Teen & Adult Dance

Auditions for the Phipps Dance Company

Wednesday, June 19th, 5:30 pm

June 19, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. in the dance studio.  Registration begins at 5:00 p.m.

Auditions for this ensemble are open to students ages 13 - 18 with a minimum of two years of dance training from any school.  No preparation is necessary.  Dancers should bring shoes for all styles of dance in which they are trained, including ballet, tap, jazz, and pointe.  Company members do not need experience in all of these styles.  All should come dressed to dance with their hair secured back.

Requirements for company members are a one-year commitment, which includes taking two Phipps dance technique classes per week along with rehearsals most Thursdays and Fridays from 4:50 - 6:30 p.m. beginning September 12.  Any scheduling conflicts should be discussed and approved by the directors before auditions.  The cost is $149 for each of four eight-week sessions in addition to dance class fees.

Ballroom Dance Parties

January 1st - December 31st, 2013

There will be dance parties on Saturday, June 15, from 7 to 10 p.m. in the dance studio.  Instructor Tom Larson will offer a ballroom and Latin dance lesson during the first hour.  This is an opportunity to have fun trying out new dance skills in a relaxed and comfortable environment.  Dancers of all experience levels are welcome.  Refreshments will be provided.  Admission is $12 per person.

Strengthening and Technique for Dancers

Instructor: Mackenzie Lewis
June 17th - July 3rd, 2013

This class will focus strictly on strengthening and conditioning for dancers while improving overall technique.  The class is designed to help dancers develop an understanding of proper technique, injury prevention, and exercises for strengthening and conditioning specifically for dancers. 

Dancers should bring all dance shoes.  Comfortable and moveable athletic clothes will be appropriate for this class.  No jeans.

Mondays and Wednesdays
June 17 - July 3
2:00 - 3:00
Fee: $59

Teen & Adult Composition

Instructor: Mackenzie Lewis
June 18th - July 2nd, 2013

This class will help students learn the technques to create dances that express a personal vision.  Students will develop integrity of form and structure and show a pronounced awareness of their own individual movement volcabulary.  We will continue to broaden our kinesthetic understanding of the nature of movement improvisation and its relationship to choreographic structure.  An understanding and appreciation of the creative process and its application to one's self and other art forms will also be discussed and implemented through assignments in movement and performance.  Students should have at least two years of recent dance training. 

Dancers should bring all dance shoes and wear comfortable and moveable athletic clothes.  No jeans.

Tuesdays and Thursdays
June 18 - July 2
1:30 - 3:00
Fee: $69  CANCELLED

Teen & Adult Contemporary

Instructor: Mackenzie Lewis
June 17th - July 3rd, 2013

This class will offer students an intermediate to advanced level of contemporary training.  The class will focus on technique while developing artistry through performance.  Students must have at least two years of recent contemporary, ballet, and/or jazz training.

Dress requirement: form-fitting dance clothes.  No shoes are required for this class.

Mondays and Wednesdays
June 17 - July 3
12:30 - 2:00
Fee: $89

Teen & Adult Hip-Hop

Instructor: Mackenzie Lewis
June 18th - July 2nd, 2013

This class will offer students the fundamentals in hip-hop dance through an intermediate to advanced level of high-energy dancing.  Students should have at least two years of revent hip-hop and/or jazz training.

Dress requirement: comfortable sneakers, comfortable and moveable athletic clothes.  No jeans.

Tuesdays and Thursdays
June 18 - July 2
12:00 - 1:30
Fee: $69

Teen & Adult Jazz

Instructor: Mackenzie Lewis
June 17th - July 3rd, 2013

This class will offer students an intermediate to advanced level of jazz training.  The class will focus on strengthening jazz technique.  Students must have at least two years of recent jazz training. 

Dress requirement: leotards with tights or leggings, hair should be neatly secured, and jazz shoes or dance sneakers are required.  No baggy clothes.

Mondays & Wednesdays
June 17 - July 3
11:00 - 12:30
Fee: $89