MBDP Tour to Latin America & The Caribbean

We are thrilled to announce that we have finalized our 2017 Special Guests Summer Series line up of fabulous instructors to work with our South Dallas MBDP kiddos!  “Dance From Within” will consist of 3 workshops with some of DFW’s and New York’s finest dance/movement educators; learn more about them below!

Ages 8+ are welcome to attend. Limited spots available so be sure to RSVP below and confirm your child’s spot today!  Paypal link at the bottom of page. See you in class!

 

MB Dance Project Presents: “Dance From Within”

  2017 Summer Special Guests Series 

Hip Hop

Hip Hop Roots: Exploring Popping, Waving & Choreography

Sat. July 2910:30 am- 12:30 pm   

Instructor: Tekz World’s Isaiah Adams aka ILLA Red

Yoga

Rock your body Yoga!

Sat. Aug. 5th 1:45 pm-3:30 pm

E-RYT 200 Hour Certified Yoga Instructor Dayna Henderson 

Dayna has been practicing yoga for 10 years in the DFW area and has been teaching for 7 years in Midlothian, Texas. She was also a yoga studio owner for almost 6 years in Midlothian and has experience teaching students of all levels and ages! 

Flamenco

Intro to Flamenco: Learn about the rich history and Culture of Flamenco 

Thurs. Aug. 17th 3:45 -5:00 pm

New York City Flamenco Artist Ms. Kiri Avelar

Kiri Avelar holds a B.A. in Dance Education from New Mexico State University, and is currently pursuing her MFA in Dance at Rutgers University. She began her formal dance training as a scholarship recipient with the Boston Ballet, where she was introduced to Spanish dance under Ramon de los Reyes, and the Milwaukee Ballet School, later performing with the Milwaukee Ballet under the Artistic Direction of Simon Dow. After performing with the Milwaukee Ballet she moved to Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, México where she founded the Academia de Ballet Emmanuel, an after-school program providing quality dance education for the children of Hogar de Niños Emmanuel Orphanage. Over the course of 10 years as Founding Director and Resident Teaching Artist, she designed and implemented a curriculum in ballet and Spanish dance, recruited and trained faculty, and initiated an annual summer dance intensive, hosting guest faculty and students internationally. She went on to direct the Pan American Dance Institute in New Mexico, bringing artists and dance programming from Mexico, South America, and Spain to the community statewide. Over the course of 15 years she has served on the dance faculties of New Mexico State University, Rutgers University, El Paso Community College (TX), Sharron Miller’s Academy for the Performing Arts (NJ), and as a teaching artist in both private and public schools. She currently resides in New York City, where she is the Associate School Director for Ballet Hispánico and teaches in the School of Dance.

RSVP TO SECURE YOUR KIDDOS SPOT TODAY!

Single Class

$17 in advance

$20 at workshop

*Full “Dance From Within” Workshop Experience*

3 Combo special $45 in advance only

Ages 8+ welcome to attend

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MOVE Bridges Dance Project traveled on a 3 week adventure visiting neighborhoods in Haiti, Cozumel and Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. Founder, Cee Cee Bridges led a series of innovative dance experiences that uplifted communities, joined people of all walks of life and inspired individuals to be their “best self”.

In each country participants engaged in 4 days of instruction and on the 5th day culminated with a performance for their community.

From August 16th-20th MBDP visited Haiti and had the privilege in working with a group of teenagers/young adults at a local arts center called Artimoun. Each day they explored a different dance style: Dancehall, Street-Jazz and Hip-Hop. They culminated with a party for the community; presenting dances they learned and folkloric dances from their own repertory.

Under Cee Cee‘s direction they collectively came up with themes for each day based off the lesson: Teamwork- Patience- Leader-Communication- Risk.

By the end of the residency dancers were able to make connections on how they would apply these words to their everyday lives. Each dancer set a goal for themselves and wrote the actions steps it will take for them to achieve it. After their presentation they each received a MBDP inspiration button; holding them accountable to accomplish their goals (#makemoves) and inspire others too (#movebridges)! 😀

This is MBDP’s third time visiting C.D, Juarez – but the first time this project was brought in to work with the local dance studios. 😀 Students from the community participated in a 3 day Dance Intensive, exploring Hip-Hop, Ballet and Dance Making (Choreography). This experience culminated with an informal showing at Studio 11.

Highlights:

  • Several young local dance teachers were in attendance. They were able to gather new innovative ways to engage their students and teach effective lessons.
  • Participants reflected on how far the Ciudad Juárez, Mexico community has come and how they will continue to contribute to it’s progress.
  • Dancers also shared their goals/dreams and expressed how this workshop inspired them to go out and achieve them