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Dance Studio AA146

Master Class Description:
Countertechnique class prepares the body for rehearsal and performance. Within a clear class structure, it provides tools for body and mind to deal with the demanding dance practice of the 21st century. It is a movement system to help the dancer think about the dancing body by focusing on the process of incorporating information into action. The goal is to enable dancers to move bigger, with fluidity, and spatially, while becoming stronger and more flexible. Students will be introduced to the Toolbox: a framework from which ideas and principles of Countertechnique are accessed during an exercise. The priority is to experience clarity and enjoyment of movement. Dancers are encouraged to be proactive in discovering connections and solutions, to be less concerned with judging themselves, and to work in a healthy way physically, mentally, and emotionally.

Teacher Bio:
Joy Davis a dance artist and educator steeped in the practices of Countertechnique and improvisation. She began studying Countertechnique with founder Anouk van Dijk in 2005 and became a Teacher in 2012. She teaches all over the US including the Seattle Festival of Dance Improvisation, Lion's Jaw Dance + Performance Festival in Boston, and the American Dance Festival. Her initiative joyproject produces collaborative dance theater performance since 2006. She was a Chicago Dancemakers Forum Greenhouse Artist, Choreographic Resident at the Workspace for Choreographers, Choreographer's Lab Artist with New Dialect (Nashville), NeXt Choreographer for Urbanity Dance (Boston), and Special Edition Artist with The Theorists (Austin). She currently collaborates with Mountain Empire Dance Collective, School for Contemporary Dance and Thought, and together with Alexander Davis, The Davis Sisters, were named 2018 Schonberg [Boston] Fellows at The Yard where they created a new evening length work Junk Drawer. Joy received an MFA in Chor

Conference Room B


Master Class Description:
Creative Movement for Special Needs Population
During this experiential one-hour class, participants will learn some structures of a Creative Movement class and a variety of activities to make it flow. We'll talk about successes and pitfalls in working with this population and what additional props and extras keep them coming back.

Teacher Bio:
Grace Park has been dancing since she could move. She began taking ballet and tap when she was six, and progressed to jazz and toe in her teens. At Tufts University, she discovered modern dance, and performed in a Massachusetts modern troupe after graduation for several years.
Grace’s dance teaching experience includes line dance and international folk dance at senior centers and Zumba Kids. She holds numerous Zumba licenses, and is licensed to teach Bolly X. Grace was a Special Olympics rhythmic gymnastics coach for several years and enjoyed building relationships with these athletic dancers.
Her teaching credentials include Texas Early Childhood through Grade 6, Special Education, and School Counseling. Currently, Grace teaches Creative Movement at Plano Children’s Theatre and Zumba at YouFit.

Dance Studio A107

Masterclass Description:
All Pilates starts here.
If you want to be a Pilates teacher there are dozens of ways to become one. All kinds of hybrid and fusion inspired Pilates techniques can take you into the fitness field. But there's only one path back in time to the original work. Real Pilates trains you from the source, the primary technique and methods created by Joseph Pilates himself.
In the Real Pilates Teacher Training program you'll learn every exercise, every variation and every piece of equipment ever created by Joseph Pilates. In this workshop we will dive into what it looks like to be in the Real Pilates Teacher Training program, what it feels like to be a Pilates teacher and what you could sound like. You will get hands on instruction, a workout, and practice teaching like a pro. You will learn a sample size of the mat, how to verbally cue, and some hands on technique, along with the history of Pilates.
Pilates starts here. Learn the practice the way "Uncle Joe" invented it.
We can show you how.

Teacher Bio: Rachael Lieck Bryce is the owner and senior instructor at Pilates Methodology in
Dallas, TX. She is dedicated to the classical Pilates method, and has worked with
clients ranging from five to 85 of all fitness levels. Bryce teaches from a place of
authenticity, with the goal of enriching people’s lives through classical Pilates.
Methodology marks the third studio that she has built, opened and operated.
A former contemporary dancer, Bryce was introduced to Pilates through her college
ballet teacher. She first trained with Colleen Glenn in Dallas, completing a rigorous
program through The PilateSystem in 2001. She received her second certification with
New York–based Power Pilates in 2006, and became a teacher trainer for Power Pilates
three years later.

Conference Room A

Masterclass Description:
“No More Plan B, It’s All Plan A”
This interactive, action based, workshop for all dancers at all ages and stages of life will help you to:
· Meet other dancers to experience connection and expand your network.
· Develop a point of view that will sustain you in your career development.
· Learn about the skills and abilities you possess from your training and life in dance.

Teacher's Bio:
Suzie Jary, MSW, LCSW-S, TEP, received the Dance Council of North Texas’s Mary Warner Award for Service to Dance in 2014 for her work with Career Transition For Dancers, CTFD, a national not for profit organization that assists dancers in choreographing their futures. Her professional association with CTFD spanned over 20 years. While in New York City, at the agency’s headquarters, she held roles from Staff Counselor and Group Facilitator to Director of Client Services. Suzie returned to her hometown, Fort Worth, in 2008 and served as National Outreach Consultant traveling throughout the US presenting workshops for CTFD. Recognized as a specialist in the issues facing performing artists, she has been a guest speaker at Symposiums in Lausanne, Switzerland and The Hague, Netherlands. Suzie’s initial contact with CTFD was as a client while she was dancing on Broadway in David Merrick’s 42nd Street. Her dance background included performing locally at Casa Manana, the Fort Worth Opera and with Ballet Concerto to continuing on to perform in dinner theatre, summer stock, national tours, Broadway and Europe.
Suzie holds a Master of Social Work from Hunter College in New York and is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Supervisor and a Board Certified, Trainer, Educator, Practitioner, TEP, of Psychodrama and Group Psychotherapy. Currently, she is an Associate Professor at Weatherford College in the Substance Abuse Counseling Program and was named Faculty Member of the Year

Dance Studio AA146

Immediately following the ADF master class with Joy Davis at 12:00 pm, students interested in attending ADF’s Summer Dance Intensive are invited to audition for a Leadership Scholarship. Plan to learn and perform a short phrase in small groups, present a 1.5 minute solo that presents your area of expertise (performance, choreography, improvisation, community practice, or dance scholarship) or improvise in small groups, and participate in a brief group discussion about ADF’s 2019 critical question: What is solidarity? How does dance create it? For more details about live audition requirements, visit our website.

6 o’Clock Dance Theatre Audition

at Dancers Network | Sunday, October 14 | 4 - 5PM
Collin College Spring Creek Campus, 2800 E Spring Creek Pkwy, Plano, TX
Audition will be contemporary and taught by Artistic Director, Zach Ingram.
Looking for ages 18 and up—especially men. Head shot and resume suggested, but not required.
No dress code requirements, but ballet shoes are suggested.

Afrobeat is a mix of African music with Western-pop. The dance style is where traditional African dance meets African and Western street dance.

Dance Studio AA146
Contemporary Modern Dance
Class will consist of foundational techniques that condition the body for strength, flexibility, endurance, and coordination. Dancers will learn choreographic phrases from the repertoire of B. Moore Dance, focusing on spatial, rhythmic, and dynamic qualities.

Teacher Bio:
A native of Dallas, Texas, Bridget L. Moore is the Founder and Artistic Director of B. Moore Dance. Prior to serving as Artistic Director of Dallas Black Dance Theatre for the 2017-2018 season, Moore was a Visiting Professor at Sungkyunkwan University in Seoul, South Korea (2014–2017), where she was invited to speak at the Korean International Symposium on arts education, diversity and cultural integration. Moore holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance from The Ohio State University and a Master of Fine Arts from New York University, Tisch School of the Arts. Her accomplishments as a choreographer, dancer, and educator in the arts demonstrate her commitment to the dance continuum. She has received choreographic commissions from Ailey II, Dallas Black Dance Theatre, Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, Red Clay Dance Company, Bruce Wood Dance/MetDance, and Urban Bush Women, to name a few. In 2017 Moore’s choreographic work, Uncharted Territory: Body of Evidence was selected as a recipient of a grant from the TACA Donna Wilhelm Family New Works Fund. In addition, the work was commissioned by TITAS and featured in the Command Performance Gala at the Winspear Opera House. Moore also received a commission to create a new work for TACA’s 50th Anniversary Gala. Moore received a 2016 Princess Grace Professional Development grant for Arts Administration and in 2012, she received the Princess Grace Foundation Choreography Fellowship Award. Moore has also been featured in Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch” for her Co-Directorship project, This Woman’s Work. Moore’s professional performing career includes Ronald K. Brown’s EVIDENCE: A Dance Com

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