Jamie Williams (TX)
July 11
9:00 am – 10:20 am
Contemporary Modern Dance

This Contemporary/Modern Dance class blends improvisation, Laban Movement Analysis, and Bartenieff Fundamentals to deepen body awareness and expressive range— set to a nostalgic playlist to keep you grooving and inspired. Join me to explore, sweat, connect, and play through grounded technique and embodied creativity.

Jennifer Salter (TX)
July 11
10:30 am – 11:50 am
Contemporary Floorwork

This class will focus on techniques for releasing weight into the floor to move through space at the low level and explore the push/pull approach to isolating the body for maximum freedom and stability.

Rai Barnard (TX)
July 12
9:00 am – 10:20 am
Connecting with Sensation

Connecting with Sensation combines breathwork, somatic-based improvisation exercises, and opportunities for contact improvisation to facilitate playful exploration of authentic movement. The class starts with a guided warm-up – incorporating elements of meditation, Gyrokinesis, Feldenkrais (Awareness Through Movement), and Limon modern. After bringing awareness to our mental focus and physical alignment, participants will receive prompts to explore their weight and momentum with a heightened awareness of their physical sensations. For example, participants may be guided through different ways to shift their weight between feet, then expand those pathways throughout the body, and then associate those pathways with different verbs (float, stumble, sink, bounce, etc.) Successive prompts will explore how weight and energy can be passed between partners and, eventually, among the entire group. The class will conclude with a wind-down meditation to re-ground, establishing a sense of closure and safety.

Rebeca Gamborino (TX)
July 12
10:30 am – 11:50 am
Commercial Jazz Dance

Take your jazz skills to the next level with this high-energy commercial jazz class! This class blends jazz technique with the stylistic edge of commercial dance, seen in music videos, concerts, and stage performances. Dancers will explore complex jazz choreography, focusing on sharp isolations, intricate footwork, strong dynamics, and expressive movements that command the stage. We’ll warm up with technical exercises to improve strength, flexibility, and alignment, then dive into upbeat combinations set to popular music. This class is perfect for building confidence, precision, and personality in performances.

Lauren Settembrino (CA)
July 18
9:00 am – 10:20 am
The Mechanics of Ballet Technique

Classical ballet class with a somatic approach and treatment of technique as function, not flash. Emphasis on the anatomical mechanics of ballet technique and how to connect the body to classical forms in a way that works with, rather than against, a dancer’s body.

Micaela Moreno (TX)
July 18
10:30 am – 11:50 am
Latin Dance Forms

This class takes you into the world of Latin social dance forms as we explore styles such as salsa, bachata and more.

Hannah MacKenzie-Marguliesm (MN)
July 19
9:00 am – 10:20 am
Introduction to Lindy Hop and Authentic Jazz Dance

The lindy hop is a Black American social dance popularized in the early 20th century. It can be traced forward in time to Hip Hop and House dancing and is part a family of dances done to jazz music. In this class we’ll explore the history of this dance, the music that inspired it, and some of the basic steps.

Jennifer Meckley (IN)
July 19
10:30 am – 11:50 am
Contemporary House Dance

This class will explore more contemporary approaches to the club style house dance.