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ADF EVENT REGISTRATION FORM: ADF Event Registration

DANCE INSTRUCTORS & CLASS DESCRIPTIONS: Teacher Bios & Class Info

Title: Arizona Dance Festival Class
Location: Dance Theater West, 3925 E. Indian School Road, Phoenix
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Description: OCTOBER 9th (6:00pm-7:30pm) at Dance Theater West
Frances Smith Cohen is the Artistic Director of Center Dance Ensemble and a teacher, choreographer, and administrator. She is a dance graduate from Bennington College in Vermont. In 1963 Frances helped create Arizona Dance Arts Alliance in Tucson and in 1972 she co-founded the dance program at the University of Arizona. Frances began Wolf Trap in Arizona, the placing of performing artists in Head Start classrooms. She has been the regional director for this program since 1986. She also created Dance Theater West with partner Susan Silverman, and directs Center Dance Ensemble, housed at the Herberger Theater Center. Cohen is the proud recipient of the 1994 Arizona Governor’s Outstanding Artist Award, the 2004 Women Who Care Lifetime Achievement Award, and the 2010 Childsplay’s Pied Piper Award for her contributions to arts education. Most recently she was one of the final 10 recipients to receive the Arizona Cultural Keepers Award celebrating Arizona’s 100th birthday. She is co-author of “Dance Essential Skills” and “Performing Dance Standards” for the Arizona Department of Education.

Intermediate Modern Dance/Graham Technique
Martha Graham (May 11, 1894 –April 1, 1991) is considered the mother of modern dance. She created the only fully codified modern dance technique, choreographed over 150 works during her lifetime, and has had a remarkable impact on the entire field of modern dance. Her technique’s deviation from classical ballet and use of specific body movements such as the contraction, release, and spiral have had profound influence on the development of modern dance.

Arizona Dance Festival Classes & Schedule

October 8 at 6:30pm-7:30pm (Dance Theater West)
Modern Dance/Duncan Dance with Janaea Rose Lyn

October 9 at 6:00pm-7:30pm (Dance Theater West)
Modern Dance/Graham Based with Frances Cohen

October 10 at 6:00pm-7:00pm (Dance Theater West)
Intuitive Dance Technique with Anandha Ray

October 11 at 6:00pm-7:30pm (Phoenix Center for the Arts)
Modern Dance/Contemporary with Candy Jimenez

October 12 at 7:30pm (Tempe Center for the Arts)
ARIZONA DANCE FESTIVAL SHOWCASE 2012

October 13 at 7:30pm (Tempe Center for the Arts)
ARIZONA DANCE FESTIVAL SHOWCASE 2012

October 14 at 11:30am-12:30pm (Al Moro Studio)
Belly Dance with Ava Fleming

Ocober 14 at 12:40pm-1:40pm (Al Moro Studio)
Modern Dance/Limon Based with Nancy Happel

October 14 at 1:50pm-2:50pm (Al Moro Studio)
Indian Classical Dance/Bollywood with Preethi & Deepa

October 14 at 3:00pm-4:00pm (Al Moro Studio)
Flamenco Dance/Sevillanas with Yumi La Rosa

October 14 at 4:10pm-5:10pm (Al Moro Studio)
Junk Funk/Movement & Percussion with Step Raptis

Go to www.DesertDanceTheatre.org to register online or download registration form. For more information contact gro.ertaehTecnaDtreseDnull@asiL or call 480-962-4584.

Date: 2012-10-09