The Kinder HSPVA Dance Department continues to bring in some of the best guest choreographers and master class instructors in the country because of your gifts to HSPVA Friends. You provide Dance students opportunities to work with these visiting artists, as well as an impressive roster of daily adjunct faculty. You also provide other concert support, including costumes, a professional lighting designer, printed programs, rehearsal directors, box office services, and professional photography and videography.
YOUR GIFTS PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING COURSES:
- Ballroom Dance with Alissa Martin
- Bollywood Dance with Kajal Desai
- Contemporary Ballet Master Class with Jack Wolff
- Contemporary Dance Guest Residency with Roderick George ’03 and kNoname Artist
- Contemporary Modern Dance Class with Christian Warner ’12
- Dance Photography with Talya Arbisser
- Graham Technique with Randall Flinn
- Hip Hop Guest Residency with Shakia “The Key” Barron
- Horton Technique with Sean Carmon, Harrison Guy, and Gage Self ’11
- Jazz Technique with Alissa Martin and Pattie Obey
- Modern Dance Technique with JoDee Engle ’96, Laura Gutierrez ’05, and Gage Self ’11
- Musical Theatre Dance with Alissa Martin
- Musical Theatre Dance Master Class with Krissy Richmond
- Point Technique and Pas de Deux with Betsy McMillan
- Senior Solo Coaching with Sean Carmon, Laura Gutierrez ’05, Alissa Martin, and Gage Self ’11
- “The Skin I’m In” with Harrison Guy
- Tap with Caitlin Cannon and Kim Kelley
- West African Dance with Shani Diouf and live accompaniment
WATCH
Congratulations to the Levels I and II Dancers on a fabulous showcase!
YOUR GIFTS PROVIDED GUEST CHOREOGRAPHERS, INCLUDING:
- Ben Delony (Ballet Memphis Rehearsal Director)
- Gregory Dolbashian (DASH Ensemble Artistic Director)
- JoDee Engle ’96
- Parker Esse ’95 (Three-time Helen Hayes Award Winner in Choreography)
- Carla Flores ’01
- Laura Gutierrez ’05
- Ashley Lindsey (Director of the North Carolina School of the Arts Summer Intensives)
- Michelle Manzanales (Ballet Hispánico’s School of Dance Director)
- Betsy McMillan (Houston Ballet Academy Instructor)
- Christina Robson (George Mason University Professor)
- Gage Self ’11
- Jane Weiner (Hope Stone Inc. Founder and Education Director)
- Jamie Williams (San Jacinto College Professor)
- Jack Wolff (Houston Ballet Demi Soloist)
