORKSHOP, two week intensive, University of Colorado Campus, Boulder, CO. Nationally recognized faculty. Classes in jazz, lyrical jazz, modern, hip hop, musical theatre, turns, ballet, contemporary, tap, repertory, choreo-feedback, and performances. www.boulderjazzdanceworkshop.com.

July 15 – Aug. 11: VAIL SUMMER DANCE INTENSIVE, Studio 8100, north end unit of Traer Creek Plaza, 101 Fawcet Rd. # 185, Avon, CO. 4 Weeks of dance intensives for intermediate & advanced students, ages 11 -25. Minimum 3 yrs ballet required for Ballet & Contemporary Intensive. Minimum 2yrs studio dance for Hip Hop Intensive. Placement classes held on first Monday of each intensive: 9-9:50 a.m. suing two levels (inter & Adv). [email protected], 970-306- 3395, http://www.vaildanceintensive.com/HOME_PAGE.html, www.studio8100.com. July 15 - 27 – Ballet Intensive (2 weeks) July 29 – Aug. 2 - Contemporary/Jazz Intensive (1 week) August 5 - 11 – Hip Hop Intensive.

JULY 22 - 26: HIGH-ENERGY SUMMER TRAINING With Robert Sher-Machherndl & Michael French, Monday-Friday, Colorado Ballet Studios, 1278 Lincoln St, Denver, CO. One week only - Ballet Technique, Choreography, TanzTheater & Performance. For fast intermediate, advanced & professional ballet & contemporary dancers. $500. Contact [email protected], 720-352-2903, www.lemonspongecake.org.

July 22 – August 2: COLROADO MESA UNIVERSITY - CMU Summer Dance Intensive, 1100 North Ave., Grand Junction, CO 81501. Directed by Melonie Buchanan Murray, the intensive will offer classes in ballet, hip hop, jazz, and modern for intermediate to advanced students 12 & up. Culminating showcase, open to the public in the Robinson Theatre.Various room & board packages available. 970-248-1390, [email protected], www.coloradomesa.edu/theatre/summerdance.

July 27 – August 10: The 15th Annual International AERIAL DANCE FESTIVAL, Boulder, CO. Produced by Frequent Flyers Productions and the Dairy Center for the Arts, experience the joy of dancing in the air. Beginners – advanced aerial dancers. Classes in fabric, cyr wheel, lyra, rope, interactive aerial & video, physical theatre, static trapeze, invented apparatus, stilts, contact improvisation, bungie, aerial burlesque, Skinner releasing, functional flexibility and more. 303- 245-8272, [email protected], www.frequentflyers.org.

July 30 – Aug. 9: VAIL INTERNATIONAL DANCE FESTIVAL “Master Class Series” Vail, CO. Hip Hop Master Class Beg & Adv with BE Life Studio; Ballet Master Class with Pacific Northwest Ballet; Tango Master Class with Gabriel Missé and Analia Centurión; Ballet Master Class with New York City Ballet Principal Dancer Daniel Ulbricht; Contemporary with Keigwin+Company; Modern Dance with Paul Taylor Dance Company; Contemporary with “So You Think You Can Dance” stars: Cyrus, Allison Holker & tWitch. Space is limited and on a first come, first serve basis. Pre-registration encouraged. More details or to sign-up for a class: email Harper Addison at [email protected] or call 970-777-2015, www.vaildance.org click performances, then off stage events.

August 1 – 5: ESSENTIAL EMBODIED ARTS TRAINING - ON THE LAND (EEAT & WilderDance Retreat Program), Thursday 5 p.m. - Monday 6 p.m., Rocky Mountains of Colorado. A 5 day/4 night residential retreat in the beautiful Colorado Rocky Mts. Professional training will be in the 3 EEAT Soma/Soul Lineages from 3 continents with expert professionals in the field: LifeArt Process of Anna Halprin (N. America) with Melinda Harrison, Butoh Dance of Kazuo & Yoshito Ohno (Asia) with Maureen Freehill; Voice Movement Therapy of Paul Newham (Europe) & Shamanic Voice with Christa Ray. Early Bird tuition & lodging: $455; Tuition & lodging $495. Food will be community/self catered as a group. Two work trades available for qualified applicants. More info: contact Melinda [email protected] or Maureen 206-855- 5836, [email protected]. Space is limited to 12. Pre-Registration is required. All payments are non-refundable 3 weeks prior to workshop.

August 12 - 16: BALLET MASTER CLASS with MARK CARLSON, Levels 4A-% Monday - Friday, 11:30 a.m. -2 p.m., Studio 1 Levels 6, 7 & Advanced Adult, Monday -Friday, 2;30 -5 p.m. Studio One, Boulder Ballet Studios, Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, CO 80302. For more information and to register, call Boulder Ballet at 303-443-0028 ext. 1, or [email protected]. http://www.boulderballet.org/snews.html. Drop-in rate for single technique class only: $20 Technique class is the first 90 minutes of each day’s class.

August 12 - 16: STREETSIDE INTENSIVE WEEK, Streetside Dance, 6681 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder CO. Intensive classes are for dancers who want to be challenged in a week-long intensive class training schedule, and is highly recommended for any student who is interested in auditioning for our performance troupes. Our schedule of afternoon and evening classes will be available soon. Plus Troupe Auditions on Aug. 17. Performance troupes for both young and older dancers in Hip Hop, Breakin', Jazz, Modern & Groovalicious. Call Chad with any questions! 303-449-6789. www.streetsidedance.com.

Sept 5-8: FALL CI RETREAT "'Sand Dunes Liquid Flow", Sand Dunes Pool Hooper, CO (San Luis Valley). Workshops include: Aquatic Dance and Therapy; Authentic Movement; Buffoon; and CI of course, plus CI dance every night. vibrant playful community, excellent food catered by Rachel, reasonable price. Look for website soon: www.liquid-flow.org.

September 13 - 15: LEMON SPONGE CAKE MOVEMENT WORKSHOP, Vail Valley Academy of Dance, 210 Edwards Village, Edwards, CO. Contact [email protected], 720-352-2903, www.lemonspongecake.org.

And a few workshops in UTAH: June 17-28: REPERTORY DANCE THEATRE’S SummerDance Workshop, Salt Lake City, UT. [email protected], http://www.rdtutah.org/.

July 22-Aug. 2: RIRIE-WOODBURY DANCE COMPANY’s “Move It” Summer Workshop, Salt lake City, UT. Two Week Workshop - for advanced and intermediate dancers. Teacher's Workshop - for university, professional and secondary dance teachers. Young Dancer's Workshop - for high school and middle school students. [email protected], http://www.ririewoodbury.com/workshop. ------Mary Wohl Haan, Dance Bridge Coordinator, 303-441-4391, [email protected], www.artsresource.org/dance. A project of the Boulder Arts Commission, Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Avenue, Boulder, CO 80302.