CONTEMPORARY
TRADITIONS
July 7-27, 2008
Director:
Milton
Myers
Technique
Faculty:
Alan
Hineline, resident choreographer
for Central Pennsylvania Youth
Ballet
Finis
Jhung, ballet master teacher
Milton
Myers, Horton technique
Helen
Pickett, improvisation
Pam
Pribisco, formerly ballet mistress
for
Les Ballets Trockadero de
Monte Carlo
Nina
Watt, Limon technique
Repertory Faculty:
Helen Pickett,
Forsythe-based improvisation
teacher and choreographer
Tim Rushton,
artistic director of Danish
Dance Theatre
Edgar
Zendejas, artistic director of ezDanza
(July 14-20)
*others
to be announced
Musical
Director:
TBD
For:
25 professional and advanced
dancers, age 16 and up, with strong
performance facility
Today's
leading choreographers and
companies seek dancers with the versatility
to perform a range of work. This program
invites stylistically diverse artistic directors
and choreographers Helen Pickett, Tim
Rushton, and Edgar Zendejas to teach
repertory and increase dancers' ability to
communicate choreographic intent.
Ballet,
modern, and in-depth body
conditioning will be offered during morning
sessions. Afternoon repertory rehearsals will
increase participants' capacity to perform
work of contrasting styles and prepare them
to succeed and sustain themselves as dance
artists. Each week culminates with free,
informal presentations for Pillow audiences
July 12, 19, and 26classes, are an integral part of the curriculum.
Attendance
at Festival events, including
performances, talks, exhibits, and master
classes, will be an integral part of the program.
