Join us for the Second Annual Summer Workshop! Register at karardancecompany.org/register (regisration includes workshop t-shirt)! Open to advanced dancers age 14 & up. Collegiate and professional dancers welcome. Direct inquiries to info@karardancecompany.org
May 31st - $195 Early Bird Deadline
June 28th - $265 Regular Deadline
Thursday, July 13
9 am - 10:15 am: Ballet with Sabrina Sabino (guest faculty)
10:30 am - 11:30 am: Modern with Hailey Clevenger
11:40 am - 12:40 pm: Improv with Amy Perkinson (guest faculty)
12:40 pm - 1:15 pm: Lunch
1:15 pm - 2:15 pm: Floorwork with Ryan Davis (guest faculty)
2:25 pm - 3:25 pm: Composition with Kara Robertson
3:30 pm -5 pm: Repetoire with the company
Friday, July 14
9 am - 10:15 am: Ballet with Sabrina Sabino (guest faculty)
10:30 am - 11:30 am: Modern with Hailey Clevenger
11:40 am - 12:40 pm: Improv with Amy Perkinson (guest faculty)
12:40 pm - 1:15 pm: Lunch
1:15 pm - 2:15 pm: Floorwork with Ryan Davis (guest faculty)
2:25 pm - 3:25 pm: Composition with Kara Robertson
3:30 pm -5 pm: Repetoire with the company
Saturday, July 15
9:30 am - 10:30 am: Improv Jam with Amy Perkinson (guest faculty)
10:45 am - 12:15 pm: Efficient Chaos with Maurice Fraga (guest faculty)
12:15 pm - 12:50 pm: Lunch
12:50 pm - 3:30 pm: Repetoire with the company & Rehearsal for Informal Showing
4 pm: Informal Showing for Family and Friends
Ryan Davis, originally form Norfolk, VA., began dancing recreationally at the age of 14 and found his passion for it while a dance student at the Governor’s School for the Arts. After graduating, Ryan attended Virginia Commonwealth University and is currently a dancer, choreographer, musician, composer, and educator in the Richmond area.
Class Description: Starting slowly but increasing physically, the dancer will begin finding their connection to the floor and will go through techniques to properly and safely move in and out of the floor.
Maurice Fraga (guest faculty) is originally from San Francisco, California, and has earned B.A., M.A, and M.F.A. degrees in dance from the University of California, Santa Cruz, The College at Brockport, and the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, respectively. He has danced for Ben Munisteri Dance, David Parker and the Bang Group, the Kevin Wynn Collection, Michael Foley Dance, Creach/Company, the Tiffany Mills Company, the Mark Morris Dance Group, O Vertigo (Montreal), and Fluxusdance (Dublin). Fraga’s work has presented in the United States (NYC, Miami, D.C., Cleveland, Philadelphia, San Francisco), Canada, Ireland, Ecuador, Spain, Taiwan, and in 2012 and 2013, he was commissioned by the National Dance Company of El Salvador to create the evening-length work, Sí…así, and Rehuir. He has taught in the U.S., Canada, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, France, Greece, Ireland, Macedonia, Taiwan, Spain, and the United Kingdom. His choreography has received various awards and his musical score for the documentary "Exploring Hinterland," was nominated for Best Sound Music Score at the 2013 International Filmmaker Festival of World Cinema in London, UK. He is the Chair of the Dance program at Shenandoah University and is the artistic director of his own dance company, Ekilibre.
Class Description: The dance practice of Efficient Chaos is based on combining classical and contemporary techniques to grant the dancer greater awareness of neutral/natural states of being, so that he/she may accomplish a wide variety of technical/movement tasks with greater ease. The techniques taught incorporate natural, fully physical, energetic and subtle dance movements that are based on release techniques, yoga principles, Bartenieff Fundamentals, floor work, and improvisation. As the work evolves, the time spent on the exploration of passing through different states challenges the dancers to find more committed and honest approaches to their own performance and improvisational personas, without losing their essence of human personality.
Amy Perkinson received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance and Choreography and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration/International Business from Virginia Commonwealth University. She also spent time at the University of Virginia- Institute of Shipboard Education Study Abroad, as well as the Consorzio Universitario Mediterraneo Orientale A R.L in Siracusa, Italy. She had the privilege of continuing her education by attending the American Dance Festival Winter Intensive, Doug Varone and Dancers Winter Intensive, Joe Goode: Movement for Humans Workshop, and was a member of the Inaugural ODC Next Moves Summer Intensive in San Francisco, California. She performed at New York City’s Lincoln Center in Mark Dendy’s world premiere of “Ritual Cyclical.” Amy is currently a member of Harper Continuum Dance Theatre, where she recently performed with the company and the University of Las Vegas Nevada (UNLV) at the Ensemble Studio Theatre in New York City. She is the proud Co-Owner of Pure Barre Williamsburg and co-founder of Tennessee Arts Collective. Amy currently resides in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Amy danced with the company October 2016 - July 2021 and taught at the 2022 Summer Workshop. Amy currently resides in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Class Description: This class will explore unique ways to approach alternative processes and considerations of how dance can always provide more choices through movement exploration. The class will provide tangible and accessible entries into improvisational prompts and guidelines, perfect for all levels of experience.
Sabrina Sabino (guest faculty) is originally from upstate NY where she began her ballet training at an early age. She furthered her education and trained at Canada’s National Ballet School for four years which included an exchange program to the John Cranko School in Stuttgart, Germany. After graduation, she spent 1 year in The Washington Ballet performing with the company as a trainee. Sabrina has spent 11 years with Richmond Ballet dancing roles such as, Juliet in ‘Romeo and Juliet’, Aurora in ‘The Sleeping Beauty’, Cinderella in ‘Cinderella’ as well as the Principal roles in George Balanchine’s ‘Theme and Variations, Tarantella and Allegro Brilliant. She has also worked with many contemporary choreographers and has been a part of the creation process of new ballets every season.
Class Description: Sabrina is excited to share a ballet class that is designed for intermediate/ advanced level students. Class will focus on technique that works on your dancing and movement quality making it even more enjoyable!
You can find company bios at karardancecompany.org/artists.
Event image by Tori Duhaime.