DMM4 Fall Workshop Info

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15th

7:15 a.m. REGISTRATION FOR_SCHOLARSHIP AUDITIONS

For DMM Members' students only. Auditions from 8 am till noon. Members may watch the audition classes.

Junior Audition - Ages 8-13 yrs.

Senior Audition - Ages 14-23 yrs.

Ages as of June 1st

10:00 a.m. - Noon - BALLET WORKBOOK REVIEW

Special Class for Teachers , Assistants, Non-Member Teachers and Potential Members only

Noon - 12:30 p.m. - CLASS REGISTRATION

Only Teachers are to pick up their studio packet

12:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. - All Level Acro Classes

All students begin with the 12:30 warm-up and acro classes, and take as many acro sessions based on their skill level.

12:30-1:30 Warm ups & basic tumbling

1:30-2:30 Continuation of acro skills into

intermediate level skills

2:30-3:30 Continuation of acro skills into

advanced level skills

NEW ADDITION!!! 1:00pm- ZUMBA!!!
EVERYONE is welcome to join us in the ballroom to try it out! (PARENTS TOO!)

2:00-3:00 pm - WELCOME TO DANCE MASTERS

Welcome & Orientation for Non-Member Teachers & Assistant Teachers

3:00 pm-7:30 pm- TEACHERS & ASSISTANTS

Classes offered in Ballet, Tap, Jazz

3:30 pm-7:30 pm - JUNIOR STUDENTS

Classes offered in Ballet, Tap, Jazz

for dancers ages 10-12

8:00 - 9:30 pm - WELCOME PARTY

***** Open to all registered dancers, parents & teachers *****

DJ! Fun!! Games!!! Prizes!!!!

9:30 p.m. - PRESIDENT'S RECEPTION

Open to registered teachers only

Teachers may call Registrar Jan Sickle-Witte with questions (517) 467-2589. Parents should direct questions to your child's teacher.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16th

7:30 a.m. REGISTRATION FOR TEEN & PETITE CLASSES

Only Teachers are to pick up their studio packet

8:00 a.m. - Noon - TEEN STUDENTS

Classes offered in Ballet, Tap, Jazz

for dancers ages 13-16 years old

8:00 a.m. - Noon - PETITE STUDENTS

Classes offered in Ballet, Tap, Jazz

for dancers ages 7-9 years old

9:30 a.m. - GENERAL BODY MEETING FOR

DMM MEMBERS ONLY

Members must be in attendance at this meeting to enter contestants in the solo titled competitions to be held this winter.
Election of 2008 Board of Directors and Officers will be held. Coffee & pastries available.

12:00 - 1:00 p.m. - LUNCHEON

Luncheon & DMM Honoree. Scholarship winners announced.
A light luncheon will be served for those who are registered and purchase Luncheon tickets by November 1, 2008.
You must purchase a ticket in order to enter the Luncheon room.

1:30 - 5:30 p.m. - SENIOR STUDENTS

Classes offered in Ballet, Tap, Jazz,

for dancers ages 13 and over

1:30 - 5:30 p.m. - TEACHERS & ASSISTANTS

Classes offered in Ballet, Tap, Jazz

NOTE: EVERYONE ENTERING THE BALLROOMS MUST WEAR THEIR OWN WRISTBANDS.

OBSERVER WRISTBANDS AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE FOR NON-DANCING OBSERVERS AGES 18 & OVER FOR PETITE & JUNIOR LEVEL CLASSES ONLY.

DANCE MASTERS OF MICHIGAN CHAPTER #4

HOTEL RESERVATIONS

Radisson Hotel Lansing -111 N. Grand Ave, Lansing, MI 48933

For reservations, call 800-333-3333 or (517) 482-0188. Reservations can also be made at the website: www.radisson.com/lansingmi

Use promotional code DANC08 to receive discounted group rate of $102.00 for all rooms Friday-Sunday.

Cut-off date to receive group rate is: October 15, 2008

Due to limited space, make reservations by October 17th.

Be sure to mention Dance Masters of Michigan Fall Workshop in order to get the special room rate of $100 for Single, double, triple or quad.

RECOMMENDED STUDENT AGE & LEVEL GUIDELINES

PETITE CLASSES ARE RECOMMENDED FOR 7-9 YEAR OLD STUDENTS WITH

LITTLE OR NO CONVENTION EXPERIENCE. STUDENTS SHOULD BE ADVISED OF CONVENTION ETIQUETTE PRIOR TO ARRIVING AT THE WORKSHOP.

JUNIOR CLASSES ARE RECOMMENDED FOR 10-12 YEAR OLD STUDENTS WITH INTERMEDIATE DANCE EXPERIENCE WHO HAVE ATTENDED PRIOR DANCE CONVENTIONS. STUDENTS ABOVE THE AGE OF 12 CAN ATTEND THE CLASSES IF THEY ARE OF AN INTERMEDIATE LEVEL.

TEEN CLASSES ARE RECOMMENDED FOR STUDENTS AT LEAST AGE 13, ARE FOR ADVANCED-INTERMEDIATE THROUGH ADVANCED LEVEL. STUDENTS SHOULD HAVE CONVENTION EXPERIENCE. STUDENTS IN THIS AGE DIVISION WHO ARE NOT INTERMEDIATE-ADVANCED DANCERS MAY WISH TO TAKE JUNIOR CLASSES.

SENIOR CLASSES ARE RECOMMENDED FOR STUDENTS AT LEAST AGE 15, WHO ARE ADVANCED THROUGH ADVANCED-PROFESSIONAL LEVEL. STUDENTS SHOULD HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF CONVENTION EXPERIENCE. STUDENTS IN THIS AGE DIVISION WHO ARE NOT ADVANCED DANCERS MAY WISH TO TAKE TEEN CLASSES.

TEACHERS AND ASSISTANT CLASSES ARE FOR TEACHERS AND ASSISTANT TEACHERS, AGE 16 AND OVER WHO WISH TO LEARN TEACHING TECHNIQUES. THESE CLASSES ARE ONLY FOR THE PROFESSIONAL TEACHER AND NOT ADVANCED DANCERS. MAY OBSERVE ALL STUDENT CLASSES. NO CLASS NOTES. (See Video Policy at the bottom of this page).

ACRO CLASS GUIDELINES

LEVEL 1 - Students should be doing standing backbends, headstands, forward and backward rolls, splits, cartwheels, and handstands.

LEVEL 2 - Students should be doing front & back walkovers, front limbers, roundoffs, running cartwheels, and ability to hold handstands.

LEVEL 3 - Students should be doing one handed front & back walkovers, aerials - side or front, roundoff back handsprings, and advanced acro work

VIDEO TAPING - TEACHERS ONLY will receive a video pass to be attached to one camera for each teaching room for the duration of the convention.
The camera may be assigned to a paid observer and used in the students dance room.
The Teachers/Assistants room may only be video taped by a person registered for the class, no observers may video in this room.

DANCE MASTERS OF MICHIGAN

C/O DAVID SMITH

1927 BANBURY RD

KALAMAZOO, MI 49001

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REMINDER: Dancers of DMM Members planning to enter the 2009 Solo Titled Scholarship Competition and their DMM teacher MUST BE REGISTERED FOR THIS FALL CONVENTION! DMM Teachers must also attend the November 16th General Body Meeting. DMM members wishing to compete in ANY DMM Function for the 2008-09 dance season must be registered for the Fall Workshop!

DANCE MASTERS OF MICHIGAN

FALL WORKSHOP 2008

November 15-16th, - Radisson Hotel Lansing

Workshop Registration Deadline November 1, 2008

*Workshop Classes for Beginner Students thru Advanced*

*Teacher Workshop Classes*

*Ballet * Tap * Jazz * Acrobatics*

FACULTY INCLUDES:

Dana Michaels

Claire Bataille

Sarah Jane Clifford

Jacquie Bird

* Faculty & Schedule Subject to Change*

CLAIRE BATAILLE (Ballet Faculty) began teaching at the Lou Conte Dance Studio as a young dancer in 1975 and has been teaching dance in Chicago ever since. She has been on the faculty of The Chicago Academy for the Arts, Gus Giordano Dance Center, Columbia College, Melissa Thodos and Dancers, Cirqua/Rivera Dance Theatre and The Ruth Page Foundation. Currently she is on the faculty of the Lou Conte Dance Studio, River North Dance Chicago, HSDC and is a guest teacher for several Chicago companies. In Sept. 2005, she was appointed associate director of the Lou Conte Dance Studio at the Hubbard St. Dance Center.

Claire was a leading dancer with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago (HSDC) from 1977-1992 and received the Ruth Page Award for Outstanding Dancer in 1992. She was a founding company member with HSDC and has worked as dancer, choreographer, ballet mistress, teacher, and assistant artistic director. Ms. Bataille toured internationally with HSDC performing and teaching throughout the US, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Uruguay, Holland, Belgium, Poland, France and Germany. In 2003 Ms. Bataille earned her certification in the Pilates Method in New York with Romana’s Pilates. Claire is the proud mother of two sons, Isaac and Jack.

JACQUIE BIRD (Jazz Faculty) started off training as a Modern Dancer at the age of 15 at John Dewey High School in Brooklyn, NY under the awesome-ly inspiring tutelage of Ms. Jeannie Meizner. She had the opportunity to study with the late greats Thelma Hill for Modern & Walter Raines for Ballet. Exposure to guest artists, such as Clay Taliafero, Henry Yu, Buzz Miller, were instrumental in the foundation of her technique & teaching style. Continuing her education with the great Frank Hatchett, Ms. Bird learned to 'Sell It!'. Working with him was the gateway to a Musical Theatre career where she began to study voice with Kamal Scott, the Fabulous-ly Fantastic Mary Rodgers, & the Indescribably Immense Mario Sprouse.

Ms. Bird has enjoyed a lengthy & fulfilling career as a triple threat, appearing on Broadway, film & television. Currently working as a freelance Master Teacher & Choreographer, the Brooklyn native enjoys guiding aspiring performing artists. Credits include workshops & choreography in Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Hong Kong, the Dominican Republic & Colombia; numerous workshops domestically including Dance Masters & Dance Olympus, & she has also served as Visiting Assistant Professor at Hope College as well as a guest teacher/choreographer at Stephens College. In addition to plane hopping, she is working on her first novel and through her company BirdSpeak, she creates ecards, & their cyberspace home is www.birdspeak.com. There is a category for dancers named Dance Notes.

SARAH JANE CLIFFORD (Acrobatics Faculty) began competing in gymnastics in 1968 and her 32 years of ongoing experience has enabled her to become one of 30 individuals in America chosen by the USA Gymnastics to teach the National Safety Certification Program.

She became a gymnastics judge in 1976 and is certified Elite by the National Association of Women's Gymnastics Judges. Sarah Jane is the Special Olympic Chairman of Gymnastics, the Regional Chairman of the Amateur Athletic Union and National Instructor of Professional Development Program Levels I and II. Sarah Jane is also President of the New York State Officials for Girls Gymnastics. She recently received the Small Business Person of the Year Award by the Rochester Chamber of Commerce and the Charles Wagner Award sponsored by the Press Radio Club for her achievement of promoting a local sport to a national level.

SUSAN PANEK (Tap Faculty) received her MA in Education from the University of Michigan, Dearborn and a BFA in dance from Marygrove College, where she now holds a position as full-time faculty for the dance department. Her teaching credits also include The University of Michigan, Juliana’s Academy of Dance, Lascu School of Ballet, The Pointe Academy of Dance, Geiger Ballet Academy, Cre8tive Fine Arts Academy, and many others. Susan has choreographed for and performed as a back-up dancer with the Fabulous Fakes, a Las Vegas revue of renowned impersonators. Ms. Panek has appeared in concert with Dance Nonce, Dance Detroit and Writhm Dance Company, as well as in the Nutcracker with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra serving as its Ballet Mistress, Children’s Rehearsal Director and Executive Managing Director. Her choreographic works can be seen at Marygrove College, Orchestra Hall, The Hillberry Theatre, Actor’s Alliance and various community and high school productions.