Adult Jazz
Adult Modern Jazz with Jamie Nichols
Jamie Nichols is a rare hybrid of high energy and innovative movement
vocabulary. Her class offers an infectious drive and blends musicality,
passion, Nichols' own powerful technique threaded seamlessly into a very
special dance experience. The classes inspire any level or age of dancer to
want to move. Jamie is a recipient of the Lester Horton Dance Award for the
following: teaching, performance individual, restaging/revival, and 3
consecutive awards for production of a festival/series for Celebrate Dance
06-07-08
Monday / Wednesday (Inter/Adv) 6-7:30PM
Saturday (Open Level) 8:30-10:00Am
Tuesday / Thursday (Open Level) 9-10:00AM
Thursday (Beginner) 5:30-6:30PM
Adult Broadway Jazz with Malinda Farrington
Having performed in 5 Broadway Shows, the last of which was Chita Rivera-The
Dancers Life, Ms Farrington knows Broadway Jazz! As a student at Alvin Ailey
School of Dance, she was exposed to great teachers and choreographers and is
able to pass to her students an understanding of technical excellence. Her
class is the perfect way to wake up and hone your jazz technique with routines
that deliver challenging combinations of steps from Broadway and Jazz dance
themes.
Monday 8:30 -10:00am
Friday 9:00 - 10:30am
Youth Jazz
Dance
Based on a modern dance lyrical jazz style, our program focuses on jazz technique, turns, jumps and style. Attention is given to proper placement and clean lines. We offer combination Jazz /Ballet for children and beginner teenagers. We offer Intermediate and Advanced Jazz for more serious students. Class size limits apply.
New Videos from California Contemporary Ballet
This past summer, choreographer and artistic director of the California Contemporary Ballet, Erin Holt launched a video project for which to showcase two of her latest works. The video shoots were a huge success and are now live and available for viewing on the California Contemporary Ballet website. Featuring music by Pulitzer Prize winning composer David Lang and directed by Dyron Pacheco, Cheating, Lying, Stealing and Pierced are a tour de force of balletic technical precision and emotional expression. Danced by the current company members of California Contemporary Ballet, these two pieces are sure to be seen in the company's continuing repertoire.
Additionally, you can now view two more pieces choreographed by Erin Holt on the website; The thrilling pas de trois Predea (Prey) and the playful Don't Judge my Shorts danced by the men of California Contemporary Ballet.
Click the links below to view all these videos and see what the California Contemporary Ballet did during their summer vacation!
Video Pjt 2009
CCB Videos 2009
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