Dancers took
advantage of many diverse opportunities to train this summer.
Junior, Lauren Hurley attended the
prestigious ABT (American Ballet Theater) Summer Intensive in New York City for
5 weeks. She stayed an extra week to see
two performances: ABT’s Swan Lake and
Sleeping Beauty at the Metropolitan
Opera House in Lincoln Center.
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| Lauren Hurley and her mother at Lincoln Center |
Kaitlyn Schultz,
a senior, attended the Florida State University’s School of Dance Summer Dance
Intensive for two weeks and studied with Tim Glenn, who was our guest
choreographer last year. Mr. Glenn will
be a guest artist teaching two days of master classes this October.
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| Kaitlyn Schultz and Tim Glenn at FSU |
Kathy Gale, a
senior, attended Oklahoma City University’s summer musical theatre program for ten
days and Sydney Parker, a junior, attended the NYC Joffrey Jazz and
Contemporary Summer Intensive for one week.
Freshmen dancers attended summer dance
intensives
Peyton Lemen, a freshman, attended the Houston Ballet's Summer Intensive program for 6 weeks studying with Lauren Anderson, Barbara Bears, Claudio Munoz among others. She danced six days a week focusing on ballet technique, learning classical variations and repertory, and taking supplementary classes such as modern, jazz, character dance, and musical theater.
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| Peyton Lemen |
Kiersten Rist, a
freshman, attended the 5 week advanced ballet intensive at the Atlanta Ballet
Summer Intensive in Atlanta, which had daily classes in ballet, pointe and
modern technique as well as musical theatre and hip hop.
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| Kiersten Rist at Atlanta Ballet Summer Intensive |
Freshmen dancers
Lucy Quattlebaum and Ellen Kilby, attended the ABT (American Ballet Theater)
Summer Intensive in Winston-Salem at UNCSA (University of North Carolina School
of the Arts) for four weeks.
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| Johanna Butow and Lucy Quattlebaum |
Samuel Painter,
a freshman, participated in Carolina Ballet Theatre’s Summerworks for 3 weeks
in Greenville.
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| Samuel Painter at CBT Summerworks |
