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| Volume 5, Issue 6: June 2010 | www.katwildish.com |
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POINTE & HEALTH
April Pointe Technique with Variations Course
April 24-June 2 (Just one more session this Wednesday!)
Variations of the Month: 3 Odalisques Variations from "Le Corsaire"
View video here. We're learning the variations only - starting at 3:30 in this video.
Open Level Sessions:
Wednesdays 12:15 -1:30pm
Saturdays 6:15-7:30pm
Sign up here on The Ailey Extension website.
*Pointe Variations Classes need a minimum of 12 dancers
You can start anytime and even learn with us in soft ballet slippers. The value in learning and doing actual choreography is immeasurable for building your confidence and technique and toning your body and mind. Join us now!
Pointe Technique Classes
Regular Pointe Class is scheduled Wednesdays & Saturdays from June 5th - June 26th, however there is no Pointe from June 27th – July 31st (the last Wednesday in June through the entire month of July). Regular Pointe class is scheduled on Wednesdays and Saturdays in August through September 5th.
**Grishko Dancewear 309 West 50th Street shop, 2nd Fl between 8th and 9th Avenues. 917.262.0783. Go see Judy and Adam for a Pointe shoe fitting & mention Kat's newsletter for a discount on pointe shoes!
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PERFORMING IN NEW YORK REPERTORY WORKSHOP 2010
DON"T WAIT! SIGN UP NOW!!!
We go international this time with guests from Japan and many new and exciting choreographers participating...
**Mark your calendars to participate in our summer Performing in New York intensive workshop, August 9-29. Details here. Learn, refine, practice and perform in the month of August. Kat Wildish brings more than 30 years of teaching and performance experience from the world's great stages to this signature, hands-on three-week ballet workshop that culminates in a professionally-produced showcase at the Ailey Citigroup Theater in New York City. Held conveniently in midtown Manhattan, the full workshop includes over 30 classes, 3 rehearsals per week, culminating in three performances of classical repertoire.
**More info on our showcases can be found here.
**Pictures and videos from our March performances are still being added here on our Facebook Fan Page. | |
TOO MUCH INFORMATION
National Dance Week NYC is such a big event it takes ten days to celebrate the joy and diversity of New York's dance community. The Ailey Extension is participating with $5 off a 5-class card for NDW participants during June 5-14. Also, anyone who purchases a 5-class card can save 10% off tickets to see Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at BAM (June 10-20). Details at the Extension lobby check-in desk. CULMINATING EVENT: SAT, JUNE 12TH
The Ailey Citigroup Theater 1pm: Film Screening by Dance Films Association. 3pm: Dance Performances by: ABAKUA Afro-Latin Dance Company - Ballet Noir - Bollywood Axion - Creative Outlet - Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company - Geo Hubela's ICONic Boyz - Julio Jean Haitian Dance Theater - Max Pollak & the RumbaTap. Discounted tickets are now available online here.
The Ailey Extension info: the website, or call 212-405-9500…Kyla Upshaw is running a half marathon for the Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis Foundation (a disease close to Kat's gut!). Also check out her cable TV show "Work it," featuring our class and interview with Kat Fri, 6/4 at 8:30 PM, channel 56; Fri, 6/11 at 9:30 PM, channel 56; Sun, 6/13 at 12:30 PM, channel 34….In July 2011, Robert Battle, 37 years-old, becomes only the third person in our 52-year history to lead the Ailey company…Jamal Story's book is out: 12:34. Order it online today! Congrats Jamal!...Sabra Michelle needs a new roommate in her 2Br Mid-town 47St, price is $750 for June 27-July 18. Contact her via Facebook now...also Katrina Ylimaki has a studio apt Washington Heights July1- Aug 1 $1200: katrina.ylimaki@gmail.com…Hadley Schnuck is in the ensemble of Beauty and the Beast at The Muny in St.Louis. June 21-30...Noah Aberlin is in the Connecticut production of Annie Get Your Gun at The Goodspeed Opera House through June 27…Germaine Goodson is doing a Tap dancing workshop for the new students starting today 6:00PM Tuesday, June 1st…Lourdes Lopez: On Being a Balanchine dancer…FYI, DancePulp videos & dance films association premiere every Friday, and are available at Hulu.com…Andrea Ti ( aka Alec) graduated last month in exercise physiology MS and has decided to work training dancers according to their needs, weakness and goals (in terms of work out and muscle conditioning). Contact him on Facebook now for great rates…Irini Res is teacher of the month at The Ailey Extension! Come take a Power Ashtanga yoga class. And we have outdoor yoga. It's awesome!..."In Defense of Human Rites," here, and more. Keep up to date with Katherine Weissman's writings…Joe Abraham performing as a Swingin Shrek the Musical - his 1st National Tour!...Matthew Steffens is in Philadelphia doing Fiddler on the Roof at Walnut Street all summer, doing ensemble/dance captaining (which is turning into asst. choreographer as the choreographer has been gone twice this week and he's been given the task of cleaning musical numbers)…Paula Talayco showed her reworked choreography of "Haydn Seek" for 6 ladies and a gentleman at the Ballet Arts Student Showcase last week!...Whooah Danny's warehouse has tights: pink, tan and salmon convertible, all adult sizes $3.00 check it out here…Brittani Kudlacek received a $20,000 scholarship (WOW!) to attend Boston Conservatory. Congratz! I will see you and your dancing friends in Houston next month!...Jackie Dowsett is in the Cast of "Total Eclipse of the Heart" from Glee episode with choreographer Zach Woodlee & his assistant, Brooke Lipton….Franco B submitted: Covent Garden ballet dancers have been lifting their legs higher and higher…Jocelyne's husband Wesner Petit-Frere just wrote and published his first book, a courageous presentation on culture, religion, and the gospel: "Woe to Christianity." Barnes and Nobles currently offers a 10% discount on the book…LONG TERM SUBLET AVAILABLE JUNE 15th (negotiable move-in date). Contact Deanna Dys on Facebook now!...Nadine's blog is about ABT's 70th Anniversary Gala performance, here…Miriam (and Ionel) Klipper had their first grandchild last week. Congratz!...If you want individual dance pix and /or headshots, be sure to contact Arthur and reserve a time for a photo shoot at a very special "Kat's Student price," one of your many perks in attending classes all year.
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PERFORMANCE CORNER
Lots tutu see this summer...
**Irini Res, our fab ashtanga yoga teacher, is performing every Friday night throughout the year at the Cupping Room.
**ABT
**NYCB
**Armitage Gone! Dance the theater at Cedar Lake 7:30PM Thursday, June 3rd - 547 West 26th Street Tickets online here or call 212.352.3101 Use code WSF2010AGD for $20 tix!
**The Francesca Harper Project's Fifth Anniversary performances this week June 4th-6th at 8pm at Joyce SoHo! with Special Guests Desmond Richardson. Info here.
**June 4th West Village Musial Theatre Festival - Benefit Concert - Katrina Ylimaki, producer! 9:30-11PM. The Duplex Cabaret Theatre: 61 Christopher Street. Info here.
**Japan Day Location: East Meadow, Central Park, NYC. Time: 10:00AM Sunday, June 6th
**See Chris Davis in Broadway Bares Classics woo hoo June 6th At Splash 9pm-11pm 50 w 17th Street
**Ailey returns to BAM June 10, 15, 18 & 19 at 7:30pm, June 13 & 20 at 3pm.
**360 Dance Co. at Dance Theater Workshop June 17,18,19 - 2010
**Broadway Bares (You better order your tickets now - I'm serious!) Sunday June 20, 2010 It sells out quick! You cannot miss this…FYI: 24th Annual EASTER BONNET Competition raised an impressive $3,265,700..woo hoo!
**Camille Brown Co. June 21st @ 6:30pm. Joyce SoHo 155 Mercer Street. Info here.
**Solstice in Times Square 2010 Monday, June 21, 2010 at 7:30 am (I'll be there) Duffy Square, 1560 Broadway & 7th at 46th Street. Info here.
**Laura Di Orio will be performing in Lydia Johnson Dance 10th Anniversary NYC Season Thursday, June 24, 2010 at 8:00pm The Ailey Citigroup Theatre, New York, NY www.smartix.com or 212-868-4444
**Break the Ballet Guinness World Record Book, Most Ballerinas on Pointe at One Time. Monday Aug 2. 6-8pm The bandstand in Central Park (Kat is on the advisory committee) Register here: Balletrecord@yahoo.com
**Taylor performs with New American Youth Ballet's "Tchaikovsky & Friends" with live orchestra in excerpts from Swan Lake & more. June 13. Stuyvesant High School Theater 345 Chambers Street.
AUDITIONS
**ELAN SUMMER DANCE FESTIVAL, MA Geoffrey Doig-Marx (artistic dir.) is seeking talent for the 3rd annual Elan Summer Dance Festival. Festival will be held Aug. 21 in Provincetown, MA. Seeking Choreographers and Dance Companies. For details visit here. Chosen Choreographers will be notified no later than July 26, 2010.
**Amy Marshall Dance. Audition for Men and Women Monday, August 9th, 9:00am at Battery Dance Studios, 380 Broadway, Fl 5
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