Young & Intense
Summer Dance Camp

July 7th - 19th, 2008
Mondays - Fridays, 8:00am - 5:00pm
Barnevelder Arts/Movement Complex (view map)
Pre-registration - $300 before June 18th, 2008

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Young & Intense offers training and performance opportunities in modern, jazz, hip hop, social, and cultural dance to dancers ages twelve to sixteen.  A two-week intensive workshop and performance, Young & Intense plants the seeds for discipline and growth in Houston’s young dancers.  Participants take four dance classes a day from the choreographers (bios below). Afternoon activity periods offer enriching activities like theater games, dance videos, and yoga.  During the final practice session of the day, students receive individual attention from the choreographers plus the opportunity to work closely within a dedicated community of dancers.  The participants' hard work builds into a public showcase of new works, aptly named Young & Intense. 

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Classes  are July 7th - 18th at: Barnevelder Arts/Movement Complex 2201 Preston, Houston, TX 77003 (view map)   Young & Intense Performance:  Saturday, July 19, 2008, 2:00pm – Free!   (Click here to see videos from past camps) Dance Houston office - 713.526.1049

Sample Schedule (classes will rotate daily): 8:00am – 9:00am – Warm-Up 9:15am – 10:30am – Modern 10:45am – 12:00pm – Social Dance 12:00pm – 12:45pm – Lunch 12:45pm – 2:00pm – Cultural Dance 2:00pm – 2:30pm – Activity Period 2:30pm – 3:45pm – Hip Hop 4:00pm – 5:00pm –Practice Session

Young and Intense is funded in part by grants from Harris County and the Texas Commission on the Arts through the Houston Arts Alliance.

Instructors
(subject to change)

PHILLIP CHBEEB - Hip Hop & Popping

Phillip Chbeeb, an 18-year-old Dancer from Houston, has risen to great heights as a choreographer as well as a freestyler in the past three years. He has worked with companies such as Chuckies Choreography, Planet Funk, and is currently the co-founder (along with Jordan Kolar, Moon Di) of Marvelous Motion Studio (Winners of Dance Houston 2006). Phillip has met, performed with, and entertained numerous celebrities such as Wade Robson, Fat Joe, Natalie, Paul Wall, Mike Jones, 104.9, Dave Scott, Shane Sparks, Nigel Lythgoe, Mia Michaels, Mary Murphy, and a number of others. He has developed a unique style of Popping and has competed well in numerous B-Boy Competitions and Battles. Most recently, he took the dance scene by storm with his debut on Season 3 of Fox’s “So You Think You Can Dance”. Phillip Chbeeb prides himself on originality and has a true passion for the art of Hip-Hop dance.
(Click here to see a video of Phillip dancing.)

ANDREA CODY – Social Dance

As Dance Houston’s Founder and Director, Andrea Cody produces full-length dance concerts featuring Houston's talented dance troupes.  Cody trained at the Houston Ballet Academy during her youth and later focused her training on social dance.  In 1997, she was a founding member and instructor for the Houston Swing Dance Society, for which she also served as Vice President.  In 1999, she placed first in the city and tenth in the nation in the Showcase Division at the American Lindy Hop Championships.  In 2001, she received her Bachelor’s degree from the University of Chicago where she studied dance theory, history and choreography.  Cody also directs Wedding Dance Houston where she teaches couples social dancing in preparation for their “first dance.”

KRISTINA KOUTSOUDAS – Middle Eastern Cultural Dance

Kristina Andriana Koutsoudas is an independent choreographer, performer, and teacher of contemporary and folkloric dances of the Middle East and North Africa.  She has been awarded several Individual Artist Grants (2000 & 2004) from the Cultural Arts Council of Houston and Harris County for her work in preserving the cultural heritage of the Middle East and North Africa through dance.  Kristina has performed at theatrical, university, and studio venues all over the United States as well as with an international dance company.  She has performed, toured, and taught with the Anjali School of East Indian Performing Arts under Artistic Director Rathna Kumar.  Kristina has developed several arts-in-education teaching and performing programs for Young Audiences, the Children's Museum, and the Museum of Fine Arts.  She teaches dance classes at Rice University and the Jung Center.  Kristina holds a B.A. in history M. A. in Cross Cultural Studies the University of Houston with an emphasis in dance.

AMANDA GAMEL – Hip Hop Choreography

Amanda began dancing at the age of four where she was trained in ballet, jazz, and tap. Since then she has trained in hip hop, jazz, and acting in both stage and film. As of fall 2003 to the present she has been a professional dancer and actor for various Latin and hip hop recording artists, TV shows, commercials, Six Flags Theme Parks and Dance Force Productions. Currently, she is pursuing acting and dancing in Los Angeles, California where she attends the top acting conservatory in America; The American Academy of Dramatic Arts.
 

AMBER THORNTON - Contemporary Jazz

Amber Thornton has studied and performed with Delia Stewart Jazz Dance Company, Gus Giordano Jazz Dance Company, Bay Area Houston Ballet & Theatre, Euroasia Ballet, The Houston Met, and Dorrell Martin's Dance Fusion to name a few. She has also studied with Houston Ballet Academy, Hubbard Street of Chicago, Broadway Dance Center and Steps in NYC amongst others.  Thornton’s “home” is at The Bay Area Houston Ballet & Theatre where she is the Contemporary Director and is on staff with the Royal Academy of Fine Arts.  Thornton was the 1998 recipient of the Monticello Scholarship for her choreographed work, Unzipped Entropy, at the Regional Dance America Festival. Thornton's 2002 piece, Portraying Picasso, as well as her 2004 piece, Twenty-Nine were selected for the National Choreography Plan, which is an NEA program that recognizes artistic and choreographic excellence. Ms. Thornton was a selected commissioned choreographer for JCC's 2004 Choreographers x 6, and participated in their Summer Texas Tanz concert. In addition, Ms. Thornton's choreography has been performed in various venues including Dance Houston 2003-2005, Big Range Dance Festival's Late Night at the Cabaret and at the Kirov Academy's gala in Washington D.C.  She has appeared in local commercials and has done promotional work for Macy's, Capezio, and Matuszewski fashion productions, and has starred in the promotional film, Bonhomme with Zircon pictures.
(Click here to see a video of Amber dancing)

LAURA URIBE - Flamenco

Laura Uribe, a native Houstonian and Director of The Spanish Institute of Dance, has been dancing Flamenco for over 10 years.  She elevates the art of Flamenco in the Houston area with her raw, earthy, authentic style of dance and teaching.  She studies with the best Flamenco artists in the world including Melissa Cruz, Antonio Granjero, Genoveva, Maria Serrano, Jose Junco, Rosa Maria Navarette, Juanaire, La Conja and Fanny Ara.  Her devotion to teaching and enriching her student’s knowledge has earned her respect as a leading Flamenco instructor.  Ms. Uribe is currently in the process of developing Houston’s premiere flamenco dance company.

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