PROGRAM
Two-week workshops for AGES 6-8, AGES 9-11 and TEENS provide an opportunity for students to continue their training in the fundamentals of ballet and modern dance with a focus on technique, musicality and strength. Students will study in a concentrated daily format and experience a variety of dance disciplines including ballet, modern, jazz, and tap. Teens will also learn and create choreography and should be at an intermediate level with three to four years experience in both ballet and modern dance. The teen program is crafted so that students may sign up for one or two weeks. All classes include live musical accompaniment, with the exceptions of jazz and tap dance. The workshops will conclude with studio showings that family and friends are invited to attend.

For Ages 6-8: July 6—17, 2009

Monday—Friday
9am—1pm daily

$325 Early Bird (before May 7)

$350 (on or after May 7)

For Ages 9-11: July 13—24, 2009

Monday—Friday
1pm—5pm daily

$325 Early Bird (before May 7)

$350 (on or after May 14)

For Teens*: Week 1: July 27—31, 2009; Week 2: August 3—7, 2009

Monday—Friday
10am—4pm daily To REGISTER, call 718.624.8400. *Teens should be at an intermediate level with three to four years experience in both ballet and modern dance. The teen program is crafted so that students may sign up for one or two weeks.

$200/one week, $350/two weeks (Early Bird before June 15)

$225/one week, $425/two weeks on or after June 15)

FACULTY

Misty Owens, founding faculty member and Student Company director, received her B.F.A. from the University of New Mexico and her M.F.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She is currently performing with the Peggy Spina Tap Company. She has over fifteen years of teaching experience with young children, including a dance education program in the New York City public schools.

Lauren Grant, raised in Highland Park, IL, has danced with MMDG since 1996. Before graduating with a B.F.A. from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, Lauren studied ballet from the age of 3. Later, she also trained in character dance, acting, and singing. She teaches master classes in ballet and modern technique at schools and universities around the world, at MMDG's school in Brooklyn, and for the company as well. Lauren is married to fellow dancer David Leventhal.

David Leventhal, raised in Newton, MA, has danced with MMDG since 1997. He studied at Boston Ballet School and has danced with José Mateo’s Ballet Theatre and the companies of Marcus Schulkind, Richard Colton/Amy Spencer, Zvi Gotheiner, Neta Pulvermacher, and Ben Munisteri. He graduated with honors in English Literature from Brown University in 1995. He teaches master classes in technique and repertory at schools and colleges around the country. He gives classes regularly at MMDG’s school, including one for people with Parkinson’s disease. He is married to fellow dancer Lauren Grant.

Early Bird Registrations:

$325 (before May 7 FOR AGES 6-8; before May 14 FOR AGES 9-11)
$200/one week, $350/two weeks (before June 15 FOR TEENS)

General Registrations:

$350 FOR AGES 6-8 (on or after May 7)
$350 FOR AGES 9-11 (on or after May 14)
$225/one week, $425/two weeks FOR TEENS (on or after June 15)