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Programs designed for dancers in: • The Dance Factory Intensive Program* • Advanced level Jazz dancers taking at least 4 classes per week (including Ballet) Dancers in the Intensive Program are required to take at least 1 week of the Summer Intensive Program to ensure they start classes in September in Intensive Program condition. Dancers may add to their summer dance training by adding a 2nd week of intensive camp or additional day options.

The Summer Intensive Program is a strong, technique-based dance program designed to keep dancers in shape and to help build and strengthen overall skills. This exciting intensive program will provide an enriching and motivating experience for dancers. We have guest instructors coming each day to teach a variety of classes including in Lyrical, Modern, Contemporary, Jazz, Hip Hop, and more. The skills portion of the workshop will develop and refine technique, turns, leaps, leg holds and more. Dancers will be introduced to new techniques, styles, and instruction making this a very popular program. June 22nd thru 25th (Monday-Thursday) — 9:30am to 12:30pm — $250/week* August 24th thru 27th (Monday-Thursday) — 9:30am to 12:30pm — $250/week* Want to drop in for just a Morning or Afternoon? Cost is $100 per Morning class and $75 per Afternoon class!

The Summer Intensive Programs are in demand and fill quickly. Space is limited to 25 dancers per session. Register for your spot today!

* Intensive Program Dancers must be fully registered for a Summer Intensive week to register for the 2020-2021 Intensive Program.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2020 Summer Intensive Program Registration

Name______Age: ______School Grade Sep ‘20: _____ Address______City______Zip______Cell phone: ______Email Address: ______

_____ June 22nd thru 25th — 9:30am to 12:30pm —$250/week _____ August 24th thru 27th — 9:30am to 12:30pm —$250/week $_____ Drop-In Fees ($100 or $75 Per Class)

Total Fee: $______Check #: ____ Checks payable to: Kelly McDermott

*Date received by D.F. staff: ______Camp fees are non-refundable.

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2020 Summer Dance Intensive Instructors (Instructors and Guest Artists) Schedule Will Run as Follows:

ALL June Mornings (9:30-11:15): Ballet & Contemporary with Michael Crawford June 22nd Afternoon (11:30-12:30): Class with Miles Kenny June 23rd Afternoon (11:30-12:30): Class with Rhonda Kaufman June 24th Afternoon (11:30-12:30): Class with Lissete June 25th Afternoon (11:30-12:30) Class with Alyssa Robinson

ALL August Mornings (9:30-11:15): Ballet & Contemporary with Michael Crawford August 24th Afternoon (11:30-12:30): Class with Anna Fredeen August 25th Afternoon (11:30-12:30): Class with Rico Davis August 26th Afternoon (11:30-12:30): Class with Buttons August 27th Afternoon (11:30-12:30): Class with Miles Kenny

Michael Crawford is from Takoma Park, Maryland. He began his dancing with the Maryland Youth Ballet and at the Kirov Academy with Vladmir Djoulahatze, spending summers at The Rock School and San Francisco Ballet. Mr. Crawford joined the Washington Ballet where he performed with the company under the direction of Septime Webre. Upon graduation, he went on to study in the Pro- fessional Division of The Pacific Northwest Ballet under Kent Stowell and Francia Russell. After leaving PNB, he has danced with Dance Theatre of Harlem, Jose Mateo Ballet, Ballet Memphis, and American Repertory Ballet. He has been privileged to work alongside productions such as “Guys and Dolls”, “West Side Story”, “Show Boat”, “Cats”, and other musicals. Mr. Crawford has also performed at The Kennedy Center, and continues to tour throughout the US and Europe. He has been a guest principal with The Washington National Opera, Adam Miller Dance Project, Kinetic Dance Works, TranscenDance Group, Brooklyn Ballet, Ballet Neo, Connecticut Ballet, and Oakland Ballet. While signed with New York Model Management, Mr. Crawford had the honor to internationally campaign, and film “Step Up”. Michael is also an award winning teacher and choreographer. He has been teaching and cho- reographing nationally and internationally for over 10 years and has coached many prize winning Michael Crawford students for competitions such as Youth America Grand Prix, NYC Dance Alliance, and Showstop- pers dance competition. He continues to teach masterclasses at studios including, Broadway Dance Center, Metropolitan School of the Arts, and Princeton Ballet.

Allison “Buttons” Bedell is a New York based dancer, choreographer, creative director and model. With a Bachelor’s Degree in Dance from Queens College CUNY and years of training at elite ur- ban dance studios in Manhattan, Buttons has cultivated her craft and experienced a diverse range of commercial work. She’s danced in music videos for a variety of artists such as Molly Brazy, Sharaya J, Angie Rose, The Jonas Brothers, Fat Joe and Cardi B, as well as choreographed for rapper China Mac. She has performed live with Emarosa on their recent tour and in New York Fashion Week for PUMA x Jahnkoy.

Her commercial work extends beyond dance- Buttons has modeled, danced and/or been featured in digital spots with Lancôme, RedBull, Wrangler, Toyota Japan, Kate Spade, and AdoreME. Her television work includes a Toyota USA commercial with the Jonas Brothers for the MTV VMA’s and her role in Dance It Out with Billy Blanks Jr. on the Lifetime Network. Buttons is currently signed to MSA. When she’s not on set, she dedicates her time to her passion

Buttons

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2020 Summer Dance Intensive Instructors (Instructors and Guest Artists)

Ricardo “Hoodwaack” Davis is a spectacle to watch at the immediate sound of music. His movement shows high value to individuality, performance, and musicality. His dance career set off once he moved to the Tri-State. He began, through massive training, developing his own style and the name, Hoodwaack. He has trained in indian cultural styles such as Kathak, Odissi, Bhangrha, and Bollywood Fusion; He has also trained in Hip Hop, House, Waacking, Voguing, Locking, Jazz Funk, and more! At age 21 he packed his bags and moved to San Francisco California continuing his training under Greg Chapkis of Chapkis Dance Family.

Presently he is signed with Movement Talent Agency in Los Angeles with growing credits that in- clude Daddy Yankee, Karol G, J Balvin, IAMSU, Remo D’Souza, Malaika Arora, and Anjali World.

Rico Davis

Miles Keeney, born in Hong Kong but raised in the New York City area, is an NYC based professional dancer, choreographer, and teacher. He's represented by MSA talent agency, and has worked com- mercially in both New York and Los Angeles. His credit span across live performances, TV, music video, and film and recently have included dancing for Samsung, Ru Paul's Drag Race, Silentó, Jason Derulo, and Calvin Chen.

As a teacher and choreographer, he has taught and set choreography on dancers from all over the United States and internationally at the University of Auckland in New Zealand. He's had the opportunity to work with and train under the most revered names in the industry on both coasts including Rich and Tone Talauega, Oththan Burnside, Kennis Marquis, Luam, Rhapsody James, and many more. He has been noted in both his dancing and choreography for his power, ferocity, and versatility.

Miles graduated in May 2015 with a BA in Dance with a double major in Developmental Psychology from Connecticut College, and immediately began his professional career in New York City. A power- house teacher, Miles teaches consistently in New York City, in addition to various studios across the country, and has developed jazz funk style that pulls from his training in hip hop, jazz, contemporary, Miles Keeney and modern. His classes leave his students feeling like they channeled their inner superstar and tapped into a higher level of performance quality. He is currently a resident faculty member at Artistic Dance Exchange Competition and Convention and is also an experienced competition judge, having judged for countless regional and national shows with dozens of competitions.

Anna has danced for 18 years with multiple studios in Connecticut and New Jersey where she trained in ballet, pointe, tap, jazz, lyrical, contemporary, hip hop, musical theater, choreography, modern, and leaps and turns. She trained at Texas Christian University for two years in the Modern department, and currently studies and trains at Rider University to grow her knowledge and capa- bilities in Dance Science and multiple techniques. Anna has attended residential dance intensives in New York City and performed with dance com- panies at venues such as The Joyce Theater, Peridance, Disney World, and The Orange Bowl, where she had the opportunity to work with choreographers Tyler Gilstrap, Sidra Bell, and Chris Judd. In the summer of 2019, Anna enrolled as a student at American Dance Festival and had the chance to work closely with ground-breaking artists for six weeks. As a committed dancer, she con- stantly sets new goals to always be pushed, to never stop learning, and to feel proud of her current dance ability. She hopes to make a difference in the dance community by being able to closely as- sess how we move, and how to move safely, through the help of her Dance Science degree. Hav- ing worked with a handful of the students at The Dance Factory throughout her high school and college career, Anna is thrilled to be back and sharing her knowledge with eager kids. Anna Fredeen

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2020 Summer Dance Intensive Instructors (Instructors and Guest Artists)

From Justin to Janet, Usher to Madonna, Lisette Bustamente has worked side by side with them all. Lisette grew up in a house full of music and dance where she inherited her passion for the performing arts. Her Venezuelan father was the lead singer of a salsa band growing up and her Puerto-Rican mother was a championship winning salsa dancer…it’s no question that this was the path she was meant to be on. Fresh out of high school, Lisette began touring as a dancer with the hottest names in the music busi- ness. Working with the likes of Aaliyah, Missy Elliot, and Gwen Stefani, she became one of the most recognizable dancers on MTV. Lisette has appeared not only in music videos but also in major television and film projects and has been featured in commercials for Gap, Pepsi, Pringles, Sprite, and iPod, just to name a few. Gaining so much experience at a very young age, Lisette naturally transitioned into the world of choreography and artistic direction and began lending her creative talents to artists Pink, Jennifer Lopez, Macy Gray, and Britney Spears, along side her longtime friend and choreography partner Chonique Sneed. Lisette recently returned from Japan where she was a main artistic contributor and choreographer for Lisette pop artist BoA’s 2008 tour. She also choreographed the video for BoA’s first single from her latest al- bum Eien as well as BoA’s soon to be released Bump Bump video. She has teamed up once again with Paulina Rubio as artistic director and choreographer for her upcoming 2009 Grand City Pop Tour which kicked off in September 2009, and has conceptualized and choreographed Paulina’s recent performances for the 2009 Latin Billboard Awards and 2009 Premios Juventud. Lisette and her choreography partner Chonique also worked together on a video/live show for Prince.

Rhonda Kaufman is a highly successful dancer and instructor who has performed in theatre, film, sports, television, and more. She trained at prestigious studios such as Broadway Dance Center and Edge Performing Arts. Rhonda has performed on many occasions with the Radio City Music Hall Rockettes, including on Good Morning America, in the Radio City Christmas Spectacular, and at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. You may have seen her on television her dancing with Panic! at the Disco at the MTV Music Awards or on the PBS Special “A Capitol Fourth.”

Rhonda Kaufman

Alyssa began dancing at the age of two years old at The Dance Factory where she studied ballet, jazz, contemporary, modern and hip hop. In 9th grade, Alyssa joined the Montgomery High School Varsity Dance Team where she was captain her junior year and competed in pom, jazz, and hip hop at UDA high school nationals. Alyssa now attends Saint Joseph’s Uni- versity in Philadelphia where she majors in Entertainment Marketing. She is a current member of the nationally ranked SJU Dance Team that competes in Division 1 Hip Hop and Pom.

Alyssa Robinson

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