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Summer Intensive 2018 News

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Dear CCB Family,

We have some very exciting announcements with regards to our 2018 Summer Intensive! Please keep reading below for our announcements, schedules, and notifications of what to wear and what to expect.

Please note: The summer intensive is open to all students entering CCB Level 3 and up. All registrations must be in by Monday, May 21st. All payments must be made by the first day of the intensives. Register today!

News: Faculty Additions and Changes

Lorita Travaglia is originally from New Zealand. She received her ballet training at the National School of Ballet and later the Royal Ballet School in London. Lorita made her debut as a professional dancer with the Berlin Ballet. After six years with the Company, she moved to the United States where she worked with Princeton Ballet, Boston Ballet, Atlanta Ballet and International Ballet Rotaru, dancing solo and principal roles in a wide range of repertoire. Her favorite roles include Odette/Odile in Swan Lake, Swanhilda in Coppelia, Cinderella, Sugarplum Fairy in The Nutcracker and Paquita. In 1992, Lorita returned to New Zealand, but continued to perform as a guest artist with companies in the United States as well as Company Z, a contemporary dance company in New Zealand. Lorita began teaching in 1988 while still performing and studied the Vaganova methodology. She was the principal teacher for a professional training program in Auckland, New Zealand and later, as artistic director of Canyon Concert Ballet in Fort Collins, Colorado, she set up a similar aspirant program. In 1999, Lorita joined Colorado Ballet as director of the Apprentice Program and company repetiteur, and has been ballet mistress since 2006.

Her choreography includes Equanimity, Aspects, Pictures at an Exhibition, Piazzolla and, most recently, The Angel of Buenos Aires for Colorado Ballet and a full-length The Nutcracker for Canyon Concert Ballet. Lorita graduated from the Colorado School of Traditional Chinese Medicine in 2000 and has a private practice in Denver. She is an avid tango dancer and is the Creative Director of Parasol Arts.

Mary Lyn Graves (BFA) is a dance artist originally from Tulsa, OK and currently based in Salt Lake City, UT. She has been a member of Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company since 2012.  Mary Lyn has performed works by Daniel Charon, Charlotte Boye-Christensen, Ann Carlson, Tzveta Kassabova, Raja Feather Kelley, Joanna Kotze, Doug Varone, Kate Weare, and Netta Yerushalmy, among others. She has also performed the works of Alwin Nikolais, including tours to the Joyce Theater in 2016 and France in 2018.  Since 2016, Mary Lyn has worked extensively with Molly Heller, performing in and touring Heller’s work very vary. In May 2018, Mary Lyn will travel to Mongolia and South Korea with Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company as part of DanceMotionUSA, a collaboration between the Brooklyn Academy of Music and the US Department of State.

As a teacher, Mary Lyn has taught master classes in contemporary and ballet technique, repertory and improvisation at the University of Oklahoma, Colorado State University, Loyola Marymount University, Texas A&M University, Wichita State University, Brenau University, Snowy Range Summer Dance Festival, Ballet Lubbock, and as a guest teacher for Tulsa Modern Movement in Tulsa, OK. She has also taught creative movement to children in schools across the United States.

Lauren Beale (MFA) is a performing artist, choreographer, improviser, contemplative teacher and yoga instructor. She holds an MFA in Dance from The University of Colorado Boulder with an emphasis in collaborative, interdisciplinary performance. Lauren has performed nationally and internationally with Colorado based companies Michelle Ellsworth Performance, Gesel Mason Performance Projects, Helander Dance Theater, 3rd Law Dance/Theatre, David Capps/Dances, Interweave Dance Theater, Kim Olson/Sweet Edge, New York City companies Curt Haworth and Dancers, Ellis Wood Dance and Peter Sciscioli, and Seattle based Wade Madsen.

Lauren has co-created and collaborated on interdisciplinary performances with Brooke McNamara, Ondine Geary, Kate Speer, Mark McCoin, Jessica Hendricks, and Amanda Leise. Her creative work has been presented in Colorado, New York City, Costa Rica, Mexico, and Hungary. She has been on faculty at the Boulder Jazz Dance Workshop for over ten years and facilitates dance and movement classes at Block 1750 and Running River School K-8. Lauren has also taught Performance Improvisation, Jazz Fusion technique, and Looking at Dance in the dance department of CU-Boulder. She has recently co-founded Eunice Embodiment, with Brooke McNamara, an umbrella organization engaging performance, movement education, and mentorship to unlock creative capacity and source our fundamental human aliveness.

Amanda Leise is a nationally and internationally sought after teacher and choreographer, specializing in hip hop and tap. She has taught at the EDGE Performing Arts Center in Los Angeles and many local studios in the LA area. She has also taught for Hollywood Vibe, Urban Jamm, Tamjams, Boulder Jazz Dance Workshop and master classes across the United States and abroad. Amanda is happy to be back in her native Colorado after spending 11 years teaching and dancing across the United States!

 

 

Classes will be rounded out by our CCB faculty, including Analia Alegre-Femenias Weber, Marisa Johnson, and Alicia Laumann.

We are sad to announce that Megan Glynn will not be joining us due to knee surgery and Nick Blaylock will not be joining us due to a new job as an Assistant Professor at Southern Utah University. We wish them both best of luck!

New Classes Added

**Not for both weeks or all levels – schedules vary!

  • Hip-Hop
  • Contemporary Partnering
  • Character
  • Pilates Reformer
  • Body Conditioning
  • Healthy Dancers: Having Fun with Dance Toys

Schedules

Each level’s specific daily schedule will be emailed the week before intensive.

Ballet Concentration

Your schedule will include ballet technique, pointe / pre-pointe, classical repertory, classical modern, Pilates, character, and a special lecture titled “Healthy Dancers: Having Fun with Dance Toys!”

Contemporary Concentration

Your schedule will include ballet, contemporary ballet, jazz, hip hop, contemporary, contemporary partnering, improvisation (for upper levels only), body conditioning, and modern!

Dress Code

Ballet Concentration

Ballet attire (pink tights, leotard, flat shoes, hair in bun, skirts are allowed in pointe sections); Character attire (Character skirt or full, knee-length skirt from home, jazz or character shoes).

Contemporary Concentration

Because you will be dancing in a variety of genre we would like you to dance in more neutral attire. This should look like the following: black or pink tights, colored leotards, hair in bun, (may be in ponytail for non-classical like classes only), leggings for ALL contemporary classes. Adequately long dance shorts are only allowed for jazz, commercial contemporary and hip hop.  No track shorts, bare bellies or hair down will be allowed. Please dress neatly for all classes! Please be ready with ballet shoes, socks, jazz shoes and tennis shoes.

What to Bring

In addition to bringing all necessary dance attire, dancers should pack:

  • Pilates/yoga mat.
  • Extra dance outfit in case of spills, etc.
  • Large lunch with 2 additional snacks! Students will be dancing 7 hours each day and will need sufficient caloric intake. A lunch high in proteins and healthy carbs is recommended, plus 2 snacks.
  • Refillable water bottle.
  • A book to read.

What to Expect

To come home quite tired each night and should plan on quiet, restful evenings without additional physical activities planned.

To be sore by 2nd or 3rd day and might remain a bit sore throughout the intensive.

To be challenged in new styles of dance.

To grow in their technique, meet new friends and have lots of fun!

Master Classes and Open Drop-In Classes

We will put out a list of available intensive classes for drop-in for our advanced university and community dancers between the ages of 16-24 on May 22nd.

Master Classes for All Advanced Adult dancers are as follows:

Saturday, June 16th: Lorita Travaglia, Advanced Ballet: 10-11:30am
Saturday, June 23rd: Mary Lyn Graves, Advanced Contemporary: 10-11:30am

Standard Cost:
$20 Drop-in for 1.5 hour class
$15 Drop-in for 1 hour class

University Students Ages 18-24 Cost:
$15 Drop-in for 1.5 hour class
$12 Drop-in for 1 hour class

2 Impromptu Summer Master Classes – FREE!! For levels 4 and Up

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We have two exciting visitors passing through town this week and next and decided to take the opportunity to have them bring their gifts and skill to CCB!  The classes are FREE!!  Invite your friends and come be part of the fun.

Conner Horak – Wonderbound dancer and CCB Alum

WEDNESDAY, JULY 26TH:

4:30-6PM – JAZZ: LEVELS 4&5 OR INTERMEDIATE JAZZ DANCERS

6-7:30PM – JAZZ: LEVELS 6 AND UP OR ADVANCED JAZZ DANCERS

Conner, originally from Fort Collins, Colorado, received his initial training from Canyon Concert Ballet. He was introduced to dance through a synthesis of musical theater and martial arts training. He continued dancing at Butler University, where he graduated cum laude with a BFA in Dance Performance with departmental honors. Conner has had the privilege of performing in Paul Taylor’s Le Sacre Du Printemps (The Rehearsal), Cinderella, and Gerald Arpino’s Viva Vivaldi. He has also recently performed as the “hoofer’ in George Balanchine’s Slaughter on Tenth Avenue and the Bluebird in Sleeping Beauty. Since returning home to Colorado, Conner has performed with Kim Robard’s Dance and David Taylor’s Zikr Dance Ensemble. He is incredibly thrilled to be joining Wonderbound.

Matthew Harvey – National guest artist and choreographer; former member of Carolina Ballet Theater

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2ND:

6-7:30PM – ADVANCED BALLET: LEVELS 6 AND UP OR ADVANCED BALLET DANCERS

Matthew and his wife have just arrived to FC.  CCB is excited to welcome this dance duo.  His wife, Madeline Harvey, is the new ballet professor at CSU, and Mr. Harvey is an active guest artist, choreographer and teacher.

Matthew Harvey, 23, began his dance training at the age of nine. He studied at Repertory Dance Theatre in Allentown, Pennsylvania, under the direction of Jennifer Haltzman Tracy and Trinette Singleton. He attended Summer Dance Intensives on scholarship at Joffrey Ballet School and Chautauqua Institute. Matthew danced as a trainee at the North Carolina Dance Theatre School from 2006 to 2007. His career highlights so far include dancing in Alonzo King’s Map and Hernan Justo’s We the People as the Martin Luther King, Jr. solo. Matthew has also been featured as a guest artist in Maryland, Florida, and various cities across South America. Matthew has also been choreographing since 2006, including works for the Dance Spirit Magazine Competition and the Youth American Grand Prix. Matthew is a favorite jazz teacher at School of Carolina Ballet Theatre.

2017 Summer Intensive

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The Canyon Concert Ballet School Summer Intensive offers a curriculum focused on classical ballet with exposure to a variety of dance disciplines. Our world-class instructors will inspire growth and renewal for all avid ballet students and prepare those students training for the demands of a professional career in an intimate and nurturing environment. Focus is placed on developing the whole dancer by offering classes according to 3 levels determined by an initial placement class. Classes will be offered in ballet technique, pointe, variations, modern, contemporary, jazz, hip hop, musical theatre, Pilates, yoga and repertoire, as well as lectures on injury prevention, nutrition, and dance history. We educate not just the dancer, but the whole person!

INTENSIVE ACCEPTANCE

CCB’s summer intensive is open to all serious ballet students ages 9-24 with at least three years of ballet technique training AND to all CCB students currently enrolled in levels 4 and up. Auditions are not required. Non-CCB students are welcome!

CURRICULUM

Students in Levels 2 and 3 attend classes Monday through Friday from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM and Saturday 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM at the Canyon Concert Ballet north studios. Students will showcase their progress in a demonstration on Saturday, June 24, 2017 at 2pm.

Students in Level 1 attend classes Monday through Friday from 9:00 AM to 2:30 PM and Saturday 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM at the Canyon Concert Ballet north studios. Students will showcase their progress in a demonstration on Saturday, June 24, 2017 at 2pm.

Classes for 2017 may include:

  • Ballet Technique
  • Pointe
  • Repertory
  • Variations
  • Modern
  • Jazz
  • Contemporary/ Release Method Techniques
  • Hip Hop
  • Improvisation
  • Conditioning
  • Pilates
  • Yoga
  • Injury Prevention
  • Nutrition

** Special men’s classes TBD based on enrollment.

FACULTY

Corina Gill

Ms. Gill began training near her home town at Black Mountain Dance Center when she was about 10. At 16, Gill graduated from high school and was accepted into the University of California, Irvine’s well-known dance program on scholarship. In 2002 she received her bachelor’s degree in dance and married her husband. She danced in several ballet companies including San Diego Ballet, State Street Ballet, Ballet Pacifica and Ballet Tech before joining Los Angeles Ballet at its launch in 2006. While there, she was honored to dance many principal roles and was coached by codirectors Colleen Neary and Thordal Christiansen. Gill attributes these years to one of the periods of the most growth in her professional career.

In 2009, Gill auditioned for her dream company, Boston Ballet and Artistic Director Mikko Nissinen offered her a position in the corps de ballet. Since joining, she has been able to enjoy a large variety of types of ballets and roles including many soloist and principal opportunities. In 2012 she was featured in Dance Magazine’s “Dancer Spotlight” by Ashley Rivers, and in 2015 she completed her master’s certificate in nonprofit management. Most recently, Gill danced the technically challenging and emotional “Belong” pas de deux by Norbert Vesak. Mary Hierholtzer of the New Boston Post said, “she excelled in the demanding role that requires strength, intricate technique, gracefulness and emotional intimacy.” Gill was promoted to second soloist in 2016.

Gill has taught in various ballet schools throughout her career. For the past two years she taught in Boston Ballet school’s prestigious summer program as well as yearround. She has taught masters classes including Swan Lake master classes for adults. Gill enjoys teaching and believes that through teaching she is still learning how to develop her own craft, as well as that of the students.

Melissa Corr

Melissa Corr, a native New Yorker, has been a leading figure in the training of classical dancers in our tri-state region for over 35 years. Her rigorous Russian based training system provides her students with the discipline, technique and motivation to pursue professional careers in dance. Her students are involved in companies throughout the United States and abroad. Ms. Corr is currently the Ballet Mistress and an Advanced and Company ballet instructor.  She recently retired from the Dance Department at Colorado State University, where she instructed ballet technique and staged classic works, along with her own contemporary choreography. She lives in Fort Collins with her husband Jim. She is an avid hiker and loves to garden.

Megan Glynn

Megan Glynn is currently the senior faculty and Department Director of Dance within the Colorado Mesa University Theatre and Dance program in Grand Junction, where she teaches tap, hip hop, and jazz/ contemporary along with several lecture courses. As a Bay Area, California native, Megan trained extensively in jazz, contemporary, hip hop and tap dance and musical theater. She went on to complete her BFA at Chapman University and later her MFA at the University of California, Irvine with an emphasis in choreography and pedagogy in 2009. While at UCI, she choreographed for numerous productions in the UCI Opera, Theatre and Dance Departments. Since then, Ms. Glynn has continued to direct and choreograph in such productions as Once Upon a Mattress, Legally Blond, Nine, My Fair Lady, among others as well as her own personal choreography for various concerts, collegiate dance festivals, fashion shows and music videos. Additionally, she continues to teach and choreograph nationally as a guest in private studios and colleges. Ms. Glynn’s former students have been seen on television shows such as Live to Dance, America’s Best Dance Crew, America’s Got Talent, and So You Think You Can Dance. Many have been featured in music videos, films, and are touring internationally both performing and teaching.

*Additional guests’ bios coming soon!

FEES

Levels 2 and 3. Fee: $550

Placement will be determined by the instructor the first day of class. **Please note, CCB students will be evaluated according to individual student level and not necessarily along CCB levels. This will ensure the most fruitful experience for each dancer.

Level 3: 4 years ballet technique and 2 years of pointe required.

Level 2: 3 years ballet technique and 1 year of pointe required.

Sample Day, Levels 2 and 3:

9:00 – 10:45 Ballet Technique

11:00 – 12:00 Pointe/ Variations

12:00 – 1:00 Lunch w/ Lecture Series to include Q&A with guest teachers and dance history.

1:00 – 1:45 Pilates/ Yoga/ Healthy Dancer

1:45 – 3:15 Jazz/ Musical Theater/ Contemporary

3:30 – 5:00 Repertoire

Level 1. Fee: $400

3 years of prior ballet training required. Placement will be determined by the instructor the first day of class. **Please note, CCB students will be evaluated according to individual student level and not necessarily along CCB levels. This will ensure the most fruitful experience for each dancer.

Sample Day, Level 1:

9:00 — 10:30 Contemporary/ Musical Theater/ Jazz

10:30 – 11:00 Pilates/ Healthy Dancer

11:00 – 12:00 Variations/ Pre-pointe

12:00 – 1:00 Lunch w/ Lecture Series to include Q&A with guest teachers and dance history.

1:00 – 2:30 Ballet technique

SCHOLARSHIPS AND FINANCIAL AID

** Would you like to sponsor a dancer with a donation? Even small donations can make a difference in a dancer’s life. Contact the CCB office today!

CCB offers a limited amount of need-based financial aid for the Summer Intensive. Please indicate desire to apply for financial aid on registration application.

REGISTRATION

Registration must be received by April 3rd with $150 deposit to be applied toward total fees. Remainder of fees must be paid in full by May 15, 2017. Pick up a registration form in the office.

IMPORTANT DATES

Monday, April 3, 2017 – Registration and Deposit Due

Monday, May 15, 2017 – Balance of Fees due

Monday, June 19, 2017 – Orientation: 8:30AM. Placement class 9AM.

Saturday, June 24, 2017 – Studio Demonstrations, 2PM

Upcoming Workshops

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Intensive Classical Variation Workshops

Join Canyon Concert Ballet’s Alicia Laumann in learning Classical ballet variations from the Imperial Russian Ballet 1860s-1890s! Bring your enthusiasm and passion for ballet to the studio as we learn two to three solos from the most well-known and loved ballets.

imperial russian ballet
Carlotta Brianza and Pavel Gerdt of the Imperial Ballet as Princess Aurora and Prince Desire in the 1890 premiere of the Sleeping Beauty.

Each workshop will include a daily short pre-pointe or pointe barre, an intensive Pilates strength and stretching session and learning of the Classical variations with detailed coaching.

June 27-July 1: Ages 9-11 (Pre-pointe)
July 11-15: Ages 12-14 (Beginning Pointe)
Times and Location: Monday through Friday 1:30-3:30PM, with showing on Fridays at 3pm @ CCB North
Limit 12 dancers per workshop
Cost: $125

Young Choreographer’s Workshop

This workshop is designed to stretch the student’s creative skills by learning the basic concepts in creating a choreographic composition. Students will explore how to choose a theme or a topic, how to use images, words or music to help create new movement and how to use fundamental building blocks of time, space energy, levels and motifs when creating new movement. Finally, students will learn how to stage the movement, choose appropriate music and prepare it for presentation. Please visit www.alicialaumann.com for full details.

July 18-22
– Ages 8-16
– Mornings: 9:30-12:30pm, w/ final showing of work Friday at 11:30pm
– Cost: $150
– Limit: 30 students

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Fort Collins, CO 80524
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