SPECIAL SEMINAR AND WORKSHOP NEWS
POINTE SEMINAR: All are welcome
Saturday July 7, 2007, 2-4pm
Price: $50
To register, call 212-405-9500, or visit here online.
For the first time ever, Kat Wildish, one of New York City's most revered ballet instructors and pointe specialists, will hold her annual Pointe Seminar at The Ailey Extension in our beautiful 5th floor studio. Kat will show you how to prepare your ballet students for pointe through a specialized exercise curriculum she compiled as a performer for the nation's top ballet companies.
Her diverse range of styles ranging from Balanchine, Cecchetti and Vaganova, will prepare your students for almost any performance challenge. And special guest speaker Dr Thomas Novella will also share with you injury prevention and physical therapy tips that your students can quickly adopt as part of a healthy training regimen. PLUS! Free textbook included, packed with instructional photos, including live demonstrations using Kat's students from all levels, Kevin, Jimmy, Curtis, Tuan, Eriko, Taylor, Alice and Khiara.
UPCOMING SUMMER WORKSHOP FOCUS: Weeks six and seven
WOW ALREADY THESE WORKSHOPS ARE HALF DONE...IF YOU HAVEN'T ATTENDED YET...YOU DON'T "KNOW" WHAT YOU'RE MISSING!! EXPERIENCE THE EDUCATION. (Special Observation Fee only $5. Check with front desk)
Week six THIS WEEKEND July 7 & 8th, 2007:
Basic-Directions,Positions, Poses of the Body: Including Cecchetti 8 & Russian 11 & French 9 (C-5) Positions of the head & (C-3)hands, 5 levels of the foot on the floor also Epaulement, a characteristic feature of modern classical style! Power Packed with Ballet info...don't miss one moment of week six!
Week Seven NEXT WEEKEND July 14 & 15, 2007:
ALL WALTZ WEEKEND, pas de valse, a graceful (hopefully) swaying ballroom dance in 3/4 time, with various arm movements. Similar to balance', but the feet do not cross. First introduced in ballet by Pierre Gardel in his La Dansomanie 1800.
And, YES, you can attend any workshop at any time, even if you haven't been to a workshop yet. AND there will be regular classes throughout each week during the workshop season!!! Visit and bookmark this page for regular class schedule & updates.
WORKSHOP SCHEDULE
Saturdays
Ballet 4-6pm
Pointe 6:15-7:15pm
Sundays
Ballet 1-3pm
Pointe 3:15-4:15pm
SCHEDULE UPDATES:
No pointe classes can be held on the following dates: W-7/11 and F-7/20 sorry Space issue!.Class Gossip, TMI & Honorable Mentions
First, some real estate news: Akiko's Condo for sale, want to buy?...Carlos needs tutu sell his apartment also check it out...Does anyone need lodging for a friend or friends July 7 - 16th? Contact Edie 1-646-710-0733...Ben Byrd back in NYC teaching master class @ Ailey: Zumba Dance Fitness July 15th!!...Paula is off for a holiday in Japan, syranara!!!...Andrew Fitch (morn class) this past week joined the touring cast of the Broadway musical "Spamalot." woo hoooo. Congratz!!!....guess who's coming in for the summer? YES! Katja from Germany will be in classes again in August to see all her friends....The morning ballet babies all attended classes this week Carita, Griffen and Tamami..great work lil ones!!...YUMMY Broadway Bares Calendar woooo hooooo on sale here: GUESS WHO'S IN IT? GIT ONE AND FIND OUT...Lucky Yasmine bought milk last night, and it turned to cheese by the time she got home...If you are passin thru Mt Kisco neighborhood, stop and say hello to Nancy Zander, Director, Evolution Dance Theater 300 Main Street Mount Kisco , NY 10549 check out the website.
Honorable mentions:
Korean Dancers Dominate New York International Ballet Competition....Chinese ballet graces Athens, see video...English National Ballet photo exhibition...For 4 international ballerinas, a final curtain call...Radiohead Inspire Ballet... A mini-history of ballet...Kansas City Ballet Celebrates 50th Anniversary, Commemorative Book...Hooray! I've got a Royal Ballet place, sweet story here...Tips For Conditioning Yourself To Become A Ballet Dancer...A tragic bird and a tragic maid take the spotlight this NY ballet season....Ballet to feature sign language interpreters.
MORE Honorable mentions:
"Bouncy Blond Ponytail" -NYTimes, so who cuts Kat's hair? VINCENT @ www.salonziba.com.
MI-5 (Most improved five): Ava, Barbara, Zhihong, Yasmine & Noriko...congrats and keep up the good work!
Tony the CIRCULAR POWER trainer is profiled in Pointe Magazine, check it out....Bee has just been added to the list of CIRCULAR POWER--training dancers amongst your classmates
including Hadley (where you been?), Roy, Laura K and Kat!
ANDROS on Ballet: Pas de Quatre, also check out great dance stories here: www.chorusgypsy.com.
REVIEW from DAVID L: Read and hear more of David's reviews at www.artscapemedia.com. And David will be movin back to NYC in August so we'll all git a chance to meet him in person!
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SUGGESTED READING:
Hot off the Press: The Magic Tutu, Remembering Henry LeTang In June
Lifelong dancer and teacher Amy Arnaz published her first book, The Magic Tutu, a children's story about a young ballerina who learns the true meaning of kindness. Arnaz, wife of Desi Arnaz, Jr, danced with the San Diego Ballet Company and the Nevada Dance Theater before opening her own dance studio, which she ran for 27 years. In 1998, she and her husband founded the nonprofit Boulder City Ballet Company for children.
The Magic Tutu draws on Arnaz's experiences teaching young dancers, including her daughter, Haley, now 30. "I had always made up children's stories for my daughter as I was raising her," Arnaz says. "I told her stories about a little ballerina with blond hair and brown eyes, which was her. They were always about some sort of dilemma, or about something that had happened at my dance studio."
The stories became the basis for an original ballet Arnaz created for her young dancers at BCBC. Then, encouraged by friends and customers to write a book, she decided to go for it. "It happened very naturally," she says. "It just blossomed out of my being a mom." Arnaz self-published The Magic Tutu through BookSurge, an Amazon.com company, but hopes to find a major publisher for this title and its successors, which will comprise a series called "Little Haley Stories." All proceeds from the sale of The Magic Tutu and related merchandise will support BCBC. Info: www.themagictutu.com, www.amazon.com
VIDEO OF THE WEEK:
Charlie Rose - An exclusive hour with Mikhail Baryshnikov. Well, not exactly an hour -- 56 min 40 sec -- Mar 2, 2007
RESTAURANT OF THE WEEK: Route 66 Cafe Inc. Where do you git your kicks? Look out the 5th floor windows to the left across on 9th ave. Awesome waffles & fresh juices, smoothies also...(212) 977-7600, 858 9th Ave # 1, New York
STRETCH OF THE MONTH: PLANK POSE, adjusted for dancer's arm maintenance:
CLASS PHOTO'S: (Happy Birthday) Arthur has our class photos up...go look for yourself!!! here and here.
QUOTE OF THE WEEK:
"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass. It's about learning to dance in the rain."-- unknown dancer
JUST FOR FUN:
Create a ballet dancer cartoon generator.
Friday Night Pas de Deux (PDD) club rehearses to the Red Violin soundtrack. July dues due this week please see Jimmy BB Bare.
Deadline Alert!: The Fulbright Association is accepting applications to present the 2007 lecture under the Selma Jeanne Cohen Fund for International Scholarship on Dance. All applications are due July 31. The selected scholar will present his or her thesis at the Fulbright Association's 30th Anniversary Conference on November 3 in Washington, DC. Last year's presenter was Barbara Browning, associate professor of performance studies at New York University. Info: here.
This Month in Dance History:
July, 1985: Merce Cunningham was awarded the MacArthur Genius Fellowship for choreography.
July 9, 1942: The Ted Shawn Theatre, the first theater in the U.S. designed specifically for dance, opened its doors at Jacob's Pillow in Becket, Massachusetts.
July 29, 1930: Paul Taylor was born
AND FINALLY....
DID YOU MISS A NEWLETTER?? Check our archives of past newsletters online here.
Please be certain to add kat@katwildish.com to safe senders list so you'll see it in the inbox.
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MEMBERSHIP FEE REQUIRED. KEEP WATCHING IN THIS AREA...FOR CLUB DETAILS,UPDATES AND SPECIAL MEMBERS ONLY BALLET/ DANCE BENIFITS. Pen Pal: What's In Kat's Mailbag This Week
Hi Kat,
Read your newsletter and saw the student email about blubber. You actually said that a while ago, except with characteristic vividness, you referred to the callused point of the elbow as the "scruffy". So that day, you kept telling us to "look for your scruffies". It was very effective!
Speaking of tips, though, I will pass on a tip from someone who had a good way of reminding us to remember to "take our arm with us" when promenading, not letting it hang behind and throw off balance. We were asked to imagine that we had a big pet dog sitting next to us, with our palm resting lightly on his head. As we would promenade, the teacher would say, "Pet your dog!!" It was very helpful in keeping that dog (and hand) in sight! Also, because it makes you imagine your hand is in contact with something, your fingers and palm are "alive", not just stuck out there like a plane wing. You are the most wonderful dancer and teacher. Know that you make a difference! Thank you for everything you do! --- T
IF YOU NEED SPECIAL ATTENTION, Feel Free to contact Kat here. Private lessons with the pro can be arranged as time and space permits. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Casting Call: Hot Auditions Here
Your Next "Step Up": Did you love the movie? Pat Moran and Associates is casting "Step Up 2," and looking for Baltimore dancers. No phone calls, please!
Missouri Contemporary Ballet, a professional company based in Columbia, MO, is seeking classically trained male and female dancers age 18 and older for the 2007-08 season. Contracts begin on September 1. Dancers must be open to various styles of choreography. Female dancers must be strong on pointe. The artistic director is Karen Mareck Grundy. Salaried positions. For more: www.missouricontemporaryballet. To schedule an appointment, call or e-mail Sean France at 616-540-6988 or sf152am@aol.com.
Are you a dancing bartender or do you know one? Christopher Caines is staging a performance/event on July 10 in New York and needs 8 male dancers with bartending or catering experience. Audition July 5, 4-6pm. E-mail Ammon Dennis, email at ammondennis@hotmail.com dance captain, for details.
Employment opportunities @ Ailey can be found here.
PlayBill jobs listings: check daily. You can also search for dance auditions here.
NBA dancer auditions, dance for pro basketball team, Denver Nuggets, Audition Date: Saturday, July 14th 2007. Contact: www.nuggets.com.
New Choreographers and Dancers: The Urban Dance Alliance, Manhattan, NY, U.S.A. 10025. Audition Date: Sunday, July 15 and July 22, 2007, contact: 917.293.3877 and/or urbandancealliance@yahoo.comPerformance Corner
The Regina Monologues, A Cabaret featuring our very own Mary Carter (from 7:30 class) Tuesday July 24th @ the Duplex 61 Christopher Street, res: www.theduplex.com
American Ballet Theatre with James Kudelka's "Cinderella," set to the music of Sergei Prokofiev, 8 p.m. July 2 and 3, 2 p.m. July 4, 8 p.m. July 5 and 6, 2 and 8 p.m. July 7. It also announces its fall 2007 season....also congrats go out tutu your
classmates Taylor, Tuan, Kevin, Deb and Imani, all appearing onstage at the Met this season with ABT!!! Whoohoo enjoy.
Also New York City Ballet begins its Saratoga Summer....London's Royal Ballet to perform in San Antonio.
David Marquez in the process of developing a new musical that is premiering in a fully staged workshop at the International Dance Festival here in New York the week of July 23rd. Performances start July 26th and run through the 29th. "The Great White Way" promises to entertain while inspiring all to be themselves and dream whatever their hearts can imagine. To purchase tickets, visit here. And to get more information about cast, crew and creatives, they will be updating our website gradually leading up to the performances--Please visit us at www.TheGreatWhiteWay.com.
Fire Island Dance Festival emceed by Woopi Goldberg Saturday July 21. The New York Times hails the Fire Island Dance Festival as one of the top events of the summer, and takes place July 21 and 22 in the Fire Island Pines overlooking the Great South Bay. This year's event will feature performances by: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Battleworks Dance Company, The Chase Brock Experience, Corbin Dances, Darrell Grand Moultrie, Jorge Guzman & Williaim De Vries, MOMIX, Pascal Rioult Dance Theatre, Tapaholics, Trey McIntyre Project, Travis Wall & Ivan Koumaev. For more information, go to www.dradance.org....and thanks Christopher for my goodies bag!!!
Vic DiMonda is having a great run as director/choreographer for Smokey Joe's Cafe at a new Equity theater. Check out what the NY Times said about it this past weekend. And then Newsday did a video interview!
Decker School of Ballet, Oneonta, NY, senior summer ballet workshop. With various guest artists including Kat Wildish. August 8-10. More details here. Tips 'o the Week: Pointe, Health, Diet & Etiquette
POINTE
Ouchie...toenails hurt? may need to file them down a lil more also try Gel toe tips: here. Taylor and Nancy B, happy toes are on their way from London!!
BALLET ETIQUETTE TIP
To prevent collisions, always look around you to see if there is enough space. Check your spacing periodically during class to ensure you are not on top of another student. Just be consciously aware of your space to prevent potential mishaps. These are adult classes so please, should a mishap occur on account of you, apologize appropriately! Thanks you guys, It's my great pleasure to professionally teach these classes for each of you while being aware of your safety, and your conscious effort to help is really appreciated! kat
SHOPPING TIP: Do you need a tutu?? Men's Jerkins also available: Call Janet- the TUTU doctor, tell her Kat sent you.
HEALTH TIPS: Save your skin to and from classes see how safe your sunscreen is, ingredients wise.
Dancers tend to disregard time for muscle recovery and summer is especially intense. Please eat good lean proteins and fresh foods - minimize junk food and stay hydrated so you don't cramp up, and most important REST well!
Recipe for a multi-mineral homemade electrolyte drink from fellow dancer: It's fantastic for keeping the blood balanced and the strength up: Freshly squeezed lemons (probably about 6 per 4 quarts of water), maple syrup to taste, pinch or so of cayenne pepper (that's where the minerals are), filtered water to dilute to taste. | | |
