Stephens Summer Dance Intensive 2011
Stephens College campus, Columbia, Mo.
- Session I: May 11–June 25
For students 18 and older
(college credit available)
- Session II: June 6–25
For high school juniors and older
- Register online today!
Stephens Summer Dance Intensive (SSD) is an exciting opportunity for
aspiring young dancers to study with international guest faculty in
the Stephens College studios. Students will receive professional, individually
focused training that prepares them for success in today’s diverse
dance world. In addition, they will have the opportunity to perform in the Summer Dance Concert in the Macklanburg Playhouse on the Stephens campus.
The
Program
SSD prepares aspiring young dancers to
meet the challenges of today’s diverse dance world. Students will
study with international guest faculty, taking daily technique classes
in ballet, modern, jazz, and musical theatre in an intensive conservatory
environment. The training students receive will stretch their talents
and broaden their understanding of what it means to be a dancer. Each three-week session will emphasize technical growth and artistic performance. Entrance is by audition only. Guest and Resident Faculty will share their professional expertise through technique classes, individualized attention and rehearsals — providing students with an opportunity to experience the real world of dance in an educational setting. The culmination of the experience is the Summer Dance Concert on Friday, June 24 and Saturday, June 25 in the College’s Macklanburg Playhouse.
Auditions
Entrance into SSD is by audition
only, either in person or electronically.
A Dance Audition will be held
on Friday, March 4 on the Stephens College campus in Columbia,
Mo. Students also may audition
by attending a class with our majors; or electronically by submitting an
audition DVD or video (consisting of ballet barre-work, modern or jazz
center-work and/or a short video of a performance. No more than seven
minutes total). If the performance video is a group piece, clearly indicate
where you appear on the tape. Please make arrangements by April 1 to take a dance class at Stephens
by contacting Kathy Vogt at (573) 876-7194. High school students must
be entering their junior year in order to qualify.
Send your video by April 1 to SSD, Campus Box 2077, 1200 E. Broadway,
Columbia, MO 65215. (Video submission deadline extended to May 1 for high school students. After this date, please contact Carol Estey, SSD Director, to arrange an in-person interview.)
Accommodations
Classes and rehearsals are held on the Stephens College campus in Historic Senior Hall, which houses the Harriette Ann Gray Dance Studio, and the East Studios. Performances are held in the College’s 314-seat Macklanburg Playhouse. While on campus, Stephens Summer Dance students will live in an air-conditioned residence hall with laundry facilities and recreation lounges with cable. Local students may request to live off campus by contacting Carol Estey at (573) 876-7211 or cestey@stephens.edu.
Meals
Stephens Summer Dance students eat in
the Stamper Commons dining hall, which is located in the center of campus.
Included in the program are three meals per day (Monday–Friday)
and two meals per day on weekend.
Enrollment Fee
Fee includes tuition, room, board, and college credit, if applicable.
- $4,500 (6 1/2-week college session), May 11–June 25, 2011
- $2,000 (3-week high school session), June 6–25, 2011
- A $150 deposit is required. Deposits are due by April 15 for college credit or May 9 for high school students.
Faculty
Carol Estey – SSDI Director: Chair of Stephens College Department of Dance. Carol has performed in eight Broadway shows, directs and choreographs, and was a founder and co-artistic director of Opera House Arts at the Stonington Opera House.
Classes this year with our International Guest Faculty will include:
Jennifer Conley – Modern (Graham technique. Session One): Jennifer danced for the Pearl Lang Dance Theatre (2000-2002) and the Martha Graham Dance Company (2002-2006). Throughout her performing career, she has danced the solos of modern dance luminaries Jane Dudley, Martha Graham, Stuart Hodes, Ethel Winter and Yuriko. Her choreographic interest has led her to stage work in many New York City and Philadelphia venues including HERE Arts Center, Merce Cunningham Studio, Lark Theatre, the Martha Graham Center and Chi Movement Arts Center. She has received commissions from Franklin and Marshall College and Temple University to stage her GeoDance material, which is an original approach to integrate Earth and the body through movement. Jennifer has directed Martha Graham's ballets for university programs across the country and abroad including Laban, Brown and Harvard. She holds an M.F.A. in Dance from Tisch School of the Arts and is working toward completion of a Ph.D. in Dance from Temple University. Jennifer will teach Graham technique and set a piece of her own choreography.
Nancy Stoy – Ballet (Session One): Nancy is a graduate of the Canadian College of Dance in Toronto. She is a member of Royal Academy of Dance and member of Imperial Society of Teachers of Dance. Her area of emphasis is in Cecchetti Method and Pedagogy. She has performed in Omaha-Dancescape and has taught in the U.S., London and Canada. She teaches in the Halcyone Perlman School of Dance in Columbia, Missouri.
Tony Parise – Musical Theater/Tap (Session One): Tony began his theatrical career as a performer. He appeared in the national tour of A Chorus Line, and was on Broadway in 42nd Street, Me and My Girl and City of Angels. Now on the other side of the footlights, Tony has directed and/or choreographed Hello Dolly! starring Madeline Kahn, Where’s Charley? starring Jo Sullivan and Emily Loesser, Mame, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Oliver starring Ellen Greene, Cinderella, La Cage Aux Folles, The Music Man, Crazy for You, Funny Girl, South Pacific, The Sound of Music, On the 20th Century, You Can’t Take it With You, Dames at Sea, and national companies of Grease! starring Cindy Williams and Eddie Mecca, Anything Goes, 42nd Street and Me and My Girl starring Tim Curry. Tony has had the honor of choreographing Bernadette Peters in both her Carnegie Hall and Radio City debuts. He was nominated for a Lucille Lortel Award for his choreography of Pirates of Penzance. Other off-Broadway credits include co-choreography for Pageant, movement for Raft of the Medusa, and co-direction and staging for Balancing Act.Internationally, Tony has mounted companies of 42nd Street in London, Australia, New Zealand and Korea, Me and My Girl in Mexico City and Anything Goes at the Theater Des Westens in Berlin. He has choreographed for Italian TV in Milan. From 1996, he has directed the Hasty Pudding Theatricals at Harvard University. Teaching credits include master classes throughout the U.S. and abroad with such organizations as AMDA, Boston Ballet, New Zealand School of Dance, and the Philadelphia College of Performing Arts. Tony is the artistic director of Camp Broadway. We are so happy to have Tony back with us again!
Pat-y-o – Hip-Hop (Session Two): Pat-y-o is a Master Hip-Hop Teacher with many dance conventions in the industry. He has 14 years of experience in directing, judging, stage managing, public relations, and head choreographer with a top national talent competition. In August 2007, Pat-y-o headlined the hip-hop master class for Dance Teacher/Dance Spirit Dance Convention in Manhattan, N.Y., and he was asked to represent them again as their Master Hip-Hop Teacher for August, 2008. He is featured in the February, 2007 & 2008, Dance Teacher Magazine in addition to past editorials in Dance Spirit and Dancer Magazine. His ability has served to revolutionize the entertainment industry in the United States and Mexico. With more than 30 years in dance and 25 years in choreography, Pat-y-o combines originality and creativity that has given him award-winning choreography specializing in Hip-Hop, Salsa, “Street” Jazz, Merengue, Cha-Cha and the Hustle.
Michael Uthoff – Ballet (Session Two): Michael is an internationally renowned artistic director, choreographer, teacher and dancer. He is the artistic and executive director of Dance St. Louis. He was born in Santiago, Chile, to former dancers, Ernst Uthoff and Lola Botka, both of the Jooss Ballet and founders of the Chilean National Ballet. He started dancing after high school and attended the Juilliard School of Music, School of American Ballet and Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance. He danced with the José Limón Company and was a principal dancer with the Joffrey Ballet. In 1972, Michael established the Hartford Ballet in Hartford, Conn., and for 20 years, as artistic director, he developed the company into a national institution that toured in 49 states. He commissioned works by both new and established choreographers, and created more than 100 ballets for the company. He served as the artistic director of Ballet Arizona from 1992-1999. From the time that Uthoff created his first dance for the Joffrey Ballet in 1967, his ballets have entered the repertory of companies all over the world. In 2010, Michael received an honorary doctorate in fine arts from the University of Missouri-St. Louis. He holds an honorary laureate degree from Saint Joseph College in Hartford. In October 2007, he received the Chilean North American Institute's Distincción Ernst Uthoff Award for his distinguished 40-year career and outstanding contributions to dance. (More about Michael)
Francisco Graciano – Modern (Session Two): Francisco, a native of San Antonio, Texas, began dancing and acting at an early age. He received a B.F.A. in dance from Stephens College (on a male scholarship), and scholarships from the Alvin Ailey School and The Taylor School. He has been a member of TAKE Dance Company, Connecticut Ballet, Ben Munisteri Dance Company, Cortez & Co. Contemporary/Ballet, Pascal Rioult Dance Theater, and Dusan Tynek Dance Theater, among others. He also appeared in the operas Aida and White Raven directed by Robert Wilson. He joined Taylor 2 in February 2004 and made his debut with the Paul Taylor Dance Company in Granada, Spain in Summer 2006.
Faculty are subject to change.
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