Dance Workshop 
INT/ADV

BDCs Summer Workshop is for committed dancers ages 11+, who are looking for spend a week on focused training. Students will have the opportunity to immerse themselves in training daily with ballet technique, contemporary, and choreography composition. Faculty will include guests David Arce and Daniel Wilkins.  
AUGUST 12th - 16th, 2024
​MONDAY - FRIDAY 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Tuition:
$450.00 Requires a $50.00 nonrefundable deposit

​ Dancers - Ballet 5 and up*
*Class placement will be finalized at the beginning of the workshop.
Space is limited.

What is offered at the camp

  • Daily Ballet and Contemporary 
  • Pilates for the intermediate group
  • Variations 
  • Choreography Composition - Each day dancers will gather and explore different methods of creating their own work. The dancers will be provided the tools to create phrases on peers and practice designing sequences of movement that will build each day into a short work at the end of the week.
  • Free in studio performance for friends and family at the end of the week.
Focused training with friends starts here. 

HOw it works

  1. Sign up today using the below like. Claim your spot with a $50 non refundable registration fee. 
  2. The remaining $400 is due August 1st
  3. Watch your email for placement and schedule.
  4. Dress code - Option 1 any leotard, pink or flesh tone tights with corresponding ballet shoes (black footless tights or shorts for contemporary). Option 2 White or black dance shirt, Black convertible tights with corresponding ballet shoes. 
  5. Dancers will need to bring a sack lunch, plenty of water for the day, and their energy. Dancers placed in the intermediate level will need a yoga mat for Pilates.  
  6. The workshop is split into two groups based on age and skill. Placement will come out in an email prior to the camp. 

Faculty 

Ballet

​David Arce

David Arce born in San Diego, California, began his training at Ballet Yuma with Jon Cristofori and Kathleen Sinclair. He then danced with San Francisco Ballet for 13 seasons, Artistic Director of Juline Regional Youth Ballet  for 10 seasons, Assistant Artistic Director of Mid-Columbia Ballet for 2 seasons, Trainee Program Director at Ballet Idaho, and currently teaching/coaching/choreographing in the D.C. area. 

His list of accomplishments with the San Francisco Ballet include principal and soloist roles in Balanchine, Robbins, Forsythe, MacMillan, Martins, Morris, de Mille, Petit, Ratmansky, Caniparoli, Tomasson, Kudelka, Welch, Wheeldon, Adam, Possokhov, York, and Lubovich.

Additionally, he has performed throughout the world with San Francisco Ballet and independently at many galas, festivals, and international ballet competitions in Asia and Europe.

Mr. Arce has taught master classes, coached, and choreographed domestically and abroad including Japan, China, Malaysia, Arizona, California, Idaho, Mississippi, New York, Washington State, the Washington Ballet in D.C.,  BYU, University of the Pacific, Modesto Junior College, University of Mississippi, George Mason University, and numerous RDA/P and Ballet Alliance festivals, winning the Best New Choreography award in 2022.

Photo Credit: https://jryb.org/

​CONTEMPORARY 
Daniel Wilkins

Daniel trained at the School of American Ballet performing principal roles in the graduation Workshop at Lincoln Center, he then went on to perform professionally with Suzanne Farrell Ballet (Kennedy Center), Pittsburgh Ballet Theater, Donald Byrd –The Group (NYC), Spectrum Dance Theatre and Complexions Contemporary Ballet (NYC). Wilkins is the Founder and Producing Artistic Director of DASSdance, a multi-media contemporary dance company based in New York City since 2000 and Seattle since 2007.


DASSdance has been presented in New York by Diane von Furstenberg - The Theater, DanceNow, the d.u.m.b.o. Dance Festival, the JoyceSoho, and the Baryshnikov Arts Center. In Seattle, DASS has been presented by On the Boards, the Bagley Wright Theater, Velocity, Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center, Washington Hall, and Broadway Performance Hall.


Daniel has taught Master Classes in Contemporary Dance at Peridance NYC, Regional Dance America, as well as at the Joffrey Ballet Contemporary Summer Intensive in NYC. DASSdance has been featured in Fashion Wire Daily, Flaunt Magazine, Paper Magazine, Art News, W Magazine, New York Magazine, The Seattle Times, The Daily, and the New York Times radio WQXR.
DASSdance School opened formally at the MLK FAME CC in 2014 offering professional-level dance classes in Contemporary Dance.

FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO REGISTER
 PLEASE CONTACT US AT [email protected] OR CALL US AT (360) 377-6214
FALL CLASSES START AUGUST 26, 2024