Danceversity World Dance Camp 2010
Date/time:
Mon-Fri, August 2-6, August 9-13, August 16-20, 9am to 4pm
Give your child the unique opportunity to explore how people around the
world express themselves through dance! DanceVersity is committed to
providing quality instruction in a learning environment that fosters
personal growth, creativity, and cooperation. Our goal is to encourage
young people to approach life with a sense of confidence in themselves,
curiosity about the world, appreciation for art and diverse cultures, and
delight in the pure joy of movement and music.
The DanceVersity World Dance Summer Camp is geared for ages 7-16 and
appropriate for dancers of all levels. Don't miss this deeply enriching
experience!
8 styles of dance from around the world will be taught each week by
professional performing artists, instructors, and scholars.
Every Friday afternoon at 3pm family and friends will be treated to a
colorful and inspiring display of what the students learned that week.
Students will explore dance from Afghanistan, Spain, Haiti, Zimbabwe,
Brazil, Morocco, Iran, India, and more. Every week is different, and the
styles taught will be a surprise!
Classes are held at Berkeley's historic Ashkenaz Music and Dance Community
Center, an organization that has served our community as a center of world
music and dance for decades.
BOYS and GIRLS ages 7-16 are welcome to attend all weeks, though Session 3
(August 16-20) is especially designed for boys and features a team of
inspiring male instructors representing many cultures around the world!
Multi-week and sibling discounts are available.
WHAT STUDENTS GAIN:
*Self-worth and empowerment that is achieved through performance and
enhances participants' ability to be leaders in their community.
*Increased technical dance skills such as alignment, strength,
flexibility, presence, and musicality.
*An understanding of the role dance plays in cultures from all over the
globe, aesthetically, communally, and spiritually.
About DanceVersity:
Engaging American youth while fostering a vibrant transcultural
consciousness; promoting aesthetic refinement, self-esteem and fitness.
Danceversity is an exciting multicultural dance education program boasting
an innovative, integrated curriculum of dance, music, folk arts,
costuming, and cultural studies; providing youth with a positive
experience of different cultures at a formative age.
When:
Monday August 2, 2010
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Friday August 6, 2010
9:00 AM -
4:00 PM
Pacific
Where:
Ashkenaz Music & Dance Community Center,
1317 San Pablo,
Berkeley, CA 94702
510-525-5099
Organizer:
DanceVersity
Cost:
Full Day Tuition (9am-4pm): $340 Half Day Tuition (9am-12pm or 1pm-4pm): $170.
Contact:
415-794-7463
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