Tag: summer intensive

Jump Into Jump Start

Posted on by Max

Want to get back into the groove before the Fall session? Join our Jump Start intensive!

With Bettina Montano and Fiona Scruggs

Levels 2-3, ages 11+ | For new students with prior dance experience and returning Level 2-3 students

September 3-6

Tuesday-Friday

4:00-8:00pm

This program offers Levels 2-3 students a week of afternoon classes to resume their training, and prepare physically and mentally for the Fall session. The afternoon will begin with a Modern class where students will build upon the fundamentals of dance technique through the exploration of traditional modern dance principals. Students will explore center practice techniques, dynamic traveling sequences, basic phrases, improvisation, and dance making, fostering a strong sense of alignment, rhythm, musical versatility, and freedom of expression.

Dancers will also take a daily ballet class to review the fundamentals of ballet technique learned in Levels 2-3 while rebuilding stamina and strength. Correct alignment, coordination, mobility, and conditioning for pointe will be emphasized in technique class. Pointe/pre-pointe exercises will be done to prepare students for returning to regular pointe practice and to continue developing their pointe technique. Students will learn a classical ballet variation to develop their artistry and musicality while learning about the art of storytelling in classical repertoire.

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Join us for Spirits of Chesterwood on August 14, 15, 16, and 17 for an intergenerational dance project inspired by historic photographs of people, places, and captured moments on the Chesterwood grounds in Stockbridge!

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New 3-Week Samba Series with Luana Dias David!

Our 3-week Samba course with Luana Dias David starts tomorrow! Be sure to register before class.

All Levels – 13+

Wednesdays, August 7, 14, 21

6:00-7:00pm 

Have fun and learn Samba together! Samba is a Brazilian ballroom dance characterized by its forward and back steps, tilting, and music in 4/4 time. Ideal for absolute beginners (no dance experience required) or beginner-level Samba students who want to refresh their basic skills. Areas covered include Rhythm History and Development.

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Spend your summer dancing!

Posted on by Gillian Ebersole

Berkshire Pulse is excited to have summer dance intensives for ages 4 to 18 running June through August, alongside community classes for dancers of all ages!

Our offerings range in style and genre, from contemporary and choreography, to musical theater, hip hop, and more. Scroll to see all our intensives or check out our website.

Registration is open! Start your dream summer today.

SUMMER 2023 AT PULSE

Summer Intensives

🔎DANCE DISCOVERY (Ages 8-13)

📅 Monday to Friday, June 26 – July 7 (no classes on July 4)
🕘 9am – 3pm

For beginners and advanced beginners, this camp has a half-day option for dancers ages ages 8-9 (9am-12pm full two weeks only).

An exciting journey into the engaging and rewarding world of dance, this two-week program provides an introduction to dance forms including ballet, modern, African, Contradance, and more. Dancers will also have a chance to practice dance-making of their own!

🎶BERKSHIRE PULSE INTENSIVE (Ages 11+)

📅 Monday to Friday, July 10 – 21
🕘 9am – 4pm

For students with at least two years of prior dance training.  

This two-week program allows dancers to develop excellence in technique, as well as versatility and collaboration in the creative process. Daily classes will include ballet, contemporary, jazz, hip hop, swing, salsa, and flamenco. Dancers will explore dance-making through partnering and improvisation. Plus, field trips to local partnering organizations!

🚀DANCE ADVENTURE (Ages 4-7)

📅 Monday to Friday, July 24 – 28 
🕘 9am – 12pm

This new program for our youngest dancers invites them on an expedition into the exciting, engaging, and rewarding world of dance. Classes will include creative dance, tumbling, drumming, and more!

👟HIP HOP AND STREET STYLE (Ages 12+) 

📅 Monday to Friday, July 31 – August 4  
🕘 9am – 3pm

All levels, two groups: ages 12-14 and 15+

Dancers will learn foundational movements and techniques of hip hop and street style dance, alongside discussions about the cultural meaning and significance of these dance forms. The program will create an encouraging space to try out what you learn and most importantly show off your unique style and personality while freestyling in daily cyphers.

🎭MUSICAL THEATER (Ages 10+)

📅 Monday to Saturday, August 7 – 12  

All levels, full-day camp for ages 10-14, evening series for ages 14+

🕘 9am – 3pm (day camp)

This week-long camp gives students the opportunity to jump right into the world of musical theater with classes in tap, broadway jazz, voice, acting, and improvisation. Students will learn healthy warm-up practices for the voice and body, and work on character development, expression, ensemble, and more. The program directors will work with students to produce an informal performance for the program’s final day. 

🕔 5pm – 7pm (evening series)

This-week long evening series for students ages 14+ will give the students an opportunity to take a daily musical theater workshop rotating between singing, acting, and improv and work on developing something for an informal performance at the end of the week. 

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Let’s Swing!

Posted on by Jordyn Cormier

Get your jitterbug on in our new ballroom dance class, Intro to East Coast Swing!

Led by Alex Bloomstein, this class is designed for people who have never taken a partnering ballroom class before. The class will introduce the participants to ballroom partnering and basic East Coast Swing steps. The goal is to give participants the confidence to step out onto a dance floor with a partner, relax, and have fun dancing.

Classes start March 18th, and full six week participation is strongly recommended. Students should sign up with a partner (contact us if you’d like to take this class but don’t have a partner and we will pair you with one).

Ballroom Dance: Intro to East Coast Swing

Open level, ages 16+

Fridays, 6-7pm

March 18 – April 29

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NEW: Creative Dance for Ages 4-6

with Sara Kiesel

Ages 4-6

Mondays, 3:45-4:45pm

April 4 – May 23

In addition to our Saturday classes with Erin, we’re adding a new session of Creative Dance on Monday afternoons! Led by Sara Kiesel, this class encourages the joy of movement and imagination through a playful and guided approach to shape, rhythm, balance, flow, and locomotor skills. Lively music, stories, and imagery are key elements of this class.

Learn more and sign your little one up here.

Upcoming Workshop: Broadway Jazz

with Ilana Ransom Toeplitz

Open level, ages 16+

Fridays, 6-7pm

March 18 – April 29

Ilana Ransom-Toeplitz’s Broadway Jazz Workshop is just around the corner—and it’s sure to be a fun, laughs, good time!

This one day workshop focuses on jazz style, technique, interpretation, and quality—with exclusive access to a “behind the scenes” look at what it’s like to work on Broadway. Designed to support students with all levels of experience, Ilana emphasizes work ethic, commitment, individuality and focuses on bringing the best out of each student.

The workshop is just around the corner—on April 2nd. Learn more and save your spot here!

Summer Intensive Registration Now Is Open!

Check out our ballet, contemporary, hip hop, Dance Discovery, and Rhythm Alive programs—it is shaping up to be a phenomenal summer already!

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