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Welcome!
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Don't
know where to find it? Look here.
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The
Boulder Jazz Dance Workshop,
celebrating 30 years of superior dance education and
performance, is an internationally renowned “intensive”
unlike any other – it is part dance festival,
part dance camp, part college dance program, and part
dance convention (minus the competitions). We do our
best to provide a non-competitive, supportive atmosphere
for dance students.
Sponsored by the University of Colorado Department of
Theatre & Dance, the BJDW is held each summer on
the CU Boulder campus. The BJDW
intensive consists of two weeks of classes for
ages 16 through adult in jazz dance, hip hop, jazz funk,
and modern dance; as well as ballet barre, approaches
to turns, and a core training class (“Core &
More”). In addition, there are performance track
classes for students who choose to perform and/or choreograph
in the workshop's full theatrical dance production,
and 3 master classes. The University of Colorado will
award a total of two (2) hours of undergraduate college
credit and 1 hour of graduate level credit to qualified
students. Housing is available for out-of-towners who
come from all over the world to attend the workshop.
In addition, there is a separate Weekend Workshop for
ages 12 through adult on Saturday July 19th and Sunday
July 20th. (Coming from out of town? Stay in the CU
Dorms for very low rates!) |
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Wondering where Lauren
Beale is this year? She's having a baby! She's expecting
mid-July! We'll miss her but hope to see her and her
baby at our performances. The talented and popular Katie
Elliott will be teaching in Lauren's place this year.
See faculty for more on
Katie.
Back by popular demand:
BJDW’s 2nd annual Weekend Workshop: Saturday 7/19
& Sunday 7/20
*For ages 12 through adult; Intermediate & Advanced
levels
*4 classes with 4 different teachers each day (See
the weekend workshop schedule)
West Coast Jazz, Hip Hop, Lyrical Jazz, Turns,
Contemporary Jazz, Contemporary Modern
* Coming from out of town? Stay in the CU Dorms at low
rates!
New classes
this year:
Auditioning 101
Do you possess the skills you need to stand out in an
audition? Just how does one stand out? Can you learn
that and practice it or is it just something you have?
We think you can learn it and get better at it, and
this class will give you that opportunity. Auditions
for contemporary companies and for commercial work alike
often include an improvisation or free-style component
so expect to find that here! Both of the instructors
of this class have tons of auditioning experience. This
class will help you ace the next audition!
Headshots & Resumes
Photographer Wendy Turner (see
some of her photography here) will photograph
your headshot and Tiffany Leise will apply her years
of experience as a professional dancer in L.A. to help
you whip your resume into shape. Very limited enrollment.
(Don't forget there is
an additional cost for prints of your headshot!)
Contemporary Ballet Barre
Contemporary Ballet blends classical ballet and modern
or contemporary dance…it’s ballet-based
but with parallel legs, flexed feet, non-classical and
non-traditional arms…a blend of the techniques
you know and love from ballet with contemporary movement
to contemporary music. Did we say “contemporary”
enough times?
Lyrical Jazz Repertory
Jenny Schiff of The Schiff Dance Collective will set
a lyrical jazz piece on advanced dancers. This class
is by audition! See our Performance
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Here’s
what we offer students:
• A chance
to study a variety of styles for two dance-packed
weeks with master teachers from across the U.S.
• Classes in the
dance building on the beautiful University of Colorado
campus.
• A college level
dance experience for students 16 years of age and
older.
Note that the Weekend Workshop on Saturday July 19th
& Sunday July 20th is open to students 12 years
of age and older.
• An opportunity
to perform in a full theatrical student performance
in both student-choreographed and faculty-choreographed
pieces.
• The opportunity
to meet dancers from around the world.
Early
registration is imperative for getting the classes
you want. Our classes usually fill to capacity early.
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Visit
our other website at
http://bcn.boulder.co.us./arts/idt/idt.html
Our
Mission
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To approach jazz dance as a creative
art form and technical dance form.
• To offer quality dance
training in adjunct dance forms that we believe support the
development of strong jazz dancers.
• To support and nurture
student creativity by providing a setting in which students
can receive feedback on their choreography and by giving them
the opportunity to perform their own works in a professional
setting.
• To expand the dancers’
concepts and understanding of the definition and limits of
jazz dance.
• To provide a dynamic and
exciting learning environment.
• To inspire dancers, thus
renewing or igniting a greater passion for dance.
• To support the growth
of our students, not only as dancers but as human beings.
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Sponsored in part by:
Dance
Advice
http://www.dancehelp.com/
Dance Help is an online journal of dance information
and inspiration, to accompany the student, performer and
choreographer in their dance endeavors.
Workshop
Directors
Lara
Branen Co-founder, Director
Nini Coleman Graphic
Designer, Co-Director
Chris Harris Web Designer,
Co-Director
Daniel Morimoto Manager,
Co-Director
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