July
19th - August 2nd, 2008 |
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University
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We've
started!! The BJDW student performance is August 1st, 8pm, at
the Irey Theatre on the CU boulder campus. Interweave Dance
Theatre, our resident professional company performs "CLOTHED"
August 2nd at 2pm and 8pm. Tickets are still available for both
shows, Please Join Us!! Call the BJDW
office #303-492-7945
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Requirements and Level
Placement |
Our Level Requirement:
The workshop is designed for students who are at least
intermediate level by our standards. We spare our students
the trouble and expense of an audition video, allowing
students to assess their own suitability. However, we
do expect workshop dancers to be adequately experienced
and to have a working knowledge of dance vocabulary
at the intermediate level. If there is any question
in your mind about whether you qualify to attend the
workshop, please contact us prior to registering.
The
same requirements apply to both the Weekend Workshop
and the Two-Week Intensive.
Minimum
Level Requirement Guidelines
Levels
vary from studio to studio, so we are providing some
guidelines for what we expect from our students. We
are using jazz dance criteria since we are a jazz
workshop. If your level is high enough in jazz we
feel you will do fine in our other classes.
Even if you do not take our jazz classes, if you enroll
in Hip Hop or Jazz Funk, you should meet the Minimum
Requirements for Jazz students. Students who are
taking modern dance and no jazz should meet the Minimum
Requirements for Modern Students.
Minimum
Requirements for Jazz students:
Even
if you are an advanced dancer in either modern or ballet,
some prior jazz dance training is suggested. Intermediate
level jazz dance students should have had a minimum
of approximately 600 hours or more of dance training
prior to attending the workshop – the equivalent
of two 1.5 hour classes per week for 4 years or four
1.5 hour classes per week for two years (preferably
without breaks.) This training does not have to have
all been in jazz dance – in fact some modern and
ballet training is preferable, although not mandatory!
Please note that even if a student is an advanced dancer
in either modern or ballet, some prior jazz dance training
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Dance
vocabulary usage varies from teacher to teacher, but
most of the following terms should be familiar to you,
and you should know how to perform most of these steps
or techniques:
• Jazz Pirouette:
Should be able to perform a double turn reasonably well
(in relevé with foot to the knee in parallel
position) - at least be working on double turns even
if they are not quite mastered.
• Relevé
• Plié
• Foot positions:
1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th (turned out and parallel)
• Tendu
• Contraction
• Body Roll (there
are different types)
• Flat back with head
in line with spine
• Isolations (should
be able to perform rib isolations without moving hips
and so on)
• Developpé
• Jazz pas de bourrée
(also called "back-side-front")
• Pas de bourrée
turn
• Tap turn (also called
"touch turn")
• Chainée turn
• Ball-change
• Jazz Square
• Cross ball-change
(also called "flat-ball-flat")
• Chassé (also
called "step-together-step")
• Fan kick
• Leg tilt
• Front leap |
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Minimum
Requirements for Modern
students:
Intermediate
level modern: Please see jazz dance guidelines for
approximate number of hours of training that one should
have had in modern dance to qualify as in intermediate
modern dancer. As mentioned earlier if you qualify
as intermediate in jazz dance, you qualify for our
intermediate modern level.
Students who are intermediate in jazz can still enroll
in modern at the workshop. If you are taking modern
but no jazz you should meet these criteria. Because
modern dance is less codified than either jazz dance
or ballet, terminology varies greatly from technique
to technique and from teacher to teacher. In spite
of this, we feel that as an intermediate level student
in modern, most of the following terms should be familiar
to you, and you should know how to perform most of
the following:
• Relevé
• Plié
• Foot positions:
1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th (turned out and parallel)
• Tendu (often referred
to as brushes in modern classes)
• Grand Battement
• Developpé
• Attitude
• Arabesque
• Swings (using
different body parts or whole body)
• Prances
• Triplets
• Chassé
• Front leap or
Grand Jeté
• Flat back with
head in line with spine
• Chainée
turn
You
should have a demonstrable knowledge of at least some
of the concepts below:
• Contraction/Release
• Fall & Recovery
• Use of Breath
as motivation for movement.
• Use of Gravity
(on balance/off balance, weight)
• Improvisation
• Gesture
• Locomotor/Non-locomotor
movement
• Space - Level,
Direction, Facing, Pathway, Kinesphere vs. General
Space
• Time - Fast/Slow,
Rhythm, sustained/sudden |
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Level
Placement and Audition (See Schedule
below):
Students who register for classes that are divided by
level are required to attend Level Placement unless
opting to be placed in the intermediate level. Level
placement is required for Modern, Modern Repertory,
Noon Jazz, Lyrical Jazz, and Jazz Repertory. At Level
Placement, faculty members determine which level each
student will attend for the above classes. Students
who register for Lyrical Jazz Repertory are required
to audition for this class. (Students who are not
admitted will receive a tuition refund for this class.)
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Level
Placement and Audition
Days |
Saturday July 19th
Noon Jazz, Lyrical Jazz & Jazz Repertory Level Placement:
2:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Sunday
July 20th
Modern Dance & Modern Repertory Level Placement:
10:00 a.m. – noon
Lyrical Jazz Repertory Audition (and first
class meeting): 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Note:
Dancers may opt to pre-place themselves in Level II (intermediate)
classes and forego level placement. Please check the box
on the registration form if you wish to be pre-placed in
Level II
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