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School of the Minnesota Ballet Summer Session 2008
Robert Gardner, Artistic Director
June 9 – July 25 (week of June 30–July 6 off)
Classes for ages 3 – adults
2008 Summer Calendar of Events
(Following events subject to change.)
June 9 – July 25: Summer Term (week of June 30–July 6 off)
July 7 – 25: Summer Intensive
July 25: Student Summer Performance, noon, Duluth Public Library
Plaza
July 28–August 1: One-week Creative Dance Intensive for children with developmental challenges
Saturday Sampler—June 7, 2008
Ballet Depot Studios, 506 W. Michigan St.
Free trial classes: no reservations needed.
10:00 – 10:30 Creative Movement (age 3–5)
10:30 – 11:00 Pre-Ballet (age 6–7)
11:00 – 11:30 Ballet Technique (age 8–10)
11:30 – 12:00 Ballet Technique (age 11–adult)
12:00 – 12:30 Children’s Tap (age 6–10)
12:30 – 1:00 Jazz (age 12–adult)
1:00 – 1:30 Modern (age 12–adult)
Summer Term 2008
(I)= Depot Studio I; (II)= Depot Studio II
The Depot, 506 West Michigan St.
(III)= Elizabeth Adams Studio (Grain Exchange)
Board of Trade Building
301 W. First St., Suite 800
Creative Movement, Ages 3–5, $70
Tues (A) 10–10:45 (II)
Thurs (B) 10–10:45 (II)
Thurs (C) 11–11:45 (II)
Pre-Ballet, Age 6–7: Mon 10–11 (II), $75
Ballet I/II, Age 8+: Wed 10–11 (II), $75
Ballet III, Age 10+, 3rd year: Tues 10–11 (I), Thurs 10–11 (I),
$150
Ballet IV, Audition: Mon 9:30–11 (I), Wed 9:30–11 (I), Fri 9:30–11
(I), $230
Pre-Point IV: Mon 11-11:30 (II), Intro to Variations Wed 11–11:30
(II), Fri 11–11:30 (II), $115
Ballet V*, Audition: Mon 11–12:30 (I), Tues 11–12:30 (I), Wed
11–12:30 (I), Thurs 11–12:30 (I), $315
Point V* : Mon 12:30–1:30 (I), Variations Wed 12:30–1:30 (I), Thurs 12:30–1:30 (I), $160
Ballet VI & VII*, Audition: Mon 10–11:30 (III), Tues 10–11:30 (III), Wed 10–11:30 (III), Thurs 10–11:30 (III), Fri 10–11:30 (III), $385
Pointe VI & VII*: Mon 11:30–12:30 (III), Variations Tues 11:30–12:30 (III), Wed 11:30–12:30 (III), Thurs 11:30–12:30 (III), Fri 11:30–12:30 (III), $260
Pilates Mat Exercises, Age 13+: Tues 2–3 (III), $75
Tap, Ages 12+: Thurs 2–3 (I), $75
Character, Ballet IV+: Wed 3:30–4:30 (III), $75
Choreography**, Ballet V+: Fri 2–4 (I/II-III)**, $115
Hip Hop/Jazz, Ages 12+: Mon 3:30–4:30 (III), Thurs 3:30–4:30 (I),
$150
Contemporary Repertoire, Ages 12+: Tues 3:30–4:30 (III), $75
Creative Dance Intensive (Children with Developmental Challenges) July 28–August 1:
Mon 10–11:15 (III), Tues 10–11:15 (III), Wed 10–11:15 (III), Thurs 10–11:15 (III), Fri 10–11:15 (III), $70.
This program is supported by the Van Gorden Fund of the Miller-Dwan Foundation.
*See Intensive schedule for class times July 7–25.
**As of July 11, Choreography moves to Fridays 3–4:30, Studio I.
Dress Code
Creative Movement: student choice of leotard
ballet tights and ballet shoes recommended
All ballet students must follow the assigned dress code at all times. Male ballet students must wear black tights, black technique shoes, and a plain white T-shirt. All female ballet students must wear pink tights and technique shoes, leotard in the color and style of their class level, and their hair in a neat bun.
All classwear is available locally at Balance Dance Boutique, 722-7260, or in dancewear catalogs.
Recommended for Pre-Ballet–Ballet IV:
Capezio cap-sleeve leotard style #9908C
Required color is listed for each level:
Pre-Ballet: light pink leotard
Ballet I: light blue leotard
Ballet II: lavender leotard
Ballet III: sapphire leotard
Ballet IV: burgundy leotard
Ballet V: black #9933 Capezio camisole leotard
Ballet VI & VII: black skirt and black #9933 Capezio camisole leotard and white skirt and white #9933 Capezio camisole leotard for Variations
Instructors
Robert Gardner, Artistic Director and Choreographer, trained at the North Carolina School of the Arts and School of American Ballet. He danced with the Joffrey Ballet, Eglevsky Ballet, and Cleveland San Jose Ballet. He has taught nationally and internationally, including master classes at the Columbus Youth Ballet, Shreveport Metropolitan Ballet, and both the Duluth and Twin Cities campuses of the University of Minnesota.
Guest Instructor Allen Fields, Minnesota Ballet Artistic Director Emeritus and Choreographer, trained at the American Ballet Theatre School and Ballet Arts Carnegie Hall. He danced with the Cleveland San Jose Ballet, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, and other companies. He has taught nationally and internationally, including master classes at the North Carolina School of the Arts, Lincoln University, Ballet Arkansas, and served as Artist-in-Residence at the Minnesota Conservatory of the Arts. For the Duluth Playhouse in 2007 he directed the critically-acclaimed production of Cats, and this summer he directs My Fair Lady.
Guest Instructor Karl von Rabenau, former soloist with the Milwaukee Ballet, began his ballet training with the School of the Minnesota Ballet when it was known as the Duluth Ballet. He has taught at the Milwaukee Ballet School and Point Park University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and is Ballet Master for the City Ballet Theatre in Milwaukee.
Guest Instructor Rebecca Katz Harwood is an Assistant Professor of Dance and Musical Theatre at UMD, having joined the faculty in the Fall of 2006. A Duluth native, she began dancing as a child with the [then] Duluth Ballet and since then her eclectic career has gone on to include modern, jazz, musical theater, social and folk dance, including seven seasons with the Minneapolis-based Ethnic Dance Theatre. She received her MFA in Dance from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. Her choreography has been seen at various venues in Minnesota, New York, and Seattle, most recently here in Duluth for the Bare Bones Dance Concert and for the musical Urinetown! Ms. Katz Harwood is pleased to return, as a teacher for the Summer program, to the school where her own dancing began.
LilaAnn Coates White, Minnesota Ballet Principal Teacher and company member of the Minnesota Ballet from 1986–93, trained at the National Academy of Arts, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois. She apprenticed with the Des Moines Ballet, taught at the Allegro Dance Theatre, Tennessee, and is an assistant professor of dance at the University of Minnesota Duluth.
Amanda Abrahamson, graduate of the School of the Minnesota Ballet, Minnesota Ballet Company member, and teacher in the School of the Minnesota Ballet, coordinates the Creative Dance class for children with developmental challenges.
Suzanne Kritzberg, Minnesota Ballet company member and
teacher since 1991, trained at Ruth Page, the Houston Ballet Academy, and the Pacific Northwest Ballet School. For the Minnesota Ballet, she has danced more than fifty roles; she received a McKnight Artist Fellowship.
Ramona Treuer, a Duluth native, graduate of the Ballet’s school and apprentice dancer
for the company in the 1992–93 season, has been teaching for the Ballet
since 1991. She also danced with Shelter Repertory Dance Theatre and in Dances on the Lakewalk in both Duluth and at Lake Harriet.
Emily Schulte, School of the Minnesota Ballet teacher since 2004, has studied and performed with Sterling Dance, Northwestern Ontario Dance Centre, Ressl Dance, and Christopher Watson Dance Company.
Clarissa Booth, School of the Minnesota Ballet teacher, is a graduate of the Ballet’s school, was a member of the corps de ballet, and has toured with the Ballet, performing in The Nutcracker and Swan Lake Act II.
Suzie Baer, School of the Minnesota Ballet graduate, danced as Minnesota Ballet Senior Apprentice in the 2007–08 season, touring with the company. She has also served as an assistant for the Creative Dance class.
Seth Colvin, former member of the Hillside Flyers, performed in the Duluth Playhouse 2007 production of Cats, has toured with the Minnesota Ballet, and taught hip hop in a Ballet residency.
Karen Zimmerman is a Registered Nurse with a Master's Degree in Exercise Physiology/Kinesiology. She is certified by the American College of Sports Medicine as an Exercise Specialist and is a Stott certified Pilates instructor.
TEEN/ADULT DIVISION CLASSES
June 9 – July 25
Week of June 30–July 6 off
For Adult Division summer schedule, click on “Adult Division” at the top of the page.
Summer Intensive 2008
School of the Minnesota Ballet
July 7 – 25, 2008
Setting
The Minnesota Ballet makes its home in downtown Duluth, the air-conditioned city nestled along the shores of Lake Superior, home to many attractions, beaches, and quaint shopping districts.
Ballet Studio I & II
St. Louis County Heritage & Arts Center
506 W. Michigan Street, Duluth
The School’s Studios I and II are located in the performing arts wing of the St. Louis County Heritage & Arts Center, known as “The Depot.” This historic building also houses a nationally known train museum and two other museums and stands just across the street from the public library and a stone’s throw from Bayfront Park and the Great Lakes Aquarium.
Ballet Studio III
Grain Exchange Adams Studio
8th floor, Board of Trade Building
301 W. First Street, Duluth
The Ballet’s headquarters and principal studio are in the Board of Trade Building, the top two floors that once housed the thriving Grain Exchange. The Ballet remodeled the historic site in 1999, retaining its elegant architecture reminiscent of the ballet salons of Europe.
Both quarters are within very easy walking distance of each other in the heart of Duluth’s downtown with its attractive shops, art studios, restaurants, the Lakewalk and other waterfront attractions.
Performance
Noon, Friday, July 25
Duluth Public Library Plaza (across from the Depot)
The Student Summer Performance will feature demonstrations and presentations.
Classes: Level I (Subject to change)
Monday – Friday
11:00 – 12:30 Ballet Technique (I)
12:30 – 1:15 Pointe (Variations Wednesday) (I)
1:15 – 2:00 Lunch Break
Monday
2:00 – 3:15 Rehearsal/Repertoire (III)
3:30 – 4:45 Hip Hop/Jazz (III)
Tuesday
2:00 – 3:15 Pilates Mat Exercises (III)
3:30 – 4:45 Contemporary Repertoire (III)
Wednesday
2:00 – 3:15 Corps de Ballet (I)
3:30 – 4:45 Character (III)
Thursday
2:00 – 3:15 Tap (I)
3:30 – 4:45 Hip Hop/Jazz (I)
Friday
2:00 – 3:00 Stagecraft for Dancers (I)
Classes: Level II (Subject to change)
Monday – Friday
10:00 – 11:30 Ballet Technique (III)
11:45 – 12:45 Pointe (Variations Tuesday) (III)
11:45 – 12:45 Athletic Dance for Young Men (Tues/Thurs) (II)
12:45 – 2:00 Lunch Break
Monday
2:00 – 3:15 Rehearsal/Repertoire (III)
3:30 – 4:45 Hip Hop/Jazz (III)
Tuesday
2:00 – 3:15 Pilates Mat Exercises (III)
3:30 – 4:45 Contemporary Repertoire (III)
Wednesday
2:00 – 3:15 Pas de Deux (III)
3:30 – 4:45 Character (III)
Thursday
2:00 – 3:15 Tap (I)
3:30 – 4:45 Hip Hop/Jazz (I)
Friday
2:00 – 3:00 Stagecraft for Dancers (I)
Students are required to take the full plan of dance classes.
Video Audition Requirements
Barre – Abbreviated
Center – Tendu, Adagio, Pirouettes, Petit Allegro, Grand Allegro
Pointe for women
Tour en l’Air for men
Housing
Housing, including meals, may be arranged with host families. Transportation to and from studio will be by host families or public bus. Housing may also be arranged at either of these local college campuses:
University of MN Duluth, 218-726-7381
College of St. Scholastica, 218-723-6391
Cost of Intensive
Classes only: $750
Housing / Meals with host family: $185/week
Campus Housing: Call college for rates.
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