QUICK LINKS TO BILL EVANS DANCE INTENSIVES, FESTIVALS, WORKSHOPS & PERFORMANCES

Teachers’ Intensive
 June 1 –5, Albuquerque, NM
August 5 – 9, Port Townsend, WA

Follow-up Teachers’ Intensive, 
Port Townsend, WA, August 11 - 13

New Mexico Tap Festival, 
June 8 and 9, Albuquerque

New Mexico Tap Jam 
June 6, 8 and 9, Albuquerque;  June 7, Santa Fe

Summer Institute of Dance, 
June 11 – 15, Las Cruces, NM

6.  Creative Movement and Dance for K – 12 Educators
    June 19 – 23, Meadville, PA

SeSelected Faculty Biographies for all Programs

BILL EVANS TEACHERS’ INTENSIVES, 2002
Bill Evans and Kitty Daniels have collaborated as artists and teachers since 1972.  Don Halquist has worked with them since 1985.  Through the application of knowledge and theories from dance medicine, science, somatics and education, they have employed teaching methodologies, concepts and principles which have allowed them and their associates to become more effective teachers of dance technique.  These esteemed master artist-educators will share their work with participants through theory classes, participatory technique classes and seminars/labs in which individual questions and concerns will be addressed.  Evening sessions will focus on Multiple Intelligences and other learning theories.  There will be time for reflection/discussion/sharing with other participants under faculty guidance.  

In 2002, participants will be given the choice of two of the following daily technique classes:  Evans Laban-Based Modern Dance Technique and/or Dance Science-Based Ballet Technique and/or Jazz Dance Technique congruent with the dance science and somatics principles which are the basis for these intensives.  Each participant will be allowed to participate in two technique classes and observe the third.

4^th Annual Bill Evans Dance Teachers’ Intensive--Modern Dance, Ballet and Jazz 
June 1 – 5 (Saturday through Wednesday), University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

Faculty:  Kitty Daniels, Bill Evans, Don Halquist and Rip Parker

Curriculum:  Bartenieff Fundamentals, Dance Science and the Multiple Intelligences Theory as they support the teaching of Modern Dance, Ballet and Jazz Technique

Housing:  Plaza Inn Hotel, near UNM, with shuttle service from airport, $59 - 69 per day, one to four people

Fee:  $300.  ($350 after May 1.)  City of Albuquerque Urban Enhancement Trust Fund scholarships are available for under-privileged residents of Greater Albuquerque.  Discounts available for members of New Mexico Dance Coalition.

Daily Schedule:

8:30 – 10:00—Bartenieff Fundamentals, Bill Evans

10 -15 – 11:45—Evans Laban/Bartenieff Modern Dance Technique*, intermediate level, Bill Evans

1:00 – 2:30—Dance Science-Based Ballet Technique*, intermediate level, Kitty Daniels

2:45 – 3:15—Seminar/Lab on the Application of Dance Science to the Teaching of Dance Technique, Kitty Daniels

3:30 – 5:00—Jazz Dance Technique* incorporating principles embodied in Evans’ and Daniels’ courses, intermediate level, Rip Parker

7:00 – 9:00—Teaching Dance Technique to the Whole Person through the Multiple Intelligences, Don Halquist, Saturday  – Tuesday.  Sharing session, Wednesday

*Participants may take two technique courses and observe the third

CONTACT:  Don Halquist, donh@unm.edu, or P. 0. Box 1126, Sandia Park, NM 87047, or 505-286-0195

4^th Annual Bill Evans Dance Teachers’ Intensive--Modern Dance, Ballet and Jazz
August 5 – 9 (Monday through Friday), Fort Worden, Port Townsend, WA

Faculty:  Kitty Daniels, Bill Evans, Don Halquist and Rip Parker

Curriculum:  Bartenieff Fundamentals, Dance Science and Multiple Intelligences Theory as they support Modern Dance, Ballet and Jazz Technique

Dorm Room and Meals:  $225 - $270

Fee:  $350 ($375 after June 1)

Daily Schedule:

8:30 – 10:00—Bartenieff Fundamentals, Bill Evans

10 -15 – 11:45—Evans Laban/Bartenieff Modern Dance Technique*, intermediate level, Bill Evans

1:00 – 2:30—Dance Science-Based Ballet Technique*, intermediate level, Kitty Daniels

2:45 – 3:15—Seminar/Lab on the Application of Dance Science to the Teaching of Dance Technique, Kitty Daniels

3:30 – 5:00—Jazz Dance Technique* incorporating principles embodied in Evans’ and Daniels courses, Rip Parker

7:00 – 9:00— Teaching Dance Technique to the Whole Person through the Multiple Intelligences, Don Halquist, Monday - Thursday.  Sharing session, Friday

*Participants may take two technique courses and observe the third.

CONTACT:  Carla Vander Ven, carla@centrum.org, or P. O. Box 1158, Port Townsend, WA 98368-0958, or 360-385-3102

BILL EVANS DANCE TEACHERS' INTENSIVE - FOLLOW-UP SESSION

In 2002, for the first time, we will conduct an advanced or follow-up session for those who have attended a previous Teachers’ Intensive or equivalent session with Bill Evans, and Kitty Daniels.  Daniels and Evans will be joined by Suzie Ater Lundgren, a long-time associate, who combines life-time experience as a professional dancer and dance teacher with extensive knowledge of the Feldenkrais Method.  This session will include evening discussion sessions on Dance Pedagogy.

Bill Evans Dance Teachers’ Intensive--Follow Up Session (pre-requisite, previous BETI—including Centrum, August 5 – 9, 2002—or equivalent)

August 11 – 13, 2002 (Sunday through Tuesday), Fort Worden, Port Townsend, WA

Faculty:  Bill Evans, Kitty Daniels and Suzie Ater Lundgren

Curiculum:  Bartenieff Fundamentals, Dance Science and the Feldenkrais Method as they support the teaching of Modern Dance and Ballet Technique

Dorm Room and Meals:  $155 - $175

Fee:  $200 ($225 after June 1)

Daily Schedule:

8:30 – 10:00—Bartenieff Fundamentals, Bill Evans

10 -15 – 11:45—Evans Laban/Bartenieff Modern Dance Technique, intermediate level, Bill Evans

1:00 – 2:30—Dance Science-Based Ballet Technique, intermediate level, Kitty Daniels

2:45 – 4:15—Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement, Suzie Ater Lundren 

4:30 – 5:00—Seminar on the Application of Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement to the Teaching of Dance Technique, Suzie Ater Lundgren

7:00 – 9:00—Dance Pedagogy, Kitty Daniels, Sunday and Monday;  Daniels, Evans and Lundgren, Tuesday

CONTACT:  Carla Vander Ven, carla@centrum.org or P. O. Box 1158, Port Townsend, WA 98368-0958, or 360-385-3102

BILL EVANS’ ^4th ANNUAL NEW MEXICO TAP DANCE FESTIVAL

The Fourth New Mexico Tap Dance Festival will be held on the University of New Mexico campus on June 8 and 9, 2002.  Joining Mr. Evans, SKIP RANDALL and other Albuquerque-based tap masters will be five nationally and/or internationally acclaimed tap artists:  

BRIL BARRETT, funk tap soloist, choreographer, instructor and director of Chicago’s M.A.D.D. Rhythms;  

ACIA GRAY, tap soloist, choreographer, teacher and director of Austin’s Tapestry Dance Company;  

MISTY OWENS, who has danced with the Peggy Spina Tap Company in New York City since 1993;  

MARK YONALLY and BRENNA KUHN, both of whom perform with Especially Tap Chicago and teach in prestigious Chicago studios.  

The Tap Festival will include courses for children and adult beginners as well as intermediate and advanced/professional-level dancers, in several styles of both technique and repertory and will include lunch-time seminars for teachers and video showings for other dancers.  Full-time students will be given free tickets to evening performances of the New Mexico Tap Dance Jam.

Fees:  $175, two days.  $100, one day.  ($185/$110 after May 20.)  Priority will be given to full-day registrants.  Registration on a per-class basis ($25 per class) will be available if space permits beginning May 27.

The City of Albuquerque Urban Enhancement Trust Fund has provided scholarships for under-privileged residents of Greater Albuquerque. 

Faculty:  Bril Barrett, Jackie Church, Bill Evans, Don Halquist, Brenna Kuhn, Misty Owens, Skip Randall, Stuart Smith, Ginny Wilmerding, Mark Yonally and Acia Gray

Saturday Schedule, June 8:  

8:30 - 9:30, Conditioning, Wilmerding;  Children’s Fundamentals, Church

9:45 - 11:15, Tap Technique—Level 1, Kuhn;  Level 2, Evans;  Level 3, Owens;  Children’s music and art, Halquist and Smith

11:30 - 12: 30, Teachers’ seminar, Evans and Owens;  video showing, Yonally

12:45 - 2:15, Tap Repertory—Level 1, Owens;  Level 2, Yonally;  Level 3, Barrett

12:45 -1:45, Children’s repertory and improv, Kuhn

2:30 - 4:00, Tap Repertory—Level 1, Evans;  Tap Improv—Level 2, Barrett;  Level 3, Yonally

4:15 - 5:45, Special Class in Tap Technique, Levels 2 and 3, Acia Gray

Sunday Schedule, June 9:

9:00 - 10:00, Conditioning, Wilmerding;  Children’s Fundamentals, Church

10:15 -11:45, Tap Technique—Level 1, Kuhn;  Level 2, Evans;  Level 3, Owens;  Children’s music and art, Halquist and Smith

12:00 - 1:00, Teachers’ seminar, Barrett and Yonally;  video showing, Randall

1:15 - 2:45, Tap Repertory—Level 1, Owens;  Level 2, Yonally;  Level 3, Barrett

1:15  - 2:15, Children’s repertory and improv, Kuhn

3:00 - 4:30, Tap Styles--Level 1, Evans;  Level 2, Barrett;  Level 3, Yonally

4:45 - 6:25, Special Class in Tap Technique, Levels 2 and 3, Acia Gray

CONTACT:  Don Halquist, donh@unm.edu, or P. 0. Box 1126, Sandia Park, NM 87047, or 505-286-0195

4^TH ANNUAL NEW MEXICO TAP DANCE JAM

This year’s Tap Jam will include two different concerts:

TAP JAM I— Thursday, June 6, 7:30 p.m., Keller Hall, UNM, free performance for under-privileged adults and children, supported by a grant from the City of Albuquerque’s Urban Enhancement Trust Fund.  Vouchers will be distributed through the UNM Dance Program beginning May 20, 2002—maximum of two vouchers per person, first-come/first-served—505-277-3660.

Friday, June 7, 7:30  p.m., Armory for the Arts, 1050 Old Pecos Trail, Santa Fe, co-sponsored by Plan B Evolving Arts.  Call for reservations, 505-982-1338, ext*810.  $15 adults, $12 students and children.

Performers—Robyn Avalon, Bril Barrett, Bill Evans, Acia Gray, Brenna Kuhn, Misty Owens, Skip Randall, Mark Yonally, the Bill Evans Rhythm Tap Ensemble and the Jack Manno Trio.

TAP JAM II—Saturday and Sunday, June 8 and 9, 8:00 p.m., Keller Hall, UNM.  UNM Bookstore Box Office, T – F, 10:00 – 6:00, S, noon – 4:00, 277-4569.  Tickets.com:  851-5050 or 1-800-905-3315.  $12 adults, $9, students and children.

Performers—Avalon, Barrett, Evans, Gray, Kuhn, Owens, Randall, Yonally, Evans Rhythm Tap Ensemble, the Jack Manno Trio and Guest Artists from Greater Albuquerque Dance Studios.

27^th ANNUAL BILL EVANS SUMMER INSTITUTE OF DANCE 2002

Since 1976, Bill Evans and his artist-educator colleagues have conducted summer institutes of dance in which each course contributes to the whole in a uniquely integrated way, and in which students are able to make quantum leaps of understanding and positive change in a very short time.  In 2002, the BESID will visit the campus of New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, June 11 – 15.  This five-day intensive will be tailored to the needs of serious intermediate, advanced and professional modern dancers and dance teachers, and will integrate Evans Laban-Based Modern Dance Technique with Bartenieff Fundamentals (movement re-education for injury prevention and greater efficiency), Jazz Conditioning, Improvisation and Evans Repertory.  In the evenings, participants will be invited to attend master classes or seminars on a variety of dance- related topics conducted by institute and guest faculty.

Bill Evans Summer Institute of Dance
June 11 – 15 (Tuesday through Saturday), New Mexico State University, Las Cruces

Faculty:  Bill Evans, Don Halquist and Debra Knapp

Fees:  $250 ($275 after May 15)

Housing and meals, NMSU dormitory, $170 double, $195 single

Daily Schedule:

9:00 – 10:30, Bartenieff Fundamentals (BE with assistance from DK and DH)

10:45 – 12:15, Evans Laban-Based Modern Dance Technique, two levels (BE and DH)

1:30 - 2:45, Jazz Dance (DK)

3:00 – 4:30, Improvisation (DK) or Evans Repertory (DH)

6:30 – 8:00, Master Classes on Special Topics (Tap, Multiple Intelligences, Massage, etc), Tuesday - Friday;  Sharing session, Saturday.

CONTACT:  Debra Knapp, Dance Program, New Mexico State University, Box 30001 MSC 3M, Las Cruces, deknapp@nmsu.edu, or 505-646-2070

6.  CREATIVE MOVEMENT AND DANCE FOR K – 12 EDUCATORS:  
This workshop will be coordinated by Jan Hyatt, director of dance at Allegheny College It is designed for classroom teachers wishing to employ creative movement and dance in their classrooms and will be an interdisciplinary experience focusing on theories of developmental movement and multiple intelligences.  It will include a dance performance by Bill Evans and Don Halquist.  

Creative Movement and Dance for K – 12 Educators:  An Interdisciplinary Experience
Focusing on Theories of Developmental Movement and Multiple Intelligences

June 19 – 23 (Wednesday through Sunday), Allegheny College, Meadville, PA

Fee:  $250

Application deadline:  May 1, 2002

Faculty:  Bill Evans, Don Halquist and Janet Hamburg

Schedule, Wednesday through Saturday:

9:00 – 10:45, Developmental Movement/Bartenieff Fundamentals, Bill Evans

11:00 – noon, Beginning Creative Movement/Modern Dance Technique, Don Halquist

1:30 – 3:00, Exploring Creativity through Laban Movement Analysis, Bill Evans

3:30 – 5:30, Personal Meaning Making through the Multiple Intelligences, Don Halquist, Wednesday through Friday only

Saturday Evening, 7:30 – 9:00:

Informal Dance Concert by Bill Evans and Don Halquist

Sunday Schedule:

9:00 – 10:30, Beginning Creative Movement/Modern Dance Technique, Bill Evans and Don Halquist

10:45 – noon and 1:30 – 4:15, Laban/Bartenieff-based Movement Activities to Improve Sensory Integration and Coordination, Janet Hamburg

4:30 – 5:30, Culminating Discussion/Sharing, Evans, Halquist and Hamburg

CONTACT:  Jan Hyatt, Box, 134, Allegheny College, Meadville, PA 16335 or 814-332-2813

May 13 – 17
School of Contemporary Dancers
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Intensive Workshop in Evans Modern Dance Technique, Bartenieff
Fundamentals and Laban Movement Analysis

Contact: Charlene Melvin, scdancer@mts.net

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JUNE 1 – 5:
Albuquerque, New Mexico
University of New Mexico
4^th Annual Bill Evans DanceTeachers’ Intensive--Modern Dance, Ballet and Jazz
Faculty:  Kitty Daniels, Bill Evans, Don Halquist and Rip Parker
Curriculum:  Bartentieff Fundamentals, Dance Science and the Multiple Intelligences Theory as they support the teaching of  Modern Dance, Ballet and Jazz Technique
Housing:  Plaza Inn or Econo Lodge
Fees:  $300, regular tuition.  $200 for NM resident members of New Mexico Dance Coalition.
Full scholarships available for Albuquerque residents courtesy of City of Albuquerque Urban Enhancement Trust Fund

Daily Schedule:

8:30 – 10:00—Bartenieff Fundamentals, Bill Evans

10-15 – 11:45—Evans Laban/Bartenieff Modern Dance Technique, intermediate level, Bill Evans

1:00 – 2:30—Dance Science-Based Ballet Technique, intermediate level, Kitty Daniels

2:45 – 3:15—Seminar/Lab on the Application of Dance Science to the Teaching of Dance

Technique, Kitty Daniels

3:30 – 5:00—Jazz Dance Technique incorporating principles embodied in Evans’ and Daniels’ courses, Rip Parker

7:00 – 9:00—Teaching Dance Technique to the Whole Person through the Multiple Intelligences,

Don Halquist

Contact Don Halquist, 505-286-0195, <donh@unm.edu>

JUNE  8 - 9:
Albuquerque, New Mexico
University of New Mexico
4^th Annual New Mexico Rhythm Tap Dance Festival
Faculty:  Bril Barrett, Jackie Church, Bill Evans, Don Halquist, Brenna Kuhn, Misty Owens, Skip Randall, Stuart Smith, Ginny Wilmerding, Mark Yonally and Acia Gray

Schedule: 

Saturday 

8:30-9:3--Conditioning, Ginny;  Children’s Fundamentals, Jackie

9:45-11:1--Level 1, Brenna;  Level 2, Bill;  Level 3, Misty;  Children’s music and art with Stuart and Don

11:30 – 12: 3--Teachers’ seminar with Bill and Misty;  video showing with Mark

12:45-2:1--Level 1, Misty;  Level 2, Mark;  Level 3, Bril

12:45 – 1:4--Children’s repertory and improv, Brenna

2:30 – 4:0--Level 1, Bill;  Level 2, Bril;  Level 3 (improv), Mark

4:15 – 5:45--Acia Gray, Levels 2 and 3

Sunday

 9:00-10:00--Conditioning, Ginny;  Children’s Fundamentals, Jackie

10:15-11:15--Level 1, Brenna;  Level 2, Bill;  Level 3, Misty;  Children’s music and art with Stuart and Don

12:00--Teachers’ seminar with Bril and Mark;  video showing with Skip

1:15-2:45--Level 1, Misty;  Level 2, Mark;  Level 3, Bril

1:15 – 2:15--Children’s repertory and improv, Brenna

3:00 – 4:30--Level 1, Bill;  Level 2, Bril;  Level 3 (improv), Mark

4:45 – 6:15--Acia Gray, Levels 2 and 3

Fees:  $175, two days.  $100, one day. 

29 Albuquerque-resident, need-based scholarships courtesy of City of Albuquerque Urban Enhancement Trust Fund

Contact Don Halquist, 505-286-0195, donh@unm.edu

JUNE 6, 8 & 9:
Albuquerque, New Mexico
University of New Mexico, Keller Hall, Center for the Arts
4^TH Annual New Mexico Tap Jam Performances, 7:30 p.m.
Free Performance, Thursday, June 6, courtesy of City of Albuquerque’s Urban Enhancement Trust Fund
Featuring Jack Manno Trio, Bril Barret, Bill Evans,  Misty Owens,  Brenna Kuhn, Misty Owens, Mark Yonally, Skip Randall and Acia, with Wendy Barker, Jackie Church, Suzanne Gates, Elizabeth Gallea, Diane Gutierrez, Warenna Padilla and Cecelia Jaramillo
Honoring Sara Hutchinson for her significant contributions to the art of tap dance and jazz music to the state of New Mexico.
Paid Performances, Saturday, June 8 and Sunday, June 9
With all of the above dancers plus guest artists from New Mexico tap studios
Tickets:  $15 and $12

June 6, UNM Dance Program 505-277-3660, after May 20 only June 8 and 9, UNM Bookstore Box Office, T – F, 10:00 – 6:00, S, noon – 4:00, 277-4569, or Tickets.com: 851-5050 or 1-800-905-3315

JUNE 7:
Santa Fe, New Mexico
4^th Annual NM Tap Dance Jam Performance, 
7:30 p.m.
Co-sponsored by Plan B Evolving Arts
Armory for the Arts,  1050 Old Pecos Trail, Santa Fe
Tickets:  $12 and $15

Contact Guy Ambrosino, Plan B Evolving Arts
Reservations:  505-982-1338, extension *810

JUNE 11 – 15:
Las Cruces, New Mexico
New Mexico State University
27^th annual Bill Evans Summer Institute of  Dance (Modern Dancers’ Intensive)
Faculty:  Bill Evans, Don Halquist and Debra Knapp
Curriculum: Bartenieff Fundamentals (movement re-education for injury prevention and greater efficiency),  Evans Laban-Based Modern Dance Technique, Jazz Conditioning, Improvisation, Evans Repertory, Master Classes on Special Topics
Fees:  $250 regular tuition.  $150 for NMSU students and Las Cruces and El Paso area high schools registering 5 or more teachers and/or students
Housing:  To be announced

Daily Schedule:

9:00 – 10:30 a.m., Bartenieff Fundamentals (BE with assistance from DK and DH/LJG)

10:45 – 12:15, Evans Laban-Based Modern Dance Technique, two levels (BE and DH/LJG)

1:30-2:45, Jazz Conditioning (DK)

3:00 – 4:30, Improvisation (DK) or Evans Repertory (DH/LJH)

6:30 – 8:00, Master Classes on Special Topics (tap, Multiple Intelligences/Massage, etc), M – Th; 

Sharing session, F

Contact:  Debra Knapp, Dance Program, New Mexico State University, Box 30001 MSC 3M, Las Cruces,
deknapp@nmsu.edu, or 505-646-2070

June 18
Meadville, Pennsylvania
Allegheny College
Conference on Neuroscience and the Humanities
Bill Evans will teach day-long workshop

CONTACT: Jan Hyatt, Box, 134, Allegheny College, Meadville, PA 16335,
814-332-2813, jhyatt@alleg.edu

June 19 – 23 (Wednesday through Sunday)
Fee: $250
Application deadline: May 1, 2002
Faculty: Bill Evans, Don Halquist and Janet Hamburg

Schedule, Wednesday through Saturday:

9:00 – 10:45, Developmental Movement/Bartenieff Fundamentals, Bill Evans

11:00 – noon, Beginning Creative Movement/Modern Dance Technique, Don Halquist

1:30 – 3:00, Exploring Creativity through Laban Movement Analysis, Bill Evans

3:30 – 5:30, Personal Meaning Making through the Multiple Intelligences,
Don Halquist, Wednesday through Friday only

Saturday Evening,

7:30 – 9:00: Informal Dance Concert by Bill Evans and Don Halquist

Sunday Schedule:

9:00 – 10:30: Beginning Creative Movement/Modern Dance Technique, Bill Evans and Don Halquist

10:45 – noon and 1:30 – 4:15: Laban/Bartenieff-based Movement Activities to Improve Sensory Integration and Coordination, Janet Hamburg

4:30 – 5:30, Culminating Discussion/Sharing, Evans, Halquist and Hamburg

CONTACT: Jan Hyatt, Box, 134, Allegheny College, Meadville, PA 16335, 814-332-2813, jhyatt@alleg.edu

June 28
Providence, Rhode Island
Annual meeting of the National Dance Education Organization

Bill Evans will present a master class in Evans Laban-Bartenieff-based Modern Dance Technique

July 1 – 25
Albuquerque, New Mexico
University of New Mexico

Mr. Evans will teach a course in Intermediate/Advance Evans Laban-Based Modern Dance Technique, M – Th, 5:00 – 7:00 p.m., University of New Mexico Dance Program

Contact: Dance Secretary, UNM, 505-277-3660, dance@unm.edu

July 20
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Bill Evans Dance Company and Trip Dance Company from Winnipeg, Canada, in Concert

Rodey Theatre, UNM Center for the Arts 7:30 p.m.

Contact: UNM Bookstore Box Office, T – F, 10:00 – 6:00, S, noon – 4:00, 277-4569, orTickets.com: 851-5050 or 1-800-905-3315

July 26 – August 4
Irvine, California
California Dance and Movement Workshop for Educators
University of California at Irvine

Duet Dance Concert by Bill Evans and Don Halquist on August 2

Contact donh@unm.edu for more information.

August 5 – 9
Port Townsend, Washington
4th Annual Bill Evans Dance Teachers’ Intensive--Modern Dance, Ballet and Jazz

August 5 – 9 (Monday through Friday)

Faculty: Kitty Daniels, Bill Evans, Don Halquist and Rip Parker

Curriculum: Bartenieff Fundamentals, Dance Science and Multiple Intelligences Theory as they support Modern Dance, Ballet and Jazz

Technique

Dorm Room and Meals: $225 - $270

Fee: $350 ($375 after June 1) Daily Schedule:

8:30 – 10:00—Bartenieff Fundamentals, Bill Evans

10 -15 – 11:45—Evans Laban/Bartenieff Modern Dance Technique*, intermediate level, Bill Evans

1:00 – 2:30—Dance Science-Based Ballet Technique*, intermediate level, Kitty Daniels

2:45 – 3:15—Seminar/Lab on the Application of Dance Science to the Teaching of Dance Technique, Kitty Daniels

3:30 – 5:00—Jazz Dance Technique* incorporating principles embodied in Evans’ and Daniels courses, Rip Parker

7:00 – 9:00— Teaching Dance Technique to the Whole Person through the Multiple Intelligences, Don Halquist, Monday - Thursday. Sharing session, Friday

*Participants may take two technique courses and observe the third.

CONTACT: Carla Vander Ven, carla@centrum.org, or P. O. Box 1158, Port Townsend, WA 98368-0958, or 360-385-3102

August 10
Port Townsend, Washington
28th Anniversary Reunion of the Bill Evans Dance Company and Bill Evans Summer Institutes of Dance

Centrum Foundation

8:00 – 5:00, Sharing Sessions

7:30 – 10:00, Concert

10:00 – midnight, Reception

CONTACT: Carla Vander Ven, carla@centrum.org or P. O. Box 1158, Port Townsend, WA 98368-0958, or 360-385-3102

August 11 - 13
Port Townsend, Washington
BILL EVANS DANCE TEACHERS’ INTENSIVE—FOLLOW-UP SESSION
In 2002, for the first time, we will conduct an advanced or follow-up session for those who have attended a previous Teachers’ Intensive or equivalent session with Bill Evans, and Kitty Daniels. Daniels and Evans will be joined by Suzie Ater Lundgren, a long-time associate, who combines life-time experience as a professional dancer and dance teacher with extensive knowledge of the Feldenkrais Method. This session will include evening discussion sessions on Dance Pedagogy.

Bill Evans Dance Teachers’ Intensive--Follow Up Session (pre-requisite, previous BETI—including Centrum, August 5 – 9, 2002—or equivalent)

August 11 – 13, 2002 (Sunday through Tuesday)

Faculty: Bill Evans, Kitty Daniels and Suzie Ater Lundgren

Curiculum: Bartenieff Fundamentals, Dance Science and the Feldenkrais Method as they support the teaching of Modern Dance and Ballet Technique

Dorm Room and Meals: $155 - $175

Fee: $200 ($225 after June 1)

Daily Schedule:

8:30 – 10:00—Bartenieff Fundamentals, Bill Evans

10 -15 – 11:45—Evans Laban/Bartenieff Modern Dance Technique, intermediate level, Bill Evans

1:00 – 2:30—Dance Science-Based Ballet Technique, intermediate level, Kitty Daniels

2:45 – 4:15—Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement, Suzie Ater Lundren

4:30 – 5:00—Seminar on the Application of Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement to the Teaching of Dance Technique, Suzie Ater Lundgren

7:00 – 9:00—Dance Pedagogy, Kitty Daniels, Sunday and Monday; Daniels, Evans and Lundgren, Tuesday

CONTACT: Carla Vander Ven, carla@centrum.org or P. O. Box 1158, Port Townsend, WA 98368-0958, or 360-385-3102

August 16 and 17
Seattle, Washington
Bill Evans Dance and Light Motion in Concert
Velocity Contemporary Dance
915 East Pine
206-325-8773

SELECTED FACULTY BIOGRAPHIES

BRIL BARRETT is a funk tapper, a master teacher, a choreographer and an actor.  He has performed in the national tour of Riverdance, the national tour of Tap Dance Kid, Gregory Hines Live, the Oprah Winfrey Show, the Chicago Human Rhythm Project, the St. Louis Tap Festival, the Detroit Tap Festival and many others.  He recently completed the “Absolut Tap” tour and Amsterdam’s Broadway Soul Jam.  He has taught at major tap festivals in the U. S. and Holland and for such organizations as Dance Olympus and the Canadian Dance Teachers Association.  He is currently teaching master classes and workshops throughout the U.S. and abroad.  He is a unique and creative entertainer on the cutting edge of the new renaissance of tap dance.  He represents the dramatic surge of young dancers reaching new heights with innovative styles and good old-fashioned work ethic.  Passion is a word that best describes how this rhythmaholic attacks his career.  Tapping since the age of 5, Bril has earned an excellent reputation as an instructor, choreographer and dancer.  His classes will focus on the transformation of steps to rhythms.  Students will learn how to treat their feet like musical instruments, play different tones, sounds and volume levels, and convey various feelings.  His work is all about expression.  Learn a funky, hip-hop tinged combination and play around with improv methods as you expand your own tapcabulary.  You will learn how to recognize and execute the beat.  Lots of funky music and methods of timing and phrasing will give insight into the world of improvisation.

KITTY DANIELS is the Chair of the Dance Department at Cornish College for the Arts in Seattle.  Her career includes performing with the Bill Evans Company, Concert Dance Company of Boston and Beth Soll and Dancers, as well as numerous Seattle independent choreographers including Pat Graney, Long Nguyen, Erin Matthiessen and Wade Madsen.  Nationally known as a teacher of ballet and kinesiology, she has taught at the Bill Evans Summer Institutes of Dance, London Contemporary Dance School, California State University Summer Arts Programs, University of Washington, Boston University, Mount Holyoke College and Walnut Hill School for the Performing Arts, and has been a guest company teacher to the Mark Morris Dance Group.  She holds a BA from Goddard College and an MA in Dance Kinesiology from Leslie College.  Daniels' theory sessions will apply basic anatomical concepts to dance technique.  Teachers will learn how to improve performance and reduce the risk of injury through anatomically sound technique.  She will focus on postural alignment, pelvic stabilization, core support and proper use of turnout.  Daniels' ballet classes will demonstrate ways to utilize anatomical knowledge in teaching, including teaching cues and imagery to correct common technical errors.  She will emphasize efficient movement mechanics balanced with expressive phrasing and the joy and passion of movement through space.  The classes are designed to offer a non-intimidating ballet experience for teachers of all backgrounds.

BILL EVANS is a dancer, teacher, choreographer, lecturer, administrator, movement analyst and writer with a uniquely varied and comprehensive background of experiences and accomplishments.  He is a full professor and former head of dance in the Department of Theatre and Dance at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, where he joined the faculty in 1988.  He is artistic director of the Bill Evans Dance Company (founded in 1975) and also director of the Bill Evans Summer Institute of Dance (founded in 1976), the Evans Teachers' Intensive and the New Mexico Tap Dance Festival (both founded in 1999).  He was artistic director of Winnipeg's Contemporary Dancers and the School of Contemporary Dancers in Canada and the Dance Theatre Seattle School of Modern Dance, as well as an artistic coordinator of the Repertory Dance Theatre in Salt Lake City.  He was director of modern dance at Indiana University, a visiting professor dance at the University of Washington, and an assistant professor of dance at the University of Utah.  He has choreographed almost 200 works for more than 65 professional companies throughout the world and has been awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship, 13 grants and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, and 72 other awards from public and private arts agencies in the U. S. and Canada.  He maintains an active career as a freelance choreographer and solo performer and has appeared in all 50 states as well as Australia, Canada, England, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico and New Zealand.  He was selected for the New Mexico Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts, 2001.  He is a Certified Laban/Bartenieff Movement Analyst and creator of the Evans Laban-Based Modern Dance Technique.

BILL EVANS has tapped since 1948, when he enrolled in the Purrington Academy of Dance Art in Salt Lake City.  His childhood teachers were Charles Purrington and June Purrington Park, a student of Louis Dapron in Los Angeles.  He has developed his tap technique mostly through experimentation, but he has been inspired by studying with Dianne Walker, Linda Sohl-Donnell, Bruce Stegmann, Jeannie Hill, Mandy Sayer, Sara Hutchinson, Shirley Jenkins, Skip Randall and Fred Strickler.  Since 1972 he has fused tap dance and modern dance, creating a unique style notable for its expressivity and fluidity.  He has performed his original contemporary tap works throughout most of the U.S., much of Canada and Mexico and in Asia, Australia, New Zealand and much of Europe, including Finland, where he has taught and performed tap at the Kuopio Dance Festival, where he performed duet tap concert with Bruce Stegmann.  He has taught tap technique in the Bill Evans Summer Institutes of Dance since 1979 and at the University of New Mexico since 1988.  He has choreographed tap works for the Bill Evans Rhythm Tap Ensemble, the UNM Dance Company and for several other professional, regional and college dance groups throughout the U.S.  He has produced and directed five festivals of percussive dance and several evenings of tap and jazz dance to live jazz music.  He founded the NM Tap Festival and Jam and serves as their artistic director.  He teaches tap as both percussive music and total body expression.

ACIA GRAY is a tap soloist, choreographer and teacher who has toured extensively across the country and abroad.  She is executive/artistic director of Tapestry Dance Company in Austin, Texas, which—like the Bill Evans Dance Company—performs both modern and tap dance works.  She has shared the stage with such tap greats as Chuck Green, Steve Condos, Brenda Bufalino, Donald O’Connor, Fayard Nicholas, Savion Glover, Jimmy Slyde, Sarah Petronio, Dianne Walker and many others.  She was one of 12 dancers to work with the late tap legend Charles “Honi” Coles in America’s first creative residency for tap at the Colorado Dance Festival.  She teaches tap at the University of Texas, Austin, and in the Tapestry Dance Company Academy.  She has choreographed and taught for Columbia College, the Colorado Dance Festival, Dance Masters of America, St. Louis Tap Festival and many, many others.  Her critically acclaimed book, THE SOULS OF YOUR FEET—A TAP DANCE GUIDE FOR RHYTHM EXPLORERS, is available at all major bookstores.  She is a superb teacher and dedicated educator and will share her refined and sophisticated approach to tap technique in Festival 2002.

DON HALQUIST has a BFA in Graphic Design from Edinboro University in Pennsylvania and both a K – 8 Teaching Certification and an MA in Education from the University of New Mexico. He is currently working toward a PhD in Language, Literacy and Sociocultural Studies at UNM, where he has taught Evans Modern Dance Technique in the Dance Program and currently teaches courses in Technology in the Classroom in the College of Education.  He has performed and taught with the Evans Company since 1985, appearing throughout much of the U. S. as well as in Australia, New Zealand, Hungary, France, Finland, Ireland, Israel, Canada and Mexico. As educational director for the Evans Summer Institute of Dance he has developed a curriculum for teaching dance technique through the multiple intelligences.  He is managing director of the New Mexico Contemporary Dance Alliance.  A true “renaissance man,” he works as a free-lance graphic designer, a consultant to public schools throughout the Albuquerque area, a modern dance performing artist and teacher, and as an arts administrator.

JANET HAMBURG is an internationally known Certified Laban Movement Analyst and Registered Movement Therapist and a professor of dance at the University of Kansas in Lawrence.  She has taught at many Evans Summer Institutes, at the Laban/Bartenieff Institute for Movement Studies and the Sports Training Institute in New York City and at the Juilliard School of Music.  She has done pioneering work in the application of LMA to the training of athletes and other special populations, and has created movement programs for the U of Kansas Medical Center on Aging and the Kansas Department of Health and Environment’s Women’s Health Initiative.  Her work with athletes has been featured on NBC national television.  She will teach "Laban/Bartenieff-based Movement Activities to Improve Sensory Integration and Coordination" in the Allegheny College workshop.

DEBRA KNAPP has been creating, directing and performing dance and dance/theatre productions since 1978.  Her work has been presented throughout the United States as well as in Europe.  Her interests have been primarily in modern dance, jazz and experimental theater.  She has produced projects for the stage, outdoor arenas and site-specific locations.  She is currently director of dance at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces and was formerly on the dance faculty at Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana, teaching modern dance, jazz, kinesiology and dance improvisation.  She also works as a freelance choreographer, performer and dance instructor.   She is a member of project In Motion, a modern dance company, and travels to Albuquerque several times a year to perform as a guest artist with the Bill Evans Dance Company.  Debra served as the Artistic Director and choreographer for the Windfall Dancers from 1977-1984, after graduating from Indiana University in Bloomington with a bachelors degree in modern dance.  After earning a masters degree in dance kinesiology and adapted sports science in 1987, also from I.U., she joined the Bill Evans Dance Company, with which she performed until moving to Germany in 1991.  At the Semperoper Ballett in Dresden, Germany, she was a rehearsal director and the modern dance trainer as well as a choreographed and performer.  While in Dresden, she was invited to create a one-woman show for a premier performance in Mary Wigman's former studio/home.  She was also on the modern dance faculty of the Dresden’s historic Palucca Academy for Dance.  Upon returning from Europe, she was the acting artistic director and choreographer of the Afro-American Dance Company at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, where she had previously been a member of the Modern Dance Program faculty.  She has performed as a guest dancer with Nora Reynolds Dance and performed and choreographed for Albuquerque’s Danzantes Dance Company.  She has been awarded several choreographic grants from both the Indiana Arts Commission and the New Mexico State Arts Division and has been an Artist-in-Education since 1977.  She is currently on the roster of the Arkansas Arts-in-Education Program and is a dance/ movement specialist for Young Audiences of Indiana.  She served as dance chairperson for the development of dance proficiency for the Indiana Department of Education and has pioneered the use of movement activities to enhance the public school curriculum for the kinesthetic learner.

BRENNA KUHN is a performer with Especially Tap Chicago and a teacher at Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and Kathleens’ Dance Asylum.  She was graduated as the outstanding student in the University of New Mexico’s College of Fine Arts, from which she received a BA in Dance.  She choreographed her own tap works and performed extensively while at UNM.  She has taught and choreographed for Sandra’s School of Dance and for the National Conservatory of Flamenco, both in Albuquerque.  She has been a member of the Bill Evans Rhythm Tap Ensemble since 1998 and recently appeared with the company as a guest artist for the Southwest American College Dance Festival.  Before attending UNM she performed for four years with the Lloyd Storey Tap Ensemble in Detroit.  This will be Brenna’s fourth appearance in the New Mexico Tap Festival and Jam.

SUZIE ATER LUNDGREN returned to the Evans Summer Dance faculty in 2001 after many years.  She holds BFA and MA degrees in dance, earned her Pilates Instructor Certification in 1985 (London, UK) and became a Certified Feldenkrais Teacher in 1995 (Strasbourg, France).  A founding member and choreographer of Texas-based Space/Dance/Theatre for four years, Suzie’s performing credits also include Houston Ballet, Theatre Under the Stars, Fort Worth Ballet and various contemporary dance companies based in London, England, where she resided, made dances and taught for 12 years.  She has created works for university student groups, mid-scale contemporary dance companies and independent artists in Texas, Michigan, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.  Currently, Suzie maintains a private practice in the Feldenkrais Method and runs open classes in Santa Cruz, California, where she resides with her husband.

MISTY OWENS has been a member of the Peggy Spina Tap Company of New York City since 1993.  Recently, she performed with Peggy Spina at “Tap In” at Town Hall and also during a sold out season at the Spring Loft in Soho.  A graduate of the University of New Mexico and a member of the Bill Evans Dance Company for 4 years, Misty performed and taught master classes throughout the U. S. and Mexico.  She also represented the U.S. at the International College Dance Festival held in Kobe, Japan and performed in the Gala Performance of the Gus Giordano Jazz Dance World Congress in Chicago.  Misty was a soloist in the Morton Gould Tap Concerto performed by Las Collinas Symphony Orchestra and performed in the “Absolut Tap” promotional tour extensively throughout the U.S.  She has choreographed for Eastern New Mexico University.  She is a dance faculty member at the Mark Morris Dance Center, Marymount Manhattan College and Brooklyn Music School and is implementing a dance education program at P. S. 327 in New York.  Her courses will include tap classics, buck and wing, New York time step, Chicago time step, cramp roll time step, Bambolina time step and a fun little dance by Baby Lawrence.

RIP PARKER is an independent artist teaching, choreographing and performing contemporary dance.  He studied and performed throughout Michigan with Harbinger and Ballet Folklorio Lopez before moving to Seattle in 1983 inspired by Bill Evans’ summer dance workshops.  He has worked with numerous choreographers in a variety of styles and has performed as a member of Bill Evans Dance Company, Strong Wind Wild Horses, Pat Graney Company, San Francisco Moving Company, and Chamber Dance Company among others.  From 1989through 1999 he joined the dance faculty at the University of Washington where he earned his MFA and other honors including a research award supporting his first full evening choreographic work and the  debut of Cava-Parker Dance, the modern dance and music performance company he co- founded with his collaborator, dance musician and composer Michael Cava.  The success  of Cava-Parker Dance created classes, performances and residencies in the Seattle  Mexico.

SKIP RANDALL made his Broadway debut at 17 in Let Freedom Ring with Mitzi Green, followed by By Jupiter with Ray Bolger.  After service in World War II, he joined the all-veteran musical Call Me Mister with Carl Reiner, Buddy Hackett and Bob Fose.  His last B’way musical was Make Mine Manhattan with Sid Caeser, Danny Daniels and Bob Fosse.  He operated his own dance studio in New Jersey for 35 years and appeared on convention faculties for virtually every major dance organization, including Dance Educators of America, for which he served as president, training school principal and executive secretary.  Since moving to Albuquerque in 1990 he has appeared more than 50 times with the Bill Evans Dance Company.  Last year, he was in eight dance productions, including three with BEDCO, Follies for Musical Theatre Southwest and Dracula for the New Mexico Ballet.  He was selected as honoree of the New Mexico Tap Dance Jam in 2000.

GINNY WILMERDING, PhD, received a bachelors degree from the University of London, England.  She attended the London Contemporary Dance School before moving back to the States to attend Southern Methodist University.  Upon moving to New York City, she danced professionally with the Solomons Company/Dance, Musawwir Gymnastic Dance Company, and Richard Walker and Dancers.  In addition, she danced for the Louis Falco Dance Company and did television work with Pilobolus Dance Theatre.  Currently she is an Adjunct Professor with the Exercise Science Program at the University of New Mexico and teaches kinesiology in the UNM Dance Program.  She performs frequently with the Bill Evans Dance Company and the New Mexico Ballet Company.  Research interests include the physiological parameters of flamenco dancers, body composition and better training and rehabilitation of dancers.

MARK YONALLY is a soloist and contributing choreographer with Especially Tap Chicago, where he has worked under artistic directors Bruce Stegmann and Julie Cartier.    Since joining ETC he has appeared at the Finland Tap Festival in Helskini and at the Night of the Living Legends—A Tribute to Leonard Reed, where he was a featured soloist.  He has been a member of the Bill Evans Rhythm Tap Ensemble for six years and appeared in numerous performances in Albuquerque, throughout New Mexico and at the Gus Giordano World Jazz Dance Congress in Phoenix, Arizona.  He has choreographed several works for the Evans Company and other Albuquerque companies and soloists.  Before attending the University of New Mexico, where he earned a BA in Dance, he was active as a soloist and choreographer in the Kansas City area.  He has taught at Oklahoma City University, as a visiting artist for a full semester, and he is currently on the faculty of the Giordano Dance Center in Evanston, Illinois.  His articles are published regularly in Dance Teacher and Dance Spirit magazines.  This will be Mark’s fourth appearance at the New Mexico Tap Festival and Tap Jam.  His classes in the festival will include Bebop and Trip-Hop tap as well as tap improvisation.