Thank you to everyone who joined us for "Move Up" 2016! We could not have asked for a better group of dance enthusiasts! What a blast!
Visit our photo gallery to see some of the awesome that was "Move Up" 2016!
Visit our photo gallery to see some of the awesome that was "Move Up" 2016!
TIPDI's "Move Up!" Dance Camp
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Be the dancer you've always wanted to be!
Become part of a community of dancing adults!
And have FUN, too!!
Become part of a community of dancing adults!
And have FUN, too!!
Are you a partner dance enthusiast who wants to
improve your lines, power, flexibility, and performance quality?
Are you an adult with little to no dance experience, who has always wanted to try?
Are you an experienced dancer looking to take your skills to the next level
in a friendly, fun environment?
improve your lines, power, flexibility, and performance quality?
Are you an adult with little to no dance experience, who has always wanted to try?
Are you an experienced dancer looking to take your skills to the next level
in a friendly, fun environment?
Then TIPDI's Move Up! Dance Camp is just right for you! Join our super friendly, knowledgable, accessible, much-loved TIPDI instructors Sasha Soreff and Elizabeth Douglas, plus NEW TIPDI instructor, Wes Veldink, for three nights and two days of dance fun!
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TIPDI's "Move Up!" Dance Camp is about making you a more fabulous dancer
in a stress-free weekend with awesome instructors!
in a stress-free weekend with awesome instructors!
Move Up! is a weekend of friendly, fun, informative dance training in a non-competitive environment geared towards adult learners!! The majority of our students range in age from early 30s to early 60s, but anyone 21 and older is welcome to attend! At TIPDI, there are no preteens wearing Miley Cyrus t-shirts with their legs wrapped around their heads. No intimidating, crowded rooms where everyone already seems to know the warm-up. No scary teachers or competitive students. At TIPDI, you'll be surrounded by like-minded adults who are there to have fun and become better dancers.
We'll also go out on the town and catch a dance performance on Saturday night! (Optional, additional cost.) It's a weekend of total dance immersion in New York City!
We'll also go out on the town and catch a dance performance on Saturday night! (Optional, additional cost.) It's a weekend of total dance immersion in New York City!
TIPDI's Classical Dance Camp Instructors
Modern:
Sasha Soreff (Ailey School, Gibney Dance Center, Sasha Soreff Dance Theater, Dance New Amsterdam) |
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Full Bios Below!
Your Weekend at Move Up!
Classes are leveled at "Move Up" Dance Camp.
Based on the information you provide on your registration form, you'll be placed in the appropriate level for each dance form separately, giving you a "mix-and-match" schedule. Your placement in a particular class may change up or down after the weekend has begun, if a TIPDI instructor recommends it.
Based on the information you provide on your registration form, you'll be placed in the appropriate level for each dance form separately, giving you a "mix-and-match" schedule. Your placement in a particular class may change up or down after the weekend has begun, if a TIPDI instructor recommends it.
Level A
For adults with no (or little) prior experience with ballet, modern, or contemporary. Classes will move slowly and students will receive personal attention.
Level B
For adults who have limited, but solid experience with ballet, modern, or contemporary, or for those who danced when they were younger and who are now returning to dance. This level is also appropriate for people with substantial training in other dance forms such as Jazz, Musical Theater Dance, Belly Dance, and Ballroom. This level assumes knowledge of basic dance terminology (i.e., the various positions, and terms like tendu, dégagé, attitude, etc.).
Level C
For adults who are currently taking regular upper level classes in ballet, modern, or contemporary, or who danced extensively in the past (former company members, retired professional dancers, current teachers). A solid understanding and ability to perform all classical dance basics will be assumed and classes will move quickly. As this weekend camp is geared towards adults, our instructors are aware that there may be physical limitations due to previous dance-related injuries and wear-and-tear, and will structure the class accordingly.
Choreography Workshop (All Levels) - Ballet, Modern, or Contemporary
Choreography Workshop is your time to experience life as a dancer. Choose the style you want to focus on and join our wonderful instructors as they set a short work on participants. Over the course of 4.5 hours, you'll rehearse and clean the dance as if preparing for performance. On Sunday, you have the option of participating in an informal "open studio" showing for friends and family at 6:30 pm.
For adults with no (or little) prior experience with ballet, modern, or contemporary. Classes will move slowly and students will receive personal attention.
Level B
For adults who have limited, but solid experience with ballet, modern, or contemporary, or for those who danced when they were younger and who are now returning to dance. This level is also appropriate for people with substantial training in other dance forms such as Jazz, Musical Theater Dance, Belly Dance, and Ballroom. This level assumes knowledge of basic dance terminology (i.e., the various positions, and terms like tendu, dégagé, attitude, etc.).
Level C
For adults who are currently taking regular upper level classes in ballet, modern, or contemporary, or who danced extensively in the past (former company members, retired professional dancers, current teachers). A solid understanding and ability to perform all classical dance basics will be assumed and classes will move quickly. As this weekend camp is geared towards adults, our instructors are aware that there may be physical limitations due to previous dance-related injuries and wear-and-tear, and will structure the class accordingly.
Choreography Workshop (All Levels) - Ballet, Modern, or Contemporary
Choreography Workshop is your time to experience life as a dancer. Choose the style you want to focus on and join our wonderful instructors as they set a short work on participants. Over the course of 4.5 hours, you'll rehearse and clean the dance as if preparing for performance. On Sunday, you have the option of participating in an informal "open studio" showing for friends and family at 6:30 pm.
The Schedule
Friday, April 15: 7 pm - 10 pm
Saturday, April 16: 12 pm - 7 pm
Sunday, April 17: 11 am - 7 pm
Location: Dance Art New York (DANY) Studios, 305 W. 38th St., 2nd Fl., New York City
Friday, April 15
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7:00 - 8:30 pm
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Open Level Ballet
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Open Level Modern
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Open Level Contemporary
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8:40 - 10:00 pm
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Ballet Choreography Workshop
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Modern Choreography Workshop
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Contemporary Choreography Workshop
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Saturday, April 16
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12:00 - 1:30 pm
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Ballet A
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Modern B
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Contemporary C
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1:40 - 3:10 pm
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Ballet C
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Modern A
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Contemporary B
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3:15 - 3:45 pm
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break
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3:50 - 5:20 pm
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Ballet B
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Modern C
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Contemporary A
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5:30 - 7:00 pm
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Ballet Choreography
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Modern Choreography
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Contemporary Choreography
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8 pm - 10 pm
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Field Trip to a Dance Performance (Optional, additional cost.)
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Sunday, April 17
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11 am - 12:30 pm
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Ballet B
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Modern C
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Contemporary A
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12:40 - 2:10 pm
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Ballet A
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Modern B
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Contemporary C
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2:15 - 2:45 pm
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2:50 - 4:20 pm
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Ballet C
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Modern A
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Contemporary B
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4:30 - 6:00 pm
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Ballet Choreography
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Modern Choreography
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Contemporary Choreography
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6:00 - 6:30 pm
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Break/Blocking Rehearsal
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6:30 - 7:00 pm
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Informal Open Studio Showing + Exit
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Housing + Travel
A limited number of spaces are available at a lovely guesthouse for dancers in Brooklyn. Prices start at $35 per night. Please contact us directly at info@tipdi.com to reserve a room. You must have registered and placed your deposit, in order to reserve a room in the guesthouse. First come, first served. (SOLD OUT as of January 1! Contact us if you'd like to be placed on the waiting list for the guesthouse.)
There is also the opportunity for a homestay. For homestays, please indicate on your form if you are willing to provide a space for a TIPDI participant in your home, or if you are searching for a homestay. We'll do our best to pair people up. Other options include local hotels and hostels, please visit our "Where to Stay" page for more info.
For information regarding how to get to TIPDI and Move Up! Dance Camp, please visit our Travel page for a variety of options.
There is also the opportunity for a homestay. For homestays, please indicate on your form if you are willing to provide a space for a TIPDI participant in your home, or if you are searching for a homestay. We'll do our best to pair people up. Other options include local hotels and hostels, please visit our "Where to Stay" page for more info.
For information regarding how to get to TIPDI and Move Up! Dance Camp, please visit our Travel page for a variety of options.
Registration
Register for the full intensive or technique classes only.
This is your chance to dance! Come have fun with us!
Fees are outlined below. Register early!
This is your chance to dance! Come have fun with us!
Fees are outlined below. Register early!
FULL INTENSIVE
10.5 Hours of Friendly Technique Class
+ 4.5 Hours of Choreography Workshop
+ Optional Studio Showing
10.5 Hours of Friendly Technique Class
+ 4.5 Hours of Choreography Workshop
+ Optional Studio Showing
Tuition:
$225 US
Overseas + Canada: $195 US
$225 US
Overseas + Canada: $195 US
"Move Up" is a limited enrollment intensive and we expect it to fill quickly. To secure your spot, please fill out the registration form, and pay in full or place a $45 non-refundable deposit. The remaining balance can be paid anytime between the date you register and March 15, 2016. Please note: Registration and payment for the Full Intensive closes April 10, 2016. If we have not received your remaining balance by then, your spot will be released to another interested dancer. There is no "At-the-Door" registration option for the Full Intensive.
• All deposits are non-refundable. After March 15, 2016, Full Intensive tuition is transferable, but not refundable.
• All deposits are non-refundable. After March 15, 2016, Full Intensive tuition is transferable, but not refundable.
TECHNIQUE CLASSES ONLY
10.5 Hours of Friendly Technique Classes
10.5 Hours of Friendly Technique Classes
Tuition:
$195 US
Overseas + Canada: $165 US
$195 US
Overseas + Canada: $165 US
"Move Up" is a limited enrollment intensive and we expect it to fill quickly. To secure your spot, please fill out the registration form, and pay in full or place a $45 non-refundable deposit. The remaining balance can be paid anytime between the date you register and April 1, 2016. Please note: Registration and payment for the Technique Classes Only option closes April 10, 2016. If we have not received your remaining balance by then, your spot will be released to another interested dancer. There is no "At-the-Door" registration option for Technique Classes Only.
•Technique Only participants have the option of adding the Choreography workshops to their schedule on the first day of the camp only, April 15th, for a $60 additional fee.
• All deposits are non-refundable. After April 1, 2016, Technique Classes Only tuition is transferable, but not refundable.
•Technique Only participants have the option of adding the Choreography workshops to their schedule on the first day of the camp only, April 15th, for a $60 additional fee.
• All deposits are non-refundable. After April 1, 2016, Technique Classes Only tuition is transferable, but not refundable.
A-LA-CARTE or "DROP-IN"
Fee:
$27 per class
$27 per class
On Saturday and Sunday, it is possible to "drop-in" for a particular Technique class at-the-door. Admittance to a particular class at-the-door, is on a standby basis based upon available space, and is not guaranteed. If you intend to "drop-in", it is highly recommended that you call or email us the day before the intensive to check for space.
Scholarships
There are two full-tuition scholarships available for "Move Up!" - one for a female dancer and one for a male dancer. Recipients of the Move Up! scholarship will serve as administrative staff during the Camp, and will also have social media, street team, and advertising responsibilities prior to the camp. For more information and an application, please email us directly at info@tipdi.com.
Move Up! Dance Camp Instructors
Sasha Soreff
Modern
Sasha has taught modern, jazz, Simonson technique, anatomy and student performance workshops throughout New York and New England since 1999. She currently is on faculty at Gibney Dance Center. She has taught at the 92Y, The Door and BAX in addition to serving on the faculty at Dance New Amsterdam from 2000-2013. Sasha has served as a teaching assistant to kinesthetic anatomist, Irene Dowd, and has completed the Level 1 Teacher Training in Breath~Body~Mind, a series of breathing and qi gong practices that promote well-being. Sasha is Artistic Director of Sasha Soreff Dance Theater, which has been creating and presenting multigenerational, participatory work since 2002 at such venues as the Ailey Citigroup Theater, Dixon Place, The Queens Museum of Art, Long Island University, The JCC in Manhattan, University Settlement (where she was artist-in-residence 2013-2014) and on WNET’s MetroArts Television Station. Recently, Sasha set a piece on students at the Ailey School and created an original movement theater work with Roots&Branches Intergenerational Theater. She had the pleasure of dancing with Isabel Gotzkowsky and Friends from 1998-2004. A Maine native, Sasha attended North Carolina School of the Arts and Barnard College. More information at sashasoreffdance.com. 2016 is Sasha's 4th year with TIPDI.
Wes Veldink
Contemporary
"Wes Veldink and his dancers move with a fierce, sexy quality that wreaks of passion, lust and rage. The refreshing honesty of their movement takes the audience on an emotional journey through the valleys of their own desire." Sara Jarrett, editor-in-chief Dance Spirit Magazine
Director and choreographer, Wes Veldink, began developing his unique and dynamic style of dance over two decades ago. Based in the fundamentals of jazz, ballet, and modern, his work transforms human posture and gesture into movement that brings the intricacies of music to visual life and transcends the boundaries between commercial and concert dance.
After opening a dance studio at age 16 in his hometown, Wes began his career in Los Angeles following his graduation from the prestigious Orange County High School of the Arts. While in L.A., Wes taught at the EDGE Performing Arts Center, co-choreographed Paula Abdul’s video Blowing Kisses in the Wind, was Michael Jackson’s dance double in two videos, improvised live onstage with singer/songwriter Ani Difranco, and danced in the Disney film Newsies.
After moving to New York City, Wes started his own professional dance company, The Wes Veldink Movement, which toured Los Angeles, Toronto and South Korea. Wes has been invited to both teach and choreograph for the Oslo State Ballet School/Oslo Dance Ensemble (Norway), the Osaka School of Music and K-Broadway (Japan), the Mediterraneo Dance Festival and World Dance Movement (Italy), Studio Harmonic (France), Amsterdam Dance Center (Holland), and the Nadine Bommer Academy (Israel), as well as universities, conservatories, and conventions throughout the U.S. and Canada.
Recently, Wes has choreographed a series of commercials for Joe Fresh, an international campaign for Nikon with Kate Moss, and a Revlon campaign with Olivia Wilde. In music, Wes was a contributing choreographer for Alicia Keys' Set the World on Fire Tour and was the Director/Choreographer for Ashlyne Huff's 30-city Heart of Gold Promotional Tour.
Additionally, Wes choreographed and set the dance sequences for Gwyneth Paltrow and Leighton Meester in the feature film Country Strong. Through his own production company, "Calm & Sense Creations," he has conceived, directed, and choreographed two dance short films: Full Circle (filmed in the Redwood National Forest) and Untitled (filmed in Tropea, Italy).
Photo credit: Jae Feinberg. Styling by: Tia Reagan
Director and choreographer, Wes Veldink, began developing his unique and dynamic style of dance over two decades ago. Based in the fundamentals of jazz, ballet, and modern, his work transforms human posture and gesture into movement that brings the intricacies of music to visual life and transcends the boundaries between commercial and concert dance.
After opening a dance studio at age 16 in his hometown, Wes began his career in Los Angeles following his graduation from the prestigious Orange County High School of the Arts. While in L.A., Wes taught at the EDGE Performing Arts Center, co-choreographed Paula Abdul’s video Blowing Kisses in the Wind, was Michael Jackson’s dance double in two videos, improvised live onstage with singer/songwriter Ani Difranco, and danced in the Disney film Newsies.
After moving to New York City, Wes started his own professional dance company, The Wes Veldink Movement, which toured Los Angeles, Toronto and South Korea. Wes has been invited to both teach and choreograph for the Oslo State Ballet School/Oslo Dance Ensemble (Norway), the Osaka School of Music and K-Broadway (Japan), the Mediterraneo Dance Festival and World Dance Movement (Italy), Studio Harmonic (France), Amsterdam Dance Center (Holland), and the Nadine Bommer Academy (Israel), as well as universities, conservatories, and conventions throughout the U.S. and Canada.
Recently, Wes has choreographed a series of commercials for Joe Fresh, an international campaign for Nikon with Kate Moss, and a Revlon campaign with Olivia Wilde. In music, Wes was a contributing choreographer for Alicia Keys' Set the World on Fire Tour and was the Director/Choreographer for Ashlyne Huff's 30-city Heart of Gold Promotional Tour.
Additionally, Wes choreographed and set the dance sequences for Gwyneth Paltrow and Leighton Meester in the feature film Country Strong. Through his own production company, "Calm & Sense Creations," he has conceived, directed, and choreographed two dance short films: Full Circle (filmed in the Redwood National Forest) and Untitled (filmed in Tropea, Italy).
Photo credit: Jae Feinberg. Styling by: Tia Reagan
Elizabeth Douglas
Ballet
Elizabeth Douglas is a professional dancer, choreographer, and dance educator trained in several dance styles. Elizabeth received her BA in Dance at the University at Buffalo before moving to New York City. Once in New York, Elizabeth received her MA in Dance and Dance Education from New York University. From there, she continued her training throughout the city while teaching children through adults. Her teaching career has brought her to institutions such as Chen Dance Center, 92nd Street Y, Steps on Broadway, Montclair State University, and Ballet Hispanico. Elizabeth has performed with several dance companies in New York and is a founding member of Xodus Dance Collective, with whom she currently performs. Elizabeth is passionate about teaching beginners through professionals and encouraging the joy and release found in dance and its connection with music.