Faculty Volunteers

Christine Stevens

Faculty, High Point University

Christine Bowen Stevens has performed and choreographed in various classical and contemporary venues throughout the United States. She received her dance training from Duke University, NCSA, and holds an MFA in Dance and Choreography from UNCG. She is currently adjunct faculty at... Read More →

Thursday February 27, 2020 8:00am - 9:20am EST
Dance Complex GRW3 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Modern Technique

8:00am EST

Contemporary Ballet Technique (Int./Adv.)

This class will employ a traditional ballet barre while exploring concepts of weight and groundedness to compliment and contrast the use of releve in the center. Utilizing both parallel and turned out positioning of the legs, this contemporary ballet class will explore a wider range of movement that goes beyond the traditional ballet vocabulary.

Faculty Volunteers

Paige Cunningham Caldarella

The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago

Paige Cunningham Caldarella (MFA University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) received her B.F.A. from the Juilliard School and immediately went on to dance with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, touring throughout Europe, Australia and the United States. Currently, Caldarella is an... Read More →

Thursday February 27, 2020 8:00am - 9:20am EST
Dance Complex GRW4 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Ballet Technique

8:00am EST

Contemporary Jazz (Int./Adv.)

Tiffanie’s contemporary jazz class offers fast-paced, kinetically charged movement that incorporate elements of jazz technique and contemporary modern styles. Warm-up and exercises include deep stretching, release technique, isolations, spinal articulations, and floor work to awaken the body and get the blood pumping. Tiffanie will challenge and encourage the dancers to bring their most present, athletic, virtuosic, and fierce selves to the exercises and combinations.

Faculty Volunteers

Tiffanie Carson

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Shenandoah University

Stephanie Powell

George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology

Stephanie Powell is a graduate of Goucher College where she received an undergraduate degree in Dance Performance and Choreography with Certification. At the Johns Hopkins University she received a Masters’ Degree in Liberal Arts with an emphasis on Arts and Humanities. She is a... Read More →

Thursday February 27, 2020 8:00am - 9:20am EST
Dance Complex GRW7 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Modern Technique, Choreography, Improvisation

8:00am EST

Tap Dance (Int./Adv.)

In this Tap class Todd will focus on driving home the basics and expanding upon them to make dancers understand the importance of technique and rhythm. The class begins with an intense warm up, continues across the floor and finishes with a combination focusing on musicality and precision.

Faculty Volunteers

Todd Shanks

Dean College

Todd spent over a decade on the faculty at Steps on Broadway and taught at The Ailey School, Ballet Hispanico, and Dance New Amsterdam. Full-time faculty at Dean College, he also teaches on tour with Manhattan Dance Project, Dance Educators of America, Headliners and at The Boston... Read More →

Thursday February 27, 2020 8:00am - 9:20am EST
Dance Complex Tap Studio 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Tap Technique

8:00am EST

Yoga

**Please bring your own mat or towel from the hotel**
Yoga for dancers. Stretch, strengthen and flow with balances and options for all abilities, ending with a progressive relaxation meditation.

Faculty Volunteers

Krista Di Lello

Dance and Yoga Educator, Lone Peak High School. Dancer at SALT., Lone Peak High School / SALT Contemporary Dance

Krista Di Lello, MA, a Canadian native, attended BYU-I (ASS in Dance), BYU (BA in Dance Education), and UNCG (MA in Dance Education) and is certified in Pilates and Dance Conditioning. Krista has danced with numerous local companies, and currently dances with one the of SALT Contemporary... Read More →

Thursday February 27, 2020 8:00am - 9:20am EST
Dance Complex GRW6 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Yoga

9:30am EST

African

Faculty Volunteers

Yamoussa Camara

African Dance Instructor, Point Park University

Born in the village of Boke, Guinea, West Africa in 1966, Yamoussa Camara took to his drum at an early age. During his sixteen year association as first student then protege of Mohamed Kemoko Sano, choreographer and artistic director of both national companies, Djoliba and Les Ballets... Read More →

Thursday February 27, 2020 9:30am - 10:50am EST
LH 200 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, African

9:30am EST

Contemporary (Int./Adv.)

Faculty Volunteers

Jose Silva

Thursday February 27, 2020 9:30am - 10:50am EST
LH 708 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Contemporary

9:30am EST

Contemporary Ballet (Adv.)

A dynamic, athletic class that takes a wholistic view of ballet technique, focusing on rhythm, musicality, and self-expression. The physicality and discipline of ballet is shared in a supportive environment that asks how ballet technique serves the dancer, not how the dancer ‘fits in’ to ballet.

Faculty Volunteers

Dorothy Overbey

The University of Texas at Austin- College of Fine Arts

Dorothy O’Shea Overbey is a performer, producer, choreographer, musician, visual artist and filmmaker on faculty at the University of Texas at Austin. Founder of Red Nightfall Productions and Artistic Advisor at Ventana Ballet, Ms. Overbey is interested in using emerging technologies... Read More →

Thursday February 27, 2020 9:30am - 10:50am EST
Dance Complex GRW4 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Ballet Technique

9:30am EST

Contemporary/Jazz(Int./Adv.)

An Inter/Advanced Contemporary/Jazz Class with Classic Jazz Technical elements. Focusing on Jazz progressions across the floor after a full technique warm up and ending with challenging choreography (either Contemporary or Jazz) for a full class experience from start to finish.

Faculty Volunteers

Terrell Davis

Artistic Director - Dance, Denver School of the Arts

Terrell Davis is the Founder/Artistic Director of Davis Contemporary Dance Company. He is also the Artistic Director of Dance at Denver School of the Arts. He has a B.A in Political Science and Minor in Dance From Western Illinois University. He was a principal dancer with the Cleo... Read More →

Thursday February 27, 2020 9:30am - 10:50am EST
Dance Complex GRW5 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Jazz Technique, Choreography

9:30am EST

Intermediate Modern Dance/Conditioning

Faculty Volunteers

Maria Royals

Dance Department Chair, George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology

I am an 18 year BCPS dance teacher and a life-long learner.

Thursday February 27, 2020 9:30am - 10:50am EST
PLH Studio #3 350 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Modern Technique

9:30am EST

Jazz Technique

This class heavily focuses on basic jazz technique including a warm up, across the floor and a center combination at the end. The class intertwines strong ballet vocabulary and classical jazz positions while focusing on rhythm, flexibility, strength and quality of execution.

Faculty Volunteers

Janelle Spruill

The Governor's School for the Arts

Janelle Spruill earned her B.F.A. in dance and minor in media studies from Marymount Manhattan College. She teaches at The Govenor’s School for the Arts in Virginia and recently was a guest artist at Shenandoah University and Old Dominion University. She is currently working on... Read More →

Thursday February 27, 2020 9:30am - 10:50am EST
Dance Complex GRW7 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Jazz Technique

9:30am EST

Modern dance with Floorwork and Inversions

In this class, we will progress through a series of warmup phrases and center work, then travel across the floor utilizing the low level. We will explore inversions as well as practicing contact in and out of the floor for greater mobility. This class is designed to be technically challenging, as well as as exploratory and fun.

Faculty Volunteers

Lauren Soutullo

Assistant Teaching Professor, University of Southern Mississippi

Lauren Soutullo is an Assistant Teaching Professor of Dance at the University of Southern Mississippi. She earned her M.F.A. in Dance Performance and Choreography from the Florida State University’s School of Dance. Smith centers her classes around strength and performance skills... Read More →

Thursday February 27, 2020 9:30am - 10:50am EST
Dance Complex GRW3 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Modern Technique

9:30am EST

Movement Exploration and Collaborative Improvisation

Faculty Volunteers

Marissa Stahl

Gloucester County Institute of Technology

Thursday February 27, 2020 9:30am - 10:50am EST
PLH Studio #4 350 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Improvisation

9:30am EST

Musical Theatre Jazz (Int./Adv.)

In this jazz class we will be working within the musical theatre genre. Character shoes are encouraged (jazz shoes are appropriate if character shoes aren't available). Come ready to perform and sweat!

Faculty Volunteers

Lindsay Fisher Viatori

Slippery Rock University

Lindsay Fisher Viatori (Slippery Rock University) teaches ballet, jazz, modern, and compositional forms. Her performing career spanned multiple genres from experimental post-modern dance to musical theatre and film. She holds a BFA from the University of North Carolina School of the... Read More →

Thursday February 27, 2020 9:30am - 10:50am EST
Dance Complex Tap Studio 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Jazz Technique

9:30am EST

Radioactive Practice: contemporary dance practice

In this highly physical workshop dancers will experiment with pushing their bodies past perceived limits of speed, range of motion, strength, coordination, and endurance, as well as challenge their own held views on conventions of established forms. In this class dance artist Abby Z utilizes an intercultural approach to the practice of contemporary dance, as a means to identify the confluence of aesthetic worlds and cultural information embedded in the practice of contemporary dance. Her methods are in direct dialogue with the African Diasporic and African forms that have shaped her perspective as a dance-maker and educator. Dancers should expect a full-bodied rhythmically driven class and should wear sneakers, pants, and knee pads(optional). Check this class out on IG @abbyzandthenewutility for more info...

Faculty Volunteers

Abby Zbikowski

University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana

Abby Zbikowski is a choreographer interrogating the functionality of aesthetics and cultural value systems through the creation of highly physical and relentlessly explosive dances. Abby's work with her company, Abby Z and the New Utility, has been presented around the country and... Read More →

Thursday February 27, 2020 9:30am - 10:50am EST
PLH Studio #1 350 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Contemporary Technique

9:30am EST

Scores for Improvising

Hip Hop (Int./Adv.)

Afro-Po-Mo (African and African-American influenced Post-Modern technique), draws from diverse movement styles, approaches, and practices that include modern, post-modern, and ballet techniques, dance forms from the African diaspora, martial arts, Alexander Technique, kinesiology, physical conditioning, and life. We will play with rhythm and momentum, strength and endurance, somatic efficiency, dynamic clarity, and expressivity in the torso and pelvis in an effort to reconnect to the joy and pas

Faculty Volunteers

Gesel Mason

The University of Texas at Austin- College of Fine Arts

Gesel Mason is a choreographer, performer, educator, and arts facilitator. She is Artistic Director for Gesel Mason Performance Projects and Associate Professor of Dance at University of Texas at Austin. She was a member of Liz Lerman Dance Exchange and Ralph Lemon/Cross Performance... Read More →

Thursday February 27, 2020 12:30pm - 1:50pm EST
Dance Complex GRW6 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Modern Technique

12:30pm EST

Back It Up: Inviting your dance into the back space through Bill Evans Somatic Dance Technnique

Faculty Volunteers

Denise Purvis

Appomattox Regional Governor's School for the Arts and Technology

Thursday February 27, 2020 12:30pm - 1:50pm EST
PLH Studio #4 350 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Modern Technique

12:30pm EST

Contemporary Lyrical (Int./Adv.)

Improvisation: Writing/Moving/Speaking

Faculty Volunteers

Gretel Schatz

Performing Arts Department Chair, Dance Program Director, Northfield Mount Hermon School

Thursday February 27, 2020 12:30pm - 1:50pm EST
PLH Studio #3 350 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Improvisation

12:30pm EST

Intermediate Ballet Technique

Faculty Volunteers

Thomas Shoemaker

South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities

Thursday February 27, 2020 12:30pm - 1:50pm EST
LH 708 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Ballet Technique

12:30pm EST

Modern

This modern class is eclectic in style and based on movement efficiency, using momentum, and releasing excess muscle tension in order to move more freely and powerfully. Drawing inspiration from Erick Hawkins, Graham, and Limon, this class will challenge students to move from their centers, to be aware of their movement pathways, and to find mobility and range of motion in their joints.

Faculty Volunteers

Lindsay Hawkins

Rockford University

Lindsay Hawkins, M.F.A.,originally from Columbus, Indiana, is an educator, choreographer, and performer and is the Assistant Professor of Dance at Rockford University. Previously Lindsay held an adjunct faculty appointment at Lindenwood University and performed for 12 seasons as a... Read More →

Thursday February 27, 2020 12:30pm - 1:50pm EST
PLH Studio #2 350 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Modern Technique

12:30pm EST

Pilates for Dancers

**Please bring your own mat or towel to use for this class**

Faculty Volunteers

Roxanne Cohen

Thursday February 27, 2020 12:30pm - 1:50pm EST
LH 200 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Pilates

12:30pm EST

Repertory (Int./Adv.)

Kurt Douglas

Associate Professor of Dance, Boston Conservatory at Berklee

KURT DOUGLAS is originally from Guyana, South America and received his BFA in Dance from The Boston Conservatory, and an M.F.A. from Hollins University in association with The American Dance Festival, Frankfurt Conservatory of Performing Arts and the Forsythe Company. Kurt has danced... Read More →

Thursday February 27, 2020 2:00pm - 3:20pm EST
Dance Complex GRW6 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Modern Technique

2:00pm EST

Intermediate Contemporary Ballet

Jazz-Funk (Int./Adv.)

This high-impact class is structured to give the working dancer continued training in the world of commercial dance. Class will begin with a traditional warm up, followed by combination-based learning. Emphasis will be placed on correct execution, stylization, proper weight distribution, and overall performance value. The class will incorporate jumps, leaps, and dance technique elements with a laxer alignment in order to move within a larger plane of motion. All are welcome to attend; however

Faculty Volunteers

Gino Vaccaro

Thursday February 27, 2020 2:00pm - 3:20pm EST
Dance Complex GRW7 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Jazz Technique, Choreography

2:00pm EST

Limón Technique (Int./Adv.)

The Limón technique is based on principles of weight, fall and recovery, and sequential initiation as established by José Limón and his mentors, Doris Humphrey and Charles Weidman. It focuses on the movement of breath through the body, the dynamic use of weight in each body part, and the fluid succession of one movement into the next. The core elements in Limón’s technique come from human movement and the sensations the body experiences in motion. Limón was interested in human wholeness, and it

Faculty Volunteers

André Megerdichian

University of South Carolina

André Megerdichian has worked with such companies and choreographers as the Limón Dance Company, Dance Kaleidoscope, The Mary Anthony Dance Theatre, and Janis Brenner, and has created choreography and taught master classes and workshops, throughout the United States, Europe, and... Read More →

Thursday February 27, 2020 2:00pm - 3:20pm EST
Dance Complex GRW4 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Modern Technique

2:00pm EST

Musical Theatre Dance

A Broadway style jazz class with foundations of Fosse, Girordano, Luigi, & Mattox.

Faculty Volunteers

Shayna Crews

Director of Theatre & Dance, Liberty High School

Shayna Crews is a native of Miami Florida, earning a BFA in Dance from Wright State University, BA in Theatre from Lynchburg College, and MFA in Dance from Shenandoah University. Production credits include Chicago, Guys and Dolls, A Chorus Line, Anything Goes, Crazy for You, Showboat... Read More →

Thursday February 27, 2020 2:00pm - 3:20pm EST
Dance Complex GRW5 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Jazz Technique

Yoga-Pilates

Faculty Volunteers

Cindy Ricalde

Los Angeles County High School for the Arts

Thursday February 27, 2020 3:30pm - 4:50pm EST
LH 200 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

3:30pm EST

Afro-Modern

Afro-Modern will explore traditional styles of modern with underlying tones of African and Caribbean dance styles. Dancers will experience the use of grounded movements, use and initiation from the core, and performance qualities inherent in those styles.

Faculty Volunteers

Stephanie Powell

George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology

Thursday February 27, 2020 3:30pm - 4:50pm EST
PLH Studio #3 350 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Modern Technique

3:30pm EST

Contemporary Technique in Duets (Int./Adv.)

This eclectic contemporary modern class will focus on the use of solos and duets that develop personal kinesthetic awareness and awareness of others in the space.

Faculty Volunteers

Kori Wakamatsu

Brigham Young University

Kori Wakamatsu (MA) is an Associate Professor of Dance at Brigham Young University in the Contemporary Dance Area. Before entering higher education, she taught junior high and high school. She received her MA in Dance from Cal State, Long Beach; a Theatre Endorsement from the University... Read More →

Thursday February 27, 2020 3:30pm - 4:50pm EST
Dance Complex GRW6 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Modern Technique

Intermediate Tap

Tap focuses on various rhythmic combinations; simple and complex, fast and slow. This class will include a warm-up, across the floor and a center combination.

Faculty Volunteers

Erin Fetters

San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts

Erin Fetters has been tapping since age four. A graduate of California State University at Fullerton and with a Masters degree from Nova Southeastern University, she danced in college repertory companies at both Humboldt State University and CSU Fullerton, as well as San Diego jazz... Read More →

Thursday February 27, 2020 3:30pm - 4:50pm EST
PLH Studio #2 350 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Tap Technique

3:30pm EST

Modern/Contemporary

Based in the Cuban-Modern Technique principles (Tecnica Cubana) integrates Afro-Cuban
influences into the modern dance lexicon. The rich articulation of the torso, the arms, and the
upper body combine with contemporary, full-body movement across the floor. The class
provides a spirited avenue for self-expression while introducing dancers to an exciting, rarely
seen form of contemporary dance.

Faculty Volunteers

Victor Alexander

Ruth Page School of Dance

Victor Alexander Born in Cuba, Alexander trained at the prestigious Escuela Nacional de Arte (ENA) in Havana, graduating with a degree in Modern and Cuban folkloric dance. As a principal dancer for Danza Contemporánea de Cuba from 1992 to 2002, he performed around the world. Relocating... Read More →

Thursday February 27, 2020 3:30pm - 4:50pm EST
Dance Complex GRW5 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Modern Technique

8:00am EST

Advanced Ballet

Focusing on developing the Dancer's potential to move expressively, musically, and confidently through an informed body and an active mind using the art and science of classical western theatrical dance.

Faculty Volunteers

Stephen Pier

Director, Dance Division, The Hartt School, University of Hartford

Friday February 28, 2020 8:00am - 9:20am EST
LH 708 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Ballet Technique

8:00am EST

Advanced Ballet – the “How” behind the “What”

Rediscover insights of the old masters
interpreted for the 21st century dancer. Turn
more, jump higher, achieve technique with
greater ease and more effect….but don’t kid
yourself, it ain’t easy. Come ready to sweat.

Faculty Volunteers

David Justin

Kansaas City Ballet

Formerly a principal dancer with Birmingham Royal Ballet, a soloist with San Francisco Ballet and beginning his career with Boston Ballet, David Justin is a choreographer, ballet master, and a Professor at the University of Missouri – Kansas City Conservatory, David also coaches... Read More →

Friday February 28, 2020 8:00am - 9:20am EST
Dance Complex GRW2 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Ballet Technique

8:00am EST

Ballet

General level ballet (intermediate to advanced) exploring how to optimize turn out, flexibility, strength and focus in a classical technique class. Elements of Vaganova and Balanchine, mixed with European (Cecchetti), pushes students to a high level, multi-functioning way of working.

Faculty Volunteers

Erich Yetter

Anderson University

Erich Yetter trained at Houston Ballet and in New York City and became a lead dancer with Ballet Memphis as well as the Irish National Ballet in Cork, Ireland. He was Artistic Director of Peoria Ballet in Illinois for a decade and then taught at Case Western Reserve University and... Read More →

Friday February 28, 2020 8:00am - 9:20am EST
Dance Complex Tap Studio 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Ballet Technique

8:00am EST

Ballet for Contemporary Dancers (Int./Adv.)

In this eclectic ballet class, anatomical alignment, full body movement, large use of travel and highly physical dancing and awareness is encouraged.

Faculty Volunteers

Auroris Dance Company (Niles North High School)

Raised in the Chicagoland area, Christopher Chueng specializes and trains under various hip-hop styles and urban choreography. Chris strives to create a positive learning environment for dancers to embrace their individuality. Credits: BTS, World of Dance, IHSDF, Boom Crack! Dance... Read More →

Friday February 28, 2020 8:00am - 9:20am EST
LH 200 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Hip Hop/Urban Choreography

8:00am EST

Int/Adv Contemporary Technique

Pointe Technique (Int./Adv.)

My teaching still for Pointe Technique is within the Vaganova system of classical ballet, with emphasis on proper alignment, strengthening the feet and ankles, and elements of classical ballet variations.

Faculty Volunteers

Girard Holt

Point Park University Conservatory Of Performing Arts

Girard Holt training: School of Hartford Ballet, Dance Theatre of Harlem School, School of American Ballet, School of San Francisco Ballet. Mr. Holts professional career: San Francisco Ballet, Richmond Ballet, Kansas City Ballet, Ballet Met, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Artistic Director... Read More →

Friday February 28, 2020 8:00am - 9:20am EST
Dance Complex GRW7 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Pointe

8:00am EST

Radioactive Practice: contemporary dance practice

Faculty Volunteers

Abby Zbikowski

University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana

Friday February 28, 2020 8:00am - 9:20am EST
PLH Studio #2 350 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Contemporary Technique

8:00am EST

Theater Dance (Int./Adv.)

Broadway Dance Center style class focuses on performance, musicality, and bringing versatility to a student's work. The choreography taught familiarizes students with diverse styles and time periods, promotes confidence in audition settings, and allows each student to develop their own expression in an encouraging environment.

Faculty Volunteers

Jim Cooney

Broadway Dance Center

Jim Cooney is an award-winning choreographer who has taught Jazz, Tap, and Musical Theater across the world. The New York Times profiled his class in their Theater and Dance sections and praised him for training dancers with "audition must haves: character, motivation, and endurance... Read More →

Friday February 28, 2020 8:00am - 9:20am EST
PLH Studio #1 350 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Jazz Technique, Theater/Performance Technique

9:30am EST

Ballet Technique (Beg./Int.)

Ballet Vaganova- Focus will be on proper alignment, musicality and refinement of technique.

Faculty Volunteers

Jo Matos

Artistic Director, Joffrey Ballet School

Jo Matos trained, at the School of the Hartford Ballet, where in 1977 she received a Certificate in Dance Teaching, in 1996; she received a BFA in Dance from the University of Hartford, Hartt School. Ms. Matos has over 40 years of experience as a dancer, teacher, choreographer, and... Read More →

Friday February 28, 2020 9:30am - 10:50am EST
Dance Complex GRW2 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Ballet Technique

9:30am EST

Beginner 3-ball juggling

Led by an experienced stilt-walker and juggler, this 3-ball juggling workshop reinforces timing, rhythm, coordination, ambidexterity, technique, and proprioception (spatial body awareness). 3-ball juggling is a great addition to any audition resume - this workshop will provide the tools you'll need to acquire the basic 3-ball 'cascade' pattern. Those who can already juggle will be provided additional challenges to stretch their abilities. Bean bags and tennis balls will be provided.

Faculty Volunteers

PJ Roduta

PJ Roduta is a Pittsburgh-based musician, stilt-walker and juggler with a BA in music from Bennington College and 4 months traditional Ghanaian music training at the University of Ghana. He is a member of the International Guild of Musicians in Dance, has accompanied dance classes... Read More →

Friday February 28, 2020 9:30am - 10:50am EST
LH 200 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Juggling

9:30am EST

Classical Ballet en pointe (Int./Adv.)

This class will consist of a ballet barre and centre, designed for strengthening and increasing skill en pointe.

Faculty Volunteers

Kelly Basil

La Roche University

Kelly Basil is Assistant Director of Dance at La Roche University. She performed many principal roles with Bodiography Contemporary Ballet, and now as a member of BCB3. Ms. Basil is Assistant Director of Bodiography Center for Movement. Ms. Basil studied with Maggie Black, UNCSA... Read More →

Friday February 28, 2020 9:30am - 10:50am EST
LH 616 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Ballet Technique

9:30am EST

Commercial Style Heels Class (Int./Adv.)

Contemporary Modern (Athletic) (Int./Adv.)

This contemporary modern class is an eclectic mix of pure athleticism and technique with an emphasis on dynamics, musicality and performance. Get Ready to SWEAT!

Faculty Volunteers

Tara Madsen Robbins

Cab Calloway School of the Arts

Tara Madsen Robbins earned her MFA from Smith College and her BA from Slippery Rock University. She performed/toured with the Modern Company Tania Isaac Dance. Tara has presented her work internationally throughout Italy, Spain, Guatemala, Greece, and in Scotland at the Edinburgh... Read More →

Friday February 28, 2020 9:30am - 10:50am EST
Dance Complex GRW6 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Modern Technique

9:30am EST

Contemporary Partnering

Attack Theatre's co-Artistic Director, Peter Kope and company members will lead a workshop that highlights their signature approach to momentum-based contemporary partnering. Counterbalance, alignment, weight, release, communication and structural support skills will be explored as tools for creating safe, dynamic and individualized partnering.

Faculty Volunteers

Michele de la Reza PeterKope

Artistic Director, Attack Theatre

Now celebrating its 25th year, Attack Theatre combines modern dance, original live music, multimedia and interdisciplinary art forms to create performances in Pittsburgh, throughout the US and around the world. Under the artistic direction of Co-founders Peter Kope and Michele de... Read More →

Peter Kope

Attack Theatre

Friday February 28, 2020 9:30am - 10:50am EST
PLH Studio #4 350 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Pas de Deux/Partnering

9:30am EST

Intermediate Ballet

Join Jeffrey Marc Rockland, former Soloist with Les Grands Ballets Canadiens and Atlanta Ballet and Former Ballet Master for Les Ballets Jazz, for a Master Class in Ballet. Rockland brings a unique approach to the teaching of ballet which enables dancers to seamlessly connect artistry and technique. With 25 years experience teaching both professional and university dancers throughout the United States, Canada, Asia and Europe, his class is designed to create movement clarity and joy.

Faculty Volunteers

Jeffrey Marc Rockland

Kent State University

In his fifth year as Associate Professor of Dance at Kent State University, Jeffrey Marc Rockland enjoys helping students expand, discover and excel. Rockland brings his professional experience into the classroom. He sets a professional standard by which technique and artistry are... Read More →

Friday February 28, 2020 9:30am - 10:50am EST
Dance Complex Tap Studio 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Ballet Technique

9:30am EST

Intermediate/Advanced Ballet

Scores for Improvising

This class will introduce students to a variety of improvisational scores. Through working with specific movement prompts, students will learn to approach improvisation with freedom and rigor.

Faculty Volunteers

Colleen Hooper

Point Park University

Friday February 28, 2020 9:30am - 10:50am EST
PLH Studio #3 350 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Improvisation

9:30am EST

PIHOS A Moving Biography - creating a biographical multi-media performance

As my father, Pro football Hall of Famer, Pete Pihos was in the final stages of Alzheimer's Disease, I studied his life for five years to create, PIHOS A Moving Biography, a documentary dance and film performance, which explores his extraordinary life and his battle with Alzheimer's disease. This lecture is about creating "docu-dance" and how to use mulit-media/film when creating choreography or performances. I will lecture about my journey through this project and show examples from the work.

Faculty Volunteers

Melissa Pihos

Valdosta State University

Melissa Pihos began dancing at a very young age and has been performing professionally for over 20 years. She has performed all over the United States. Her film work has screened in several film festivals across the country and her choreography has been performed internationally... Read More →

Friday February 28, 2020 9:30am - 10:50am EST
Thayer Hall JVH 207 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Lecture, Docu dance, Choreography

9:30am EST

Dance Film 101: Come Join Us! Creating a Dance Film at the Festival!

Join nationally-acclaimed filmmakers Rush Johnston and Julia Asher to learn the basics of producing your own dance film on a limited budget. Students will be introduced to the dance film industry and learn practical skills in how to create their own film with tools they already have access to. All workshop participants will be able to choreograph, film, and produce a dance film that highlights what we love about the National High School Dance Festival to be screened at the Closing Ceremonies.

Faculty Volunteers

Rush Johnston

Julia Asher

Friday February 28, 2020 9:30am - 10:50am EST
LH 409 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Workshop

9:30am EST

Injury Prevention in the Dance Population

Faculty Volunteers

Adam Brown

Certified Athletic Trainer, Point Park University

Friday February 28, 2020 11:00am - 12:20pm EST
Dance Complex GRW2 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Ballet Technique

11:00am EST

Intermediate/Advanced Contemporary

Safety release based technique working with core, head-tail connections, and finding pathways through movement. The style begins on the floor and works up to standing.It is athletic and it creates ways for dancers to go in out of the floor seamlessly.

Faculty Volunteers

Melissa Pihos

Valdosta State University

Friday February 28, 2020 11:00am - 12:20pm EST
LH 708 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Modern Technique

11:00am EST

Israeli Folk Dance

A fun and energetic folk dance genre with music and dance influences from around the world. Come join the circle!

Faculty Volunteers

Yoav Kaddar

Director of Dance, West Virginia University

Yoav Kaddar (PhD, MFA, BFA) is the Director of the Dance at West Virginia University and the WVU Summer Dance Academy. A graduate of the Juilliard School, he danced with such companies as the Jose Limon, Paul Taylor and Pilobolus. He has choreographed over 60 works, and has taught... Read More →

Friday February 28, 2020 11:00am - 12:20pm EST
LH 200 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Israeli Folk Dance

11:00am EST

Jazz

My class is built to train a dancer in which jazz technique is utilized but not limited to commercial style, broadway and dance companies. I focus on endurance, strength and stamina, as well as classic jazz technique. I recognize the importance of dynamics and the consistency of movement. I want my students to build their musicality skills while exploring their style, individuality and performance abilities.

Faculty Volunteers

Kiki Lucas

Point Park University

Kiki Lucas is currently an Assistant Professor of Dance of Point Park University teaching jazz technique. She spends her weekends traveling as part of Modas Dance faculty. She is a PPU alumni and has been a part of the Point Park International Summer Dance faculty since 2002. She... Read More →

Friday February 28, 2020 11:00am - 12:20pm EST
PLH Studio #1 350 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Jazz Technique

11:00am EST

Jazz Dance Technique (Int./Adv.)

This Jazz class starts with a comprehensive warmup focusing on getting the mind and body ready to dance. From there the class moves across the floor, diving deep into the technique of Jazz Dance. The class then moves into a combination where dancers will be pushed to perform and use the technique they have focused on in class.

Faculty Volunteers

Todd Shanks

Dean College

Friday February 28, 2020 11:00am - 12:20pm EST
PLH Studio #3 350 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Jazz Technique

11:00am EST

Modern (Graham) Dance

Faculty Volunteers

Rachel Stoneking

Assistant Professor, Anderson University

Rachel Stoneking received her MFA in Contemporary Dance from Case Western Reserve University where she performed works by Martha Graham, Erick Hawkins, and Pascal Rioult. She studied Gaga with Ohad Naharin in Tel Aviv and she currently is Assistant Professor of Dance at Anderson University... Read More →

Friday February 28, 2020 11:00am - 12:20pm EST
Dance Complex Tap Studio 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Modern Technique

11:00am EST

Parsons Master Class

Faculty Volunteers

Lick-Wilmerding High School

Tabatha Robinson-Scott received her Bachelor in Fine Arts Degree in dance and Master’s degree in Dance Education from Temple University. For over 20 years, she has built her career as a teacher, choreographer, performer, curriculum specialist, and arts advocate. She continues to... Read More →

Friday February 28, 2020 11:00am - 12:20pm EST
Dance Complex GRW5 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, African Dance

11:00am EST

Utilizing Your Best Rotation in Ballet - Intermediate/Advanced

This ballet class will help dancers assess their turn-out and rotation properly and learn to work with (not against) their anatomical limitations. Class will include references to the body in both scientific anatomical terms as well as a strong use of imagery to help students develop a new, healthy awareness of engaging their rotators properly. Class structure will flow from barre to center and be focused mostly on the intermediate to advanced student in terms of complexity of combinations.

Faculty Volunteers

Diane Bedford

Clinical Associate Professor, Texas A&M University

Diane Cahill Bedford serves as Clinical Associate Professor and Section Chair of Dance, Music, and Theatre Performance in the new School of Performance, Visualization, and Fine Art at Texas A&M University. She holds an MFA in Dance Performance and Choreography (2010) and a BFA in... Read More →

Friday February 28, 2020 11:00am - 12:20pm EST
LH 610 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Ballet Technique

11:00am EST

College 101

A guide to assist with the transition of high school to college. Topics covered include how to begin your college search, what to do once you've identified your top schools, and figuring out how to pay for college.

Faculty Volunteers

Nathan Petrak

Admissions Counselor, Point Park University

Friday February 28, 2020 11:00am - 12:20pm EST
LH 409 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Lecture

11:00am EST

Dance Entrepreneurship & Sustainable Dance Careers

Cydney Spohn, Founder of Solutions In Motion, College & Career Consulting for Dancers, will lead participants through an interactive workshop that explores dance as an entrepreneurial pursuit and the expanding array of not-so-obvious sustainable career opportunities in dance. There is more to dance than performing!
PARTICIPANTS SHOULD BRING CELL PHONES/TABLETS with internet connection AND HEADPHONES.

Faculty Volunteers

Cydney Spohn

Founder, Educator, Consultant, Solutions In Motion

Cydney Spohn, Founder of Solutions In Motion, is a former member of North Carolina Dance Theatre and Soloist with The Pennsylvania Ballet. Cydney transitioned from performing to higher education where she taught for twenty years and held the rank of tenured Professor of Dance at... Read More →

Friday February 28, 2020 11:00am - 12:20pm EST
Thayer Hall JVH 207 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Workshop, Dance Careers & Employment

12:30pm EST

Ballet (Int./Adv.)

Intermediate/Advanced

Faculty Volunteers

Daniel Karasik

Point Park University

Friday February 28, 2020 12:30pm - 1:50pm EST
Dance Complex GRW4 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Ballet Technique

12:30pm EST

Ballet Technique - New Practices at the Royal Ballet School (Int./Adv.)

Intermediate/Advanced Ballet Technique class incorporating new practices used in training at the Royal Ballet School (London) as studied in Fall 2019.

Faculty Volunteers

Lisa Fusillo

University of Georgia

Lisa Fusillo trained at Washington School of Ballet, also in New York, London, Russia, and Denmark. She holds certifications from the Royal Ballet School, ABT National Training Curriculum, and NYCB Education Dept. Her choreography has been performed in Europe and Asia, and she is... Read More →

Friday February 28, 2020 12:30pm - 1:50pm EST
Dance Complex GRW3 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Ballet Technique

12:30pm EST

Contemporary Technique (Int./Adv.)

This class is a full body exploration of many diverse movement styles and techniques. The warm-up will consist of exercises that spiral in and around a contracted and release core, as well as polyrhythmic movement phrases that push across the space.

Faculty Volunteers

Christian von Howard

Montclair State University

Christian von Howard is the Artistic Director of the VON HOWARD PROJECT, a contemporary dance company based in New York City. He has performed, choreographed and taught dance in Europe, Mexico, South America, Asia, and throughout the US. Christian is an Associate Professor at Montclair... Read More →

Friday February 28, 2020 12:30pm - 1:50pm EST
Dance Complex GRW6 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Modern Technique

12:30pm EST

Fall and Recovery in the 1930's (Int./Adv.)

Learn how the theme of fall and recovery in early modern dance manifested specifically in the work of Martha Graham through sitting, standing, and traveling falls. Archival movement experiences from the 1930's will be introduced and explored.

Faculty Volunteers

Jesse Factor

Slippery Rock University

Jesse Factor's professional credits include the Martha Graham Dance Company and the National Touring Company of CATS (Dance Captain). A certified teacher of the Graham technique, he also teaches musical theater repertory and dance history. Training: BFA (Tisch/NYU), MFA (University... Read More →

Friday February 28, 2020 12:30pm - 1:50pm EST
LH 708 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Modern Technique

12:30pm EST

Hip/Hop MuvMint

HipHop Movement, Industry Style Class

Faculty Volunteers

Gabriel Ash

Friday February 28, 2020 12:30pm - 1:50pm EST
PLH Studio #2 350 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Choreography

12:30pm EST

This modern dance technique class will draw from the work of Merce Cunningham, as well as a more eclectic blend of contemporary dance. This class will challenge your ability to move rhythmically at varying tempi, directionally through the body and in space and find greater articulation through the spine and limbs.

Faculty Volunteers

Instructor of Dance, Valdosta State University

Nina is an Instructor of Dance at Valdosta State University. She holds an MFA in Choreography from UNC Greensboro, and a dual Bachelor of Arts in Dance and Psychology from Muhlenberg College (PA). Her interests stem from her belief that the performing arts can be a vehicle for social... Read More →

Friday February 28, 2020 12:30pm - 1:50pm EST
Dance Complex Tap Studio 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Tap Technique

Dance Film 101: Come Join Us! Creating a Dance Film at the Festival!

Faculty Volunteers

Rush Johnston

Julia Asher

Friday February 28, 2020 12:30pm - 1:50pm EST
LH 409 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Workshop, Dance Film

2:00pm EST

Contemporary Jazz (Adv.)

Fusion of all the things you love! Learn combinations that challenge the mind, body and soul.

Faculty Volunteers

Kiesha Lalama

Point Park University

KIESHA LALAMA (Choreographer) has created more than 50 works for stage, film and television. Kiesha choreographed feature films, “The Perks of Being a Wallflower,” “Sorority Row,” the hit television documentary series “Broadway or Bust” (PBS), and critically acclaimed... Read More →

Friday February 28, 2020 2:00pm - 3:20pm EST
Dance Complex GRW2 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Jazz Technique

2:00pm EST

Contemporary Modern (Int./Adv.)

A contemporary approach to classic modern dance. This class will give the student a grounded and full warm up culminating in one or two combinations incorporating stylistic and technical elements from class.

Faculty Volunteers

Yoav Kaddar

Director of Dance, West Virginia University

Friday February 28, 2020 2:00pm - 3:20pm EST
LH 616 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Modern Technique

2:00pm EST

Contemporary Modern (Int./Adv.)

Dance Engine Improvisation

This improvisation-based class will feature elements from the interactive, technology-based show titled Dance Engine. Dancers will used technology to experiment and create movement.

Faculty Volunteers

Kori Wakamatsu

Brigham Young University

Friday February 28, 2020 2:00pm - 3:20pm EST
PLH Studio #4 350 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Improvisation

2:00pm EST

Improvisation as Performance

This workshop addresses the link between improvisation and performance. Participants will explore space, effort, time, and solos and pairings. We will allow our improvisational curiosity to work in parallel with our compositional analysis.

Faculty Volunteers

Leslie Elkins

Rowan University

Leslie Elkins Associate Professor of Dance at Rowan University, earned her Ph.D. in Dance from Temple University. She's studied and performed with noted artists including Deborah Hay, Merian Soto, Grace Mi-He Lee, Corinne Karon and Christiane Matallo. Most recently she choreographed... Read More →

Friday February 28, 2020 2:00pm - 3:20pm EST
LH 708 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Improvisation

2:00pm EST

Intermediate/Advanced Contemporary Class

This is an intermediate-advanced contemporary dance technique class focuses on the clarity and connectivity of the movements. The warm up consists of sequencing movements on the floor with the concepts of Humphrey/Limon techniques, and center exercises that emphasize body alignment, essential technique that creates linear movements and proper executions of all technical elements. The traveling movements will incorporate different levels, body initiations, and dynamics to challenge

Faculty Volunteers

Sandra Parks

Program Director/Assistant Professor, Drexel University Dance Program

Sandra Parks (MFA) is the Dance Program director at Drexel University, and she has presented work at different venues nationally and internationally. She has taught for university programs and international dance festivals. She is also the founder/Director for the international conference... Read More →

Friday February 28, 2020 2:00pm - 3:20pm EST
Dance Complex GRW5 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Modern Technique

2:00pm EST

Modern (Graham) Dance

Faculty Volunteers

Rachel Stoneking

Assistant Professor, Anderson University

Friday February 28, 2020 2:00pm - 3:20pm EST
LH 610 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Modern Technique

2:00pm EST

Modern Dance - Graham Technique (Int.)

This class incorporates elements of the Martha Graham technique. We will touch upon contraction and release of the torso, spiral of the back, tilt off center and shift of weight through space. The class work begins seated on the floor, continues standing center and finishes across the floor. Students should be prepared to move with energy, daring and dynamics.

Faculty Volunteers

Kim Stroud

Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts

Kim Stroud is the Director of the Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts. She has also held positions of Dance Chair and Assistant Director. Some former positions include: Administrator at the School of the Hartford Ballet, the Center for Creative Youth and the Diversity Committee for... Read More →

Friday February 28, 2020 2:00pm - 3:20pm EST
Dance Complex GRW4 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Modern Technique

2:00pm EST

Modern Dance Technique

This is a Cunningham Technique class focusing on the physical innovations Merce Cunningham created, utilizing the articulation of the body in all dimensions, with a particular focus on time and space.

Faculty Volunteers

Holley Farmer

CalArts

Holley Farmer is faculty and Director of the BFA Program, Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance at CalArts. Farmer performed with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company from 1997-2009, created the role of Babe in Twyla Tharp’s Broadway musical Come Fly Away, and stages work for the Merce... Read More →

Friday February 28, 2020 2:00pm - 3:20pm EST
Dance Complex GRW7 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Modern Technique, Cunningham Technique

2:00pm EST

Parsons Master Class

Faculty Volunteers

Parsons Dance Company

Friday February 28, 2020 2:00pm - 3:20pm EST
Dance Complex GRW3 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Guest Master Class

2:00pm EST

Site specific Choreography

Learn how to apply various choreographic tools as you collaborate in small groups with other festival dancers to create site-specific choreography. Groups will present their dances at the conclusion of the session for observation and peer feedback.

Faculty Volunteers

Laura Stauderman

Holly Springs High School

Laura Stauderman graduated from the University of the Arts, (BFA/Dance Ed) and Teachers College, Columbia University (MA/Dance Ed). She served as Dance Director at HWB Magnet School of the Arts, FL and East Millbrook Magnet Middle School, NC. Additional teaching credits include North... Read More →

Friday February 28, 2020 2:00pm - 3:20pm EST
PLH Studio #3 350 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Choreography

2:00pm EST

Utilizing Your Best Rotation in Ballet - Intermediate

Faculty Volunteers

Diane Bedford

Clinical Associate Professor, Texas A&M University

Friday February 28, 2020 2:00pm - 3:20pm EST
Dance Complex Tap Studio 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Ballet Technique

2:00pm EST

Public Relations Tips for Dance Recruiters & Communicators

Who are your target markets as a recruiter and internal communicator? How effectively are you reaching your core groups? In this course we'll share ideas for successful communications to dance publics such as faculty, administrators, current dance students, prospective dancers, alumni, news media and more. Plan to listen to others and/or share your own triumphs (& challenges!) in reaching out within the dance world! Lecture format, followed by a Q&A plus open discussion with idea sharing!

Faculty Volunteers

Erin McClellan

Public Relations Coordinator, Brigham Young University Department of Dance

Lana Heylock

Jacksonville University

Lana Heylock is a contemporary dance teacher, choreographer, and interdisciplinary collaborative artist. Nationally and internationally, she has garnered a reputation as a master teacher for professional dance companies, universities, and reputable pre-professional schools across... Read More →

Friday February 28, 2020 3:30pm - 4:50pm EST
Dance Complex GRW3 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Modern Technique, Improvisation

3:30pm EST

Contemporary Forms

This class will be taught as a contemporary jazz dance performance workshop while also digging into improvisation and the African diaspora. Students will work on understanding and presentation of the contemporary jazz style in a studio setting. Presentation opportunities and assessment of the material and assignments in this course will benefit the student’s further development of performance skill and style within the jazz idiom.

Faculty Volunteers

Tommie-Waheed Evans

The University of the Arts

Tommie-Waheed Evans is a proud recipient of the 2019 Princess Grace Honoria Award in Choreography. Born and raised in Los Angeles, began his formal training with Michelle Blossom at the Dance Connection. He continued his studies under the mentorship of Andrea Calomee and Karen McDonald... Read More →

Friday February 28, 2020 3:30pm - 4:50pm EST
LH 610 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Jazz Technique, Choreography, Improvisation

3:30pm EST

Contemporary Forms - BDF Master Class

This class will explore the balance of clarity, versatility, and individuality necessary for a grounded dancer and performer. We will integrate various modern dance, contemporary dance, and release-based techniques in order to investigate and integrate movement principles such as weight, opposition, fall and rebound, and breath. We will explore a full range of movement with focused attention and awareness of sensation, form, and function.

Faculty Volunteers

Tristan Koepke

Associate Director, Young Dancers Workshop, Bates Dance Festival

Tristan Koepke is a dancer, educator, and bodyworker based in Minnesota/College Park, MD. Tristan received his BA in Dance from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. He is currently the Associate Director of the Young Dancers Workshop at the Bates Dance Festival, where he has worked... Read More →

Friday February 28, 2020 3:30pm - 4:50pm EST
PLH Studio #3 350 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Modern Technique, Improvisation

3:30pm EST

Contemporary Jazz (Adv.)

Fusion of all the things you love! Learn combinations that challenge the mind, body and soul.

Faculty Volunteers

Kiesha Lalama

Point Park University

Friday February 28, 2020 3:30pm - 4:50pm EST
PLH Studio #4 350 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Jazz Technique

3:30pm EST

Contemporary MuvMint

Contemporary Movement

Faculty Volunteers

Gabriel Ash

Friday February 28, 2020 3:30pm - 4:50pm EST
Dance Complex GRW2 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Choreography, Improvisation

3:30pm EST

Intermediate/Advanced Ballet

This class will focus on body alignment, proper methods to execute Classical Ballet movements, musicality and artistry.

Faculty Volunteers

Sandra Parks

Program Director/Assistant Professor, Drexel University Dance Program

Friday February 28, 2020 3:30pm - 4:50pm EST
Dance Complex GRW4 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Ballet Technique

3:30pm EST

Intermediate/Advanced Modern

This Int/Adv Modern Dance class consists of a blend of physical theories inspired by the Horton and Graham modern dance techniques, infused with breath release work, kinetic phrasing and exploration of musical and spatial elements.

Faculty Volunteers

Dawn Marie Bazemore

Rowan University

Dawn Marie Bazemore is a Philadelphia based dance artist and educator. She is currently an Assistant Professor in the department of Theatre and Dance at Rowan University and has served as an Artist in Residence at Virginia Commonwealth University and the University of North Carolina... Read More →

Friday February 28, 2020 3:30pm - 4:50pm EST
Dance Complex GRW7 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Modern Technique

3:30pm EST

Jazz

This jazz class is eclectic in style and will challenge students to move powerfully and efficiently while exploring various styles, dynamics, and qualities of movement.

Faculty Volunteers

Lindsay Hawkins

Rockford University

Friday February 28, 2020 3:30pm - 4:50pm EST
LH 616 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Jazz Technique

3:30pm EST

Mind-Body Modern

This class will explore a dynamic approach to breath support, weight sensing, core support, space, and effort. Class will flow between structured movement patterns to sharpen and hone technical skills and improvisation to express personal artistry. Mind-Body Modern will give participants an opportunity to focus on body awareness, connectivity, and honoring the individual self while playfully enjoying being in the present moment!

Faculty Volunteers

Heather Acomb

Nazareth College

Heather Acomb is a dance artist and educator based in Rochester, NY. She teaches somatic-based modern and contemporary dance at Nazareth College and works frequently as a freelance guest artist throughout the US. She has performed and had her work shown in several venues including... Read More →

Friday February 28, 2020 3:30pm - 4:50pm EST
Dance Complex GRW6 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Modern Technique

3:30pm EST

Modern technique (Int.)

Afro-Modern

Using the fundamentals of Modern dance technique, primarily Horton and Limon styles, this class challenges the rhythmic quality of movement using the grounded and polyrhythmic presence of African Dance. Class begins with a dynamic high-intensity warm-up beginning at the top of the head and working down the spine, followed by floor work and traveling patterns to continue to challenge their musicality and agility, finishing with a center combination using all of the fundamentals exploring style.

Faculty Volunteers

Tabatha Robinson

Lick-Wilmerding High School

Saturday February 29, 2020 8:00am - 9:20am EST
Dance Complex GRW7 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Modern Technique, African

8:00am EST

Ballet

Ballet,

Faculty Volunteers

Jason Davis

Arts & Communication Magnet Acadmey

Saturday February 29, 2020 8:00am - 9:20am EST
LH 708 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Ballet Technique

8:00am EST

Ballet

Faculty Volunteers

Erich Yetter

Anderson University

Saturday February 29, 2020 8:00am - 9:20am EST
Dance Complex Tap Studio 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Ballet Technique

8:00am EST

Ballet (Int./Adv.)

This ballet technique class is a mixture of the Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) method, Vaganova method and the Teaching Syllabus developed by Marcia Dale Weary with exercises that promote strength, flexibility, musicality, and stamina. The class explores the fundamental aspects of classical ballet: correct biomechanics, body alignment, and developing a hyper sense of proprioception.

Faculty Volunteers

Kevin Hockenberry

Assistant Professor, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Kevin Hockenberry is an Assistant Professor of Dance at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE). Kevin earned a Master of Fine Arts in Dance from Saint Mary’s College of California in the San Francisco Bay Area. As a choreographer, Kevin has created choreographic works... Read More →

Saturday February 29, 2020 8:00am - 9:20am EST
Dance Complex GRW5 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Ballet Technique

8:00am EST

Contemporary Ballet (Adv.)

Class will begin with a Ballet Barre. Center will consist of phrase work that challenges and deconstructs the traditional design of ballet vocabulary. Dancers will be able to explore movements traveling off center, as well as, drastic changes in dynamics and spatial accuracy.

Faculty Volunteers

Coker University

Saturday February 29, 2020 8:00am - 9:20am EST
LH 616 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Modern Technique

8:00am EST

Floor Barre - Strengthen and Stretch

This class is designed to increase core strength, improve flexibility and alignment. Students will be guided through a systematic and somatic approach for the class exercise and stretch sequence.

Faculty Volunteers

Chung-Fu Chang

Colorado State University

Chung-Fu Chang, a full professor of dance at Colorado State University School of Music, Theatre and Dance, where he received an Academic Enrichment Program Award in 2006, 2008 Outstanding Faculty Award, and the 2009 Best Teacher Award. He has received the Chancellor's Fellowship award... Read More →

Saturday February 29, 2020 8:00am - 9:20am EST
Dance Complex GRW6 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Strengthen and Stretch

8:00am EST

Modern: Flow and Glow

This modern-based technique course will combine elements from Limon, Cunningham, Horton, and other styles to focus on finding the center and releasing from it. Class combinations will focus on the cycle of energy in a continuum of rise and fall. We will engage in floor work, traveling, inversions and finding the body's full expansiveness. Students will leave with a greater understanding of the full reach and range of their body and focus in space.

Faculty Volunteers

Diane Bedford

Clinical Associate Professor, Texas A&M University

Saturday February 29, 2020 8:00am - 9:20am EST
PLH Studio #4 350 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Modern Technique

8:00am EST

Peridance Contemporary Dance Company Repertoire

The class brings a fresh and open approach to the study of traditional ballet
vocabulary. It aims to fuse together a study of proper alignment, classical
technique, and full body articulation. Her approach encourages dancers to find
natural movement flow with an emphasis on musical interpretation and full body
coordination.The class ends with choreographic phrase work that blends technique and behavioral gesture, requiring
and supporting the use of the dancer’s personal artistic sensibilities.

Faculty Volunteers

Nikki Holck

Director of the Certificate Program, Peridance Capezio Center

Nikki Holck is from Honolulu, Hawaii where she began her dance training. She graduated from Canada\\'s National Ballet School, where she also completed her post secondary studies. Upon graduation, she joined the National Ballet of Canada. She moved to New York to join Peridance Contemporary... Read More →

Saturday February 29, 2020 8:00am - 9:20am EST
PLH Studio #3 350 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Choreography, Improvisation, Ballet Technique

8:00am EST

Pilates Mat

Faculty Volunteers

Liz Sexe

University of Wisconsin - Madison

Liz Sexe is a passionate and collaborative educator at UW-Madison who encourages students to take risks, assess their successes and failures, and learn from all experiences.

Saturday February 29, 2020 8:00am - 9:20am EST
LH 200 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Pilates Mat

8:00am EST

Tap (Int./Adv.)

Broadway Dance Center style tap class designed to meet the needs of all levels of dancers interested in furthering their technique, musicality and style.

Faculty Volunteers

April Cook

Broadway Dance Center

April Cook is an NYC-based teacher, choreographer, and dancer from Charlotte. April currently teaches throughout the country, and is a judge/teacher for several competitions and conventions including NYCDA, Mainstage Productions, Dance Theater USA,and the Big Apple Tap Festival.

Saturday February 29, 2020 8:00am - 9:20am EST
PLH Studio #1 350 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Tap Technique

9:30am EST

Ballet Technique

My teaching style for ballet technique is specifically rooted in the Vaganova system of classical ballet, with emphasis on proper epaulma and port de bras, petite allegro and grand allegro.

Faculty Volunteers

Girard Holt

Point Park University Conservatory Of Performing Arts

Saturday February 29, 2020 9:30am - 10:50am EST
Dance Complex GRW4 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Ballet Technique

9:30am EST

Commercial Jazz

Faculty Volunteers

Lindsay McGivern

Seton Hill University

Saturday February 29, 2020 9:30am - 10:50am EST
PLH Studio #2 350 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Jazz Technique

9:30am EST

Commercial Jazz

Infusing elements of classical jazz, this class examines the timeless technique of jazz with an international influence and commercial twist. Exploring emotion, vitality, and expressiveness, come and explore how you can find your signature style in an competitive industry so you stand out!

Faculty Volunteers

Jessica Hallam

Guest Teacher/Study Abroad Coordinator, Institute of the Arts Barcelona

A native of Madison, Wisconsin, Jessica received her B.F.A Dance degree University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point and MA Dance at Institute of the Arts Barcelona Spain. Her professional career has taken her around the world performing for many prestigious international companies in both... Read More →

Saturday February 29, 2020 9:30am - 10:50am EST
Dance Complex Tap Studio 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Jazz Technique

9:30am EST

Composition

This course will explore movement invention through improvisation, followed by choreographic exploration, examining physical and spatial relationships via group and site specific work. Class supports the students' developing language for addressing, critiquing and comprehending compositional choices and structures through verbal feedback practice.

Faculty Volunteers

Rachel Oliver-Young

Denver School of the Arts

Saturday February 29, 2020 9:30am - 10:50am EST
PLH Studio #3 350 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Choreography

9:30am EST

Contemporary Ballet

Ballet for the Contemporary Dancer. Based in classical form this class examines traditional ballet technique and expands it into applications for today's dancer.

Faculty Volunteers

Layla Amis

Modas DanceModas Dance

Saturday February 29, 2020 9:30am - 10:50am EST
LH 610 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Ballet Technique, Modern Technique

9:30am EST

Contemporary Forms

Faculty Volunteers

Tommie-Waheed Evans

The University of the Arts

Saturday February 29, 2020 9:30am - 10:50am EST
LH 505 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Jazz Technique, Choreography

9:30am EST

Contemporary Modern (Int./Adv.)

The class will begin with physical imagery exercises to activate and organize the body. It will continue with dynamic floor sequences to warm and open the body while encouraging a sequential, joint-articulated physicality. As we transition to standing, head/tail exploration and spinal articulation will be incorporated to more traditional leg exercises. The class will culminate with a phrase that embraces momentum and fluidity as we move in and out of the floor and in and out of the air.

Faculty Volunteers

Megan Thompson

Old Dominion University

Megan Thompson is an Associate Professor of Dance at Old Dominion University. She received her MFA in Dance from the University of Maryland and holds certifications in Pilates and Yoga. She has danced professionally in the Li Chiao-Ping Dance Company, the Maida Withers Dance Construction... Read More →

Saturday February 29, 2020 9:30am - 10:50am EST
LH 708 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Modern Technique

9:30am EST

Explore phrasework, floorwork, transitions, musicality, and partnering through modern technique, improvisation, and Annex Dance Company repertory.

Faculty Volunteers

Kristin Alexander

College of Charleston

Kristin Alexander is an Assistant Professor of Dance at the College of Charleston and artistic director of Annex Dance Company. She was awarded the SC Dance Association’s 2019 Advocacy Award and serves on the City of Charleston's Commission on the Arts. BA, Goucher College. MFA... Read More →

Saturday February 29, 2020 9:30am - 10:50am EST
Dance Complex GRW2 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Modern Technique

9:30am EST

Modern/Contemporary Technique

Contemporary dance draws from a wide range of inspirations and techniques. Today’s dancers are expected to be well trained in multiple dance modalities. In order to help broaden dancers’ foundations, this class will be a high-energy experience that combines elements of Graham, Horton, Release and Kibbutz techniques with floor work—all focusing on how these techniques allow dancers to move in different ways.

Faculty Volunteers

Hai Cohen

Los Angeles County High School for the Arts

Hai Cohen eduactor/dancer/choreographer Hai received his training at Bat-Dor Beer Sheva municipality dance center in Israel. He has been a member of Kamea Dance Company, Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company and BODYTRAFFIC. Hai was awarded the American-Israel Cultural Scholarship. Cohen... Read More →

Saturday February 29, 2020 9:30am - 10:50am EST
PLH Studio #1 350 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Modern Technique

9:30am EST

Parsons Master Class

Faculty Volunteers

Parsons Dance Company

Saturday February 29, 2020 9:30am - 10:50am EST
Dance Complex GRW3 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Guest Master Class

9:30am EST

Beginner 3-ball juggling

Faculty Volunteers

PJ Roduta

Saturday February 29, 2020 11:00am - 12:20pm EST
LH 200 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Juggling

11:00am EST

Contemporary (Int./Adv.)

This contemporary dance class approaches technique from a place of curiosity, exploration and expansion. Waking up each part of the body, dancers will be lead through a warm up designed to create space and availability in the body. Drawing from Rachel's momentum-based style of movement, we will find fluid transitions in and out of the floor, explore new spatial pathways and dive into juicey, dynamic phrase work. Influences include release technique, Forsythe Improvisation and Countertechnique.

Faculty Volunteers

Rachel Slater

Jefferson High School

Saturday February 29, 2020 11:00am - 12:20pm EST
Dance Complex GRW4 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Modern Technique, Improvisation

11:00am EST

Contemporary Ballet (Adv.)

Faculty Volunteers

Christian von Howard

Montclair State University

Saturday February 29, 2020 11:00am - 12:20pm EST
Dance Complex GRW5 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Ballet Technique

11:00am EST

Contemporary Dance Technique (Adv.)

A fast past, athletic, technique class that moves in and out of the floor in numerous ways.

Faculty Volunteers

Temple University Boyer College of Music and Dance, Dance department, Temple University

Saturday February 29, 2020 11:00am - 12:20pm EST
Dance Complex GRW7 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Afro-Contemporary

11:00am EST

Tap

Rhythm tap, to Broadway Tap

Faculty Volunteers

Randy Davis

Arts & Communication Magnet Acadmey

Saturday February 29, 2020 11:00am - 12:20pm EST
Dance Complex Tap Studio 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Tap Technique

11:00am EST

Theatre Dance (Int./Adv.)

Chryssie Whitehead's Theatre Dance class will include both voice and body, beginning with a classic warm-up and across the floor progressions in various styles of dance through the decades. There will be a major focus on storytelling and creating strong pictures through dance to tell that story. The class with culminate in a Theatre Dance combination set to a musical theatre song.

Faculty Volunteers

Chryssie Whitehead

AMDA College of the Performing Arts

Arts & Communication Magnet Acadmey

Kemba received her BFA from Towson State University and trained at the Alvin Ailey American Theater, Martha Graham School, The Edge, Lula Washington, Peridance, and Morgan State University. She has taught dance classes at UCLA, Loyola Marymount, El Camino College, Portland State University... Read More →

Saturday February 29, 2020 12:30pm - 1:50pm EST
Dance Complex Tap Studio 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Modern Technique, African

12:30pm EST

Afro-Modern

Faculty Volunteers

Stephanie Powell

George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology

Saturday February 29, 2020 12:30pm - 1:50pm EST
LH 610 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Modern Technique

12:30pm EST

Contemporary (Int./Adv.)

“How can contemporary notions of flow and form coexist in conversation with falling, sequentially, and release?”

Faculty Volunteers

Andy Noble

Associate Professor; Acting Chair, Sam Houston State University

Andy Noble is Co-Artistic Director of NobleMotion Dance and a Professor at Sam Houston State University. He also serves as the Associate Artistic Director of the Dance Gallery Festival and is a faculty member at Dance Italia. Houston Press recognized Andy as Houston’s 100 Most Creative... Read More →

Saturday February 29, 2020 12:30pm - 1:50pm EST
Dance Complex GRW6 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Modern Technique

12:30pm EST

Contemporary Jazz

Accompanied by upbeat music, this class offers instruction on the style, technique, and rhythmic structures of contemporary jazz dance with emphasis on increasing movement capabilities and personal expression. The class will be divided into sections; warm-up/stretch, across the floor, and a combination. The class will work through learning warm-up exercises, body placement, basic jazz steps and moving through the space. The exercises and combinations will develop over the course of the class.

Faculty Volunteers

Lindsey Howie

Director of Dance, High Point University

Lindsey Bramham Howie is Assistant Professor of Dance and Dance Program Director at High Point University. She holds an MFA in Choreography from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and a BFA in Dance Performance with a concentration in Jazz Dance from East Carolina Un... Read More →

Saturday February 29, 2020 12:30pm - 1:50pm EST
PLH Studio #2 350 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Jazz Technique

12:30pm EST

Intermediate/Advanced Ballet

Faculty Volunteers

Daniel Karasik

Point Park University

Saturday February 29, 2020 12:30pm - 1:50pm EST
Dance Complex GRW2 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Ballet Technique, Modern Technique

12:30pm EST

Intermediate/Advanced Modern/Contemporary (Int./Adv.)

This course will focus on working within diverse styles and techniques in contemporary dance with a specific focus on Horton technique as well as contemporary movement practices.

Faculty Volunteers

Lawrence Jackson

Associate Chair/Associate Professor, Dance, University of Alabama

Saturday February 29, 2020 12:30pm - 1:50pm EST
Dance Complex GRW7 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Modern Technique

12:30pm EST

Men's Ballet Technique (Int./Adv.)

Faculty Volunteers

David Justin

Kansaas City Ballet

Saturday February 29, 2020 12:30pm - 1:50pm EST
Dance Complex GRW5 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Ballet Technique

12:30pm EST

Modern (Graham) Dance

Intermediate to advance Modern Dance technique class utilizing concepts and exercises developed by Martha Graham. Designed to further technique, build vocabulary and understanding, and strengthen core muscles.

Faculty Volunteers

Rachel Stoneking

Assistant Professor, Anderson University

Saturday February 29, 2020 12:30pm - 1:50pm EST
PLH Studio #1 350 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Modern Technique

12:30pm EST

Musical Theater Jazz

This class will combine Fosse style, Vintage Jazz, Luigi Jazz with Jazz Technique to be explored in how it is integrated in Musical Theater. The class will also provide an acting for dance section to help the dancer be proficient in utilizing their acting skills within the Musical Theater world.

Faculty Volunteers

Arvin Arjona

Dance Educator, Millburn High School

Arvin Arjona has taught in various dance studios in New Jersey and is currently a full-time dance educator at Milburn High School in New Jersey and an Adjunct Professor at Rutgers University Mason Gross School of the Arts. He is also a Guest Dance Teacher in the summer teaching... Read More →

Saturday February 29, 2020 12:30pm - 1:50pm EST
PLH Studio #3 350 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Jazz Technique

12:30pm EST

Musical Theatre Dance

A Broadway style jazz class with foundations of Fosse, Girordano, Luigi, & Mattox.

Faculty Volunteers

Shayna Crews

Director of Theatre & Dance, Liberty High School

Saturday February 29, 2020 12:30pm - 1:50pm EST
PLH Studio #4 350 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Jazz Technique

12:30pm EST

Mz. G’s Afro-Modern Technique

Mz. G’s Afro Modern Technique focuses on movement connected to aesthetics derived from both Contemporary Modern practices and Diasporic dance forms. The use of the body as it relates to isolations, center core strengthening, and dynamics / purpose of movement related to rhythm, time, space, with spiritual and emotional associations. Identifying and recognizing the contributions Diasporic aesthetics has given to the modern dance vernacular.

Faculty Volunteers

Heidi Rodeffer

Director of School Administration, American Dance Festival

Saturday February 29, 2020 12:30pm - 1:50pm EST
LH 708 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Modern Technique, Afro-Modern

12:30pm EST

Parsons Master Class

Faculty Volunteers

Parsons Dance Company

Saturday February 29, 2020 12:30pm - 1:50pm EST
Dance Complex GRW3 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Guest Master Class

12:30pm EST

Pilates Mat

This class will warm and stretch the body through a series of Classical Pilates mat exercises designed to improve stretch, strength, and control as well as a properly developed center, also known as the "powerhouse". Additionally, the class will incorporate the six principles of Pilates: concentration, centering, flow of movement, breathing, precision, and control.

Faculty Volunteers

Elizabeth Ahearn

Professor, Goucher College

Saturday February 29, 2020 12:30pm - 1:50pm EST
LH 200 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Somatics

Conditioning for Dancers

Approaching conditioning with the specific needs of dancers in mind, this class focuses on supplemental forms of training that can positively support strength building, flexibility and injury prevention. Included are concepts in exercise science, somatic modalities, Pilates, PNF, HITT and overall wellness.

Faculty Volunteers

Maureen Mansfield Kaddar

West Virginia University

Maureen Mansfield Kaddar teaches and choreographs as a dance faculty member of West Virginia University. While in NY, she performed with the Paul Taylor Dance Company. Maureen earned an MFA from UW-Milwaukee, BFA from Adelphi University, and she is also a certified Yoga, Anti-Gravity... Read More →

Saturday February 29, 2020 2:00pm - 3:20pm EST
LH 200 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Dance Conditioning

2:00pm EST

Contemporary Ballet (Int./Adv.)

Contemporary Ballet - This class will utilize a classical ballet structure while challenging dancers to explore concepts of anatomy, breath, weight, artistry and dynamic movement.

Faculty Volunteers

Jennifer Deckert

Associate Professor, University of South Carolina

Jennifer Deckert (choreographer, teacher, researcher) is currently an Associate Professor of Dance at the University of South Carolina, where she teaches ballet technique, dance kinesiology, and pointe technique.

Saturday February 29, 2020 2:00pm - 3:20pm EST
Dance Complex GRW5 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Ballet Technique

2:00pm EST

Contemporary Floorwork

Contemporary floorwork focuses on new and innovative ways of moving in and out of the ground. Through improvisation and choreographed phrasework, students will leave with a deeper understanding of floor work and it's connection to contemporary dance.

Faculty Volunteers

Brenau University

Saturday February 29, 2020 2:00pm - 3:20pm EST
Dance Complex GRW4 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Pas de Deux/Partnering

2:00pm EST

Urban African Fusion

Faculty Volunteers

Fritzlyn Hector

Long Island University Post Campus

Saturday February 29, 2020 2:00pm - 3:20pm EST
PLH Studio #2 350 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, African Dance

2:00pm EST

Before U Leap - Dancers Preparing for College

This is a primer on getting ready for your next step (College) and how to, perhaps, think differently about designing your future in Dance.

Faculty Volunteers

Marc Arentsen

Dean, Schools of Dance and the Arts, Dean College

Saturday February 29, 2020 2:00pm - 3:20pm EST
Thayer Hall JVH 207 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Lecture, Higher Ed | Session for Teachers, Higher Ed | Session for Students, Higher Ed

3:30pm EST

(Int/Adv) floorwork

A fun release floor work class combing modern, contemporary and breaking.

Faculty Volunteers

Nathan Ahlstrom

Utah valley University

I am a free lance choreographer in Utah. I mainly work with high school students and my main focus is floor work and partnering. I have a background of break dancing, gymnastics, hip hop, contemporary, and modern. And love to infuse them all together to create movement out of the... Read More →

Saturday February 29, 2020 3:30pm - 4:50pm EST
Dance Complex Tap Studio 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Modern Technique

3:30pm EST

Advanced Ballet – the “How” behind the “What”

Faculty Volunteers

David Justin

Kansaas City Ballet

Saturday February 29, 2020 3:30pm - 4:50pm EST
Dance Complex GRW5 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Ballet Technique

3:30pm EST

Advanced Modern - Taylor Based

A Taylor-based contemporary class that focuses on level changes, pliability of the spine, depth of use of the legs, and sequential use of the body.

Faculty Volunteers

Jeffrey Lloyd Smith

Session for Teachers, College Preparedness | Lecture, College Preparedness

8:00am EST

Alwin Nikolais Improvisation

This class requires no particular background study although it is preferable for the students to have some orientation towards dance. The class is a session of directed creative endeavor designed to further explore and elaborate the concepts treated in the technique class. Vehicles of exploration, problem solving an solo and group improvisation are used to extend and enrich the student’s understanding and critical facility.

Biographical short film of Alwin Nikolais at the Kennedy Center Honors 1987.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtPzMREl21I

Faculty Volunteers

Alberto del Saz

Hunter College Dance Department

Alberto del Saz is the director of the Nikolais/Louis Foundation and a vital link in keeping the Nikolais-Louis repertory active and alive. As a member of the Nikolais Dance Theatre has toured to virtually every continent of the globe. He has appeared for President Reagan at the Kennedy... Read More →

Sunday March 1, 2020 8:00am - 9:20am EST
Dance Complex GRW7 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Modern Technique, Choreography, Improvisation

8:00am EST

Classical Ballet Technique

The class follows traditional ballet class organization, moving smoothly from one sequence to the next so that the physical sense of dancing is encouraged. Catherine Green's primary influences as a teacher include the Corvino approach. Her classes develop sound, strong, clear technique, devoid of affectation, with great emphasis on movement quality and musicality.

Faculty Volunteers

Catherine Green

Hunter College Dance Department

Mercyhurst University

Sunday March 1, 2020 8:00am - 9:20am EST
Dance Complex GRW2 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Pilates

8:00am EST

Stillness Class

Faculty Volunteers

Natalia Schradle

Coker University

Sunday March 1, 2020 8:00am - 9:20am EST
Dance Complex GRW5 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Improvisation

9:30am EST

Expansive Modern

Modern technique based on the use of space through time and energy. The goal of this a class is for dancers to learn to take up massive space with their bodies though movement promoting self confidence and positive self esteem through movement.

Faculty Volunteers

Sandra Atkinson

Light Switch Dance Theatre

Sandra C. Atkinson is the Chair of the VPA Dance Department at Northwestern HS where us teaches, mentors, and creates work for the VPA Dance Students. She also the Founder/Artistic Director of Light Switch Dance Theatre where she create socially conscious multidisciplinary work to... Read More →

Sunday March 1, 2020 9:30am - 10:50am EST
Dance Complex GRW2 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Modern Technique

9:30am EST

Intermediate Ballet Technique

Working toward mastery of traditional ballet technique through proper alignment and imagery from a sound anatomical model.

Faculty Volunteers

Marc Arentsen

Dean, Schools of Dance and the Arts, Dean College

Sunday March 1, 2020 9:30am - 10:50am EST
Dance Complex GRW4 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Ballet Technique

9:30am EST

Jazz Technique

Faculty Volunteers

Alexa Rossi

Dr. Phillips High School Dance Magnet

Sunday March 1, 2020 9:30am - 10:50am EST
Dance Complex GRW7 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Jazz Technique

9:30am EST

Lyrical (Int./Adv.)

Chryssie Whitehead's Lyrical Dance class will focus on storytelling and sweeping movements. The class will begin with a warm-up including across the floor progressions in a cross between jazz and ballet and culminate in a lyrical dance combination. Dancers are encouraged to emote and be vulnerable when dancing this style.

Faculty Volunteers

Chryssie Whitehead

AMDA College of the Performing Arts

Sunday March 1, 2020 9:30am - 10:50am EST
Dance Complex GRW3 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Lyrical

9:30am EST

Pilates for Dancers

Faculty Volunteers

Roxanne Cohen

Sunday March 1, 2020 9:30am - 10:50am EST
Dance Complex GRW6 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Pilates

9:30am EST

Repertory (Int./Adv.)

Faculty Volunteers

Dr. yonTande Whitney V Hunter

Temple University Boyer College of Music and Dance, Dance department, Temple University

Sunday March 1, 2020 9:30am - 10:50am EST
Dance Complex GRW5 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Afro-Contemporary

9:30am EST

Tap Dance (Int./Adv.)

Faculty Volunteers

Todd Shanks

Dean College

Sunday March 1, 2020 9:30am - 10:50am EST
Dance Complex Tap Studio 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Tap Technique

9:30am EST

Traditional African Dance

Traditional African Dance will explore the dances from the West African tradition. Students will experience the movements of Mandiani, Kou Kou, and Kakilambe as well as other dances.

Faculty Volunteers

Stephanie Powell

George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology

Sunday March 1, 2020 9:30am - 10:50am EST
Dance Complex GRW1 212 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dance Course, Traditional African