Master Classes with Kelly Ireland

We have an opportunity to take master classes from Kelly Ireland on Sunday, October 21st.  At Canyon Concert Ballet we continue to strive to bring you both renowned and up and coming artists to nurture your study and growth of dance. Ms. Ireland is traveling across the US doing dance research and she is delighting us with stopping in Fort Collins.

To ensure we have enough dancers for class we will have a Pre- Registration. We will offer an Advance 2 hour master class for levels 7+ for $20 and an Intermediate 1.5 hour master class for levels 5 & 6 for $15. To pre-register please email info-at-ccballet.org with your name and informing us that you would like attend. A $10 charge will be added to your account to hold your spot and that will go towards the full amount of class. If we are low in numbers the $10 hold fee will be taken off your account.

2:30- 4:30pm Advance Level 7+

4:30-6:00pm Intermediate Levels 5 & 6

Kelly Ireland is a dancer, choreographer, and dance educator originally from Slippery Rock, PA and is now living and working in New York City. She attended Florida State University beginning in 2014 where she performed the works of choreographers including Gwen Welliver and Rick McCullough, assisted the work of MFA candidate Heather Boni, and choreographed her own work within the School of Dance. Ireland studied abroad in France with the school of Dance and studied abroad in Switzerland with the School of Hospitality and spent a year dancing in the FSU High Flying Circus. She graduated with her BFA in Dance and a minor in Hospitality in the Fall of 2016.

Upon graduation she taught at local studios in her spare time before moving back to Florida to pursue an internship within the hospitality field. A year ago, she moved to New York City to continue pursuing a career in dance where she has been taking class, assistant teaching, and interning for Artichoke Dance Company. She is spending several months this fall traveling to different cities across the United States conducting research and generating choreography for future projects of her own while teaching at studios in Pennsylvania, Florida, Michigan, Colorado, Oregon, and beyond.