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TDC Spring Concert and Summer Intentsive Fast Approaching

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Okay, this is a blatant advertisement for the TDC Spring Concert and summer intensive, if you live in the Northern California area. Attending the show offers a great way to see what the program is about and to see the level of dance and dancer at TDC. Plus, by attending you support a superb nonprofit organization focused on turning out dancers prepared to enter college dance programs or the world of professional dance. The summer intensive, like the year-round program, is superb and offers great local teachers and choreographers. It’s also concludes with auditions for next year’s program.

So, here’s the info:

Annual Concert 2010
Mexican Heritage Theatre, San Jose

Saturday, June 5 at 7p.m.

Sunday, June 6 at 2p.m.

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Under the artistic direction of Mark Foehringer, TDC presents its 11th Spring Concert with six world premieres by some of the Bay Area’s most noted choreographers at Mexican Heritage Theater of San Jose.

KT Nelson, associate artistic director of ODC/Dance, has created a new work for this concert using Vivaldi’s Summer as her musical score. KT Nelson has conceptualized a work for the TDC dancers that features their strengths and pushes their boundaries.

Amy Seiwert, resident choreographer of Smuin Ballet and artistic director of

im’ij-re , has created a new contemporary ballet set to music by J.S. Bach. Ms. Seiwert brings her unique voice to this new work with her precision and musicality.

Kara Davis, founder and choreographer of project agora is putting the final touches on her new work which is yet untitled. Her evocative style of movement and always present sharp observations about the human condition are alive in her TDC premiere.

Zohar Dance Company’s founder and director, Ehud Krauss, is completing his new work with music by Winton Marsalis. This new work bares the classic jazz style for which he is so well known. It is layered with a life experience of research and creation of jazz dance works that is rare in jazz choreography today.

Heather Cooper, current TDC faculty member, associate professor of dance at San Jose State University and choreographer for sjDANCEco, made a powerful work, charged with energy and shifting view points. Music composed by Alan Molina.

TDC’s artistic director, Mark Foehringer, is the founder and choreographer of San Francisco based Mark Foehringer Dance Project|SF. This season, his choreographic offering is inspired by the poems by American poetess Mary Oliver. Foehringer’s new work is created for the graduating seniors of TDC. These five seniors come from all over the bay area: Chelsea Henriques of Concord, Cody Rogers of Santa Cruz, Corrie Farbstein of San Mateo, Emma Gonzalez Beban of Mountain View, and Gabby Bruno of Mountain View.

To Purchase Concert Tickets
Call (408) 590-3853

Summer Intensive
August 9th – 13th

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Join us for our summer intensive, 5 days, 6 hours per day, with some of the best classes the bay area has to offer. Outstanding professional faculty, variety of dance styles, hard work and lots of fun!

Featuring the following guest artists

Adam Aicher, Christian Burns, Lee Wei Chao, Vid Cotarta, Kara Davis, Arturo Fernandez, Paco Gomes, Carlos Jones, Gary Masters,       Stacey Printz, Ronnie Reddick, Lizz Roman, Amy Seiwert

And our own TDC Faculty –
Mark Foehringer, Brian Fisher and Heather Cooper

Register online www.teendancecompany.org
Or, call (408) 590-3853

About TDC

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TDC began in 1999, based on a concept of founder Darlene Easterling, when she recognized the Bay Area’s need for a forum where exceptional teen dancers could convene and work with contemporaries. Even though there were several avenues for dancers whose interest was predominantly ballet, there was nothing available for teens whose passions included commercial, concert, and theatrical dance in the genres of contemporary/modern, jazz, and tap. Ms. Easterling approached nationally recognized choreographer/performer Carlos Jones and together they launched the innovative, audition based pre-professional contemporary teen dance company,TDC. The success of TDC brought with it rapid growth and by the end of its third season TDC produced its first formal concert. The program featured original and conceptual material, complete with integrated costume and lighting design. To ensure continuity of TDC’s highly successful program and its requisite of high level of technical proficiency, a teaching staff of qualified professional was brought in-house. Today, TDC’s simple beginnings have transformed into an intricate offering of different levels of dance training, performance opportunities and a renewed focus on community outreach.

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