BALLET
June
9-22, 2008
Director:
Anna-Marie
Holmes
Gala
Choreographer:
Stephen
Mills
Faculty:
Amanda
McKerrow
Edward
Ellison
Master Classes:
Nikolaj
Hübbe
Musical
Directors:
Felix
Ventouras
Ramona
Pansegrau
For:
22 professional-level and
advanced
ballet dancers, age 15 and up, seeking professional development.
Anna-Marie
Holmes and a
distinguished
artist faculty will
coach
dancers through studio and performance experiences to
sharpen
performance confidence
and
artistry. The focus of the
first
program week will be
participation
in the creation of a
new
work by Stephen Mills and
its
premiere at the Season
Opening
Gala on June 14.
During
the second week, faculty
will
prepare dancers to perform
renowned
classical works by
including
the musicality, style characteristics, and pas de deux
techniques
specific to each work. Dancers will perform the works for
a free public presentation on June 21. Each week includes
separate men's and women's classes in addition to music, performance
analysis, and career-building seminars. Attendance at Festival
events, including performances, talks, exhibits, and master classes,
will be an integral part of the program.
Past
program participants havebeen primarily apprentices and pre-professionals
hailing from
companies
and schools, such as
Atlanta
Ballet, Estudio Julio Bocca Argentina, Het Nationale Ballet, National
Ballet of Canada, New Zealand School of Dance, Pacific Northwest
Ballet, Royal Danish Ballet, and Royal Swedish Ballet School.
Participants from the Ballet Program performing at
