Summer Competitive Program in Marquette
COMPANY TRAINING 2023
6 WEEK SESSION
JULY 10-AUGUST 17, 2023
For Competitive dancers! Keep your technique & training up during the summer!
- Company 1 * MONDAY 6:00-8:00pm * JULY 10-AUGUST 14, 2023 * Conditioning, Ballet, Jazz * $205 total (for all 6 weeks)
- Company 2 * THURSDAY 6:00-9:00pm * JULY 13-AUGUST 17, 2023 * Stretch/Conditioning, Technique, Combo * $250 total (for all 6 weeks)
- Company 3/4 * MONDAY 6:00-9:00pm * JULY 10-AUGUST 14 * Stretch/Conditioning, Technique, Combo * $250 total (for all 6 weeks)
How To Register
To register, please use our ONLINE REGISTRATION form below:
- Fill out all required information on the online form.
- Provide a pre-authorized payment method * Credit card (Visa or Mastercard).
Please note - We can not accept your registration without a valid pre-authorized payment method on file for payments. Once we receive your completed form, we will contact you to confirm your registration.
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COMPANY WORKSHOP 2023
2 DAY WORKSHOP
AUGUST 6 & 7, 2023 (Sunday & Monday)
Our exciting Company dancer intensive with special guest teachers from out of town!
Where
- Studio Dance Arts - Marquette
- Westwood Mall, Unit 7, 3020 US Hwy 41 W, Marquette, Michigan 49855
Who
- Open to any competitive dancers.
Levels & Tuition
Classes in Jazz, Lyrical, HipHop, Musical Theatre, Stretch. Technique.
- Co. 1 (Mini) - 3 classes daily - $
- Co. 2 (Junior) - 4 classes daily - $
- Co. 3/4 (Inter/Senior) - 4 classes daily - $
Payment DUE:
How To Register
To register, please use our ONLINE REGISTRATION form below:
- Fill out all required information on the online form.
- Provide a pre-authorized payment method * Credit card (Visa or Mastercard).
Please note - We can no accept your registration without a valid pre-authorized payment method on file for payments. Once we receive your complete form, we will contact you to confirm your registration.
Guest Faculty
Please welcome our 2023 guest teachers:
Talya Dozois - From Minnesota
Originally from Los Angeles, Talya has been training, performing and setting choreography for over 10 years. Before moving to Minneapolis she worked in LA, NY and Chicago with some of the top choreographers and dancers in the industry.
Since moving to the Twin Cities she has worked with Collide Dance Theatrical, The Phipps Dance Theater, Evolution Dance Cooperative, The Old Log Theater’s productions of Guys and Dolls and Beehive.
Currently teaching at Platinum Dance Center in Minneapolis, she has been recently featured in Dance Teacher Magazine and has won several awards for her choreography at competitions included industry choice nominee and Hall of Fame MVP.
Keith Wilder - From Georgia
Keith Wilder is a dancer/choreographer, born in London, England, and raised in Atlanta, Georgia. Being the son of one of the lead singers from the 70s disco group “Heatwave”, he began touring with the group from a young age, performing alongside them on stage.
Keith began training with Atlanta based dance crew, Collizion Crew, that was seen on MTV’s America’s Best Dance Crew. Credits in the industry that Keith Wilder has danced and choreographed for, are artists that include Ginuwine, Timbaland, Blaque, and The Urban One Honors Awards, to name a few.
Keith started his own performance based dance company, WLD Atlanta Dance Collective, where dancers of various styles come together for a season to learn, strengthen and execute their performance quality in front of a camera for conceptual dance visuals. Along with his family, they started a nonprofit origination, “Positive Impact International” which gives back to their community in the form of the fine arts.
With his energetic spirit and smooth, groovy style, Keith Wilder continues to share a talented light and inspire the generations to come.
Kristen Williams - From Marquette
Kristen Beth Williams is a professional actor/singer/dancer with an extensive career spanning Broadway, national tours, and regional theatres across the country. She was most recently seen in the new Broadway musical Paradise Square. Other Broadway credits include Hello, Dolly with Bette Midler, Pippin, and the original Broadway casts of Nice Work if You Can Get It with Matthew Broderick and Kelli O’Hara, Anything Goes starring Sutton Foster, and Promises, Promises with Sean Hayes and Kristin Chenoweth.
She originated the role of Sibella Hallward on the first national tour of A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder and starred as Dale Tremont in Top Hat in London’s West End. She has been a featured soloist at London’s Royal Albert Hall, Carnegie Hall, and New York’s Town Hall.
Since moving to Marquette last year with her family, Kristen Beth has been on faculty at NMU, teaching theatre and dance. She has choreographed A Charlie Brown Christmas for the Theatre & Dance Dept. and “Take the A Train,” an 8 minute jazz ballet conceived for the Co/Lab Dance Company.
She is directing and choreographing Rock of Ages this summer at the Forest Roberts Theatre and can’t wait to live out her 80s rock n roll dreams!
Stef Blackburn - From Detroit
Director & Lead Coach of Quantum Movement. Stef has over 13 years of coaching experience. Formerly with Michigan Academy of Gymnastics. Certified in Competitive Gymnastics, USAG acrobatics, and Breathwork.
Favorite Skill to teach: Helicopter Walkovers
Favorite Skill to do: Front Walkovers & Elbow Backwalkovers
Years experience w/Comp. Dancers: 7 years
Coaching Philosophy: Building strong athletes physically and spiritually through positive reinforcement and good ol’ fashion practice!