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Summer Dance Intensive

August 9 - 14, 2010

Cost: $475 for entire week

Minimum Age: 16

Modern & Contemporary Technique, Repertory and Composition

(9:30-5:30 Daily)

A Contemporary Dance Workshop for Intermediate, Advanced and Professional Dancers.

Instructed by Melissa Thodos - Founder and Artistic Director

and ensemble members of the Company.

Dancers are guaranteed to experience the award-winning athletic style of Thodos Dance Chicago and see for themselves how dance, education and choreography can compliment a dancer’s personal development.

Technique Classes

Each Workshop day will begin with intermediate/advanced Ballet technique. This class is formatted to meet the needs of the contemporary dancer in training.  Modern and Contemporary technique classes are offered in the award-winning athletic style of Thodos Dance Chicago, incorporating principles of release, alignment, spatial awareness, fall and recovery, and integrating challenging technical combinations.

Body Health and Wellness

This class is structured for the dancer in training and focuses on such areas as nutrition and injury prevention, massage for dancers, and alignment with yoga. Learn more about how to keep your body healthy and well in the professional and demanding dance arena.

Repertory

Learn the athletic and innovative repertory that makes Thodos Dance Chicago one of the nation's premiere Contemporary dance companies. The Company's repertoire includes exciting new choreography taught by Melissa Thodos and ensemble members who are unique in their ability to dance, teach and choreograph new works, as seen in the acclaimed performance series "New Dances." Repertory selections to be performed in the showing on the last day of the intensive.

Composition/Improvisation

This daily class will challenge dancers to explore their own unique choreographic voice through principles of composition and improvisation. This exploration process is similar to that which ensemble members experience when choreographing pieces created and performed by the Company for "New Dances." This intensive portion of the workshop will also include aspects of Contemporary  partnering in addition to choreographing with props. The class will culminate with a showing of each dancer/choreographer's creation on the last day of the intensive.

Online Registration & Payment

Drucker Center

Menomonee Club for Boys and Girls

1535 North Dayton Street

Chicago, IL 60622

For more information on Intensive Schedules and Housing Accomdations,

click here.

For Workshop info: 1-312-266-6255

For Directions to: 1-312-664-4631