2023 Summer Program
June 19 ~ July 15
Week 01
June 19~24
PARA.MAR DANCE
THEATER
Noelle Kayser
Week 02
June 26~July 1
NORTHWEST DANCE PROJECT
Nicole Hennington
Week 03
BALLET JAZZ de MONTREAL
Ching Ching Wong
Week 04
RAMBERT
with
Joseph Kudra
July 3~8
July 10~17
ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE
ABOUT CARMEL DANCE FESTIVAL'S SUMMER PROGRAM
CDF is thrilled to offer its 1st annual Summer Program. Each year will have a different theme and be unique to the artists involved. In 2023, we are offering month-long immersion into 4 different dance companies; PARA.MAR Dance Theater, Ballet Jazz de Montreal, Ballare Carmel, ______, and ______. Designed to provide dancers (and emerging choreographers) with an extraordinary in-person experience in a safe, supportive, challenging, and productive environment. Throughout the Summer Program, dancers will work closely with guest artists on Countertechnique, progressive ballet, partnering, improvisation, movement generation, composition, repertory, and performance skills. It is an ideal opportunity for dancers to enhance technique and artistry while experiencing Carmel Dance Festival's community, plus network and be considered for future opportunities. Each week will culminate in a public, site-specific performance. @carmeldancefestival
ABOUT OUR RESIDENT COMPANY; BALLARE CARMEL
Ballare Carmel is the resident company of the Carmel Dance Festival. It was founded in 2021 by Artistic Director Lillian Barbeito
(a graduate of The Juilliard School who founded BODYTRAFFIC and HAVEN Global Sanctuary for Dance) to tell Monterey County stories, myths, and bold feats, through contemporary dance. The project-based ensemble's repertoire by established and emerging choreographers includes works by Jennifer Archibald, Noelle Kayser, James Gregg, Ihsan Rustem, and Skye Schmidt. @ballarecarmel
PROGRAM ATTRIBUTES
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experience human connection
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enhance technique and artistry
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learn cutting-edge repertory
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be immersed in a supportive environment
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enjoy a beautiful destination
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perform for the public
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discover new friends and build community
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acquire new images and performance footage
OVERVIEW
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arrival yoga class
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orientation session
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daily technique classes
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daily repertory sessions
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daily creation sessions/rehearsals
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Saturday Community Classes (locals are invited to participate in the final class each week)
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acknowledgment partner for the week
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tech/dress rehearsal
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performance
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video of the performance
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optional 3-month follow-up / online reunion
SAMPLE SCHEDULE (listed in Pacific Time and subject to change)
Sunday
2:00 Check-in
4:00-5:15 Arrival Yoga Class
5:30-6:30 Orientation
6:30-8:00 Optional Welcome Dinner
Monday - Friday
9:30-11:00 Technique
11:00-1:00 Repertory
1:00-2:00 Lunch
2:00-4:30 Creation
4:30-5:00 Snack Break
5:30-7:00 Evening Activity (photoshoot, costume fitting, seminar)
6:30-8:00
Saturday
10-11:30 Community Class
12-1:30 Rehearsal at performance site
1:30-2:30 Lunch
2:30-4:30 Tech/Dress rehearsal
4:30-5:00 Snack break
5:00-6:00 Prepare for show
6:00 Public site-specific performance
ELIGIBILITY
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16+ (fellows aged 16 & 17 will be chaperoned and must have a legal guardian sign a waiver)
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Excellent technique in any dance genre of dance
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Partnering experience and/or desire and commitment to enhance partnering skills
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Improvisation experience and/or desire and commitment to enhance improvisation skills
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Performance experience and/or desire and commitment to enhance performance skills
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Desire to adapt, create, connect, and contribute
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Proof of vaccination (To those who are not able to be vaccinated or choose not to vaccinate, we hope to dance with you in the future!)
APPLICATION PROCESS
There is no fee to apply. Request an application form. Once the application form is completed via Google Forms, please send the following materials to Lillian@carmeldancefestival.org:
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Video Statement of Interest (talk to camera about yourself and why you are interested in participating in Carmel Dance Festival's Summer Program)
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Resume with contact information
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Links to Video(s)
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2 letters of recommendation
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Indicate in the introduction email if you would like assistance finding housing
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Proof of vaccination
VIDEO GUIDELINES
Please include the following in your application video(s):
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2 minutes of unedited improvisation/one take
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2 + minutes of performance or rehearsal footage of choreographed material (any setting acceptable)
Please upload your Video Statement of Interest and Application Videos to Dropbox, Vimeo, or Youtube. Kindly provide links and include passwords if needed. Videos that need to be downloaded will NOT be considered.
DEADLINE: Rolling Admission
Applications will be accepted and reviewed from Wednesday, February 15th until the program is at capacity. Only 30 dancers will be selected. We will post on our website in bright red when the program is full.
COST
$700 ~ One Week
$1350 ~ Two Weeks
$1950 ~ Three Weeks
$2500 ~ Four Weeks
SECURITY DEPOSIT
Accepted applicants can secure their space by subitting a non-refundable deposit. The remaining tuition is due on or before May 1st, 2023.
$200 ~ One Week
$400 ~ Two Weeks
$600 ~ Three Weeks
$800 ~ Four Weeks
CARMEL SUNSET ROTARY SCHOLARSHIP
$1000 will be be awarded to
INTERNSHIPS
ROOM & BOARD (example of room & board fees per week from previous programs/subject to change)
We are working with Stevenson School in Pebble Beach to provide housing for our program. Details coming soon!
$750 ~ DOUBLE occupancy room + 3 Meals per day
$950 ~ SINGLE occupancy room + 3 Meals per day
LOCATION
Carmel -by-the-Sea was home to Esselen -speaking people; the first Native Americans to inhabit the area of Carmel and later one of eight groups of the Ohlone, and indigenous people of California. In this stunning area, you'll now find tucked-away inns, championship golf courses, vineyards, award-winning restaurants, quaint shopping, rugged hiking, horseback riding, every sort of ocean & beach activity, and jaw-dropping natural beauty.
ABOUT THE GUEST ARTISTS
CHING CHING WONG
Born in Manila, raised in Los Angeles, and most happy in a studio Ching Ching Wong is a performer, creator, rehearsal director for Ballets Jazz Montréal, and stager for choreographer Ihsan Rustem. She credits her early training and connection to dance to her lifelong teacher Alia Harlan.
She is the recipient of the Princess Grace Award in Dance, was named Dance Magazine’s 25 to Watch, and is represented by Movement Talent Agency. Formerly she served as rehearsal director for LED, Artist in Residence with Heidi Duckler Dance, and creative director for Brett Perry. Ching Ching also created Project Salamat and The Experience, a global outreach program which toured 17 cities and 11 countries. This season she is thrilled to be premiering her work Fate & Fantasy for Backhaus Dance (Fall 2022) and creating new work for Louisville Ballet (Spring 2023).
After graduating with a BFA in Dance Performance from the University of California Irvine working closely with the late Donald McKayle, her career began at Northwest Dance Project. There she originated roles in creations by Sarah Slipper, Ihsan Rustem, Felix Landerer, Lucas Crandall, Alejandro Cerrudo, Jiri Pokorny, Wen Wei Wang, Didy Veldman, Danielle Agami, Patrick Delcroix, Alex Soares, Kate Wallich, Pedro Dias, Gregory Dolbashian, Yin Yue, Loni Landon, Rachel Erdos, amongst others. As a freelance artist she has collaborated with numerous companies and artists including Roderick George, ZviDance, LED, Brendan Duggan, PARA.MAR Dance Theatre, CARLON, YYDC, OddKnock Productions, Katie Scherman, Adam Weinert, WHYTEBERG, violinist Joe Kye, and SALT Contemporary Dance.
Ching Ching now lives in Philadelphia, PA with fiancé Joe Reynolds and is contemplating their move to Montreal this summer.
AMI SHULMAN
Ami Shulman is a Rehearsal Director at the GöteborgsOperans Danskompani in Sweden. She has choreographed for the National Theatre of London, UK; the Shakespeare Theatre Company Washington DC. for which she received a Helen Hayes Award for Choreography (2016) and has co-created works with the Cirque Du Soleil; the National Ballet of Canada and Ballet BC.
Ami performed with Compagnie Marie Chouinard and Compagnie Flak. She was a founding member of the DanceOn Ensemble, Berlin and has a longstanding collaboration with musician/videographer Joseph Butch Rovan.
Ami became a Rehearsal Director for Compagnie Chouinard as well as for Compagnie Flak including the complete solo works of Jose Navas. She was the Artistic Director to Compagnie Chouinard on tour and an artistic advisor to several other companies including Overtigo Danse.
Ami has taught throughout Europe, Canada and the USA including for the Juilliard School; Jacob’s Pillow; Alvin Ailey School; the Boston Conservatory; Hollins University; BANFF Centre for the Arts; Cirque Du Soleil; CODARTS; B12 as well as for the Staatstheater Kassel; Cedar Lake; Abraham in Motion amongst others and is an Artistic Associate of the Springboard Project Montreal/New York.
Ami has co-authored for the anthology Back to the Dance Itself and has written articles on embodied cognition presenting at conferences such as Movement, Brain, Body, Cognition at Oxford University (2017); Gesture, Creativity and Multimodality at Paris Sorbonne University (2016) and Embodied Design in Interaction at Utrecht University (2017).
Ami is a certified Feldenkrais Practitioner.
JOSEPH KUDRA
Joseph was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1991. He has worked internationally as a dancer with “River North Chicago Dance Company”, “DanceWorks Chicago”, “Luna Negra Dance Theatre” (Chicago), “Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet” (NY), “BODYTRAFFIC”(LA), “Ate9 Dance Company” (LA), “Aszure Barton & Artists”, and most recently with Eastman-Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui (Belgium) and “Opera Ballet Vlaanderen”.
Joseph has performed works by choreographers such as Aszure Barton, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Alexander Ekman, Andonis Foniadakias, Emanuel Gat, Johan Inger, Jiri Kylian, Crystal Pite, Gustavo Ramirez Sansano, Hofesh Shechter, Richard Siegel, and Jo Stromgren. Joseph has also worked as choreographic assistant and stager for Cherkaoui. Joseph danced with Kamea Dance Company in Isreael as a soloist in 2021.