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.