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“Ballet at the
Beach” Summer
Intensive
June 9 – 20,
2008
Litchfield
Ballet
Foundation,
Pawleys Island,
SC
Join
nationally-recognized
instructors and
choreographers
for two weeks of
dance education
and performances
at Litchfield
Dance Arts
Academy (LDAA)
in the coastal
resort of
Pawleys Island,
SC.
Serious dance
students are
invited to keep
in shape while
enjoying a
beach-based
family vacation.
You can choose
from two tracks:
-
Daily
two-hour
masters
class,
Monday
through
Friday for
two weeks,
10 a.m.
until noon.
Cost:
$375 per
student
-
Day-long
training
that
includes two
hours of
ballet,
lunch
discussion
break,
90-minute
variation/pointe
instruction,
and
90-minute
modern/jazz
instruction.
Monday
through
Friday for
two weeks,
10 a.m.
until 4 p.m.
(Bring your
own snacks
and lunch.)
Cost:
$500 per
student
LDAA is home to
2006 and 2007
dance
competition
titleholders
including 2006
Junior Miss
Dance of America
and 2007 DMA
Regional Petite
Miss Dance,
Junior Miss
Dance, Teen Miss
Dance, and Miss
Dance. Come
experience some
of the classic
instruction that
made them
winners!
2008 Summer
Intensive Daily
Schedule: June 9
– 20, 2008
(Monday through
Friday)
10 a.m. – noon
Ballet
instruction
Noon – 1 p.m.
Lunch with dance
presentations
and discussion
1 – 2:30 p.m.
Variation/pointe
instruction
2:30 – 4 p.m.
Modern/jazz
instruction
No interview or
audition tape
required. Class
placement will
be determined on
the first day of
this session.
Litchfield
Dance
Arts Academy
Summer Intensive
Application
This
organization is
funded in part
by the South
Carolina Arts
Commission which
receives funding
from the
National
Endowment for
the Arts.
Two Litchfield
Beach/Pawleys
Island area real
estate companies
have agreed to
support
Litchfield
Ballet
Foundation by
helping Summer
Intensive
students and
their families
to find vacation
rental housing.
We encourage you
to contact one
of these
companies for
assistance and
don’t forget to
tell them that
you are part of
the
Litchfield Dance
Summer
Intensive.
Lachicotte
Company
10554 Ocean
Highway
Pawleys Island,
SC 29585
843.237.3366
Ask for Martha
Thompson
www.lachicotte.com
Litchfield Real
Estate
12980 Ocean
Highway
Pawleys Island,
SC 29585
800.437.4241
Ask for Maxine
Carpenter
www.litchfieldrealestate.com
Litchfield Inn
800.637.4211
Ask for Tracey
Hustead
www.litchfieldinn.com
Rental property
in this coastal
resort community
books quickly
during the
summer, so book
your vacation
home or condo
today!
2008 Summer
Intensive
Instructors
Rachel Ayers
– Rachel Ayers
was born and
raised in
Martinsville,
VA, where she began her dance
training in
ballet, tap, and
jazz. She later
attended Virginia School
of the Arts,
where she
studied modern,
pilates,
partnering, and
musical theater
styles. Rachel
performed in
Chicago
with Gus
Giordano Jazz
Dance Chicago
and Winifred
Haun and
Dancers. She has
danced for
Legends in
Concert,
Celebrity Cruise
Lines, L’Opera
de Montreal, Les
Follies de
Paris, and
DanseSing at
Caesar’s Atlantic City. Rachel also is a vocalist and
musician, having
performed with
The Noise
Machine, Blue
Sky Thunder, and
Illuzion.
Ilka Doubek
– LDAA Artistic
Director,
choreographer
and teacher,
Ilka Doubek was
born in Omaha, NE.
She has worked
professionally
in ballet and
modern dance
since 1973.
During her
career, she
collaborated
with renowned
choreographers,
theater, and
opera directors
internationally.
Prior to
founding
Litchfield
Dance Arts
Academy in South
Carolina,
Ilka was a
member of the
Omaha Ballet,
the San Diego
Ballet,
Frankfurt (Germany)
Ballet, and the
Hamburg
(Germany) Ballet.
She has been a
guest solo
dancer and
choreographer in
many of Europe’s performing arts festivals and major opera houses,
where her dance
career
flourished.
Ilka’s
choreography
portfolio
includes
ballets, modern
dances, opera
dances, and
movement. She
continues to
serve as a guest
master teacher
and
choreographer
for ballet and
modern dance
with
professional
companies,
schools, and
universities
around the
world. Ilka
holds teaching
certifications
from the Royal
Academy of Dance
and Dance
Masters of
America (Modern
and Ballet).
Orlando
Molina
– Orlando Molina
was born in
Guane, Pinar del
Rio-Cuba. At age
10, he began
ballet training
at the Vocational School of Art
where he studied
for five years.
In 1987, he was
accepted into
the National Ballet
School in Habana; he then received his
diploma from the
Cuban
School of Ballet. After
serving in the
Cuban military,
Orlando
joined the
Ballet Clasico
de la Habana. At
age 24, he was
selected to be
Ballet Master of
the I.N.C.
Ballet Company
and restaged
numerous ballets
including Don
Quixote,
Coppelia, Diana
and Acteon, Le
Fille Mal Gardee,
La Sylphide, and
Pas de Quatre.
Orlando
has also been a
member of Ballet
Municipal de
Lima and
Cleveland San
Jose Ballet. He
currently is a
member of the
Orlando Ballet
under the
director of
Fernando
Bujones.
Orlando
has coached a
number of
award-winning
dancers and
choreographed
numerous
internationally-recognized
pieces during
his career. He
is a regular
guest instructor
at
Litchfield
Dance Arts
Academy.
Marion Tonner
– Marion Tonner
was born and
raised in
England
and received her
professional
ballet training
on scholarship
at the Royal
Academy of
Dance. She
graduated with
honors and
became a
credentialed
associate and
licensed teacher
of the
Royal Academy as well as a two-time gold medalist at the
All-England
Dance Festival
at the
Collegiate
Theatre in London. Marion’s
career has taken
her throughout
Europe and Great Britain. She now resides in
the
United States,
having served as
principal dancer
and ballet
mistress with
the Maryland
Ballet,
performed with
the Philadelphia
Grand Opera and
American Dance
Artists, and
collaborated on
a repertoire for
Camargo Ballet.
For 20 years, Marion has taught for university dance
programs, dance
teacher
organizations,
regional dance
companies, and
professional
dance schools.
She has held
faculty
positions in
Philadelphia,
Massachusetts, and Florida. She currently is full-time Dance
Specialist at
Hillcrest School in
Lake
Wales, FL, where she
instructs more
than 550
students a year.
Litchfield
Dance
Arts Academy
Summer Intensive
Application
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