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HUBBARD STREET DANCE AND LINES BALLET
SCHEDULE AUGUST DANCE WORKSHOPS
Open Enrollment and Online Applications
America’s prestigious contemporary dance companies Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and Alonzo King LINES Ballet will be in-residence at UC Irvine’s Claire Trevor School of the Arts Dance Department this summer and offering two (2) week-long intensive dance workshops Aug. 20-31 for advanced dance students, pre-professionals, and professionals that would like to further their careers. Dancers must be between 13 and 28 years old (dancers over 28 with professional experience will be accepted). Advanced training in ballet or modern technique is required for all participants. Tuition for each workshop is $450, payable to UC Regents.
Enrollees will work with Hubbard Street directors and company dancers from Hubbard Street and LINES Ballet. They will also have the opportunity to observe renowned dancer Alonzo King’s creative process and watch his rehearsals. During each of the weeklong intensives, students will work together for six hours a day, five days a week. The program will offer training in ballet and modern technique, repertory, improvisation and discussions. Students train and perform under the guidance of artistic directors and professional dancers from each company. Class level will be determined by age and experience on the intensive’s first day of classes.
In addition to the workshops, supplemental activities may include attending open rehearsals with dancers and the company's artistic directors; attending performance receptions and meeting the company dancers, having an opportunity to meet with directors and attend an informal showing at the conclusion of the choreographic residency; and purchasing tickets to the two performances at the Laguna Dance Festival in September that include these two comapnies.
Applications will be taken online through June 1, 2012. A non-refundable fee of $20 is required upon submitting an application, as are a resume with proof of advanced traning and a Letter of Recommendation from a dance school, instructor or artistic director. Upon acceptance, participants will be asked to submit 50% of the workshop fee as a deposit; the balance is payable by June 30, 2012. All fees are payable to UC Regents.
Updates will be posted to the Claire Trevor School of the Arts website www.arts.uci.edu/hubbard-lines. For questions about applications and payment, contact the Dance Department at (949) 824-7283. For information about the in residency program, contact Dance Professor Jodie Gates at gatesj@uci.edu, who is serving as the event’s program director.
August 20 to 24
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
Monday through Friday Daily Schedule:
9:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Ballet (Level A & B)
10:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Repertory (Level A)
10:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Improvisation (Level B)
12:30 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. LUNCH
1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Improvisation (Level A)
1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Repertory (Level B)
3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Discussion & Lecture Demonstrations
August 27 to 31
Alonzo King LINES Ballet
Monday through Friday Daily Schedule:
9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Ballet (Level A & B)
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Modern (Level A)
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Repertory (Level B)
12:30 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. LUNCH
1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Repertory (Level A)
1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Improvisation (Level B)
3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Improvisation (Level A)
3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Contemporary Partnering (Level B)
Supplemental activities include: Attending open rehearsals of Hubbard Street/LINES choreographic projects with the dancers and artistic directors Alonzo King and Glenn Edgerton. Attending performance receptions and meeting the company dancers. Participating in discussions with directors and an informal showing on Sept. 14-15, at the conclusion of the choreographic residency. Attending two performances of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and Alonzo King LINES Ballet at the Laguna Dance Festival on Sept. 8-9.
Dancers from Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
