Summer Programs

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The Dance Conservatory of Maryland offers a wide variety of summer programs for all ages and levels of interest. Summer programs are offered throughout the summer from June through August.

Guest Faculty – In addition to DCM’s own gifted faculty, highly qualified instructors from Maryland and surrounding states will offer instruction in various dance forms. Recent guest teachers have included Amanda McKerrow and John Gardner - American Ballet Theater dancers, Stephanie Powell - professor at Carver, Barbara Sandonato - principal dancer with the Pennsylvania Ballet, Catherine Horta-Hayden - professor at Towson University, and Norma Pera - director at the Baltimore School for the Arts.

FIRST STEPS DANCE CAMP

Ages 3-6

Monday-Friday, 9a.m. - 12p.m.

Choose one, two or all three of the following sessions
Cost: $185 per session

Session 1 - July 11-15, 2016
Disney Princesses

Session 2 - July 18-22, 2016
Angelina Ballerina

Session 3 - July 25-29, 2016
Disney Princesses

This half day camp provides children with a variety of art
experiences and introduces them to basic musicality, loco motor
skills and group movement activities.

Daily dance classes in ballet,
tap and jazz will open their eyes to different dance styles while
child-friendly crafts and games will excite their imagination!

Each week is planned around a theme that included story time,
an informal performance for parents and friends and a chance to
meet themed characters. Snack is included each day.

EVENING CLASSES

Ages 7-18
July 11-29, 2016

Evening dance classes run Monday through
Friday and include Ballet, Pointe/Pre-Pointe
and Contemporary.

One Class:
$260 for 3 weeks, $90/week, $20/evening

Two Classes:
$520 for 3 weeks, $180/week, $40/evening

Schedule:

Intermediate/Advanced:

5:00-6:30 Ballet Technique
6:30-7:30 Pointe/Pre-Pointe (T, W, Th) / Contemporary (M,F)

Elementary/Intermediate:
5:00 - 6:30 Ballet Technique/Stretch-Strengthen

6:30 - 7:30 Jazz (T, TH) / Contemporary (W)

AUGUST WORKSHOP WITH BALLET CHESAPEAKE

August 15-September 2

(Ages 10-Adult with director approval)

Choose one, two or all three weeks
Cost (for non BC members):
$595 total, $200/week, $45/day ($25 for technique class only)

Ballet Technique
Monday-Friday
4:30 - 6:00 p.m.

Pointe//Variations/Mens' Class
Monday-Friday
6:15 - 7:30 p.m.

Ballet Chesapeake's August Workshop is designed for the serious professional or pre-professional dance student at an intermediate to advanced level of training. The workshop will include daily Ballet technique and Pointe/Pre-Pointe or Variations and Partnering classes with renowned guest professionals and Ballet Chesapeake faculty. The program will improve a student's technique while increasing their strength and flexibility to prepare them for their upcoming dance season. This program is required for all pre-professional members of Ballet Chesapeake.

Housing with Ballet Chesapeake families is available Monday - Thursday of each week for out of state/area students. Please contact our office for more information.

Faculty

Rhodie Jorgenson - Guest Faculty 2016, Week 1

Rhodie Jorgenson received her training at the School of American Ballet and the American Ballet Theatre (ABT) School. She spent the majority of her career dancing with ABT, performing on stage and TV, and in movies, throughout the US, Europe, and the Far East. She has worked with choreographers Balanchine, Tudor, Robbins, Ailey, Smuin, and Feld. Ms. Jorgenson has been responsible for rehearsing many children’s roles for ballet productions at the Kennedy Center, including setting the children’s roles for American Ballet Theatre and Joffrey Ballet’s production of The Nutcracker. She has also been on the faculty at the International Ballet Competition in Jackson, MS in 2002, 2006 and 2010.

Peter Pawlysyn - Guest Faculty 2016, Week 1

Mr. Pawlyshyn is originally from Winnipeg, Canada. He is a graduate of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School and later joined the Company. His teachers included Julia Arkos, David Moroni, Jacqueline Weber, Arlene Minkhorst and Jacques Lemay. Mr. Pawlyshyn also is a graduate of the Pavlo Virsky Character Academy in Kiev, Ukraine.

In his career he has danced numerous roles with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Louisville Ballet and Nevada Dance Theater, where he also served as Assistant Ballet Master. He appeared as Guest Artist with Boston Ballet in John Cranko's production of Onegin.

Upon retiring he was invited to join the staff of the Boston Ballet School (under Bruce Marks and Anna Marie Holmes) where he spent seven at the school as a teacher and coach for Ballet, Character, Pas de Deux, Men's Variations and Repertoire.

Mr. Pawlyshyn served as Associate Artistic Director / Ballet Master for six years, under Toni Pimble at Eugene Ballet. Later he was appointed School Director for Kansas City Ballet where he spent four years.

Other teaching credits include at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, International Ballet Competitions in Jackson, Mississippi, Hartford Ballet, Joffrey Ballet II, Atlanta Ballet, Harvard University, University of Iowa, Stephens Collage, Southern New Hampshire Dance Theater, the Cecchetti Council of America, Cecchetti Society of Canada, Dance Masters of America, the Royal Academy of Dance, to name a few.

Mr. Pawlyshyn has coached and restaged numerous ballets, as well as choreographed such ballets as Cinderella, La Boutique Fantasque, Natalia (an original full length production) and Tango.

Amanda McKerrow - Guest Faculty 2016, Week 2

Amanda McKerrow has enjoyed a career as one of America's acclaimed ballerinas. She has the honor of being the first American to receive a gold medal at the International Ballet Competition in Moscow in 1981. Ms. McKerrow joined American Ballet Theatre in 1982. Since then, she has been the recipient of numerous other awards, among them, the Princess Grace Foundation Dance Fellowship in 1986, the Deane Sherman Award for Excellence in the Field of Dance in 1988, and the New York Woman Award for Dance in 1991. In 2000 Ms. McKerrow, together with her husband John Gardner, began staging the works of Antony Tudor for the Antony Tudor Ballet Trust. Since retiring from performing in 2006, she devotes the majority of her time to teaching, coaching, and staging ballets for professional companies around the world.

John Gardner - Guest Faculty 2016, Week 2

John Gardner began his ballet training at age twelve. In 1978, he joined American Ballet Theatre and was promoted to the rank of soloist in 1984. Mr. Gardner's diverse repertoire include many soloist and principal roles, representing an extensive range of styles and affording him the opportunity to work with many of the great choreographers of the 20th centruy, including Antony Tudor, George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, and Twyla Tharp. In 1991 Mr. Gardner joined Mikhail Baryshnikov's White Oak Dance Project. Mr. Gardner created numerous roles during his time with White Oak Dance Project and toured extensively. He returned to American Ballet Theatre in 1995, where he danced a wide variety of roles until 2002. He is currently working at both the professional and student levels, and has taught, choreographed, and staged ballets for professional companies and schools in the U.S. and Europe.

Roberto Munoz - Guest Faculty 2016, Week 3

Mr. Munoz has been teaching and coaching young dancers for over 30 years, both in the USA and abroad. Mr. Munoz served as Director of the Conservatory of Dance and Music Point Park College (now University) from 1983-1995. There, he created two successful programs for young aspiring dancers, The Pre-Professional Division and the International Summer Dance Program. In 1995, Mr. Munoz was invited to be part of the faculty at Baltimore School for the Arts. From 1997-2005, Mr. Munoz was Ballet Master/Coach for both Pittsburgh Ballet Theater’s Company and its school. In 2005, he became Executive Director and Ballet Master at Gulfshore Ballet in Florida. Mr. Munoz’s former students are recognized for their high level of professionalism and their artistic and technical achievements. Most have gone on to successful careers with major companies across the US and Europe.

Mr. Munoz has been a guest Master Teacher at a number of Ballet Companies, including Atlanta Ballet, Ballet Arizona, Ballet Met, Boston Ballet, Houston Ballet, Pittsburgh Ballet Theater and Colorado Ballet, amongst others. Mr. Munoz is the program co-founder and Director of the Saratoga Summer Dance Intensive and the Vail Valley Dance Intensive Programs.

Barclay Gibbs - Ballet Chesapeake Artistic Director

Shana O'Brien - Ballet Chesapeake Resident Choreographer

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