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Adult Dance Experience:bringing unity and joy to the adult dance community of VermontHosted by Ballet Vermont and Spotlight Vermont
January 27th 2019
1:00 - 6:30pm Cost: FREE (please pre-register to attend) Location: Spotlight Vermont 50 San Remo Drive South Burlington VT 05403 Ballet Vermont and Spotlight Vermont will hosting the first ever Adult Dance Experience. Our dream is to bring dancers from all walks of life, styles, backgrounds, and levels to one place. Where they can enjoy classes for free and make connections with others in the community. SCHEDULE FOR THE DAY 1:00 Registration and Welcome 1:25 Kick Off 1:45-2:55 Class 1 3:00-4:10 Class 2 4:15- 5:25 Class 3 5:30-6:30 ADE Mixer |
Classes/Instructors
Choose from 9 free classes tailored to dancers of all different levels.
Keep checking back as we announce class descriptions and details.
Keep checking back as we announce class descriptions and details.
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BEGINNER BALLET
Chatch Pregger Beginner Ballet is a great place to start your ballet journey, learn the foundations that ballet is built on and get ready to move to the next level. Its also a great place to pick up where you left off if you've been a long time away from ballet. The class will cover basic positions of the body, directions of movement and how to move with good posture and strength. We will learn the fundamental movements of ballet including transfer of weight and train our minds to be quick and our bodies to be long and strong. No experience necessary for this class.
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BALLET VARIATION
Chatch Pregger
Chatch Pregger
Variations Class is where we learn solo dances common to the classical repertoire. This class has a twist! We'll be reworking a classical variation (TBA) to be used as the Barn Cat in the Farm to Ballet Production 2019. Get your paw in the show helping transform this variation.
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If you love musicals then this is the class for you. We start off with a warm up based in jazz and modern dance disciplines, then go across the floor in groups. Lastly, we all learn a musical theater combination. All levels welcome.
TAP
Elisa Van Duyne Students will have fun learning both traditional type styles and contemporary rhythm tap. This class focuses on technique, ensemble sound building, and learning new combinations.
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HIP HOP
Rose Bedard Rose's hip-hop style is fun and has influences and elements of jazz and African genres in it. Her class includes a warm-up and hip-hop combos that will leave dancers feeling confident and wanting to more.
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PILATES FOR DANCERS
Laura Savard
Laura Savard
The Pilates method focuses on balanced conditioning of the entire body. Dancing, like any other physical activity, can take a toll on the body. Pilates works to correct imbalances created in the dance studio and allows dancers the space to reconnect and release. Join Laura Savard, owner of All Wellness Physical Therapy & Pilates for an hour of mindful movement on the mat.
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OWN THE FLOOR
Alison Mathes The floor can be used as an apparatus for incredible dance and fitness. The floor is safe. It is available to us almost everywhere. When we lower ourselves down to the floor, there's a world of fun to be found! Join Alison of Bohemienne Fitness to explore some unique floorwork movements. You'll want to be able to comfortably slide on the floor so long sleeves, pants or leggings, and socks or legwarmers are recommended. Let's get low!
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CONTEMPORARY
Avi Waring Combining modern, ballet and jazz concepts, this class will explore what it takes to move and dance bigger and more voraciously without wasting effort. We will work to transfer momentum through the body and carve through space with intention and clarity.
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INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED BALLET
Shelley Ismail
Shelley Ismail
Teacher Bios
ELISA VAN DUYNE has performed on Broadway in 42nd Street, Beauty and the Beast, 110 in the Shade and Finian’s Rainbow. Her regional work includes Ragtime at The Kennedy Center, Sound of Music at Fulton Opera House, Showboat at Asolo Rep and Kiss Me Kate at Paper Mill Playhouse. She has appeared on TV in Person Of Interest, As the World Turns, The Late Show With David Letterman, Good Morning America, The 2001 TONY Awards, and the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. As a choreographer, she has staged The Who’s Tommy, Guys and Dolls, and Big River at Alpine Theatre Project, Thoroughly Modern Millie at OCPT, Oklahoma! at Seton Hall University and most recently for CREATIVIVA in Toronto. Elisa’s teaching experience includes: Paper Mill Playhouse, NJPAC, Steps on Broadway, Broadway Dance Center, AMDA, CAP21, and Mount Holyoke College. For more information visit www.ElisaVanDuyne.com
ROSE BEDARD
Recent owner and director of 2INSPIRE Dance LLC, and SynRgy Dance Company, Rose Bedard is a native Vermonter who offers dance classes, choreography, artistic direction, private lessons and more to studios and communities in the surrounding area. She has just completed her 1st year at Urban Dance Complex where she works with the B and B Elite Companies as well as teaches at Adult Hip Hop. She has taught for 3 years at the Flynn Performing Arts Center where she teaches hip hop and jazz as well as being part of the education team for their Student Matinee Series. Rose is the twelfth year coach of the Mt.Mansfield Union dance team who recently won their fifth year in a row, jazz and hip hop championships in the Vermont Northern Athletic Conference and also just collected their 5th state championship title in hip hop. Her team also went on to place 3rd in hip hop at the New England level for the second year in a row. Recently, she has become, the creator, director of the her own adult dance company “SynRgy Dance Company” and continues to work and choreograph at local studios in Vermont as well as her very own, 2INSPIRE Dance Company. She also has volunteered her expertise for Rice Memorial High School’s Stunt Night, BFA St.Albans' "Mr.Bobwhite and Ms. Comet" senior scholarship contest, Miss Vermont Scholarship Pageant and other local schools and events.
Recent owner and director of 2INSPIRE Dance LLC, and SynRgy Dance Company, Rose Bedard is a native Vermonter who offers dance classes, choreography, artistic direction, private lessons and more to studios and communities in the surrounding area. She has just completed her 1st year at Urban Dance Complex where she works with the B and B Elite Companies as well as teaches at Adult Hip Hop. She has taught for 3 years at the Flynn Performing Arts Center where she teaches hip hop and jazz as well as being part of the education team for their Student Matinee Series. Rose is the twelfth year coach of the Mt.Mansfield Union dance team who recently won their fifth year in a row, jazz and hip hop championships in the Vermont Northern Athletic Conference and also just collected their 5th state championship title in hip hop. Her team also went on to place 3rd in hip hop at the New England level for the second year in a row. Recently, she has become, the creator, director of the her own adult dance company “SynRgy Dance Company” and continues to work and choreograph at local studios in Vermont as well as her very own, 2INSPIRE Dance Company. She also has volunteered her expertise for Rice Memorial High School’s Stunt Night, BFA St.Albans' "Mr.Bobwhite and Ms. Comet" senior scholarship contest, Miss Vermont Scholarship Pageant and other local schools and events.
