Join Bristol Ballet for a summer intensive for intermediate/advanced dancers with guest master instructors Kate Arnson and Derek Lauer!
Enjoy classes in ballet, pre-pointe/pointe, Progressing Ballet Technique/Conditioning, dance history, variations, and more. June 23-27, from 9am-5pm.
Kate Arnson is originally from San Diego, California. She began dancing at City Ballet of San Diego and then went on to work with Kathryn Irey at Stage 7 School of Dance, where she spent the majority of her training. After two seasons as an apprentice with City Ballet of San Diego and one season with Ballet Tucson, Kate re-joined City Ballet of San Diego as a company member, performing in ballets such as Swan Lake, Giselle, Don Quixote, Carmen, and George Balanchine’s Serenade, Emeralds, Four Temperaments, Walpurgisnacht, and La Source. While performing with the company, Kate also taught in City Ballet’s outreach program and coached their junior professional company. In 2017, Kate joined Charlottesville Ballet, performing in The Nutcracker, Cinderella, Snow White, and other original works. Kate is BEYOND excited to be back teaching for Charlottesville Ballet.
Derek Lauer first began dancing at his mother’s studio in Flagstaff, Arizona. After graduating from the Virginia School of the Arts in Lynchburg, VA, he joined Milwaukee Ballet II. Derek then danced with New York Theatre Ballet, where he performed leading roles in Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, and The Nutcracker. From 2010 to 2013, Derek danced with Ballet Tucson in Arizona, where he appeared in Three Virgins and a Devil, Anthony Tudor’s Continuo and Fairy Doll, and August Bournonville’s Flower Festival. For the next five seasons, Derek danced with City Ballet of San Diego, where he performed Romeo in Romeo & Juliet and Rothbart in Swan Lake, as well as roles in George Balanchine’s Allegro Brilliante, Serenade, Rubies, Emeralds, Four Temperaments, and Square Dance. Derek joined Charlottesville Ballet in 2017 and performed leading roles such as Cavalier in The Nutcracker and Prince Charming in Cinderella throughout his career while also teaching on CBA faculty. Derek retired from the stage in 2023, and he continues to design costumes, develop our Boys Ballet program, and teach in the Academy.
The intensive will be open to current Bristol Ballet students, as well as outside intermediate/advanced students.
Register now at www.bristolballet.org/registration. We hope you join us!
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