Conduit Dance Announces 2006 Summer Dance Intensive
May 24, 2006
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Conduit Dance Announces 2006 Summer Dance Intensive
Five weeks of contemporary dance training for teenagers to adults in a range of movement styles and approaches.
May 24, 2006 — Five weeks of contemporary dance training for teenagers to adults in a range of movement styles and approachs.
Conduit Summer Intenisive 2006: June 26 – July 28, 2006
With a focus on integrating movement technique and choreographic practice with performance quality and expression, Conduit’s Summer Intensive offers the dancer at any level an opportunity to focus on their art alongside many of the region’s most provacative contemporary dance artists.
This year’s Intensive includes in depth morning sessions with a focus on performance and collaboration, special nighttime sessions diving into improvisational scores and contact improvisation technique, and concentrated evening technique classes allowing the dancer to dig deep into phrase work. Friday evening showings gives students and guests the chance to share their hard work in an informal format.
Guest teaching artists include:
-From New York, TBA Festival Alumna Tiffany Mills (week 1)
-From Los Angeles, Interdisciplinary Butoh Artist Michael Sakamoto (week 2)
-From San Diego & Eugene, movers Gabriel Masson & Sarah Ebert (week 3)
-Boundary-busting Susan Banyas & Gregg Bielemeier (week 4)
-Contact Improv Connoisseur Carolyn Stuart (week 4)
-Dynamic Duo Cydney Wilkes & Mike Barber (week 5)
-Investigative Improvisor Kathleen Keogh (week 5)
The evening technique series will include Conduit faculty Gregg Bielemeier, Tahni Holt, Mary Oslund, Tracy Broyles, and Tere Mathern. The classes will explore a broad-based and rigorous approach to the body of knowledge currently influencing contemporary dance training and performance.
To download our SI ’06 flyer, and find out more about each of the artists and the complete schedule, please visit www.conduit-pdx.org.
Conduit’s Mission
Conduit Dance Inc. is devoted to the advancement of contemporary dance through programs that encourage the creation of new work, provide a vital performance forum for the community, and offer professional training and educational opportunities that are consistent, current, and of the highest quality. Conduit seeks to create a broad-based community resource for artists in the field, a nexus for collaborations with other dance support organizations, regionally and nationally, as well as a dynamic and inviting contemporary dance center accessible to diverse audiences and the general public.
Contact: Tere Mathern or Mary Oslund
503.221.5857
www.conduit-pdx.org