Please
note: All info is from our 2010 season. Our 2011 season information
update will be January 1st.
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Welcome!
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The
Boulder Jazz Dance
Workshop (BJDW), celebrating 32 years
of superior dance education and performance, is an
internationally attended “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.
Co-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, lyrical jazz, modern
dance, ballet, “Auditioning 101”, “Progressions
& Turns” and 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. The University of Colorado
will award up to two hours of undergraduate college
credit and 1 hour of graduate level credit to qualified
students. Housing in the University’s Athens
North Apartments is available for out-of-towners.
Housing space is limited – early reservations
are recommended!
In addition, there is a separate Weekend Workshop
for ages 11 through adult on Saturday July 17th and
Sunday July 18th, that now includes special classes
for teachers. Coming from out of town for the weekend?
Stay in the University’s Athens
North Apartments for very low rates! Housing
space is limited – early reservations are recommended!
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Notes
from the Artistic Director
Back by popular demand:
BJDW’s
4th annual Weekend Workshop,
Saturday 7/17 and Sunday 7/18 - attend one or both days!
For
Students ages 11 through adult, Intermediate through
Advanced levels.
4 classes with 4 different teachers
each day (See the weekend
workshop schedule)
One set of classes for Students and one set for teachers
and aspiring teachers ages 18 and older.
See Housing for information on
the low-priced lodging available in Athens
North Apartments!
The BJDW Student Handbook
is now available. Click on Classes
& Tuition to get it.
New classes
this year:
Movement Invention/Cool Down –
unwind after a long day of classes and move your way.
Express your uniqueness as a dancer in a safe, supportive
environment.
Please
note!!! These classes are full.
You can register but only to be on the wait-list.
All Weekend Workshop teacher
level classes and
Yoga, Noon Jazz, Progressions
& Turns, Jazz Repertory, and Lyrical Jazz
Repertory during the 2 week intensive.
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some of 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 17th
and Sunday July 18th is open to students 11 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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Our
Mission
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To approach jazz dance as a creative
art form and technical dance form.
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To offer quality dance training in adjunct dance forms that
we believe support the development of strong jazz dancers.
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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.
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To expand the dancers’ concepts and understanding of
the definition and limits of jazz dance.
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To provide a dynamic and exciting learning environment.
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To inspire dancers, thus renewing or igniting a greater passion
for dance.
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To support the growth of our students, not only as dancers
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Sponsored in part by:
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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