ADULT Summer Workshops
Beginning Adult Dance & Somatics Workshop
WED, AUGUST 13 - FRI, AUGUST 15
at the dairy arts center, studio 2
Teachers: EVA WILDER & BAILEY HARPER
Ages: 18+
Days: Wednesday – Friday 9:30am-1:00pm with a break
Cost: $260
This immersive workshop welcomes adult dancers of all levels to explore ballet as a holistic, embodied art form. Each day begins with a somatic warm-up designed to awaken both the energetic and physical bodies. A flowing ballet technique class follows, emphasizing grace, alignment, and presence. The experience deepens with guided movement explorations, including somatically-informed movement explorations, self-fascial release, and practices that nourish the connection between Body, Mind, and Spirit—all through the lens of dance.
Each day will include a break; please bring light nourishment to support yourself and layers of clothing to stay comfortable and warm as we ebb and flow through the movement rhythms of the day.
ABT REPERTORY ONE-DAY WORKSHOP
SAT, AUGUST 9 / 9:30 AM - 3:00 PM
at the dairy arts center
Teachers: ANA CLAIRE & CLAIRE DAVISON
Schedule:
9:30-11:00am - Ballet Technique with Ana
1:15-1:00pm - Pointe/Variations with Claire
1:15-3:00pm - Repertory from ABT
Cost: $145
Who:
- Intermediate/Advanced Dancers (BBS levels 5B - 7)
- BBS Alumni and adult dancers 18-22 also invited
- Dancers outside of BBS contact andrea@boulderballet.org
*This workshop can be taken on flat instead of on pointe as needed.
Claire Davison began her ballet training at the Boulder Ballet School and attended Boston Ballet School, Pacific Northwest Ballet School, School of American Ballet, and San Francisco Ballet School summer programs. She was a finalist at the 2009 Youth America Grand Prix competition. Davison joined the American Ballet Theatre Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School in 2010, was named an apprentice with the main Company in 2012, and appointed to the corps de ballet in June 2013. Her repertoire with ABT includes Berthe in Giselle, Good Fairy in Harlequinade, Madame in Manon, Nanny and Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker, the Queen Mother in Swan Lake, and a featured role in Deuce Coupe. Davison participated in ABT’s Innovation Initiative in 2014 and ABT Incubator in 2019. Her choreographic credits include One of Us (2019) for Boulder Ballet and Por Ti for Kaatsbaan Cultural Park’s 2021 Summer Festival. In 2021, Davison was a selected choreographer for New York Theatre Ballet’s Lift Lab. This year, she participated in ABT’s 2022 Incubator and created a one-woman show, Crash Test Dummy for which she received the Bindlestiff Family Cirkus’ “First of May” award.