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Jen Bradford, founding artistic director of the Northern California Dance Conservatory and Project Launch, and Francisco Gella, founding artistic director of NUEVO School of Contemporary Dance and Colabo Youth Dance Collective, have come together to collaborate on a new youth festival. As widely respected dance educators - one from Northern California and the other from Southern California, their efforts bring together two of California's premier pre-professional programs for a full weekend of dance.
The inaugural year of the festival celebrates California's excellence in youth dance education and performance - from the San Francisco Bay Area to the City of Angels. Opening the weekend will be a matinee featuring the dancers (ages 8 - college) of NUEVO School of Contemporary Dance's pre-professional company performing solo and ensemble work from the 2012/13 season. The evening show will bring together the talented dancers from Northern California Dance Conservatory and original work premiered by Francisco Gella's newest project, Colabo Youth Dance Collective.
The festival concludes on Sunday with a full day of classes from 10am-4:30pm at the Cal State Long Beach dance studios taught by master instructors including:
Nathan Makolandra, L.A. Dance Project, www.ladanceproject.com/about/dancers/nathan_b.makolandra
Laurie Sefton, Clairobscur Dance Company, www.clairobscurdance.org
Andrew Pearson, LA Contemporary Dance, www.lacontemporarydance.org/company/andrew-pearson
Johnny Zhong, LongBeach Ballet, /www.longbeachballet.com/faculty.html
Participants for the master classes should be at the intermediate or advanced level, and be between the ages of 8 and college age.
SUNDAY CLASS SCHEDULE AS FOLLOWS (held at the Cal State Long Beach Dance Studios):
10:00-11:00 am
Combined Intermediate and Advanced Improvisational Class w/Nathan Makolandra and Andrew Pearson
11:00- 12:30 pm
Intermediate Contemporary Class w/Nathan Makolandra
Advanced Ballet Class w/Johnny Zhong
12:30-1:00 pm
Lunch
1:00-2:30
Intermediate Ballet Class w/Johnny Zhong
Advanced Contemporary Class w/Nathan Makolandra
2:30-4:30
Combined Intermediate and Advanced Repertory ClassLaurie Sefton, artistic director of Clairobscur Dance Company
For more information, email nuevodance@nuevodance.com or call 909.591.9922. This event is being brought to you by the students, teachers, and artistic directors of the nationally-recognized dance programs:
Northern California Dance Conservatory, www.ncdc.com
NUEVO School of Contemporary Dance, www.nuevodance.com
Project Launch, www.launchdance.com
Colabo Youth Dance Collective, www.facebook.com/colabodance
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| Saturday Jun 22, 2013 3:00 PM - Sunday Jun 23, 2013 10:00 AM | $15.00 - $80.00 |
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LocationMartha B. Knoebel Dance Theater (View)
1250 Bellflower Blvd.
Long Beach, CA 90840
United States
Categories
| Minimum Age: 8 |
| Kid Friendly: Yes! |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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