Seattle Theatre Group offers
DANCE This Camp at Centrum
August 8-14, 2010
Featuring instruction from Seattle’s professional dance community and guest artist from Mark Morris Dance Group in New York.
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 participate in African, Ballet, Choreography, Hip-Hop and Modern dance workshops with professional educators from the Seattle area and across the country.
Each day will include technique classes, repertory instruction and choreography workshops, with time for meals and exploring the Fort Worden campus. At the end of the week, students share their creative endeavors during a Saturday showcase for friends and family.
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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2010 CORE ARTIST FACULTY
David Leventhal has danced with Mark Morris Dance Group since 1997. He performs principal roles in The Hard Nut, L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, and Romeo and Juliet, on Motifs of Shakespeare. He is a faculty member of the Mark Morris Dance Center in Brooklyn, and teaches technique and repertory at schools and universities. He is one of the founding teachers of MMDG's Dance for Parkinson’s Disease program, and leads classes around the world for people with Parkinson's disease. Raised in Newton, Mass., he received his early training from Boston Ballet School, and graduated from Brown University with honors in English Literature. In Seattle, David has trained teachers, conducted master classes and school residencies and performed three years with Mark Morris Dance Group onstage at the Paramount Theatre.
Rex Kinney grew up in Seattle and was introduced to hip hop at the age of 14. He has had the pleasure of performing and choreographing for events and venues such as Seattle Seahawks, Sonics and Storm Half-Time shows, Poncho's Auction Gala, The Village Theater, Experience Music Project, Seattle Academy, Kube 93.3 FM's Summer Jam Concert, the music video “Do You Want Me” by Mion Lee Drew and its west coast tours, Children's Hospital Benefit Showcase, and the UW Conference for former Governor Gary Locke. He is currently the director and choreographer for the Shorecrest High School Dance Team, where he has led them to five District Titles and two WIAA State Dance/Drill Championships in 2006 and 2009, with a 3rd place ranking at Nationals in 2007. He is an instructor through Cornish College of Arts, UW Experimental College and Westlake Dance Center and has taught with Pacific Northwest Ballet's Dance Chance and Outreach Programs and the Seattle-based DANCE This Intensive.
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 Theatre, performed with DBR in More Music @ The Moore, and was featured in eight years of DANCE This performances. She regularly conducts dance/drumming workshops in schools and in diverse community locations throughout the Seattle area. Siya returns for her second year as an instructor for the DANCE This Camp at Centrum.
Amy O’Neal is a performer, choreographer, dance educator, and the co-director of locust (music/dance/video) with musician/composer Zeke Keeble, based in Seattle WA USA and touring nationally. In 2009, Amy started producing work under the name AmyO/tinyrage and premiered her first project under this name at the TBA Festival in Portland and the Northwest Film Forum in Spring 2010. Amy teaches contemporary dance technique, funk, and choreography regularly at Velocity Dance Center and has taught and/or conducted residencies at the University of Washington, University of Idaho, Idaho State University, University of Montana, Texas Woman's University, University of Oregon, Cornish College of the Arts, and Dance New Amsterdam (NYC). Her work has been commissioned by Spectrum Dance Theater, Cornish Dance Theater, Moving Current (Tampa, FL), and Seattle Theatre Group. Amy has been awarded creative residencies at Bates Dance Festival, Headlands Center for the Arts, and the US/Japan Choreographers Exchange through Dance Theater Workshop and the Japan Society in NYC. Amy holds a BFA in dance from Cornish College of the Arts. Amy returns for her second year as an instructor for the DANCE This Camp at Centrum.
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