Dance New Mexico Summer Intensive

Curriculum

BALLET TECHNIQUE, POINTE, PARTNERING, KINESIOLOGY, PILATES, MODERN, JAZZ, FLAMENCO, RUSSIAN DANCE, VARIATIONS, REPERTORY

Intermediate and Advanced Levels daily
No audition required. Placement class is given the first day of classes.
Ages 10 and up (10-year olds must be intermediate level)
Teachers welcome
Short informal performance: demonstration of work taught throughout workshop

Fees

1 week: $250 tax included

2 weeks: $490 tax included

Room & Board: $160/week tax included
(these private home slots are limited, so get application in early)

$50 non-refundable deposit due with application
(to assure your place in class)

Application Deadline

The application deadline is May 31, 2008.
10% DISCOUNT FOR EARLY APPLICATION (MUST BE PAID IN FULL BEFORE MAY 15, 2008)
After May 31, applications will be considered if space is available

2008 Faculty

ANTOINETTE PELOSO has been a long-time member and principal dancer of The Metropolitan Opera Company in New York, where she has worked with many ballet luminaries includihng Alvin Ailey, George Balanchine, Antony Tudor, Natalia Makarova, Antony Dowell and Fernando Bujones. Born and raised in New Mexico, at 13 Antoinette won a spot in England's Royal Ballet School, where she received extensive training in classical and character techniques, including the Vaganova and Cechetti methods. After graduating with distinction, she returned to the U.S. and began dancing professionally in New York. She has appeared as a guest artist with companies across the U.S., dancing roles in Giselle, Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Les Sylphides, and Spartacus, among others.

Mel Tomlinson was born in Raleigh, North Carolina. He attended the North Carolina School for the Arts, studied in Italy in 1973 and received his BFA degree in 1974. He was a Guest Artist with the North Carolina Dance Theatre, a Principal Dancer with Agnes DeMille's Heritage Dance Theater, a member of Dance Theatre of Harlem, a Principal with Alvin Ailey's American Dance Theatre, a guest with the Joffrey Ballet, and a member of the New York City Ballet by invitation from George Balanchine. He has guested with Las Cruces Chamber Ballet, Florida Ballet, Jacques d'Amboise's National Dance Institute, North Carolina Repertory Dance Theatre and many others. He has studied and taught dance at the Boston School of Music, the Boston Conservatory for Music, Harvard University and UNC Charlotte. Mr. Tomlinson is a coach, teacher, speaker, choreographer, and dancewear designer, and is under the auspices of Michele's Dance Academy (directed by Michele and Kevin Self) in Las Cruces, New Mexico.

PATRICIA DICKINSON Artistic Director, New Mexico Ballet Company and Dance Theater of the Southwest, nationally recognized guest teacher and choreographer (ballet technique, lyrical, pointe)	DR. VIRGINIA WILMERDING PhD Exercise & Dance Science, Former Gus Soloman dancer (kinesiology, modern, stretch & strength, nutrition, make-up)
SUZANNE JOHNSTON Founder, New Mexico Ballet Company, nationally recognized teacher & choreographer (ballet technique, pointe)	JENNIFER BOREN Former member, Tulsa Ballet Theatre, Weiner Ballet Theatre, soloist with New Mexico Ballet Company (ballet, pointe & variations)
BEATRICE LANDHOLT Former member, Junges Ballett Zurich, London Dance Theatre, Berlin Opera Ballet (ballet, Russian dance)	MARY MOHAGHEGHI Graduate North Carolina School of Arts, former member Pennsylvania Ballet (ballet, pointe)
GABRIELLE ROJAS Soloist New Mexico Ballet Company, trained with Dance Theatre Southwest, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Alvin Ailey American Dance Center and UNM (jazz, modern)	ANGELIE MELZER Soloist New Mexico Ballet Company, Milwaukee Ballet, Aspen/Santa Fe Ballet & Kansas City Ballet, PMA certified Pilates instructor (ballet, pointe, Pilates)
LOUIS GIANNINI Soloist New Mexico Ballet Company; faculty, Sandia Prepatory School and Dance Arts (jazz, musical theatre)

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