Contemporary Dance Intensive
Contemporary Dance Intensive – July 18 – July 21
10:30 am – 5:30 pm
Full Intensive $400; Individual Classes $30
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Click here to download the Contemporary Dance sign-up form.
Below are all the bios of the instructors for Dance Intensive:
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 Leslie Duner was born in Huntington Beach, California and began dancing at a young age at the Colony of Performing Arts. While at the Colony, Leslie performed in various principle roles such at Sugar Plum Fairy and Snow Queen. She was captain of her high school dance team and had the opportunity to work at the Disneyland Resort as a parade dancer in the opening cast of Block Party Bash. Her BFA in Dance Performance is from Chapman University where she received various awards and recognition for performance, outstanding contribution, and choreography. While attending college she taught ballet at many prestigious dance studios throughout southern California. Her diverse training in ballet, jazz, modern, tap, hip-hop, musical theater and contemporary has equipped her with the experience to attend various dance intensives including Parsons Dance Company, River North Chicago Dance Company, American Ballet Theater and Amy Marshall Dance Company. Upon graduation, Leslie moved to NYC to pursue her passion for dance and is currently dancing for Jessica Taylor’s modern dance company Damage Dance.
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 Janae Rosebud is a dancer of eleven years and an instructor/choreographer of six years. Although she has trained in many different styles, hip hop has always been her passion. She began her dance training at ten years old with Showbiz Productions. There she was a member of the Hip Hop Crew, with whom she performed at Sacramento Kings and Monarchs games for nearly five years. She debuted as a hip hop instructor for Showbiz in 2004 at the tender age of fourteen. Within one year, she also began teaching for Step 1 Dance and Fitness. Janae went on to co-direct and choreograph her own competitive hip hop dance group, 916 Cliq. The group performed together for nearly two years and became Jamz National Champions in 2006. At age seventeen, Janae was recruited and signed to a talent agency known as MSA Talent Group. The agency helped educate her and prepare her for the Los Angeles dance industry, and after graduating high school, she moved to LA to pursue her dance career. During her stay, she was involved in some amazing projects, such as the remake to Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” video, featuring and co-produced by Adam Sevani of the movies “Step Up 2″ and “Step Up 3D”.
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 Natalie Reid was born and raised in Seattle, Washington. After High School she attended and graduated from Chapman University with a degree in Public Relations and Advertising in 2008. While in school she trained with Anaheim Ballet during their 2007-2008 Season and her favorite works included Nutcracker and Balanchine’s Serenade. Natalie performed in Mark Meismer’s Evolution Dance Company where she worked with highly acclaimed choreographers including Dee Caspary, Jason Parsons, Liz Imperio and Justin Giles. She trained at Edge Performing Arts Center in Los Angeles, California, under both Mandy Moore and Dee Caspary. Natalie has had the amazing opportunity to perform many pieces of their work in a variety of different venues including Choreographers Carnival in Los Angeles and the Elan Awards in New York City. For the past two years she has been a member of Justin Giles’ company Soul Escape, and she recently had the opportunity to assist both Mia Michaels and Mandy Moore on the hit TV show “So You Think You Can Dance.” Natalie currently resides in Salt Lake City, Utah, where she is a member of Odyssey Dance Theater and teaches at Center Stage Performing Arts Studio.
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 Shauna Zambelli was born and raised in Detroit Michigan where she trained at Suzettes Masters of Dance. Shauna continued her training at the Performing Arts Center in Van Nuys California. Some of Shauna’s professional dance credits include, Fox network’s Ally McBeal and The Tracey Ullman Show, Microsoft Industrial for Xbox, Casino Windsor Show Time Lounge, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines and the one and only Odyssey Dance Theatre. Shauna also found her love for musical theatre by joining the casts of “Chicago” where she played Liz at the Baldwin Theatre, “Cabaret” at Avon Players where she played Rosie and “Cats” at Tuacahn where she played Etcetera. As much as Shauna loves performing, her heart is also stolen by the students she teaches. Shauna loves to teach and choreograph for kids of all levels and ages and enjoys giving back for all that she has been blessed with.
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 Corrine Nagata’s role as a teacher and contributor to the world renowned Alvin Ailey American School of Dance, The National Dance Institute with Jacques D’Amboise’s and the Dance Theater of Harlem has prepared Ms. Nagata well for teaching all forms of dance to a wide range of students. Whether teaching master classes at Stanford University, Mills College, LINES Ballet or beginner’s classes at The Children’s Dance Institute or Public School 241 in Harlem, Ms Nagata’s skill, insight and professionalism have been highly praised at every level. Corrine graduated from the School of the Arts in San Francisco and she received her Bachelor’s of Fine Arts (BFA) in dance at the prestigious North Carolina School of the Arts. Ms. Nagata has been dancing for eighteen years and has been a choreographer for over ten. Currently Ms. Nagata is on faculty at LINES Ballet and her dance program, NAGATA Dance, serves nearly a dozen San Francisco private and public schools.
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 Martha Kelly-Fierro’s eclectic choreography stems from her background of well-versed dance training, including jazz, tap, ballet, and modern. Early in her career, she assisted New York and Los Angeles based choreographers, such as Keith Clifton and Jeff Amsden. Her stage experience consists of “Between Lines” (a modern dance company based in L.A.), “Angel City Dance Company”, L.A. Dance Invitational, several benefits, and The Jazz Dance World Congress (1998-receiving the Gold Leo award). She also has studied extensively with Mia Michaels, Artistic Director of R.A.W. and choreographer for Cirque de Soleil, and Jenn Ballard, Artistic Director for Cedar Lake Dance Ensemble. Martha’s choreography has also received much recognition nationwide by movement set on professional companies, such as The Houston Metropolitan Dance Company, and choreography set on her own contemporary company, Altered Modalities. As a choreographer, Martha has won the Gold Leo award at the Jazz Dance World Congress 2000, the “new choreographer” award at Dance Under the Stars, and has had work featured at concerts and benefits throughout the West Coast. Most recently, her company was asked to perform in New York City for a Dancers Responding to AIDS (DRA) annual festival. Martha has toured with such dance conventions/competitions as Dance in Action and West Coast Dance Explosion. Her choreography has also been presented and awarded numerous awards at nearly every convention circuit throughout the United States.
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