Unlike any summer intensive that you have trained at!!
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Experience a sampling of world dance and culture through PYDF's Mini Summer Intensive. This intensive is designed to broaden the dancer's knowledge of world dance genres, adding to their dance vocabulary and building an appreciation of dance from other countries. The weekend will conclude with a showing of each dance technique, allowing the students to showcase all that they have learned.
This intensive is suitable for Dancers Ages 11-22 years of all levels.
This intensive is suitable for Dancers Ages 11-22 years of all levels.
2019 Summer Intensive Teachers
Melissa Chisena- Contemporary
Melissa Chisena had the privilege of dancing and touring nationally with North Carolina Dance Theatre and The Richmond Ballet. Currently residing in Philadelphia, PA, has danced with Jeanne Ruddy Dance and Tania Isaac Dance. She has performed nationally and internationally at venues such as Bates Dance Festival, Jacob's Pillow, Aaron Davis Hall-Harlem Stage, Dance Place in DC, The Annenberg Center, The Suzanne Roberts Theatre, The Wilma, and numerous colleges throughout the US. Her choreography has been featured at North Carolina Dance Theatre, Richmond Ballet, American Dance Festival, Regional Dance America, Ursinus College, Richard Stockton College, Philadelphia Dance Theatre, Yes! Invitational, Come Together Festival, Grounds for Sculpture and many other venues across the Northeast. She is currently a member of the NADINE Project, a collaborative choreographic company Connecticut, Stone Depot Dance Lab, Beau Hancock, The Naked Stark, Tara Madsen-Robbins, and runs her own company, Chisena Danza. She is the ballet mistress at Philadelphia Dance Theatre and Janice's DanceWorks and has taught at Temple University, Ursinus College, Bryn Mawr College, Eastern University, Dance Elite and International Ballet Theatre. She is the founder and director of The Philadelphia Youth Dance Fest.
Anwesha Dutta- Classical Indian Dance
Anwesha Dutta was trained in Bharatnatyam and Navanritya at Dancers’ Guild, in the vibrant and culturally rich city of Kolkata, India under the tutelage of Sangeet Natak Academy Award winners late Gurus Drs. Manjushri Chaki-Sircar and Ranjabati Sircar. At dancers’ guild she trained with Ms. Sangeeta Dey and other gurus. She has performed extensively and organized many shows both in India and the US and has received accolades for her creativity in productions and event management. Anwesha has performed extensively in India and US both as a dancer and as a singer and ran her own Indian association and 30-member dance troupe at Drexel. Her unique experience not only encompasses classical dance & Navanritya, but also includes a variety of Indian folk dances (East, North, and Western Indian folk dance styles) and Rabindrik-style (Nobel Laureate Gurudev Rabindanath Tagore’s). She continues to refresh her artistic knowledge by attending celebrity dancers’ workshops and lectures demonstrations. She extends her thanks to Mr. Sanjib Bhattacharya, a senior dancer originally from Dancers’ Guild for coming to the US to help teach Anwesha’s students Chhau (martial arts) and Manipuri (Eastern Classical Dance). Anwesha is highly trained in Classical Music and has a Sangeet Visharad Degree in Hindusthani (North Indian) Classical Music. She was an All Indian Radio singer since the age of 6. She continues to sing and compose music for her students’ dance recitals.
As the founder, teacher, and artistic director of Nava Nritya Dance Academy (NNDA), since 2004, Anwesha Dutta thoroughly enjoys teaching her adorable students and working with the very talented group of trained co-dancers. As a recent Philadelphia Business Journal awardee, propagating Indian classical dance, experimenting with contemporary movements, poetry & music from all over the world is Anwesha’s passion.
As the founder, teacher, and artistic director of Nava Nritya Dance Academy (NNDA), since 2004, Anwesha Dutta thoroughly enjoys teaching her adorable students and working with the very talented group of trained co-dancers. As a recent Philadelphia Business Journal awardee, propagating Indian classical dance, experimenting with contemporary movements, poetry & music from all over the world is Anwesha’s passion.
Elba Hevia y Vaca- Flamenco
Elba Hevia y Vaca, Artistic/Executive Director and Founder of Pasión y Arte. Born in La Paz, Bolivia, Elba Hevia y Vaca is a creative artist and visionary bringing the Flamenco art form to Philadelphia for over 20 years. She began her study of classical Spanish dance at the age of five. She later studied and danced professionally with the Ana Martinez Flamenco Dance Company in D.C., and danced with Washington’s Raquel Peña Spanish Dance Company, appearing as a soloist at various venues throughout the U.S. In Philadelphia she continued her study of modern dance, jazz, and contact improvisation from various Philadelphia artists. She continues her dance studies and research yearly in Sevilla, submerging herself with master dancers, musicians and singers of the art form. In 2000, Hevia y Vaca founded Pasión y Arte (PyA) and has developed it into Philadelphia’s premier contemporary Flamenco dance company. She founded it out of a strong and intensely personal conviction that highly-stylized traditional Spanish flamenco dance is a perfect vessel to empower women. These values have been reflected in her nine original, critically acclaimed evening length works she has created for PyA and in the numerous grants, fellowships and accolades awarded to Hevia y Vaca and PyA under her direction. These works push the boundaries of the Flamenco art form through experimentation with site-specific choreography, and many are the product of collaborations with international flamenco stars and renowned post-modern dancers. She also founded a conservatory, launched two citywide Flamenco festivals and is a Senior Adjunct at Franklyn and Marshal, Adjunct. In 2018 she was nominated for the prestigious Pew Fellowship by Pew Center for the Arts and Heritage.
Reggie Oliver- Hip Hop
Reggie.O is a Dancer/Choreographer in his Mid 20’s currently residing in the suburbs of Philadelphia, PA! Reggie’s experience as a dancer stretches from the studio to the stage and even the set! He has had the pleasure of dancing for the likes of artists such as Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Toni Braxton, and Keke palmer just to name a few! Reggie has also had the pleasure of helping with the development of artist like Alex B. (Upcoming pop artist featured on Nickelodeon) and Bianca Ryan (winner of Americas Got Talent season 1). Reggie has been featured in catalogs, commercials, as well as specials on CBS, PBS, Music Choice, and MTV and has also been privileged to display his own work on major networks such as VH1 and Nickelodeon! With all of these experiences under his belt Reggie’s greatest joy is teaching and sharing the art of Dance with students near and far to create great dancers and most importantly GREAT PEOPLE !
Katherine Kiefer Stark- Contact Improvisation
Katherine Kiefer Stark is a Philadelphia-based movement artist, educator, and the artistic director and founder of The Naked Stark. Rooted in the philosophy that the world is socially constructed, Katherine's work aims to examine her conscious and unconscious contributions to the status-quo and spark thought and conversation amongst the audience. Her movement practice is founded on release-based movement techniques, which appreciate and make space for the uniqueness of each mover’s body, emphasize understanding initiations and pathways and are practiced through discovering how one’s own body moves within themovement. Katherine’s work has been presented along the East Coast and in Chicago by organizations including First Person Arts Festival (2013), Capital Fringe (2016), and FringeArts (2012). The Naked Stark’s work has been supported by grants from the Philadelphia Cultural Fund (2014, 2015, 2017-19), FringeArts (2012), and the University City District (2015). Katherine received her MFA in choreography from the University of North Carolina, Greensboro and her BA in dance from Connecticut College. Currently, she is in the adjunct rotation at Bryn Mawr College, teaching release-technique at Mascher Space Cooperative where she is an Artist-in-Residence, dancing with Paige Phillips and Vervet Dance, and raising two children with her partner Ben.
Marley Madding- Musical Theater
Marley Madding grew up in Bucks County, dancing at the Academy of International Ballet and with the theatre company at Washington's Crossing Open Air Theatre. She attended Marymount Manhattan College as a dance major and was in the original company of The Hidden Ones in New York City. She was last seen onstage in Spamalot at Music Mountain Theatre, where she is also a jazz teacher at the Theatre School.
Kate Lombardi- Ballroom
Kate Lombardi received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from The University of the Arts, along with training at The Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance and the American Dance Festival. Kate is a senior company member of Dancefusion in Philadelphia, where she enjoys both reconstructing historical works and exploring new choreography by local artists. Kate is a long time company member of SHARP Dance Company, with whom she tours nationally, and she also performs locally with Anne Marie Mulgrew & Dancers. Kate has performed internationally in Scotland, England, and Guatemala. Kate previously danced with Between Movement Contemporary Dance Company and Underground Dance Works. She was a guest artist with Esse Eficionado and joined Jeanne Ruddy Dance for its farewell season. Along with performing, Kate brings ballroom dance to students throughout the Philadelphia region as Managing Director for Dancing Classrooms Philly. Kate joined Dancefusion in 2010.
Patricia "Peaches" Jones- African
Patricia “Peaches” Jones is a movement artist specializing in dances and rhythms of the African Diaspora. She has been honored to study diasporic movement, rhythm, and culture for over 20 years with amazing artists and teachers from Guinea, Senegal, Mali, Cuba, Brazil, and the United States. Peaches currently performs with Kulu Mele, Philadelphia’s premier African dance ensemble and FlyGround, a movement performance company founded by Lela Aisha Jones. In addition to performing, Peaches works as a teaching artist cultivating classes and workshops for youth and adults. She has worked with many organizations including Bryn Mawr College, Musicopia, Community Education Center, and Pennsylvania Ballet.
Talia Barrows- Pilates
Talia has taught dance and movement in the Philadelphia and New Jersey areas for the past thirteen years. She graduated from Temple University in 2008 with a BFA in dance. While there, she studied Pilates under Jennifer Morley and later received a comprehensive certification from Body Precision Pilates Studio in 2011. Since that time, Talia has had the privilege of teaching Pilates to both the fitness and dance communities in the Philadelphia area, including Temple University and The Philadelphia Dance Theater. Talia’s combined expertise in dance and Pilates gives her a unique perspective and passion for movement. She believes that Pilates, most importantly, is a way to help people. Talia loves working with all clients, from athletes to those living with chronic pain and physical limitations, and is dedicated to helping them become strong, flexible and pain-free.
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