Dance Workshop

Susan Marshall & Company  - June 2-22, 2013

Marshall, her artistic partners, and her company members have received 10 New York Dance and Performance Awards (Bessies) for their work together. A recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship in 2000, Marshall has also received a Dance Magazine Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and was one of the first artists to receive an American Choreographer Award.

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Guest Master Teachers in Residence

Week 1 (June 3-7)

Gerald Casel: is Assistant Professor of Dance at California State University, Long Beach and Artistic Director of GERALDCASELDANCE. Casel holds a BFA from The Juilliard School and an MFA from University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee assisted by the Advanced Opportunity Program Fellowship. He received a New York Dance and Performance Award “Bessie” for Sustained Achievement for dancing in the companies of Stephen Petronio, Lar Lubovitch, Zvi Gotheiner and Stanley Love. He has served on the faculty of Palucca Hochschule für Tanz Dresden and NYU Tisch School of the Arts where he was awarded the David Payne Carter Award for Teaching Excellence.

Adriane Fang: BA (Dance and Psychology) - University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point, 1994; MFA (Dance) - George Mason University, 2009; member of Doug Varone and Dancers, 1996-2006; also worked with: Bill Young, Colleen Thomas, Wally Cardona, Clare Byrne and Karen Reedy; staged Varone repertory at various universities and companies, including North Carolina School of the Arts, BalletMet Columbus, Juilliard, Ohio State University and the University of Minnesota; choreography shown at Danspace Project in New York City, JMU and Shenandoah University; currently teaching at the University of Maryland; recipient of a 2007 New York Dance and Performance Award ("Bessie").

 Week 2 (June 10-14)

Kira Blazek is a certified Teacher of Anouk van Dijk’s Countertechnique®. She successfully completed the Countertechnique® Teachers Training (CTTT) program in 2012, after previously attending two Countertechnique® Summer Intensive Workshop(s) as well as frequently participating in open classes and company classes. Blazek has also performed in two works by Anouk van Dijk; Derivatives and SHOT. Prior to picking up Countertechnique, Blazek received her training from the Houston Ballet Academy and Oklahoma University. She has danced for Hubbard Street 2, Pilobolus, Douglas Dunn & Dancers, and Christopher Williams. She is currently a performer for Shen Wei Dance Arts. She has presented her own work at Dixon Place and Danspace St.Mark's Church in NYC.

 Stuart Singer has danced in the companies of Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane, Wally Cardona, Doug Varone and Lucinda Childs.  Currently, he is performing in the revival tour of Philip Glass/Robert Wilson's Einstein on the Beach and collaborating on new works with dance artists Gwen Welliver, Beth Gill and Joanna Kotze.  He has recently taught on faculty at the American Dance Festival, Bard College, and Bennington College, and has re-staged the works of Bill T. Jones at Princeton University, California State University - Long Beach, and Montclair State University, among others. Originally from Western Massachusetts, he is a BFA graduate of the Conservatory of Dance at SUNY-Purchase College.

Week 3 (June 17-21)

Lucas Crandall started his career in 1979 with the Milwaukee Ballet. In 1980 he joined Oscar Araiz with the Ballet du Grand Theatre de Geneve. From 1985 - 1987 he danced with Nederlands Dans Theater directed by Jiri Kylian before returning to the Ballet du Grand Theatre under the direction of Gradimir Pankov, this time as soloist and later rehearsal assistant. During his career as a dancer, Lucas had performed and created many works, notably from Oscar Araiz, Christopher Bruce, Nacho Duato, Mats Ek, Rui Horta, Jiri Kylian, Amanda Miller, and Ohad Naharin. In August 2000, Lucas returned to the States to join Jim Vincent as Associate Artistic Director of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. During this time he was also on staff at the Lou Conte Dance Studio. He has also taught residencies at various universities in the US, as well as given master classes and repertory workshops in the US and abroad. Lucas choreographed works presented by HSDC (Atelier, Gimme, The Set) and has also choreographed for Northwest Dance Project and Melissa Thodos Dance Chicago. From January 2010 through December 2012, Lucas has been rehearsal director with Nederlands Dans Theater 1.

Rebecca Lazier is a native of Halifax and a Juilliard alum. Her choreography has performed in many New York venues including Danspace Project, The Kitchen, the Guggenheim Museum, 92nd Street Y and Joyce SoHo. Lazier has received choreographic research grants from the Canada Council on the Arts and the NY Department of Cultural Affairs. She has been artist-in-residence at Movement Research, The Joyce Theater Foundation, The Yard and the Djerassi Resident Artist Program. As a Senior Lecturer in dance at Princeton University, Rebecca teaches technique, choreography, repertory and has created courses and co-taught with music scholar Simon Morrison and legendary NYCB Principal dancer Heather Watts. Rebecca was previously on faculty at UCLA, Wesleyan College, Trinity College, Hartford Ballet/University of Hartford and was the first artist-in-residence at Mimar Sinan Conservatory is Istanbul, Turkey. Rebecca has been a guest artist at James Madison University, Shenandoah Conservatory, Canadian Children’s Dance Theatre, ACDFA Festivals, Dance Nova Scotia and Interlochen Arts Academy. From 2003-2006 Rebecca was the festival director at the White Mountain Summer Dance Festival. Rebecca has also been a panelist/presenter at many conferences including: Dance USA, Institute for Advanced Study at the University of Minnesota, Congress on Research in Dance, The Juilliard School, and Roehampton University in London.