ABOUT IMPULSE
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Since 2000, the aTrek Dance Collective has presented the IMPULSE Dance festival, bringing high quality, advanced-level educators to provide in-depth modern dance training to St. Louis. Past IMPULSE artist-educators have worked with the some of the country’s most prestigious companies and choreographers including: Paul Taylor, Stephen Petronio, New York City Ballet, David Parsons, Metropolitan Opera Ballet, Momix, Alvin Ailey, Meredith Monk, Murray Louis & Alwin Nikolais.
IMPULSE is designed for college-aged students, professional dancers, and advanced level high school dancers. It is intended to challenge the dancer's approach to movement while deepening their existing skills. The IMPULSE curriculum is specifically designed to take dancers beyond the realm of the technical and support breakthroughs in their abilities as performers and artists.
IMPULSE is structured to
maximize opportunities for student participation.
There are daytime, evening and weekend classes
and workshops available at intermediate and advanced
levels. Classes are structured to allow both
in-depth training in a few areas and a general
introduction to various techniques and approaches
to contemporary dance for further study.
So whether you can commit yourself for the
entire two weeks or just one evening, IMPULSE
has something to offer every dancer. To register
click
here or call 314-772-7778.
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TUITION
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Registration Form
>Register
Online
- Entire 2-Week Program: $500
- Week 1: $350 (July 14-19) includes
2 tickets to performance
- Week 2: $350 (Jul 21-27) includes
2 tickets to performance and student performance
Jul 25
- Performance & Rep:$200
(3:30 - 5pm,
both weeks) includes
student performance Jul
25
- Intermediate Track: $130/week
(Mornings 10am - 1:30pm)
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Advanced Track: $155/week
(Afternoons 2:30 -9pm)
- Individual Classes: $12
WEEKEND WORKSHOPS
-Sat
Jul 19th with Jon Lehrer: $40
(11am-1:30pm & 3pm-5pm)
-Sat Jul 27th with Mathew Janczewski: $40
(11am-1:30pm & 3pm-5pm)
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Registration Form
>Register
Online
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Contemporary Modern Dance Intensive
July
14-27, 2008
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Artist
Educator Bios
Class Schedule
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Tuition & Scholarships
Master
Artists Showcase - TBA
Directions & Parking
IMPULSE Brochure for Printing:
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print target)
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Technique Classes
The
2007 IMPULSE Dance Festival will feature guest artists Jon
Lehrer, the Artistic Director of LehrerDance formerly with Giordano
Jazz Dance Chicago (GJDC) and the
Erick Hawkins Dance Company and Mathew Janczewski
, Artistic Director of ARENA DANCES and formerly with Shapiro & Smith
Dance and JAZZDANCE!
> see
faculty bios > see
class schedule > see
scholarships info
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Scholarships & Work
Study
Full and partial scholarships and work study are available based on talent,
financial need and availability.
Please send us a COMPLETED Scholarship
Application and support materials. Scholarships will be awarded
to qualified applicants on first come first serve basis. Although
you may send any materials that you feel represent you accurately,
we recommend the following:
• 5-10
minute video displaying your dancing: center work, phrases,
across the floor, choreography, performances, etc. (esp. important
if we do not know you. Alternatively, you could come to a class
taught by one of the collective's members. Contact us for more
information about this option.)
• Description
of what is on the tape and what you are wearing, if there are
others in the video
• Brief
letter of recommendation or a reference that we may contact
(this is more important for work-study applicants to verify
your experience and skills)
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a Scholarship Application (help)
Professional
Rates
Professional
rates are also available. Another way to reduce tuition is
to host an out of town guest (student
or faculty).
Drop us an email if you are interested in either of these options.
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FEEDBACK ABOUT IMPULSE
"It
was such a gift to myself to take two week to just be a dancer
and connect deeply with that aspect of myself. It really
got my dance carreer moving."
"The
most important idea I took away from this class was the
idea that the dance, the dancer, and the dancing are not
separate entities - that I am the dance. That was a revelation
for me."
"This intensive was an awakening experience for me and brought me into a closer
relationship with myself. The environment allowed me to free myself from
judgement and just feel the pure joy of moving. My confidence in improvisation
increased dramatically, along with my passion for dance."
"Classes
were always insightful; classes pertaining to the senses (vision, touch)
were valuable to me as a dancer..."
"David's
(Marchant) ideas and theories were fascinating and his method of teaching
felt very comfortable and non-judgemental."
"I
became a lot more comfortable with improvisation, I began to think more
in-depth about purpose of movement and about trusting myself
and my abilities."
"It
was one of the best times I've ever had at a workshop."
"(the
workshop) changed the way I think about dance."
"I
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