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| Eastern Connecticut Ballet provides summer programs for every interest and level. For 2008, we are offering a variety of programs and classes including: • Evening classes for children and adults • Children's dance and performing arts camps for ages 4 to 7 • Pre-professional summer intensive programs for experienced dancers from ages 8 to adult. These programs include classes with world-class guest teachers. Children’s Dance and Performing Arts Camp July 14-18 Instructor: Marylu Clark July 21-25 Instructor: Krystin McClure $180/week (props and materials included) Ages 4-7 Monday-Friday 9:00 am-12:00 pm Children and parents love this inspiring multi-arts program that has become a popular shoreline tradition. Each week young dancers will explore a magical theme through ballet, creative dance, crafts and games. Parents will enjoy a charming performance at the end of the week. Sessions fill up quickly. A non-refundable deposit of $40 will reserve your place. To avoid disappointment please register early for an enchanting week (or two) full of magic! If your child is new to ECB this year, there is a $25 registration fee. NEW Ballet Lab July 28-August 1 (Ages 11-College, ECB Levels D-F) $140/week Monday-Friday Level D 4:00-7:00 pm Levels E&F 6:00-8:30 pm Taught by Andrew Parker, this new late day/evening program will feature a highly individualized approach. Mr. Parker will incorporate videography as a tool to improve technique and artistry. Ballet classes will be enriched by stretch and strength sessions, pointe work and ballet composition for younger dancers. A former faculty member of the National Ballet School of Canada and currently on the faculty of Southern Methodist University, Mr. Parker brings years of teaching and performing expertise into the classroom. He will also be available for private coaching, an extraordinary opportunity for personal growth. Ballet Lab is a great way to kick off a summer of dance! NEW Children's Intensive July 28-August 1 (ECB Levels B&B+ and C&C+) $200/week Intensive Levels B&B+ Monday-Friday 9:00 am-12:45 pm Intensive Levels C&C+ Monday-Friday 10:15 am-2:15 pm The Children’s Intensive is designed to introduce younger dancers to the joy of summer study, with a developmentally appropriate lighter schedule of classes. Andrew Parker is a gifted teacher of young children with years of experience in the ballet classroom. Hailing from the National Ballet School of Canada, one of the premiere teacher training programs in the world, Mr. Parker tempers discipline with kindness and teaches technique gently, with patience and creativity. The program is fashioned for students ages 8 to 12 (equivalent to ECB levels B-C+). Daily classes will include ballet, jazz and character, a mix of styles sure to excite and inspire. Traditional Intensive Intensive Levels D-F Week 1: August 4-8 ($265/week) Intensive Levels D-F Week 2: August 11-15 ($265/week) Monday-Friday 9:00 am-3:00 pm The goal of the Summer Intensive 2008 is to provide a mentoring experience for intermediate and advanced dancers, ages 11 to Adult (equivalent to ECB Levels D-F). Students will work very closely with master teachers in extended classes designed to strengthen personal technique and artistry. These prominent teachers are well respected in the international dance world and come to ECB with extensive professional performing and teaching experience. Past guests include Christina Fagundes, Pollyanna Ribiero, Marie-Christine Mouis, Franco De Vita, Raymond Lukens, Alexander Iziliaev, Arantxa Ochoa, Andrew Parker, Laura Young, Tamara King and Konstantine Uralsky. Dedicated and nurturing, the teachers are sensitive to the needs of developing young artists. In addition to ballet, pointe and variations classes, the workshop will offer jazz, modern and special topics. Students not currently studying at ECB must call the school and arrange for a placement class. NEW Modern Intensive July 21-25 (Ages 10-Adult) $140/week Monday-Friday approx. 5:30-8:30 pm ECB is offering a week-long Modern workshop taught by Cristin Cawley, Libby Nye and Bo Parish. Experience this unique opportunity to study a broad-spectrum approach to Modern dance from classical to contemporary. Discover the flowing and expansive Limon technique with former Limon principal dancer, Libby Nye. Find power in the use of gravity, fall and recovery, and the interplay between weight and weightlessness. Learn to use momentum to explode off the floor effortlessly and be carried into jumps, spins and dips. In classes with Cristin Cawley, a graduate of SUNY Purchase and former student at the Paul Taylor School and Limon Institute, learn to play with balance, isolation, weight transfers, contraction and release. Come to understand what it is like to transition from a tight turn to an open layout, to bring unexpected level changes to a combination, to create moments of stillness and to find beauty in contrasts. Bo Parish combines classical training from the Boston Conservatory, Boston University and Tslila Goldstein and Dancers, with more contemporary work of inversion and release techniques. Realize what it’s like to sometimes turn traditional technique on its head, without sacrificing its integrity. Learn to seek the meaning behind movement as you sweep, drop, tip, roll, jump and have fun! Summer Dance – Evening Classes in July July 8, 10, 15, 17 (Ages 11-Adult) $13/60-minute class or $17/90-minute class Level D Ballet 5:30-7:00 pm Levels E&F Ballet 5:30-7:00 pm Level D Pointe 7:00-7:45 pm Levels E&F Pointe 7:00-8:00 pm Late afternoon and evening classes in ballet and pointe for pre-teens through adults. Join us for the entire session or select individual classes to suit your needs. Classes are taught by ECB faculty. Summer Programs Guest Faculty Andrew Parker Hailing from Southern Methodist University and the National Ballet School of Canada, Andrew Parker will lead the Children's Intensive for ages 8 to 12. A uniquely gifted and creative teacher, Mr. Parker's popularity and international reputation are well deserved. Parker also will lead a new Ballet Lab for ages 11 to college. Featuring a highly individualized approach, Mr. Parker will use videography to help dancers improve technique and artistry. Leslie Peck From August 4 to 8, Leslie Peck will offer a course entitled An Introduction to Balanchine Technique and Style. Ms. Peck, also an associate professor of dance at SMU, was a member of the New York City Ballet and Principal Dancer with Pacific Northwest Ballet, and Houston, Pennsylvania and Richmond Ballets. She is an official representative of the Balanchine Trust. Previously, Ms. Peck taught at Indiana University and at more than 20 ballet schools, companies and universities from California to Turkey. David Krensing Mr. Krensing joins ECB from a 19-year career as a Principal Dancer with Pennsylvania Ballet. During his career, he performed leading roles in dozens of ballets, including such full-length classics as The Nutcracker, Swan Lake and Romeo and Juliet, the works of George Balanchine, and the works of many other world-renowned choreographers. Adrianna Suarez and Gianni Di Marco Week 2 of the Summer Intensive will feature former Boston Ballet principal dancers, Adrianna Suarez and Gianni Di Marco. Both are known internationally as great performing artists and inspiring teachers. They have danced contemporary and ballet classics all over the world, and will bring their unique perspective to fortunate ECB students. Ms. Suarez also will introduce the students to Gyrotonics: a challenging and cutting-edge conditioning program that is ideal for training young dancers. Libby Nye Libby Nye will teach for a week of adventurous movement exploration and fun. Ms. Nye brings her extensive experience with Jose Limon to all her work. She was a featured performer for Mr. Limon's company, and has been teaching Limon's technique and repertoire for decades in the United States and abroad. Ralph Perkins Mr. Perkins is a seasoned show business professional, with award-winning credits in musical theater and Las Vegas. He has performed in and choreographed for many professional reviews, shows and theatrical productions, and is on faculty at the Hartt School's Musical Theater Department. Hartt's program is considered one of the top three programs in musical theater nationally. Beth Newton-Girard Ms. Girard will lead the hip-hop/dance team program. She is an honored Connecticut dance educator, a USASF certified coach and a former cheerleader with the New England Patriots. Her Senior Street Elite Hip Hop Team is undefeated in the United States and placed second at the Dance World Championships last year. She hopes for a first place this April. Tryouts for the 2008-09 season will be held on June 1 and 3. |
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