Bill Evans and SUNY Brockport Department of Dance are hosting a Dance Teachers' Intensive for professional dance educators and graduate students in dance preparing for teaching careers. The Intensive will run from July 6 to 11, 2009, at the State University of New York College at Brockport. Faculty will include Bill Evans, Don Halquist, Suzanne Oliver, and Joanna Cashman. The Intensives will be available for graduate or undergraduate college credit or for a non-credit fee.
Bill Evans and Don Halquist have devoted much of their professional lives to developing educational methods and materials that allow dancers of all ages to become healthier, more articulate, more expressive and more well-rounded artists and human beings. 
The Bill Evans Dancers’ Intensive provides a learning environment that generates trust, self-esteem, peer support and physical, mental and spiritual regeneration. Overarching themes and underlying concepts unify all courses, so that students have multiple opportunities each day to experience transformative ideas in different dance and movement forms, allowing them to make quantum leaps of understanding and embodiment in a short time. Participants develop relationships with peers that provide networks of support throughout the year.
Brockport is a charming Victorian village located on the historic Erie Canal, 20 minutes from the Rochester International Airport. The park-like College campus, the world-class dance studios, and the genuine warmth of the faculty and returning participants all contribute positively to the regenerative qualities of the total experience for participants in this unique intensive workshop.
The schedule will be as follows:
- 8:30–10:00 a.m., Bartenieff-Based Somatics Lab, Bill Evans and Don Halquist
- 10:15 a.m.–12:00 p.m., The Bill Evans Method/Laban-Based Modern Dance Technique, intermediate and advanced levels, Bill Evans/Don Halquist
- 1:30–3:00, Dance-Science-Based Ballet intermediate or advanced on alternate days, Suzanne Oliver, and/or Rhythm Tap, beginning or intermediate on alternate days, Bill Evans
- 3:30–5:00, (Monday – Friday) Dance Pedagogy Seminar and Lab, becoming a more effective teacher of dance technique and other dance studies, Don Halquist
- 3:30–5:00, (Saturday, July 11) Informal Sharing of Choreography and Performance by workshop participants
- 6:45–8:15 (Monday – Friday), Alexander Technique Hands-On Lab, Suzanne Oliver, or Developmentally-Based Yoga for Dancers, Joanna Cashman
- 7:30–9:30 (Saturday, July 11), Bill Evans and Friends Professional Dance Performance,followed by workshop party
To register for the Intensive there is a non-refundable registration deposit of $50. You can attend the entire workshop for $360, with options for morning courses only for $250, morning and afternoon courses for $300, and evening course and performance for only $100. For those also taking the July 13–18 Hands-On Pedagogy of Dance Technique Workshop, the fee for combined workshops will be $700 plus registration deposit, a savings of $110. This workshop can also be taken for 3 graduate or undergraduate credits; tuition payment to the College at Brockport for 3 credits will be required in addition to the non-refundable registration deposit of $50. Other fees shown above will be waived. Moderately-priced housing will be available in a College at Brockport Residence Hall. For more information, email Bill Evans. More information is available at the website for Bill Evans Dance. Download a PDF of the registration form here.
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