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WEEKEND

DANCE INTENSIVE 12.28 - 12.30

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INFORMATION FRIDAY

JUNIORS -> STUDIO 1

SENIORS -> STUDIO 2

SATURDAY

JUNIORS -> STUDIO 1

SENIORS -> STUDIO 2

SUNDAY

JUNIORS -> STUDIO 1

SENIORS -> STUDIO 2

3:00 - 4:30 PM 4:30 - 6:00 PM

9:00 - 10:30 10:30 - 12:00 12:00 - 12:45 12:45 - 2:15 2:15 - 3:45 3:45 - 4:00 4:00 - 5:30

9:00 - 10:30 10:30 - 12:00 12:00 - 12:45 12:45 - 2:15 2:15 - 3:45 3:45 - 4:00 4:00 - 5:30

Broadway Rep // Stephanie Klemmons Tap // Karida Griffith

Jazz // Stephanie Klemmons Hip Hop // Karida Griffith Lunch Fosse // Melissa Mahon Commercial Dance // Brooke Wendle Break Rockette // Krista Saab

Ballet // Melissa Mahon Contemporary Improv // Brooke Wendle Lunch East Meets West // Brooke Wendle Mock Audition // Bre O’Toole + Krista Saab Break Contemporary // Krista Saab

FOOD MENU

Don’t forget to bring your own food for lunch and breaks. We recommend bananas, trail mix, granola bars, yogurt, etc. for strength and stamina!

Tap // Karida Griffith Broadway Rep // Stephanie Klemmons

Hip Hop // Karida Griffith Jazz // Stephanie Klemmons Lunch Commercial Dance // Brooke Wendle Rockette // Krista Saab Break Fosse // Melissa Mahon

East Meets West // Brooke Wendle Contemporary // Krista Saab Lunch Ballet // Melissa Mahon Contemporary Improv // Brooke Wendle Break Mock Audition // Bre O’Toole + Brooke Wendle

TION TI I D P AU

LOCATION

Hockessin Athletic Club 100 Fitness Way Hockessin, DE 19707

IMPORTANT CONTACTS 888.642.9112 Hockessin Athletic Club

818.441.6871 Ryan Saab, SDC Co-Owner

917.570.6783 Rachel Bress, SDC Co-Owner

BRE O’TOOLE

FACULTY

Upon graduating from The University at Buffalo with high honors and a B.F.A. in Dance, Bre began her career with McDonald/Selznick Associates. Bre has been with MSA NY since May 2007, immersed in the business of dance. MSA clients have choreographed or danced in feature films, television, music videos, tours, Broadway shows, commercials, and more. They have worked with vocalists like Madonna, Britney Spears, Michael Jackson, Cher, and Beyonce. MSA Directors and Choreographers have received American Choreography Awards, Emmy Awards, Tony Awards and MTV Awards; just to name a few.

BROOKE WENDLE

Brooke Wendle was last season Choreographer for America’s Got Talent and recently returned from choreographing and performing in Adam Lambert’s Glamnation World Tour. Brooke also choreographed Mr. Lambert’s If I Had You music video and his appearances on The Jay Leno Show, The Ellen DeGeneres show and X Factor Australia. Other credits include the 2009 Fred Astaire Awards, Assistant Choreographer for Rescue Me on FX and Lost and Found The Musical and as dance supervisor for Cirque Du Soleil’s Delirium under Mia Michaels.

As a performer, Brooke was seen on Broadway in Guys And Dolls, Wicked The Musical and Aida. She was on the first season of True Blood, danced with recording artists Britney Spears, Pink and P-Diddy, and with Mia Micheals Dance Company: Reality At Work.

KARIDA GRIFFITH

Karida Griffith just finished dancing with Cirque Du Soleil’s “Banana Shpeel”, performing in New York City and Toronto. She is a proud member of Jared Grimes’ company TADAH, and is a regular performer in Grimes’ hit show ‘Broadway Underground’, which has been celebrated in the New York Times, Backstage, and Dance Magazine.

Karida was in the original cast of Sinatra: His Voice, His World, His Way, directed by Des MacAnuff and choreographed by Casey Nicholaw. She also performed in the Tony Awards with Hugh Jackman and made multiple appearances on the Today Show.

KRISTA SAAB

Krista has appeared on Broadway in Pal Joey and Camelot. She toured North America with Young Frankenstein and worked as the Assistant Choreographer for DreamWorks Shrek. She has performed for 6 years as a Rockette and appeared on such specials as the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and The Ellen Degeneres Show. Krista’s career has taken her around the world performing in shows such as “Carnival” at the Kennedy Center in D.C, “42nd St.” and the Ovation Award winning cast of “Crazy for You” and with companies such as Aeolian Ballet Theatre/LA and Ballet Jorgen/Toronto. She has taught workshops at Radio City Music Hall in NY and has worked with legendary performers such as Stevie Wonder, Hinton Battle, Jason Alexander, Stockard Channing and Gabriel Byrne. Krista can also be seen in “The Great Observer”, “American Gangster” and the 75th Anniversary DVD of the Radio City Christmas Spectacular.

MELISSA MAHON

Melissa Mahon is a director/choreographer for theater, television, and film. Her work has been seen on the NBC’s The Today Show Halloween Special, The Astaire and Rogers film compilation, Broadway Bares, Dance Austria! premier at Lincoln Center 2010, and many special events on Broadway including Gypsy of the Year and Easter Bonnet. In addition, Melissa performs nightly in “Chicago: The Musical” having performed every female role including Roxie and Velma. Other Broadway: The Producers, 42nd Street, Cats, The Sound of Music.

STEPHANIE KLEMMONS

Stephanie was an original cast member of “In The Heights” serving as the show’s Co-Dance Captain, Co-Associate choreographer of the first national tour, Carla Understudy and member of the Drama Desk Award winning ensemble (Best Ensemble in a Musical 2007). Currently, she is the Associate Choreographer on Bring It On, and played the role of “Alexis” in the Atlanta production last year. Other credits include: Bombay Dreams (1st N’tl Tour, Movie Shaanti), Automatic Superstar (Off-Bway Choreographer, Jonie), Repo: the Genetic Opera ( Off-Bway). Stephanie’s danced with pop stars Ciara and Don Omar, done national commercials and prime time TV, and been featured in some really cool Bollywood Films ( Jaaneman (2007). She has taught all over the United States and judged dance competitions. She brings art to children with cancer through her non-profit. Katie’s Art Project.

RESOURCES NYC FUN FACTS

New York City has 4,000 street food vendors.

The average temperature of New York City’s pavement on a hot summer day is 150 degrees.

100 million Chinese food cartons are used annually in New York City.

Gennaro Lombardi opened the first US pizzeria in NYC in 1895.

Manhattan’s Chinatown is the largest Chinese enclave in the Western Hemisphere.

New York City was was briefly the US capital from 1789 to 1790 and was the site of the inauguration of George Washington as President on April 30, 1789.

The state fruit is the apple.

Joseph Gayetty of New York City invented toilet paper in 1857 More than 47 percent of New York City’s residents over the age of 5 speak a language other than English at home.

The Federal Reserve Bank on New York’s Wall Street contains vaults that are located 80 feet beneath the bank and hold about 25 percent of the world’s gold bullion.

More than 250 feature films are shot on location in New York City each year.

An average of 4.9 million people ride the New York City subway each weekday.

The New York subway system is the largest mass transit system in the world with 468 stations and 842 miles (1355 km) of track.

Unlike most major subways systems around the world, the New York Subway runs 24 hours a day.

The musicians who perform in the NYC Subway system go through a competitive audition process. Some of the subway musicians have also played at Carnegie Hall.

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OD REFERENC O G

RESOURCES Stage Door Connections is a New York City based company dedicated to meeting the needs of both aspiring and working professional dancers, and of choreographers, artistic directors, talent agents, management professionals, producers, casting directors and teachers. While other companies offer seminars and workshops, we serve the needs of the broader dance community. We are committed to building a network that supports performers at every stage of their professional and educational career.

Since launching the company in 2008, we have developed a wide variety of programs and services including Professional Seminars, Career Management Services, Pre-Professional Programs, NYC and Beyond, and SDC Casting.

StageDoorAccess.com is an online business offering a unique suite of customized tools designed specifically to empower singers, dancers and actors in their careers. Our innovative tools address vocal preparation and study, audition tracking and trending and artist marketing and casting.

14 DAY FREE TRIAL HAC2012

NOTES ON THE INTENSIVE

Y TUNED STA !

SDA and SDC are merging in Spring 2013.

New website, features, and programs ahead!

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