Summer workshops & Dance Camps

The Lorraine Cranford Summer Dance Workshop

July 8 – July 11, 2010

Western Arkansas Ballet
4701 Grand Avenue
Fort Smith, Arkansas

An intensive dance workshop for students and instructors of dance ages 11 and older.   The only criterion for enrollment is that students have studied dance for at least two years.

Workshop features:

• Two levels of instruction (students are placed in levels during the placement class on Thursday evening)
• Four hours of class each day for all levels
• Instruction in Ballet and Modern Technique
• “In Studio” showing the End of the Workshop

Faculty

Melissa Schoenfeld joined Western Arkansas Ballet in 1988 as the Artistic Director and Academy Director.  She has a BFA and MFA in Ballet from the University of Oklahoma where she studied under the direction of Mary Margaret Holt, Miguel Terekhov, and Yvonne Chouteau.  She has also studied at the Byelorussian State Academy of Ballet in the former USSR, with instructor Clara Nicolayevna and at the Russian Ballet Seminar at the University of Denver.  Ms. Schoenfeld has also attended the International Ballet Competition Teacher’s Workshop.

Jennifer Woodside joined Western Arkansas Ballet in 2001 teaching ballet, jazz & tap.  Her tap training includes Lyn Cramer, Mary Beth Prescott, Jennifer Medver and the late Al Gilbert.  Most recently she attended the second annual Master Teacher’s Conference studying ballet, tap and jazz at Oklahoma City University’s Ann Lacy School of American Dance and Arts Management.

Marica Porter is the Ballet Mistress for Western Arkansas Ballet.  She has a BFA in Dance Performance and a BA in Business Administration from Stephens College, Columbia, MO.  She went on to dance with Collin County Ballet Theatre in Plano, TX and Western Oklahoma Ballet Theatre in Clinton, OK, performing in Peter & The Wolf, The Nutcracker, Cinderella,  Alice in Wonderland, at many original works.

Charles Martin is in his third season with Kansas City Ballet.  He received his primary ballet training from Penny Askew at the Western Oklahoma Ballet Academy in Clinton, OK. He has also studied intensively on scholarship at the American Ballet Theatre Summer Intensive in New York, the Joffrey Ballet School in New York, and at the Glenda Brown Choreography Project in Austin and Kansas City. He performed extensively with Western Oklahoma Ballet Theatre, in addition to guest performances with Allegro Ballet of Houston, Texas. Mr. Martin has also had eight choreographic works selected for the Regional Dance America/Southwest Festival concerts. With Kansas City Ballet, he has been featured in the soloist role in Brahms Paganini.

Tentative Schedule

Thursday

4:00 – 4:30 Registration
4:30 – 5:00 Orientation
5:00 – 7:00 Placement class

Friday – Saturday

9:30 – 11:30 Class
12:30 – 2:00 Class
2:15 – 2:45 Class
3:00 – 5:00 Rehearsals
7:00 – 9:00 Rehearsals

Sunday, July 11 
2:00 – 2:45 Warm-up Class
2:45 – 3:45 Run Through
4:00 – 5:00 “In Studio” Showing

The Director and Faculty of the Lorraine Cranford Summer Dance Workshop reserve the right to revise the curriculum.

 Dress Code

Women:  Solid color leotards, pink tights (footless/split tights for modern), ballet slippers and pointe shoes (if one year of pointe class).  Hair must be secured away from the face, in a bun if possible.  No ponytails.  No bangs.  No jewelry.
Men:  T-shirt, black tights, ballet slippers.
Coverups must be worn when not in class.

Tuition

A $50 non-refundable deposit is due by May 15, 2010, to hold a position in the Workshop.  The balance of tuition is due by June 14, 2010. Tuition includes all classes and a t-shirt. 

$150 for WAB members
$175 for Non-WAB members

PLEASE NOTE
Dancers must have completed two years of classical ballet training, and be 11 years of age.  No beginners will be accepted.
Positions at the Workshop will be reserved by postmark date of the registration form accompanied by the $50 deposit. The Workshop will be limited to the first 50 participants.
A $50 non-refundable deposit must be submitted with the registration form.  The total tuition is due by June 14.  The deposit will be deducted from the total tuition due.

Additional Information

If you have questions or would like additional information, please contact Western Arkansas Ballet, Artistic Director, Melissa Schoenfeld, (479) 785-0152, or Western Arkansas Ballet, Administrator, Jennifer Woodside (479) 785-0152, WesternArkBallet@sbcglobal.net  Western Arkansas Ballet reserves the right to cancel the workshop due to loss of facility, faculty or lack of participants.

Click for LCSDW Registration Form

SUMMER DANCE CAMPS

Ages 4-12

Each camp features creative movement and/or ballet designed for the skill level of the students. Each day features a dance class and study explorations about music, dance history, nutrition, creative expression, mime, dance vocabulary, and dance demonstration.

Click for Summer Registration Form