Adult Modern Dance

Summer Modern Dance Intensive
Featuring Sherry Saterstrom and Mel Claridge
July 16, 2007 through August 10, 2007

Modern Dance Intensive workshops focus on technique, composition, and improvisation. Enroll in one or both two week sessions, either for credit or personal enrichment. Our guest instructors bring years of educational, professional and performance experience to our workshops.

Sherry Saterstrom will teach from July 16 – 27.

Sherry is a lively, energetic teacher who, through improvisation, challenges our notions of dance and where it should be performed. To counter her wild side, she is also certified as a Body-Mind Centering practitioner. Never one to sit still, Sherry is a mover and a shaker in both the educational and professional arenas of dance in the Midwest.

After completing a masters degree in dance/humanities at Arizona State University, she danced away the years in elementary, junior high, and high schools as a solo artist and with her company Dance Co’Motion (1979 - 84). She also has enjoyed performing with such noted dance artists as Bill T. Jones, Maria Cheng, and Dancers, Paula Mann, Lovice Weller and Cindy Stephens.

Sherry has a particular passion for improvisation in movement technique and performance and created The Improvisation Ensemble, an improvisation performance company that challenges notions of where dance should be viewed with an intent to discover new things about ourselves as movers and as human beings. Since 1984 Sherry has concentrated her work in the area of body-mind studies as they relate to dance/movement and the process of learning.

She is a certified Body-Mind Centering practitioner and includes Laban/Bartenieff, Todd/Sweigard, Zen meditation, tai chi, authentic movement, and yoga in her movement practice.

Mel Claridge will teach from July 30 – August 10.

Presently Mel is an assistant professor at the University of Wyoming, where he teaches all levels of modern dance, jazz and ballroom. He is a graduate of Brigham Young University and is one of the most versatile teachers we know. While at Brigham Young University he performed with The Dancers’ Company, Dancensemble, Ballroom Dance Company, and Theatre Ballet.

His dances have been presented on several ACDF Gala performances. He has a master's degree where he performed with The Dancers’ Company, Dancensemble, Ballroom Dance Company and Theatre Ballet. He has also performed professionally with Jazzin’ and he directed his own company The Art of Jazz.

For ten years he directed the modern dance program at BYU Idaho and toured his work extensively throughout the world with Extravadance.
A choreographer extraorinaire, Mel has choreographed works that have been presented at regional American College Dance Festivals, many of them chosen for gala concerts. “Hytara,” choreographed while he was at BYU Idaho, was chosen to be performed at the National festival the first junior college work chosen for such an honor.

Modern Dance Registration Information:

BYU students should register as part of regular summer term enrollment

All other participants should register through BYU Conferences and Workshops in one of the following ways:

Online: Register over the Internet and pay with your Visa, MasterCard, or Discover

2007 Adult Modern Dance Workshops

Online Registration Closed: 16 Jul, 2007 5:00 PM

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By Phone: Call (801) 422-8925 and pay with your Visa, MasterCard, or Discover from 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. MT.
By Mail: Mail the registration form and tuition to Brigham Young University, BYU Adult Modern Dance Workshops, 120 Harman Continuing Education Building, Provo, UT 84602.

BYU Benefited Employees/Spouses: If you are eligible for tuition benefits through the BYU Benefits Office, please contact our office at (801)422-2568 or mail in this registration form, selecting the “eligible” option. (Please call the Benefits Services Office at 422-4716 if you have questions about eligibility.)

Registration Options to Choose From:

Four - Week Session with Sherry Saterstrom and Mel Claridge July 16 – August 10

Credit Options:

$400 Dance Technique with Dance 540R credit (2 credit hours, Letter grade)
$200 Dance Composition with Dance 562R credit (1credit hour, Letter grade)
$200 Dance Improvisation with Dance 563R credit (1 credit hour, Letter grade)

** If you wish to audit both sessions please select your audit choices from the two week sessions below

Two - Week Session with Sherry Saterstrom during July 16 – 27

Credit Options: ** Dance Combination requires attendance for Dance Technique, Composition, & Improvisation courses for all two weeks

$400 Dance Combination with Dance 500R credit (2 credit hours, Letter grade)
$400 Dance Combination Audit
$200 Dance Technique Audit
$100 Dance Composition Audit
$100 Dance Improvisation Audit

In-service Options:

$400 Dance Combination with SC ED 514R credit 2 credit hours, Pass/Fail grade)
$400 Dance Combination with SC ED 515R credit (2 credit hours, Letter Grade)

Two - Week Session with Mel Claridge during July 30 – August 10

Credit Options: ** Dance Combination requires attendance for Dance Technique, Composition, & Improvisation courses for all two weeks

$400 Dance Combination with Dance 500R credit (2 credit hours, Letter grade)
$400 Dance Combination Audit
$200 Dance Technique Audit
$100 Dance Composition Audit
$100 Dance Improvisation Audit

In-service Options:

$400 Dance Combination with SC ED 514R credit (2 credit hours, Pass/Fail grade)
$400 Dance Combination with SC ED 515R credit (2 credit hours, Letter Grade)

Course Information:
All courses for the Adult Modern Dance Workshop will be held in 185 of the Richards Building on Brigham Young University campus.

Schedule
The schedule for Adult Modern Dance Workshop will be as follows:
Dance Technique - 540R: 10:00 am -12:00 pm (Monday - Friday)
Dance Improvisation - 563: 1:00 pm -2:30 pm (Monday - Friday)
Dance Composition - 562: 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm (Monday - Friday)

Dance Combination
Dance Combination courses for Dance 500R, SC ED 514R, SC ED 515R requires attendance for Dance Technique, Composition, & Improvisation courses for all two weeks

Additional Information:

Directions to the BYU Richards Building
I-15 Southbound: About 45 miles from Salt Lake City, take the University Parkway exit and turn east (left towards the mountains) at the off-ramp traffic signal. Stay on University Parkway and drive east through Orem and down the hill into Provo. Continue on University Parkway until you cross University Avenue. Turn south (right, away from the BYU Lavell Edwards Stadium on your left) on North Canyon Road. Pass the BYU Track and Field Facilities and BYU Heleman Halls on your left. Turn east (left towards the mountains) on East Bulldog Boulevard and make an immediate right into the Richards Building parking lot.

I-15 Northbound: Take the BYU/University Avenue exit off I-15. Drive north along University Avenue past Provo Center Street. Pass BYU Indoor Practice Field on your right. Turn northeast (right) on North Canyon Road, passing a BYU parking lot on your right. Turn east (right towards the mountains) on East Bulldog Boulevard and make an immediate right into the Richards Building parking lot.

Lodging & Food

A few rooms have been reserved at the Super 8 Motel, 1555 North Canyon Road, Provo, Utah. You may reserve rooms at a special conference rate of $49.00 a night by calling (801) 374-6020 by July 16th. Be sure to tell the reservation agent that you are attending the BYU Adult Modern Dance Workshop.

For tourist, dining, and other lodging information, contact the Utah Valley Convention and Visitors Bureau at (801) 851-2100 or visit http://www.utahvalley.org.

Express Shuttle: (800) 397-0773
www.xpressshuttleutah.com
Anytime Airport Shuttle: (866) 909-7678
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It is approximately a one-hour drive from the Salt Lake City International Airport to Provo. We strongly encourage you to make shuttle reservations ahead of time to avoid waiting at the airport. If you choose to make arrangements upon arrival, you will find the shuttle service counters located near the baggage-claim area. Car rental is available at the Salt Lake City International Airport.

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