Master Classes
Featuring Alicia Graf Mack, formerly of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
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Friday, July 31: 5 - 6:15 pm Open Level Contemporary - all ages, all skill levels
Friday, July 31: 6:15 - 7:30 pm Intermediate/Advanced Contemporary
Saturday, August 1: 8:30 - 10 am Ballet/Pointe - ages 11 and up (Pointe shoes not required)
Cost $40 each or all 3 for $100
31: Workshop for Women
October 3, 2015
Place: TBD
Join us as we address how the media and entertainment industry constantly portrays women in a negative light and how we can change our image inside and out. The workshop will include a time to bond by sharing, a time to learn by hearing, and a time to activate by dancing. All women from all faiths and cultures are invited to attend and celebrate being women!
Workshop facilitators:
Kathy Merritt, Founder of a Pinnacle Experience
Princess Johnson, Founding Director of Royal Expressions Contemporary Ballet
one more speaker TBD
Schedule
8 - 8:30 am: Registration and Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:30 am: Keynote speaker - Kathy Merritt
9:30 - 11:00 am: Icebreaker Circle
11:00 - 12:00 pm: Lunch
12:00 - 2:00 pm: Dance workshop - Princess Johnson
31 is a choreography collective to uplift, inspire, and empower women set to premier on October 3, 2015. Alicia Graf Mack, former lead dancer of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre and Founder of D(n)A Arts, our special guest choreographer along with lead choreographer, Princess Johnson, and up and coming choreographers from the community will produce new works inspired by Proverbs 31:10 - 31 as compared how women are represented in the media and entertainment industry.
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A diverse group of women will be selected to participate in a community workshop on October 3 to discuss the image of women in our society and how they can become more like the woman described in the passage. They will also learn a dance to perform in the closing number of the show. This event will bring awareness to how the media and entertainment industry often degrades women and skews perceptions of women. This event will remind women of their self-worth and will change others' perception of women through the art of dance.