University of Illinois - Dance

Week 1:	June 21 - June 26, 2009
Grades:	9-College Freshman (Entering in Fall 2009)
Tuition:	$995 (Includes room and meals) $850 (Extended Day Program)

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Come spend a week immersed in contemporary dance and study with University of Illinois faculty artists! This weeklong intensive offers daily classes in contemporary technique and ballet, along with classes in jazz, tap, yoga, tai chi, improvisation, conditioning, anatomy, and viewing dance. Focusing on understanding and experiencing your body on a new level, you will take three to four classes daily. You will also have the opportunity to rehearse for a new work being created specifically for the dancers at the workshop. Evening activities include: campus tours, movies, games, and swimming. The week ends with an informal, public performance of class work as well as the premiere of the dances created during the week.

Program Directors

Linda Lehovec

Linda Lehovec, Associate Professor and BFA Director at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, holds a BFA from The Juilliard School and an MFA from UIUC. Linda's primary areas of interest and expertise are the teaching of ballet and modern technique, as well as incorporating yoga and conditioning into dance training. Her goal in teaching is to assist her students to develop a clearer understanding of their bodies, allowing them to dance with more strength, ease, clarity, and fluidity. Linda is an active choreographer and performer. Since moving to Illinois, she has danced in the works of contemporary choreographers Joe Goode, Ralph Lemon, Stephen Koester, Bill Young, Sara Hook and David Parker. Linda has performed her own work in Seattle, San Francisco, Minneapolis, Chicago, Canada, and Korea. Linda has been awarded two Choreographic Fellowships from the Illinois Arts Council and has been a guest teacher at numerous colleges, universities, and high school programs throughout the US. This is her 4th summer as director of the U of I Summer Dance Intensive.

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Location Information

At the crossroads between Chicago, St. Louis, and Indianapolis, the University of Illinois has tremendous breadth and depth in academics, with more than 150 undergraduate and more than 100 graduate and professional programs. A preeminent faculty propels many academic programs to be ranked among the best in the world. This emphasis on campuswide academic excellence has built Illinois' reputation as one of the nation's premier public universities.

Established in 1867, The University of Illinois is now a world leader in research, teaching and public engagement due to the programs, academic excellence and renowned faculty. Champaign-Urbana is a place where the sense of community found in small cities and towns meets the outstanding cultural and entertainment opportunities usually associated with major metropolitan areas. It is a place where world-class faculty members are your neighbors, and where leisure is laced with learning. The U of I is home to the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts which annually hosts 350 student and professional performances, as well as commencements, lectures, and other events, many of them free.

Take a look at the state-of-the-art facilities on campus, tour the University's Observatory, constructed in 1896, or check out University Housing.

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