Ballet

A rigorous classical ballet class will be taught in the Three Week School with emphasis on clear directions of thought and energy, physical alignment and rhythm. The class methodology draws from traditional approaches to more contemporary approaches. Areas of focus will include; organization of directions in the body and in space to clarify and simplify body placement issues and mechanics, differentiation in movement qualities, rhythm, speed and focus.

Elizabeth Corbett
A former Joffrey Ballet dancer, Elizabeth Corbett joined the Frankfurt Ballet in the eighties, played a major role in many of Forsythe’s most well known works and performed internationally with the company for over ten years in works such as; Gange, Artifact, In The Middle Somewhat Elevated/Impressing the Czar, Enemy in the Figure/Limb’s Theorem, Behind the China Dogs, Vile Parody of Address, Die Befragung des Robert Scott, Steptext, Same Old Story, Skinny, Love Songs, Loss of Small Detail and many others. Since then she has been teaching Ballet, Forsythe Repertory and Improvisation Technologies workshops internationally for The American Dance Festival, Impulstanz Vienna, PARTS/Rosas, Dance Ireland, Paris Opera Ballet, Cullberg Ballet, Dance Platform Istanbul, Ekoda de Dance Tokyo, and Bucknell Dance Company, among others. Elizabeth was the dance coordinator for the program at Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker’s Performing Arts Research and Training Studios in Brussels, Belgium from 1999-2005. De Keersmaeker created a duo for herself and Ms. Corbett called “For” in 1999 which premiered at the SpringDance Festival in Holland and was performed internationally. She assisted William Forsythe in the making of Pas/Parts for the Paris Opera Ballet and Ms. De Keersmaeker in the making of Bitches Brew/Tacoma Narrows for Rosas. Most recently Ms. Corbett taught workshops for Movement Research/International Dance Dialogues and Slippery Rock University. She was in residence at the Beijing Dance Academy last Fall. ADF faculty since 2006. 

Repertory/Hip-Hop

Students will gain an understanding of hip hop culture and dance through its original dance style of b-boying/b-girling. Students will be able to apply the techniques they learned in the context of a choreographed work with both commercial and theatrical influences, and will be encouraged to explore their own creativity and individual expression through freestyling.

Teena Custer
Teena Marie Custer is a b-girl and hip hop dance theatre artist based in Pittsburgh, PA. Teena Marie battles and performs internationally with her all female street dance group, Venus Fly Trap Crew, as well as her local Pittsburgh crew, Get Down Gang. Her solo “The Be-Girl Diaries” was selected to be performed at the Breakin’ Convention in London, England, and in addition to theatrical works, she has won underground freestyle dance battles such as Underground Movement 5, Enter the Cypha I, and was also seen on an episode of MTV’s MADE. Teena was recently invited to compete at the Queen Sweet 16, where she was one of the top 16 b-girls in the country invited to compete against one another in Seattle. She was also a featured dancer and assistant choreographer for the feature film “Leading Ladies” directed by Erika Randall Beahm and starring Melanie LaPatin and Benji Schwimmer from “So You Think You Can Dance.” In addition to being a part of hip hop culture, Teena has an extensive background in contemporary dance. She earned a BA in Dance from Slippery Rock University and an MFA in Dance Performance from The Ohio State University. She has been on faculty at both schools where she taught hip hop styles and contemporary dance. She has choreographed hip hop dance theatre pieces for various university dance programs and companies, and has performed with Dance Alloy, Attack Theatre, and Ursula Payne. She also represented CM² (Columbus Movement Movement) in Dance Magazine’s “Top 25 to Watch” in 2007. Ms. Custer currently dances with New York City based Ephrat Asherie Dance.

African Technique

This class will introduce students to a non-western dance form that has a long, varied history and plays a central role in the socio/spiritual life of the African people. The class will learn the dance vocabulary, perform and view a variety of styles and become familiar with rhythms and music of various African techniques.

Sherone Price

Dancer, teacher, choreographer; currently Assistant Professor of Dance at Appalachian State University, Lecturer, University of North Carolina-Greensboro; dancer and choreographer, Visiting Instructor of dance, Florida International University in Miami, Fl; artist in residence/Henry Bascom Professor of dance, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Principal with Chuck Davis African American Dance Ensemble, Durham, NC; Guest Performer, Gamble Dance Theater and Jan Van Dyke Dance Group, Greensboro, NC 2000-2002 Regional touring modern dance companies; BFA, University of North Carolina-Greensboro and MFA, Hollins University in Roanoke Va.; Performed Talley Beatty’s Mourner’s Bench at the 1993 Scripps/ADF Award Ceremony (Durham, NC); Study West African Dance and Drumming in Guinea, West Africa; ADF faculty since 1995, Guest instructor for NFAA in Miami and The McIntyre Institute in Miami Lakes, FL. 

Modern Technique

This class is a blend of traditional modern techniques and release based work that explores dynamic phrase work, musicality and focus. The goal of the class is to allow the dancers the freedom to go beyond their natural comfort zone and find their own extremes, in a playful environment. 

Loren Davidson
Loren Davidson recently completed her M.F.A. in Performance and Choreography at Florida State University and is currently fulfilling the last portion of her Pilates Teacher Training Certification under Balanced Body. Loren previously came from New York City where she was a member of Ellis Wood Dance from 2004-2009. She currently teaches at NYU’s summer dance intensive as a part of Ellis Wood Dance. Loren was a Dance/NYC Youth Advisory Committee member and the educational coordinator for Degree Dance Collective in 2008. In 2004, she worked with Liz Lerman on a site-specific project at MassMOCA titled: Body after Body, Place after Place: Dances in Gallery. Loren was awarded a full scholarship in 2003 to attend the historic Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival where she performed in works by Pina Bausch, Maguy Marin and Anjelin Preljocaj. Loren holds a B.F.A. from New World School of the Arts, under the direction of Daniel Lewis.