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Peabody Dance: Day of Master Classes/Ballet Teachers Seminar
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Margaret Bell
410-659-8100, ext. 1190
m.bell@jhu.edu
Donna Young
410-659-8100, ext. 1119
donnamyoung@jhu.edu
Peabody Dance Contact:
Carol Bartlett 410-659-8100, ext. 1125
dance@peabody.jhu.edu
www.peabody.jhu.edu/dance
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 26, 2008, Baltimore, MD: Carol Bartlett, artistic director of Peabody Dance, has announced the eighth year of Peabody’s highly anticipated Day of Master Classes and Ballet Teachers’ Seminar, which has garnered an enthusiastic following from the local and regional dance community of teachers and students alike. This annual day-long event will take place on Sunday, November 9, from 9:00 am to 5:30 pm in the dance studios of the Peabody Preparatory’s downtown Baltimore main campus, 21 East Mount Vernon Place. The event, and others produced by Peabody Dance, is designed to reach out to and serve the broader dance community as well as Peabody Dance students.
Joining Peabody Dance’s outstanding faculty and other area dance luminaries are three distinguished, internationally renowned guest artists. Marcia Dale Weary, the legendary artistic director/founder of the Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet (CPYB), returns to teach two morning master classes and to conduct the afternoon seminar’s first of two sessions, Building the Foundation: The Art of Teaching Ballet Fundamentals to Children. Other morning master classes will be taught by Barbara Sandonato, Balanchine-trained former ballerina of the Pennsylvania Ballet and the National Ballet of Canada, and Rafael Grigorian, Russian-trained former principal dancer and ballet master with the Kirov and Bolshoi Ballets.
This eighth year of morning Master Classes and third year of the Ballet Teachers’ Seminar, in which Weary shares her pure and remarkably successful approach to building a strong foundation in young ballet students, has set a worthy standard and become an inspiring and beneficial tradition in the dance community.
“Over eight years, the enthusiasm for this event in the dance community has only grown stronger,” said Bartlett. “In response, we’ve added a second session to this year’s Ballet Teachers’ Seminar as well as a Basic Pointe master class.” The new Basic Pointe master class will be taught in the morning session by Sandonato. The new seminar session, taught in the afternoon, is entitled Choreography for the Student Dancer: Enriching the World of Ideas for Your Student Performances. It will be led by Bartlett, a noted choreographer, along with Weary.
Following registration, which opens at 9:00 am, the Master Classes begin at 10:00 am with three simultaneous Ballet Technique classes: the upper intermediate/advanced level for students ages 13 and up with at least four years of consistent, intensive training; the intermediate level for students ages 11 and up with at least three years of consistent training; and the elementary level for students ages 8-12 with one to three years of training, who are invited to attend by their seminar attendee teachers. (The Elementary Ballet class is a Ballet Teachers’ Seminar requirement, and observation is open exclusively to seminar attendees; teachers may select up to three students to participate.) The second session of three Master Classes begins at 11:30 am and includes: Basic Pointe, a special class in pointe fundamentals for all female students in the early stages of pointe training; Upper Level Pointe, for female students ages 11 and up with at least two to three years of continuous pointe training; and Variations/Partnering, for all male students and invited career entry level female students.
The afternoon Ballet Teachers’ Seminar, from 2:15 to 5:30 pm, consists of two 90-minute demonstration/discussion periods. In the first, Weary and her CPYB students demonstrate to teachers how she builds the foundational “blocks” through her own perfected analysis on how technique should be “broken down” and progress in ways that have a lasting impact on students. The newly-added second session, led by Bartlett along with Weary, presents a wide range of exemplary choreographic material as well as performance production elements for teachers to utilize with students of varying ages and technique levels. Students from both CPYB and Peabody Dance will participate in the demonstration.
Tuition for individual intermediate and advanced level students attending the morning Master Classes is $30 for the first ballet class only, or $45 for both classes. Tuition for the Elementary level class is $15 (limited to select students of senior teachers attending the Seminar). A special rate of $20 per Master Class is offered to students in groups of five or more from the same school, and any number of students of Teachers’ Seminar attendees. Teachers of Master Class student attendees and/or Seminar participants are cordially invited to observe the morning classes free of charge. Tuition for the afternoon Ballet Teachers’ Seminar is $80 for senior teachers and $65 for apprentice/student teachers over age 17 who are affiliated with private studios, public schools, or college and university dance programs. For more information, for brochures, and to register, please contact the Peabody Dance office at 410-659-8100, ext. 1125, or dance@peabody.jhu.edu.
About Peabody Dance
Peabody Dance, the time-honored Dance Department of the Peabody Preparatory, offers three main curricula in downtown Baltimore and Towson: the Pre-Professional Program; the Young Children’s Program; and the Open Program. The heart of Peabody Dance’s philosophy is the expectation that all students will have the opportunity to reach their own desired level of achievement. In return, an internationally respected faculty and artistic staff are dedicated to meeting the needs of their students on an individual basis and to providing exemplary training, inspiration, and encouragement. In conjunction with its primary focus on maintaining the highest standard of training in ballet and contemporary dance, Peabody Dance presents imaginatively produced performances and unique instructional programs which reach out to the dance community and enrich the cultural life of the Baltimore region.
About the Peabody Institute
Located in the heart of Baltimore’s Mount Vernon Cultural District, the Peabody Institute was founded in 1857 as America’s first academy of music by George Peabody, considered to be America’s first philanthropist. Today, the Peabody boasts a preeminent faculty, a nurturing, collaborative learning environment, and the academic resources of one of the nation’s leading universities, Johns Hopkins. Through its degree granting conservatory and its community-based Preparatory music and dance school, Peabody trains musicians and dancers of every age and at every level, from small children to seasoned professionals, from dedicated amateurs to winners of international competitions.
Margaret Bell
410-659-8100, ext. 1190
m.bell@jhu.edu
Donna Young
410-659-8100, ext. 1119
donnamyoung@jhu.edu
Peabody Dance Contact:
Carol Bartlett 410-659-8100, ext. 1125
dance@peabody.jhu.edu
www.peabody.jhu.edu/dance
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Peabody Dance Presents Eighth Annual Day of Master Classes and Ballet Teachers’ Seminar
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Joining Peabody Dance’s outstanding faculty and other area dance luminaries are three distinguished, internationally renowned guest artists. Marcia Dale Weary, the legendary artistic director/founder of the Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet (CPYB), returns to teach two morning master classes and to conduct the afternoon seminar’s first of two sessions, Building the Foundation: The Art of Teaching Ballet Fundamentals to Children. Other morning master classes will be taught by Barbara Sandonato, Balanchine-trained former ballerina of the Pennsylvania Ballet and the National Ballet of Canada, and Rafael Grigorian, Russian-trained former principal dancer and ballet master with the Kirov and Bolshoi Ballets.
This eighth year of morning Master Classes and third year of the Ballet Teachers’ Seminar, in which Weary shares her pure and remarkably successful approach to building a strong foundation in young ballet students, has set a worthy standard and become an inspiring and beneficial tradition in the dance community.
“Over eight years, the enthusiasm for this event in the dance community has only grown stronger,” said Bartlett. “In response, we’ve added a second session to this year’s Ballet Teachers’ Seminar as well as a Basic Pointe master class.” The new Basic Pointe master class will be taught in the morning session by Sandonato. The new seminar session, taught in the afternoon, is entitled Choreography for the Student Dancer: Enriching the World of Ideas for Your Student Performances. It will be led by Bartlett, a noted choreographer, along with Weary.
Following registration, which opens at 9:00 am, the Master Classes begin at 10:00 am with three simultaneous Ballet Technique classes: the upper intermediate/advanced level for students ages 13 and up with at least four years of consistent, intensive training; the intermediate level for students ages 11 and up with at least three years of consistent training; and the elementary level for students ages 8-12 with one to three years of training, who are invited to attend by their seminar attendee teachers. (The Elementary Ballet class is a Ballet Teachers’ Seminar requirement, and observation is open exclusively to seminar attendees; teachers may select up to three students to participate.) The second session of three Master Classes begins at 11:30 am and includes: Basic Pointe, a special class in pointe fundamentals for all female students in the early stages of pointe training; Upper Level Pointe, for female students ages 11 and up with at least two to three years of continuous pointe training; and Variations/Partnering, for all male students and invited career entry level female students.
The afternoon Ballet Teachers’ Seminar, from 2:15 to 5:30 pm, consists of two 90-minute demonstration/discussion periods. In the first, Weary and her CPYB students demonstrate to teachers how she builds the foundational “blocks” through her own perfected analysis on how technique should be “broken down” and progress in ways that have a lasting impact on students. The newly-added second session, led by Bartlett along with Weary, presents a wide range of exemplary choreographic material as well as performance production elements for teachers to utilize with students of varying ages and technique levels. Students from both CPYB and Peabody Dance will participate in the demonstration.
Tuition for individual intermediate and advanced level students attending the morning Master Classes is $30 for the first ballet class only, or $45 for both classes. Tuition for the Elementary level class is $15 (limited to select students of senior teachers attending the Seminar). A special rate of $20 per Master Class is offered to students in groups of five or more from the same school, and any number of students of Teachers’ Seminar attendees. Teachers of Master Class student attendees and/or Seminar participants are cordially invited to observe the morning classes free of charge. Tuition for the afternoon Ballet Teachers’ Seminar is $80 for senior teachers and $65 for apprentice/student teachers over age 17 who are affiliated with private studios, public schools, or college and university dance programs. For more information, for brochures, and to register, please contact the Peabody Dance office at 410-659-8100, ext. 1125, or dance@peabody.jhu.edu.
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About Peabody Dance
Peabody Dance, the time-honored Dance Department of the Peabody Preparatory, offers three main curricula in downtown Baltimore and Towson: the Pre-Professional Program; the Young Children’s Program; and the Open Program. The heart of Peabody Dance’s philosophy is the expectation that all students will have the opportunity to reach their own desired level of achievement. In return, an internationally respected faculty and artistic staff are dedicated to meeting the needs of their students on an individual basis and to providing exemplary training, inspiration, and encouragement. In conjunction with its primary focus on maintaining the highest standard of training in ballet and contemporary dance, Peabody Dance presents imaginatively produced performances and unique instructional programs which reach out to the dance community and enrich the cultural life of the Baltimore region.
About the Peabody Institute
Located in the heart of Baltimore’s Mount Vernon Cultural District, the Peabody Institute was founded in 1857 as America’s first academy of music by George Peabody, considered to be America’s first philanthropist. Today, the Peabody boasts a preeminent faculty, a nurturing, collaborative learning environment, and the academic resources of one of the nation’s leading universities, Johns Hopkins. Through its degree granting conservatory and its community-based Preparatory music and dance school, Peabody trains musicians and dancers of every age and at every level, from small children to seasoned professionals, from dedicated amateurs to winners of international competitions.
