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International dance teacher’s to descend on Austin
Ballet Austin’s Butler Dance Education Center selected as the site for the 2009 International Dance Teachers Seminar, April 3-5.
This intensive 3-day course, presented and organized by The Institute for Dance Education Arts will focus on enhancing teaching and coaching skills and the underlying methodology and technical understanding of imparting this knowledge.
The seminar has been held for the past five years in Miami at the New World School of the Arts.
The central presenter in this year’s three-day conference will be Dinna Bjorn—one of today’s most respected master teachers. Ms. Bjorn is recognized throughout the dance world as one of the premier pedagogues of the Bournonville style. The philosophy of the method of teaching employed by the Bournonville School along with basic understanding of the student’s development with class progression, placement and style, will be comprehensively covered.
REGISTER: By March 25 at www.americanballetcompetition.com
COST: $350 for teachers, $35 - $175 for intermediate-advanced students age 13-19
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