Every year, some of the nation’s best choreographers and masterclass instructors visit the Kinder HSPVA Dance Department. Your gifts to HSPVA Friends allowed Dance students the opportunity to work with these visiting artists, as well as an impressive roster of daily adjunct faculty. You also provided other concert support, including costumes, a professional lighting designer, printed programs, rehearsal directors, box office services, and professional photography and videography.
Photos by Amitava Sarkar
YOUR GIFTS PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING COURSES:
- Ballet with Melody Mennite
- Ballroom with Alissa Martin
- Bollywood Dance with Kajal Desai
- Dance Photography with Talya Arbisser
- Graham Technique with Randy Flinn
- Hip Hop with Bianca Torres-Aponte
- Horton Technique with Sean Carmon and Harrison Guy
- Improvisation with Mark Aguilar, Dylan Croy, Leslie Scates, and Kelly Todd
- Jazz with Dawn Dippel, Alissa Martin, and Pattie Obey
- Limon Technique with Durrell Comedy
- Men’s Ballet Technique with Steve Brule
- Modern Dance with Mark Aguilar, Dylan Croy, and Kelly Todd
- Musical Theatre with Miles Marmolejo, Alissa Martin, Justin Prescott, and Krissy Richmond
- Senior Solo Coaching with Mark Aguilar, Sean Carmon, Dylan Croy, and Harrison Guy
- “The Skin I’m In” with Harrison Guy
- Tap with Kim Kelley and Alissa Martin
- West African Dance with Shani Diouf, including live percussion accompaniment
WATCH: JUSTIN PRESCOTT ’06 MASTERCLASS
Justin Prescott ’06 visited school while touring as the Dance Supervisor with the Broadway First National Tour of MJ The Musical. He taught a high-energy masterclass with choreography from the show!
YOUR GIFTS PROVIDED GUEST CHOREOGRAPHERS, INCLUDING:
- Charles Anderson (Ohio State University)
- Antonio Brown (Artistic Director, AntonioBrownDance)
- Dylan Croy ’16
- Dawn Dippel ’97
- JoDee Engle ’96
- Parker Esse ’95
- Carla Flores ’01
- Michael Foley (University of Southern Florida)
- Roderick George ’03 (Artistic Director, kNoname Artist)
- Allysen Hooks ’06
- Larry Keigwin (Artistic Director, KEIGWIN + COMPANY) set by Kacie Boblitt ’07
- Lindsey McGill
- Betsy McMillan (Academy Instructor, Houston Ballet)
- Pattie Obey
WATCH: STEP AFRIKA! MASTERCLASS
Check out this masterclass with Step Afrika!, courtesy of Performing Arts Houston. Your gifts provide partnerships with Houston’s professional arts organizations.
ALUMNI CONNECTION: PARKER ESSE ’95
Parker Esse ’95, pictured here with Dance Department Chair Janie Carothers and Dance students, set Jerome Robbins’ choreography from West Side Story on the Concert Dancers.
CONGRATULATIONS, CLASS OF 2024!
