July 19 - 21, 2024
Teachers
Beverly Jane Bautista
Commercial Jazz
Saturday 20th 3:30pm-4:45pm
Beverly Bautista is a dance artist, university educator, choreographer, and co-owner of Dance Education Equity Association. She received a bachelor’s degree from Ball State University and a Master of Fine Arts from the University of California-Irvine. Drawing from her years of experience in the entertainment hub of Los Angeles, Beverly has also had the privilege to work on projects with Disney, Pepsi, the Billboard Music Awards, Lip Sync Battle, and iHeart Radio to name a few. With her extensive dance education and industry experience, she aims to foster the connection between dance academia students and the entertainment industry. Continuously driven by her unwavering dedication to the dance community, Beverly remains an ardent advocate for fellow choreographers as a Choreographers Guild Advisory Member, striving to cultivate a sense of unity within the collective dance industry. In the dynamic world of dance, Beverly stands as a beacon of creativity, professionalism, and transformative artistry, inspiring generations to push boundaries and reach new heights.
Robert Burden
LaVaugh robinson Philly style tap
Saturday 20th 2:00pm-3:15pM
Robert Burden is a native Philadelphian. He received his BFA in jazz dance from the University of the Arts in 1988 having studied with LaVaughn Robinson and Germaine Ingram two of Philadelphia’s tap masters. Mr. Burden had been mentored by Mr. Robinson from 1983 to 2008 and continued to receive advice from him until his passing in 2008.
Mr. Burden is currently the Artistic Director of Tap Team Two & Company, Inc. and Professor of Practice in Contemporary Dance at Indiana University. Tap Team Two & Company is based in Philadelphia and tours the country for Young Audiences. Through Young Audiences Tap Team Two has traveled nationally, working for eighteen of the thirty-two Young Audiences organizations. In 2000 Tap Team Two and Company was awarded The Artist of The Year, the highest honor in the Young Audiences organization. With the company Mr. Burden has created 7 shows “Cyndi-Ella”, “With or Without Shoes”, An Evening of Tap”, “The Fifth Anniversary Concert”, “Steppin Through the Strings” (a collaboration with John Blake Jr.), “Winter Rhythms” (a company collaborative) and “Feet Talk”. In 1992, Mr. Burden completed the work Cyndi –Ella, a tap ballet of the fairytale Cinderella funded by the IPAP award from the Community Education Center, which received rave reviews, and began the company Tap Team Two & Company. Inc. Mr. Burden has been one of the spearheads for National Tap Dance Day in Philadelphia since 1996. Mr. Burden has performed as a solo artist in the Next Move Concert Series “Fifteen minutes at the Annenberg Center.
His performing and teaching skills have taken him abroad to Istanbul, Turkey, Taipei, Taiwan Holland, Germany and Prague, Czech Republic. Mr. Burden has had the pleasure of teaching the Czech Tap Champions from Prague and being a fly squad member of Riverdance, for which he studied in the Netherlands with the European Company and performed in Berlin, Germany. All of Mr. Burdens’ experiences have allowed him to start a long-term mentoring projects. He has completed a three-year project that went from 2001- 2004 called The New Orleans/ Philadelphia Cultural Exchange Program, which gave children from New Orleans and children from Philadelphia the opportunity to experience each other’s culture and study with some of the Masters of Tap Dance such as, Diane Walker, LaVaughn Robinson, Buster Brown, Jimmy Slyde and many more. This project allows Mr. Burden to achieve his artistic mission of keeping tap dance alive and growing through to the next generation.
Beatrice Capote
Orishas In Motion
SUNDAY 21st 12:30PM-1:45PM
Beatrice Capote is an accomplished Cuban American dancer, choreographer, lecturer, and educator. She is renowned for creating Capotechnique™, a unique fusion of Afro-Cuban dance traditions with contemporary dance forms. Capote is in her seventh season with Tony-nominated choreographer Camille A. Brown’s dance company and is associate professor of contemporary dance at Indiana University Bloomington. Capote’s recent work as Yoruba Consultant/Choreographer for the off-Broadway production “The Half God of Rainfall” at the New York Theatre Workshop was featured in The New York Times.
Capote’s choreography incorporates contemporary and Afro-Cuban dance language and highlights Black Afro-Cuban stories that have been overlooked by history. Her solo works, including “Reyita: The Life of a Black Cuban Woman in the Twentieth Century” and “Yemaya: Rebirthing to Existence,” have been featured in prestigious festivals and venues such as the Battery Dance Festival, BAAD! ASS Women’s Festival, and Contemporary Dance Series at Bryant Park.
Capote choreographed for four-time Grammy award winner Angelique Kidjo on her newest musical “Yemandja!” She performed for Jazz at Lincoln Center with Grammy nominated and award winners Paquito D’Rivera, Wynton Marsalis, and the orchestra’s leader Mr. Elio VillaFranca. She was a guest artist at Texas Women’s University introducing Capotechnique™.
She also served as the choreographer for “Citrus,” a chore-poem play at Northern Stages and “The Wedding Band Musical” at Montclair State University.
Capote earned an A.A. from University of North Carolina School of the Arts, and B.A. in dance education and M.F.A. in dance from Montclair State University. She has performed for prestigious choreographers such as Kyle Abraham/Abraham.In.Motion, Matthew Rushing, Darrell Moultrie, Christal Brown’s INSPIRIT, a dance company, Sita Frederick’s Areytos Performance Works. She is an Associate Professor at Indiana University Contemporary dance program.
Breanna Davis
Dance for neurodivergent movers
Saturday 20th 11:00aM-11:45aM
Breanna Davis, MS, BC-DMT, LMHCA is a Board-Certified Dance/movement Therapist, Choreographer, and Dance Educator. Through The Andrea Rizzo Foundation, Breanna brought Dance/movement Therapy back to Riley Children’s Hospital where she provides therapy services to inpatient and rehab units. Breanna works to help connect the mind and body of each individual child through mindfulness, dance facilitated imaginary play, therapeutic talk, pain-management, and cultural therapeutic support, while also promoting an outlet for emotional expression.
As well as her therapy work, Breanna is the Co-director of Dance Education Equity Association, an organization built on providing education, establishing policies and procedures, and compassionate accountability pathways to embed safety, equity, and inclusion into dance education.
Breanna aspires to create compassion, kindness, and fun into all her work in the dance community.
Ashley Donaldson
Mambo Shines and Stylization
Saturday 20th 12:30pm-1:45pm
Ashley began her deeper study of dance in college at Indiana University – Bloomington. There she started Bellydance under the instruction of Katya Faris. Since that time, she has had the opportunity to perform throughout the Midwest as well as abroad. In addition to Bellydance, Ashley danced for three years with the African American Dance Company at IU Bloomington under Professor Iris Rosa where she was exposed to Modern, Afro-Cuban and West African dances.
Ashley started her Latin dance journey with exposure to the rhythms and cultures while in the African American Dance Company. After college, she moved home to Indianapolis where she began dancing salsa in earnest.
Since that time, Ashley has started her own dance studio – Allure Dance & Fitness which opened in late 2018. Her studio specializes in salsa, bachata, and bellydance along with performance teams.
Ashley loves performing and sharing the stage, and is eager to not only continue choreographing and performing, but also to teach the next generation of dancers in Indianapolis.
Ashley does original ladies styling choreographies in Mambo and Bachata, as well as original Bellydance choreographies. She also choreographs and directs the Allure Ladies Pro and Semi Pro teams, and Fire Obsidian.
Eclypse & Basko – Heroes Rise Street Dance Academy
Fundamental HipHop & Street dance fusion
Sunday 21st 12:30pm-1:45pm & 2:00pm-3:15pm
Heroes Rise Street Dance Academy aims to expand knowledge of the Black Vernacular Dances commonly referred to as “Street Dance”.
Your instructors, Eclypse and Basko, collectively have over 30yrs of experience in their respective fields. Gaining knowledge from the elders in their respective communities, both have traveled the world sharing their love of these cultural artforms. They are dedicated and will continue to spread knowledge and love to those looking to know more.
King Koi
Open Level Intro to Freestyle & Improvisation
Friday 19th 6:00pm-7:00pm
Claire Liechty
Adaptive dance for all abilities
Sunday 21st 3:30pm-4:15pm
Josh Manculich
Contemporary
Saturday 20th 12:30pm-1:45pm
(BA, Point Park University, MFA, The Ohio State) – born in Windber, PA – started his dance training at the age of fourteen. In 2021, Joshua founded WhirlWind Dance, a professional contemporary company based in Columbus, OH. He had the pleasure of performing with Thodos Dance Chicago, Chicago Repertory Ballet, Pursuit Productions, Jaxon Movement Arts, Jessica Miller Tomlinson, and The Pillow Project. Brought up in a small-town, he is thankful for the numerous inspiring mentors and creative artists that guided his pursuits as a dancer, choreographer, and person. Josh’s choreographic work exists in conceptual frameworks, and his choreography has been toured internationally and presented nationally by emerging contemporary dance companies, ballet companies, and universities. Josh was nominated for a Princess Grace Choreography Fellowship by The Big Muddy Dance Company for which he eventually created “Lyra” through support of the Princess Grace Foundation. Some of his choreographic adventures include a longstanding relationship and building of community with organizations like: Ballet Austin II, The Big Muddy Dance Company, Collage Dance Collective, DanceWorks Chicago, Eisenhower Dance, Houston Contemporary, and Santa Barbara Dance Theater. Currently, Josh is earning his M.ED. in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Ohio University and is thrilled to be representing artists and their important work within the mental health profession.
Brandon Ragland
Ballet
Sunday 21st 2:00pm-3:15pm
Brandon is honored and thrilled to take on the role of Artistic Director of Dayton Ballet.
Brandon has over a decade of professional experience as a dancer, choreographer, and educator. Most recently, he spent 13 years as a leading artist with the Louisville Ballet and served as the Pre-Professional Program Manager for the Louisville Ballet School as well as the Resident Choreographer for the Louisville Ballet Youth Ensemble (LBYE). He has taught for Louisville Ballet School, Louisville Ballet Studio Company, Alabama Ballet, Alabama Ballet School, Alabama School of Fine Arts, Next Generation Ballet, Samford University, AROVA Contemporary Ballet, and Ballet Arkansas.
Brandon has received awards for his contribution to the Louisville arts community. He is the recipient of The Lift A Life Foundation Emerging Leader in the Arts Award that was presented by The Fund for the Arts, a Hadley Creative recipient, and was awarded Louisville Magazine’s Best Artist Award.
Brandon has created works for Louisville Ballet, Alabama Ballet, Ballet Arkansas, AROVA Contemporary Ballet, Next Generation Ballet, Sedona Chamber Ballet, and The Perla Ballet. His choreography with the LBYE has been presented at several Regional Dance America: Southeast festivals, Brandon has also created two one-act ballets, Cinderella’s Ball and A Midsummer Night’s Dream, for the Louisville Ballet School.
Brandon has collaborated with many local community programs such as Root and Wings project, IDEAS xLab, and The Kentucky Center’s Artsreach program. In 2017, Brandon had the wonderful opportunity to perform with the Black Iris Project at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. as part of their Dance Across America Program.
Brandon received his early training in Birmingham, AL and graduated from Butler University with a B.S. in Dance-Arts Administration. He then joined Alabama Ballet where he performed numerous classical and neoclassical works by choreographers such as Roger Van Fleteren, George Balanchine, Christopher Bruce, and Septime Webre. In 2010, Brandon joined the Louisville ballet where he spent 13 years as a leading artists, performing featured roles in classical, neoclassical, and contemporary works by choreographers such as Alun, Jones, George Balanchine, Adam Hougland, Val Caniparoli, Ma Cong, Lucas Jervies, Stanton Welch, Ronald Hynd, and Tim Harbour.
Marc Spaulding
Modern
Saturday 20th 2:00pm-3:15pm
Marc is an educator, choreographer, and dance artist whose passion, integrity and professionalism characterize his works. Mr. Spaulding began his formal dance training at the prestigious Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington, DC under the direction of Lynn Welters. He later earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Ballet Performance from the University of the Arts and completed his Master of Fine Arts Degree at University of California, Irvine.
With more than 20 years of professional dance experience, Marc has had a very diverse career. His noteworthy Concert and Theatrical performance credits include: Dreamgirls 1st National Tour, Equus- Broadway Revival, PHILADANCO (The Philadelphia Dance Company), Westside Story International Tour, Donald Byrd/The Group, Broadway’s: Gypsy of the Year Competition, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Memphis (Musical Theatre West), Eleone Dance Theatre, Raven-Symone (Undeniable Tour), and Endless Shock (Japanese Musical Series Tour).
His TV and Film credits include: Nissan National Commercial, Euphoria, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Timeless, Hairspray (New Line Cinema), Dancing With The Stars, NBC Today’s Show, Apple Inc- California Soul, Saturday Night Live, 81st Annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, VH-1: Behind The Music, Good Morning Atlanta Fox 5, and MTV Asia.
Mr. Spaulding’s choreographic works have been presented at numerous concerts, festivals, and universities including: Nabla Festival NYC: In The Liminal Space, Point Park University, PHILADANCO- “Danco on Danco” Company Showcase, Wayne State University, Carnival Choreographer’s Ball- Los Angeles, University of California, Irvine, Raven-Symone- (Undeniable Tour), AMDA College & Conservatory of the Performing Arts, and the Jikei College: Fukuoka School of Music and Dance.
Mr. Spaulding is enthusiastic about sharing his wisdom with the next generation of dance artists.
Marc is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor of Modern Dance at Point Park University. He has also served as dance faculty at: Orange County School of the Arts, Millennium Dance Complex- Los Angeles, and AMDA College & Conservatory of the Performing Arts. As a guest teaching artist, Marc has worked with: The International Association of Blacks in Dance, University of the Arts, The Jikei Group of Colleges in Japan, Duke Ellington School of the Arts, Collage Dance Collective, The Rock School For Dance Education, Long Island University, and Dance Masters of America.
Kathryn Taylor
Kpop Choreography
Saturday 20th 3:30pm-4:45pm
Kathryn Taylor is 27-year old dance artist in New York City where she dances with Graham 2 and POGO Dance. She has also been a guest artist for Dance Ensemble Singapore and danced for Relevations Dance in Indianapolis.
Originally from Indiana, her early dance training was as a competition dancer and in a wide array of styles such as ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop, lyrical, and contemporary. She received her BFA from the Conservatory of Dance at SUNY Purchase in 2019 with a minor in Asian Studies. She was a recipient of the Study Abroad Grant, affording her a semester’s study at the Taipei National University of the Arts in Taiwan studying contemporary dance styles, martial arts, and Tai chi. At Purchase, she performed works by Tom Weinburger, Trisha Brown, Lin Hwai-Min, Jose Limon, and others. She also studied at the Martha Graham School.
Since graduating from SUNY Purchase, Kathryn has performed work by Emily Kessler, Merce Cunningham, Meagan Ahern, Andre Williams, Hannah Garner, and Martha Graham. She has also trained with Axis Connect, Doug Varone and Dancers, Maria Campos and Guy Nader, Adam Khazhmuradov, Donald Byrd and Dancers, and Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers. She also owns a small handmade dance-wear business called Fire Ox Dancewear.
A small step away from her formal dance training, Kathryn loves kpop and learning kpop dances. She first came to love it after her cousin introduced her to Super Junior and Big Bang. She began teaching kpop choreography classes weekly at Danceworks Indy in 2021 after suggesting the style for a one-time workshop. Although moving back to NYC in 2022, she continues to learn and enjoy kpop immensely. She has recently taken classes from f(x)’s Luna and Miss A’s Min.
Robin Townsend
DANCE FOR NEURODIVERGENT MOVERS
SATURDAY 20TH 11:00AM-11:45AM
Roberta Wong
Ballet & Dance for 50+
Saturday 20th 2:00pm-3:15pm
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