DanceFest 2006

Tickets and Information

Visit the DanceFest 2006 website:
http://www.stamfordcenterforthearts.org

Designed especially for area dance students and their families, DanceFest 2006 offers students, ages 12 years and up, an opportunity to participate in onstage master classes that explore such key dance and performance techniques as lyrical/contemporary, theater dance/jazz, Broadway tap, classical ballet, hip-hop/funk, African hip-hop, and modern taught by Master Dance Teachers.

SCHEDULE: MASTER CLASSES

Sunday, January 29 (2006)
Noon - 1:30pm - HIP-HOP/FUNK - Adv Beg/Int (Instructor: Jermaine Browne)
1:30 -1:45pm - Q & A with Jermaine & photo opportunity
2 - 3:30pm - HIP-HOP/FUNK - Int/Adv (Instructor: Jermaine Browne)
3:30 - 3:45pm - Q&A with Jermaine & photo opportunity
4 - 5:30pm - LYRICAL/CONTEMPORARY - 12 yrs. & up (Instructor: Brice Mousset)
5:30 - 5:45pm - Q&A with Brice & photo opportunity

Monday, January 30
5:30 7pm - THEATRE DANCE/JAZZ - Beg/Int (Instructor: Ben Hartley)
7 - 7:15pm - Q&A with Ben & photo opportunity
7:30 - 9pm - THEATRE DANCE/JAZZ - Int/Adv (Instructor: Ben Hartley)
9 - 9:15pm - Q&A with Ben & photo opportunity

Tuesday, January 31
5:30 - 7pm - BROADWAY TAP - 12 yrs. & up (Instructor: Noah Racey)
7 - 7:15pm - Q&A with Noah & photo opportunity
7:30 - 9pm - AFRICAN HIP-HOP - 12 yrs. & up (Instructor: Sean McLeod)
9 - 9:15pm - Q&A with Sean & photo opportunity

Wednesday, February 1
5:30 - 7pm - MODERN - Beg/Int (Instructor: Steve Rooks)
7 - 7:15pm - Q&A with Steve & photo opportunity
7:30 - 9pm - MODERN - Int/Adv (Instructor: Steve Rooks)
9 - 9:15pm - Q&A with Steve & photo opportunity

Thursday, February 2
5:30 - 7pm - CLASSICAL BALLET - Int 12 - 14 yrs. (Instructor: Susan Jaffe)
7 - 7:15pm - Q&A with Susan & photo opportunity
7:20 - 8:50pm - CLASSICAL BALLET - Adv 14 yrs. & up (Instructor: Susan Jaffe)
8:50 - 9:05pm - Q&A with Susan & photo opportunity

SCHEDULE: EVENTS

Friday, February 3
Aria -- A world premiere of a new ballet choreographed by Seán Curran, in addition to Balanchine's "Divertimento No. 15," "Grand pas de deux" from Act III of The Sleeping Beauty, "Cucurrucucu Paloma," and "Night Before"

Sunday, February 5 at 6pm
DanceFest 2006 Student Performance -- This special event features students from 20 regional dance studios/schools.