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Francisco Gella, founding artistic director of NUEVO School of Contemporary Dance and Colabo Youth Dance Collective, presents the second annual Interstate Youth Dance Festival along with guest artists from founding artistic director Quinn Calahan's Rock Center for Dance in Las Vegas, NV and the Orange County School of the Arts in Santa Ana, CA.
Interstate Movement celebrates existing and emerging excellence in youth dance education and performance - from the deserts of Nevada to the sunny coast of Southern California. Opening the weekend will be two festival concerts; first, 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 as well as selected work from guests, The Rock Center for Dance.
The evening show will feature the premiere of a new seventeen-minute concert-length work by artistic director Francisco Gella. The work is a one-of-a-kind collaboration with an intergenerational cast of dancers, based on poetry from his 11-year old niece Sophia. Music for the ballet has been composed by Paul Spaeth, a talented graduate of the University of Southern California's composition and film scoring program housed in the Thornton School of Music. Spaeth takes recorded readings of the poetry by four NUEVO students, Jessica Ann Yerkes, Lenin Fernandez, Lazarus Shapiro, and Chloe Aguirre, and integrated into a highly imaginative and powerful composition. Other exciting new concert dance works will be be premiered by choreographers Saleemah E. Knight, Gracie Whyte, and Jess Hendricks. Additionally there will be work featured by our talented guests from the Rock Center for Dance Pre-professional Company and the prestigious Orange County School of the Arts will round out the evening concert..
The festival concludes on Sunday with a full day of engaging master classes with innovative, inspiring and talented faculty. Classes will take place between 10am-4:30pm at the Cal State Long Beach dance studios with the following guest faculty:
ATE9 dANCEcOMPANY (Danielle Agami, Founding Artistic Director)
Gaga
ate9dancecompany.com
Amanda Wells, formerly of Stephen Petronio Dance and L.A. Dance Project
Ballet
http://petron.io & http://www.ladanceproject.com
Joe-Joe Grooves Smith, Professional Hip-Hop Dancer and Faculty at NUEVO School
of Contemporary Dance/Debbie Reynolds Dance Studio
Hip-Hop
Alex Blitstein, 24 Seven Dance Convention
Morning Improv Warm-up and Lyrical/Contemporary
www.24sevendance.com
Participants for the master classes are for the intermediate or advanced level, and be between the ages of 8 and college age. Intermediate is generally ages 8-13. Advanced, ages 14-college.
SUNDAY CLASS SCHEDULE AS FOLLOWS (held at the Cal State Long Beach Dance Studios):
10:00-11:00 am
Morning Improv Warm-up w/Alex Blitstein
11:00- 12:30 pm
Intermediate Hip-Hop w/Joe-Joe Grooves
Advanced Ballet Class w/Amanda Wells
12:30-1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30-3:00
Intermediate Ballet Class w/Amanda Wells
Advanced Hip-Hop w/Joe-Joe Grooves
3:00-5:00
Advanced Repertory with ATE9 dANCEcOMPANY
Intermediate Lyrical/Contemporary Class with Alex Blitstein
For more information, email nuevodance@nuevodance.com or call 909.591.9922. This event is being brought to you by these nationally-recognized dance programs:
NUEVO School of Contemporary Dance, www.nuevodance.com
Colabo Youth Dance Collective, www.facebook.com/colabodance
The Rock Center for Dance, www.therockcenterfordance.com
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| Saturday Jun 21, 2014 3:00 PM - Sunday Jun 22, 2014 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
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| Minimum Age: 8 |
| Kid Friendly: Yes! |
| Dog Friendly: No |
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