Seattle Theatre Group offers
DANCE This Camp at Centrum
August 8-14, 2010
Immerse yourself in dance!
The DANCE This camp at Centrum provides an opportunity for high-school aged dancers at all levels to study a wide range of styles and techniques in a supportive, yet challenging atmosphere.
Students will experience the whole range of workshop offerings - Ballet, Modern, Jazz, Hip-Hop, Salsa, African & special workshops - while living and working with vital, contemporary faculty and a community of peers from across the state.
Each day is divided into four workshop sessions, with plenty of time for meals, exploring and rest. Each evening, students work with a core artist faculty member to improvise and develop choreography. These sessions are followed by snacks and hang-out time in the dorm. At the end of the week, students share their creative endeavors with the group and invited friends and family during a Saturday showcase.
WHO: The DANCE This Camp @ Centrum is open to students entering grades 9-12 in Fall 2010 at ANY LEVEL of experience - from absolute beginner to advanced level. Two class levels offered.
Tuition plus room and board is $695 per participant. Scholarships are available.
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2009 CORE ARTIST FACULTY (2010 information coming soon)
Daniel Cruz is experienced in versatile roles in the dance industry. He has danced for artists such as Prince, Ashanti, NSync and Michael Jackson; with choreographers such as Wade Robson, Brian Friedman, Fatima, Margueritte Derricks and Tabitha & Napoleon; and on television, commercials and video. Daniel performed in the national tour of Fame: The Musical and also appears on the cast album. He has appeared and served as Dance Captain in numerous productions at the 5th Avenue Theater, Village Theatre, and Eastside Musical Theatre. Choreographic credits include his hip hop dance company Cruz Control, Seattle Seahawks half-time shows, the Sonics Dance Team, the 2004 World HipHop Championships Opening Number and Westlake Dance Center, where he also teaches. STG presented Daniel’s company Cruz Control in a sold-out show at the Moore Theatre in 2008 and present the company again alongside Amy O’Neal’s locust in the 2008/2009 season.
Siya Manyakanaka-Kelley, originally from outside of Captetown, South Africa, has trained, performed and taught for STG since she first performed on The Paramount stage for DANCE This when she was 13 years old in the visiting group Ipintombi Zilapha. Now at 20 years of age, Siya is an accomplished dancer, singer, drummer and educator. She has performed and trained with African dancers Etienne Cakpo (Benin), Lora Chiorah-Dye (Zimbabwe), Chris Daigre (modern) and Luis Sandoval (zapateo from Peru). She was invited as a featured guest for two years with the nationally acclaimed recording artist Dan Zanes at The Moore, performed with DBR in More Music @ The Moore, and eight years of DANCE This performances. She regularly conducts dance/drumming workshops in schools and in diverse community locations throughout the Seattle area.
Rachel Murray was a dancer with The Mark Morris Dance Group from 1988 until 2000. She has taught dance technique and Mark Morris repertory at Jacobs Pillow Dance Festival, Skidmore College, The American Dance Festival-Korea and The University of Texas at Austin, where she received an MFA in dance in 2006. She has also taught workshops and master-classes at various universities and festivals both in the United States and abroad. A committed arts educator, she has worked extensively in K-12 settings and has created arts education curriculum in diverse locales such as Brooklyn, New York, Edinburgh, Scotland, Honolulu, Hawaii and Berkeley, California. She was the Artistic Director of Believe In Me, an arts education program in the public schools of Austin, Texas from 2001-2003. In 2006, Rachel Murray started a dance program at Manor High School, in Manor, Texas. She is an avid Tango and Salsa dancer and a certified Pilates instructor. In 2008 Rachel conducted a two-week residency for STG in two Seattle public schools in conjunction with the Mark Morris Dance Group.
Amy O'Neal is a performer, choreographer, teacher and the co-director (along with Zeke Keeble) of locust (music/dance/video company) based in Seattle and touring nationally. Amy at has taught and/or conducted residencies at Velocity Dance Center in Seattle, University of Washington, University of Idaho, Idaho State University, Texas Woman's University, University of Oregon, Lane Community College (Eugene, OR), Northwest Vista College (San Antonio, TX), Cornish College of the Arts (Seattle, WA), and Dance New Amsterdam (NYC). Her work has been commissioned by Spectrum Dance Theater, Cornish Dance Theater, Moving Current in Tampa, FL, and Seattle Theatre Group (collaborating with Sonia Dawkins and Savion Glover). Amy was choreographer in residence at Bates Dance Festival in 2007, will be in residence at Headlands Center for the Arts in 2008, and in residence in Japan, New York, and Massachusetts through Dance Theater Workshop and the Japan Society in 2009. Amy holds a BFA in dance from Cornish College of the Arts. STG presents Amy’s company locust alongside Cruz Control in the 2008/2009 season.
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