Summer Dance Camp Intensive
Redding Ballet Academie's Summer Intensive is a program of serious study in a warm and companionable atmosphere. Under the supervision of Redding City Ballet's Artistic Director Cindy Michaels and Assistant Artistic Director Amberly Steffensen, the program offers top quality teachers and guest teachers that are dedicated to the learning process and growth of each individual student.
Students participate in a minimum of four classes per day with RCB's renowned faculty, and enjoy a comprehensive curriculum that includes exposure to artists, dance history and classical repertory. The RBA Summer Intensive focuses on developing well-rounded dancers through exposure to a wide variety of disciplines, with an emphasis on classical ballet technique and key elements of the national training curriculum.
Students’ Daily Class Offering
Ballet Technique Class: Classical ballet technique. Placement for ballet class will be determined at the first class meeting.
Variation Classes: Variation classes will cover classical male and female choreography. Pointe work is not necessary for certain levels. Placement will be determined at class time.
Pointe / pre-pointe: (age and technical requirements) Pointe and pre-pointe will be offered to students who show the technical aptitude for beginning this particular step in their training.
Tap: Beginning through intermediate tap sounds and rhythms (tap shoes are required).
Jazz and Hip Hop: This style of dance will be offered to expand each students movement vocabulary. Musical selections are restricted to age-appropriate content and will be available for parental preview at the beginning of the session. Attendance is optional.
Broadway Series Jazz: This class encompasses the music and dance numbers from several Broadway productions that are age appropriate such as Peter Pan, Beauty and the Beast, Oklahoma!, and Fiddler on the Roof.
Acting for Dance / Choreography: Where we put it all together. The directors/teachers of Redding Ballet Academie and Redding City Ballet are very involved in the Redding Art Hop series and the producers of Redding's annual Nutcracker at the Cascade Theatre. Both groups routinely offer performance opportunities throughout the year as well as during the school's summer sessions. Parents will be invited for an in-house showing at the end of the series: Dates TBA
A forty-five minute lunch break will be provided each day (students must supply their own food; drinks will be available for a minimal charge).
Classes run Monday through Thursday, 8:30 am - 4:00 pm
Registration forms will be available shortly.
The Value of Dance
While the education of a dancer takes place in a classroom setting the learning process for each individual is a highly personal experience. It is a continuous lesson in art, music, cooperation, problem solving, and coordination and, all of it is within your power as an individual. Hardly the sequestered existence it is rumored to be!
Summer Lee Rhatigan, the director of San Francisco Conservatory of Dance points out that, "Because it is so personal, you learn quickly that you're responsible for all the great things that can happen to you."
Instilling of a confidence building skill in young people during years when peer pressure and acceptance begins to become a motivational force in their lives can be a tool that you can't put a price on.
