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Program Director Charla Cochran Resigns
We want to share the exciting news that Program Director Charla Cochran will be moving this summer to Los Angeles to pursue new adventures and therefore will be resigning from her position at Children’s Dance Foundation. She will be with us through our spring performances and into part of the summer.
We have been so fortunate to have her as part of the CDF family since 1997 – and Program Director since 1999.
We’re thrilled for Charla and wish her every success!
June Modern Dance Guest Artist Series
Announcing four weeks of MODERN DANCE GUEST ARTISTS in June!
Classes are recommended for ages 16 and up
Mondays, 7:00-8:30 pm
Single class, $13
All four classes, $40
June 6: MARGI COLE
Margi Cole graduated from the Alabama School of Fine Arts, received a BA in Dance from Columbia College Chicago and an MFA in Dance from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She has taught for many organizations including the Alabama Ballet, the American College Dance Festival, Ballet Tennessee, and many schools, colleges and universities throughout Illinois, the Midwest, and the Southeast. The Alabama Ballet, Springfield Ballet Company, Sanspointe Dance Company, the Birmingham Museum of Art, Girl’s Preparatory School of Tennessee, Beloit College and Columbia College Chicago have commissioned Margi’s works. Margi has danced with numerous well-known choreographers and companies, including Ralph Lemon, Joe Goode Performance Group, Liz Burritt, Stephen Koplowitz, Ann Boyd, David Rousseve, Bill Young, Douglas Nielsen, Timothy O’Slynne, Paula Frasz, Colleen Halloran, Molly Shanahan/Mad Shak, Mordine & Company Dance Theatre, Renee Wadleigh and Ellie Klopp. Awards and acknowledgements include making the list of “Teachers Rated Excellent by their Students” for four consecutive semesters while on faculty at the University of Illinois, receiving two Dance Center of Columbia College Choreographic Mentoring Scholarships, two Illinois Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowships, a 2005 Chicago Dancemakers Forum grant, a American Marshall Memorial Fellowship, and winning at a Panoply Festival Choreography Award for Contemporary Dance in Huntsville, AL. Margi is active in the Chicago dance community, serving on grant panels and in public forums as an arts administrator, dancer and choreographer. She is currently on faculty at Northwestern University and at Columbia College Chicago, were she has served as a Lecturer and Associate Chair.
June 13: SARAH BARRY
Sarah M. Barry, MFA, CLMA, is a member of the dance faculty at the University of Alabama, teaching dance history, choreography, teaching methods and modern technique. Sarah also directs the American Ballet Theatre Summer Intensive at UA, where she has taught modern, kinesiology, and Pilates in addition to choreographing for their Showcase. Her work has been shown in Utah, New York, California, Tennessee, Florida, Edinburgh, Scotland at the Edinburgh International Fringe Festival, Biel, Switzerland as part of the 46th International Choreographer’s Showcase, and most recently in Kentucky as part of the 4th Blue Grass State International Dance Festival. Her work has been commissioned by the Alabama State Council on the Arts and set on professional dance company, Sanspointe. Sarah also has publications in the Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters journal and the Journal of the International Association for Dance Medicine and Science. Sarah earned her M.F.A. in modern dance at the University of Utah as well as a certification in Laban/Bartenieff Movement Analysis (CLMA) through the Integrated Movement Studies program. Prior to her time in Utah, she spent several years in New York teaching, choreographing and moving with a variety of dance artists. She also holds a BFA in dance from Sam Houston State University as well as a teaching certification in Labanotation from the Ohio State University.
June 20: MEREDITH RILEY STEWART
Born and raised in Alabama, Meredith graduated from the University of Alabama with a Bachelor of Arts in Dance and has been dancing professionally ever since. She is a performer in many respects, dancing for seven seasons as a principal dancer with Jeanne Ruddy Dance (www.ruddydance.org). She has also acted and danced in numerous stage productions at regional theaters. She danced across the small screen in the first season of HBO’s Boardwalk Empire. This summer, she will play the role of “Shelby” in Cape May Stage’s production of Steel Magnolias, opposite multiple Tony and Emmy winners. Meredith has studied with many great teachers including Jeanne Ruddy, Ken Topping, Mary Anthony, Milton Myers and Dana Moore. She has worked with renowned choreographers such as Ann Reinking, Mark Dendy, Susanna Linke and Martha Clarke. Meredith’s class will be based in classic modern dance, focusing on Graham floor work and progressing into center work inspired by both Graham and Taylor techniques. Meredith always infuses her training with a Pilates warm up and will share many “nuggets” about technique, performance and dance history that she has learned in her career. Class will culminate in an excerpt from Jeanne Ruddy’s most renowned piece, Significant Soil.
June 27: PAUL APPLEMAN
A native of Houston, Texas, Paul began training at Houston Ballet’s Ben Stevenson Academy. He danced with Houston Ballet in the corps de ballet and eventually became a first soloist. During his ballet education, Paul would train with Doug Varone, Garth Fagan, Jiri Kylian, Ohad Narhin and David Dorfman, whom he would later dance for. Currently, he is the Artistic Director of Atlanta Dance Project, a professional modern dance company designed to develop the art of movement for the community.
Announcing the 2011-2012 Class Schedule
Fall Registration begins Monday, May 2nd at 8:30am.
Registration forms are accepted by mail and at CDF, but not by phone, fax or email.
Returning students will have priority until Noon on May 16th.
A Registration form will be available on our website on May 1st.
Clicking the links below will take you to a schedule on our website.
Teachers have not yet been confirmed for Fall 2011 classes.
Parent/Child Class
2 and 2 1/2 year olds
Movement to Music for children with special needs
Lower School Classes (ages 3-2nd grade):
Ages 3 & 4
Just for Boys! Ages 3 & 4
K & 1st grades
2nd grade
Upper School Classes (grades 3-12):
Ballet
Modern
Jazz
Tap
StageDoor Youth Theatre Classes:
Creative Drama for 1st & 2nd graders
Acting for 3rd-9th graders
Musical Theatre Dance
