Ballet Intensive

Hawkins Ballet Intensive
July 25 – 29, 2011
11-13 years (Intermediate); 14+ years (Advanced)
11:00 – 12:30 pm
Break
1:00 – 2:30 pm
$250.00 Class size; limited to 20 students
Guest Choreographers: Charles Anderson and Ben Bowman

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Below are all the bios of the instructors for Ballet Intensive:

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Charles Anderson danced with the New York City Ballet from 1985-93, performing works of George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, Peter Martins and many other notable choreographers. The son of two accomplished dancers, San Francisco Ballet Principal David Anderson and Soloist Zola Dishong,  Anderson began studying dance at an early age and later trained at and received full scholarships to the San Francisco Ballet School, the Joffrey Ballet School, the American Ballet Theatre School and the School of American Ballet. He joined New York City Ballet at the age of 15.

Anderson began choreographing ballets while still a dancer with the New York City Ballet. From 1990-1994, he co-founded and acted as artistic director for Ballet, Inc. in New York, where he choreographed many of his early works. Anderson’s work reflects a blend of classical and contemporary influences and is included in the repertories of professional dance companies throughout the country. Anderson founded Company C Contemporary Ballet in 2002.

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Benjamin G. Bowman began dancing at the North Carolina School of the Arts as part of a pilot outreach program in the public schools. He then relocated to Kansas City, Missouri, where he studied with Todd Bolender, Una Kai, Jonathan Watts, Diana Adams and Eckhard Heidrich. He also studied at the School of American Ballet and the San Francisco Ballet School. Mr. Bowman danced with the Kansas City Ballet and five years with the Fort Worth Ballet as a principal dancer before joining New York City Ballet in 1993. In 2000 he was invited to join Twyla Tharp Dance, touring extensively for the next two years. During this period, Tharp developed the material which would eventually become the award winning Broadway show, Movin’ Out. Mr. Bowman was privileged to originate the role of “James.” He has also worked as both a dancer and actor, performing works by Kathy Posin, Nilas Martins, John Selya, and in Martha Clarke’s re-imagined Garden of Earthly Delights.