Excerpt from the Dayton Daily News
Dozens of emerging choreographers and dancers from around the country will gather at Wright State University for a 10-day festival from July 17-27.
Organized by Regional Dance America and held inside Wright State’s Creative Arts Center, the 61st National Choreography Intensive will incorporate choreographers taking classes on the concepts and craft of choreography and setting new works with dancers each day. The dancers will take daily dance technique classes followed by rehearsals and then performances of new works.
Roughly 50 to 70 high school, college and post-college dancers and choreographers will participate in the festival. Master classes are taught by a group of nationally recognized professionals in the fields of dance and music.
The faculty include several Wright State dance faculty members: Gina Walther, associate professor and head of dance, who will teach modern dance; Greg Robinson, instructor in dance, who will teach ballet; and Ashley Walton Pabst, instructor in dance, who will teach contemporary dance. In addition, Elizabeth Ramsey, who graduated from Wright State with a B.F.A. in Dance, will teach a modern dance master class.
The festival will culminate in a Final Showcase of choreography Tuesday, July 26, at 3 p.m., in the Festival Playhouse of the Creative Arts Center, 3640 Col. Glenn Hwy., Dayton. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased by emailing rda.nci.info@gmail.com or at the door.
