Academy News
Visions in Rhythm Concert
WHEN:
Saturday, May 3rd, 7:30pm
Pre-Concert Dinner at 5:30pm (information below)
WHERE:
Helms Fine Arts Theatre
2900 Bunny Run, Austin, TX 78746
St. Stephen's Episcopal School Campus
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TICKETS:
$10 adults
$5 youth (6 - 18 yrs)
FREE children (ages 5 & younger)
Join us for "M...brought to you by the letter T" - a new concert work by TDC pre-apprendice group, Visions in Rhythm. Our exciting concert will include multi-form dance, as well as live music by the fusion band Secret Spice.
Pre-Concert Dinner
Saturday, May 3rd, 5:30pm
Dragon Gate Restaurant in Davenport Village
Across 360 from St. Stephen's on the North end of the Davenport Village Shopping Center
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TICKETS:
$30 adults
$15 youth (ages 12 & younger)
Come for a great meal as well as exciting door prizes like an IPOD Shuffle, movie tickets, and more.
About Visions In Rhythm (VIR)
VIR is Tapestry's pre-apprentice company. This junior level company is directed by Tasha Lawson and explores the Tapestry philosophy through the rehearsal process and public performance. VIR members rehearse with guest and resident choreographers in the development of multi-form concert works.
In addition to performances at various venues throughout the year, the company performs an original concert each year in the spring. This year, VIR has partnered with the nonprofit organization Wonders and Worries, an organization our outreach program has also shared a partnership with.
THIS IS OUR MAJOR FUNDRAISER THIS YEAR. Your ticket purchases, support of our fundraising efforts and donations help support our costs (theatre rental, concert personnel, guest choreographer costs) and enable our young dancers to participate in master classes and training to enhance their dance education throughout the year, as well as community outreach to empower others through the art of dance. Thanks for your support!
Guest Instructor: James Clouser
Tapestry announces, James Clouser as Guest Artist/Instructor for the Academy's
Summer Intensive Program, June 9th-20th!
World renown dance artist, choreographer, director, visual artist, musician, and writer, James Clouser will be instructing classes in ballet technique and pedagogy, choreography, improvisation, and kinesiology for dancers along with numerous lectures during Tapestry Dance Academy's annual Summer Intensive Program for Intermediate/Advanced dancers.
JAMES CLOUSER, who holds both MA and MFA degrees, began dancing while at the Eastman School of Music on an orchestral scholarship, studying the French horn and musical composition. He became familiar with the classical and contemporary ballet repertory as a member of the American Ballet Theatre and as principal artist with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet of Canada. A recipient of a Canada Council grant in 1963, he studied pedagogical styles in London, Copenhagen and Moscow. He moved to Texas in 1970 after having served on the faculties of the Juilliard School and Connecticut College. For the next several years he served as Ballet Master, Choreographer-in-Residence and Acting Artistic Director of the Houston Ballet, staging "Swan Lake, Act II" and "Napoli, Act III", and choreographing numerous original works including "Carmina Burana" and the rock-ballet, "Caliban". In 1982 he accepted an invitation to head the dance program at Loretto Heights College in Denver, where he subsequently became the Chairman of the Programs in Fine Arts. In 1988 he was appointed Full Professor and Chair of the Department of Ballet and Modern Dance at Texas Christian University. In 1990 he moved briefly to Ohio where he served as Artistic Director of the Dayton Ballet. He returned to the Southwest in 1993 to accept a faculty position at the University of North Texas where he remained until his retirement in May of 2000. Within one year he came out of retirement to accept a full-time position in the School of Dance at the University of Arizona where he continues to be active as a choreographer and master teacher. He is the author of numerous articles on the relationship of kinesiology to ballet pedagogy. His textbook, Looking At Dance, is in its second edition. Over the last decade his choreographic work has been presented in Austin, Fort Worth, Dallas, Houston, El Paso, Lexington, Cincinnati, Greensboro, Tucson, Denver, Des Moines, and Chicago, as well as at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., at the Avignon Festival in France, and in Rome and Paris. A special collection of materials concerning his earlier work is housed in the Performing Arts Library at the University of Texas in Austin.
Academy Observation Week
Come and see your children in class March 31st - April 5th 2008
Parents, come and see how your children are progressing during Observation Week, March 31st - April 5th 2008. We will have chairs in the classroom for you to enjoy watching the children. Observation Week is a great opportunity to get to know your child's dance teacher better and to meet some of their class friends. If you will be bringing younger siblings to Observation Week, we ask that you make sure they have a quiet activity or a small snack to help them get through the class period. We look forward to seeing you in a couple of weeks!
Academy Schedule
TDA classes for Winter/spring 2008 have begun! Click here for more informaiton
Holiday Open House
Thanks to all our students, friends and family who joined us for Tapestry's first and most successful Holiday Open House! Click here to see some pictures of this fun event.
2008 Summer Program Dates
TDC Academy announces it's 2008 Summer Program dates. The Summer Intensive for intermediate and advanced dancers (ages 13-18yrs.) will be held June 9th through June 20th. Camp Tapestry will offer two one-week sessions this year, July 7th-11th and July 14th - 18th. for beginning and intermediate dancers (ages 8-12yrs.). Watch for more details to follow.
Tapestry is Seeking Enthusiastic Supporters
TAPESTRY IS URGENTLY SEEKING ENTHUSIASTIC SUPPORTERS! to join our Tapestry Dance Parent Teacher Organization to assist in organizing special events at Tapestry Dance Academy. If you are interested in 'sharing the power of dance' with Tapestry by joining TDPTO please e-mail us at dance@tapestry.org, or stop by the front desk to sign up with Heidi. We may also be reached at 512/474-9846.
Reimplementation of the Off-Campus Physical Education Program
Beginning in January, Tapestry is also planning to reimplement in conjunction with AISD, the Off-Campus Physical Education Program. The PE waiver program allows students (7th through 12th grade) to take 5 hours of dance classes per week and with completion of other required assignments to receive PE credit at their school. If you are interested in participating in this program please contact us at 512/474-9846.
Congratulations new VIR Members!
Following a rigorous audition process which included ballet, modern, tap, and jazz, fifteen dancers were selected to join Tapestry’s pre-apprentice youth company, Visions In Rhythm, directed by Tasha Lawson. Congratulations to Esther Bramlett, Karli Calhoun, Elizabeth Carls, Margaret Cook, Megan Davis, Jordan Greenberg, Natalie Hammons, Rachael Hodge, Elizabeth Homimer, Maya Hunt, Frances Jaynes, Lily Kazanoff, Liza MacDonald, Jeff Olson, and Kate VanDyke.
Randy Soileau Returns to Teach at Tapestry
Randall Soileau, former artistic director of Austin Contemporary Ballet and Texas Youth Ballet, returns to teach class for the Tapestry Dance Company Academy after a year on sabbatical to recover from illness. Mr. Soileau taught professional ballet for the Academy prior to this season. Mr. Soileau returns to teach an adult ballet class at 10 a.m. on Tuesday mornings.
Come by our new facility at 2302 Western Trails Blvd. to enroll today! For more information call 512/474-9846.