SRMHS Dance Bootcamp 2024

JULY 9 - 11 , 2024

8AM-2:30PM

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Southeast Raleigh Magnet High School Dance Department Bootcamp 2024

July9ththroughJuly11th

8amto2:30pm

Open to all Southeast Raleigh Magnet High School students and community. This is a three day summer dance intensive, 8am-2:30pm. The students will take three classes a day, lunch and snack will also be provide. Five guest teachers will offer classes in the disciplines of Ballet, Jazz, Contemporary Modern, Improvisation, and Hip Hop. Please arrive by 8am each day to get checked in and prepare for class.

Attire for Class

Dancewear is optional for students new to Southeast Dance. Wear comfortable clothes that you can move in.

All Bring sneakers for Hip Hop. *Dance shoes are optional (bring socks)

SRMHS Students already in the dance department see the following:

Ladies Gentlemen

Leotard and tights

Sports bra

Jazz/yoga pants (Opt)

Shorts and Tank t-shirt

Athletic supporter

Jazz Sweatpants (Opt)

Ladies will need convertible/transitional tights. Spanks are permitted w/sports bra and shirt. If her legs are showing, she must have tights. Do not have to go out and buy shoes, if they have them, bring them.

Bring a water bottle to fill up during the day. Please bring what’s needed for health issues.

Cost for entire 3- day intense is $45

Registration is now open. Wave your mouse over the word BOOTCAMP to pay registration fee. We will need a head count by July 2nd, so register early.

This a great way to kick off the year. If you have any questions, you can contact Ms. Wilder at lwilder@wcpss.net or 919-599-1862.

SRMHSDanceBootcampDirector

LisaYvetteWilder

AnativeofRaleighNorthCarolina,Ms.WilderisdirectorofDanceat SoutheastRaleighMagnetHighSchool-UniversityConnections:School ofDesign,Arts,&Engineering.Ms.WilderearnedherBachelorof ScienceinDanceEducation(1990)andMasterofArtsinDance Education(2019)fromtheUniversityofNorthCarolinaatGreensboro.

Ms.WilderhasbeenteachinginNorthCarolina’sPublicSchoolsfor thirty-threeyears.Shecelebrates20years,successfullycultivatingthe mindsofdancestudentsatSoutheastRaleighMagnetHighSchool,by exposingthemtodiverseopportunitiesinthefieldofdance.LisaWilder hasalonghistoryofexcellence.SheworkedinDurhamPublicSchoolsas choreographerandfoundingdirectoroftheHillsideHighSchoolDance DepartmentanddanceteacheratNealMiddleSchool.Lisaalsotaughtat ClintonHighSchoolinClintonCitySchools,MooresvilleGradedSchool District,andinCaldwellCountyPublicSchools.

Asaperformer,Ms.LisaisamemberoftheWattsChapelMissionary BaptistChurchLiturgicalDanceMinistry,shewasamemberofSISTERS "WomenofCommonAncestry"(ModernandAfricandancecompany), andperformedwiththeWORLDDANCEANDDRUM CONFERENCEintheclosingceremoniesofthe1994"NationalBlack ArtsFestival"inAtlantaGeorgiaWhileattendingNorthCarolina CentralUniversityasavocalmajor,Lisaperformedwiththemusical group"Spice,"theNORTHCAROLINACENTRALTOURING CHOIRin"TheSpiritualHeritage,"arrangedbyHowardRobertsat CarnegieHallinNewYorkCity,attheKennedyCenterinWashington DC,andinthepopularNCCUhomecomingactivity"ChoirBall."

Ms.WilderisalsoamemberoftheNorthCarolinaAssociationof Educators(NCAE),NationalDanceEducatorsOrganization(NDEO) andtheInternationalAssociationofBlacksinDance(IABD).

Meet the Instructors

Jessica Burroughs Wisdom Hayes

Jasmine Knight

Frankie Peterson

Boleyn Willis-Zegler

Jessica Burroughs Jazz

Jessica Burroughs (JB) (She/Her/Queen) is an educator, activist, entrepreneur, coach, dreamer, thinker, and doer. A graduate of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University with a BA in African American Studies, hailing from Durham, NC, Jessica has always had the passion and drive to serve her community through education, dance, and performance. A graduate of Hillside High School training under Lisa Wilder and Nicole Oxendine, Jessica has taught middle school Special Education, and in 2015, she leaned into her dream and became a studio director and co-founded Empower Dance Studio with her then colleague and former high school dance instructor. Serving as Studio Director for 5 years and drawing on the experience gained in creating Empower. Jessica realized her passion for mentoring all the students she encounters along their journey and beyond through teaching and the performing arts. Ms. Burroughs branched out in 2020 to create and become Co-Owner of Breathe Studio in Durham, NC.

Jessica Burroughs

Continued...

Jessica has spent the past fifteen years teaching in dance studios across the southeast and in Durham’s public schools, where she developed her talents and skills as an educator and nurtured her love of working with young dancers of all levels. She has devoted her talent and love for this art to teaching, nurturing, and motivating children, teenagers, and young adults. She has relentlessly given back to her alma mater Hillside High School in the Performing Arts Department where she serves as Auxiliary Dance Coordinator/Advisor for the Hillside High School Immortal STING Marching Band. Jessica also once served as a teaching assistant and guest choreographer for many drama productions. Jessica has also been a guest choreographer for various dance groups throughout Durham including Durham’s Black Nativity. Beyond teaching, Jessica’s appreciation of all that goes on behind the curtain, and the performative aspect of dance, her administrative skills have been applied and homed in multiple studios.

Jessica spends a lot of time teaching; she is still dancing as a member of Andrea E. Woods & Dancers SOULOWORKS. Ms. Burroughs is a Scrum Master for INSIGHT Enterprises, Non-Profit Director for iNSiDEoUT 180 a Durham-based non-profit supporting LGBTQ+ youth and young adults, Certified Holistic Sex Educator, and CoFounder of Community 360 a Durham-based organization focusing on community engagement and charter school athletics.

Wisdom Hayes Afro-Jazz

WisdomHayesisaRaleighnativewithadeepauthenticpassionfor dance.Shehasover10yearsexperienceinWestAfrican, Contemporary,Jazz,andModern.WithaB.AinDanceEducation fromNorthCarolinaCentralUniversity,WisdomwasapartofThe RepertoryDanceCompanyatNCCUunderthedirectionofDr. KristiVincentJohnsonwheresheservedasVicePresidentfor3years. Wisdomlovesperforminginfrontofsmallandlargeaudiencesalike andtakesspecialjoyindevelopingoriginalchoreography.In2022, WisdomjoinedBlackboxDanceTheaterdirectedbyMichelle Pearson.ShenowteachesatKnightdaleHighSchoolwheresheisthe directorofthedanceprogram.Inadditiontoteaching,Wisdomstill performsandchoreographsaroundtheTriangleasasoloartist.

Street Jazz

Hip Hop

Jasmine B Knight , a native of Raleigh, NC, began dancing in 7th grade at her home church. Transitioning into Southeast Raleigh Magnet High School her passion for dance ignited. Knowing that she had found her love for dance she became a dancer and pursued her degree at the Illustrious North Carolina Central University. There she received a very hands on education in dance performance and dance education sculpting her very personal outlook on dance as an Art form. In December of 2018 she received her degree. With a Bachelor's of Science in Physical Education with a concentration in Dance Education she is currently pursuing teaching to share her passion and love for dance with whomever wants to learn. Jasmine's natural and most comfortable movement style is sassy, intricate lyrical with a mix of street jazz and ballet. It is ever changing as she grows in her craft. She has hopes to one day pursue a Master's of Fine Arts specializing in Choreography. Jasmine plans to give back to the dance community as much as possible so that she can share her passion with any and everyone around her using dance as her voice.

Jasmine Knight

Frankie Peterson

Ballet

Hip Hop

Contemporary

FrankieLeeIIIgrewupinRaleigh,NC&isthefounder&ArtisticDirectorof FLEEDANCE,atwo-timeIsadoraDuncanAwardnominee,WebbyAward winner&the2022ArtistofExcellencePrismAwardwinner.Heattended SRMHS,thengraduatedfromtheHighSchool&CollegeDanceProgramatthe UniversityofNorthCarolinaSchooloftheArts.AfterreceivinghisBFAin ContemporaryDance,FrankiecontinuedtrainingatSpringboardDanseMontreal, TheMerceCunninghamTrust,TheDanceCompanyExperience,ShenWei DanceArts&AlonzoKingLINESDanceCenter.Hehasdancedwiththe OaklandBallet,dawsondancesf,HelenSimoneauDanse,AntonioBrownDance, GaspardandDancers,ZestCollective,JusticeTheaterProject,ZacchoDance Theatertonameafew.UnderFLEEDANCE,Frankiehastaughtonfacultyfor theInternationalAssociationofBlacksinDance,NorthCarolinaDanceInstitute, TheDallasInstituteofDance,DallasBlackDanceTheatre,MillsCollege,Bay AreaBalletConservatory,TheDallasConservatory,CaliforniaStateUniversity EastBay,UniversityofCaliforniaBerkley,BelhavenUniversity,Friends University,RoyaleBalletDanceAcademy&DramaticTruthBalletSchoolofthe Artstonameafew.FrankieisaFlexologistcertifiedinAppliedStretchingTheory &Practice,aPersonalTrainer&VirtualCoachingSpecialistcertifiedbythe NationalAcademyofSportsMedicine.

Boleyn Willis-Zeger

Founder of the Durham School of Ballet

Boleyn H. Willis-Zeger began her dance training at age 5 in Durham NC, studying ballet with Adrianna Ciompi. She continued at New Performing Dance Company on scholarship, and in 1978 was granted apprenticeship to the company.

In 1979 Boleyn entered NYU School of the Arts, Theater & Dance Department and studied ballet with Lawrence Rhodes, modern with Linda Tarnay , Feldenkrais with Moshe Feldenkrais and studied at Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute with Geoffrey Horne and Hope Arthur. While living in New York City she studied Cunningham Technique at Merce Cunningham Studio, Isadora Duncan dance technique with Lori Bellilove and ballet with Nadine Revene, Madame Darvash, Francis Patrelli, Dick Andros and Kat Wildish. Also while in NYC she danced professionally with Carolyn Turnage and Dancers and performed with The Divine Comedy Theatre and other Off-Off-Broadway theater groups.

See You on July 9th!