WDE DANCE INTENSIVE
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WDE DANCE INTENSIVE Schedule
AUGUST 10TH – 14TH 2020
9:30 AM – 4:00PM
All Intensive Classes will be held in the PAL *Schedule is subject to change
WDE DANCE INTENSIVE General Information
Wimberley Dance Elite welcomes amazing guest artists as well as the esteemed 2020-2021 WDE faculty to present a week of intense technique training. Genres include jazz, hip hop, musical theater, ballet, tap, contemporary, lyrical, improvisation and acro. Come for the whole week or enroll for a single day. There will be a showing of the week’s work on Friday August 14th at 3pm.
WDE adheres to the safety guidelines put forth by state and county officials as well as the CDC. Space is limited to 12 dancers.
Pricing:
$300 for the week
$75 per day
Dancers should wear and/or bring:
WDE adheres to the safety guidelines put forth by state and county officials as well as the CDC. Space is limited to 12 dancers.
Pricing:
$300 for the week
$75 per day
Dancers should wear and/or bring:
- Appropriate attire (either black or turquoise leos and leggings/shorts)
- Appropriate shoes for genres
- All dancers are required to wear masks
- A refillable water bottle (Dance faculty will provide water)
- Lunch and snacks
- Hand sanitizer
WDE DANCE INTENSIVE Instructors
Nicole Wesley, owner and artistic director
Nicole is a teacher, performer, and choreographer out of Austin, Texas. She received an MFA in Dance from Texas Woman's University and a BFA in Dance from The University of Texas at Austin. Nicole is a Certified Laban Movement Analyst (CLMA) and has performed works by renowned choreographers David Dorfman, Paul Taylor, Michael Foley, Donald McKayle and Dianne McIntyre. Her choreography has been commissioned and performed nationally and internationally at performance venues such as The Dissolving Borders Symposia in Dundee Scotland; Culturesfrance’s Danses Caraibe in Havana, Cuba; The COCO Dance Festival in Port of Spain, Trinidad; Dance City in Newcastle, England; The Big Read Festival in Austin, Texas; The Dallas Morning News Dance Festival; The American College Dance Festival; The MAD (Modern Atlanta Dance) Festival; The Fringe Festival, Costa Rica; The Fringe Festival, Austin and The Fringe Festival, New York.
Nicole is Artistic Director of The JUSTICE Project in collaboration with her dance partner of twenty years, Darla Johnson. The JUSTICE Project an experiential and community-oriented and devised performance, created and developed collaboratively within diverse populations. Revolving around dialogues of social, political and personal responses to justice, The JUSTICE Project celebrates the authentic artistic voice and embraces the transformation that arises at the intersection of self and community.
Nicole is Co-founder of the Contemporary Choreographers’ Collective and Co-Artistic Director of Trinidad and Tobago’s COCO Dance Festival since 2009. The mission of the Contemporary Choreographers’ Collective is to inspire, encourage and serve the community through creative processes and collaborative and outreach-oriented endeavors. Nicole is currently an Associate Professor of Dance at Texas State University.
Nicole is Artistic Director of The JUSTICE Project in collaboration with her dance partner of twenty years, Darla Johnson. The JUSTICE Project an experiential and community-oriented and devised performance, created and developed collaboratively within diverse populations. Revolving around dialogues of social, political and personal responses to justice, The JUSTICE Project celebrates the authentic artistic voice and embraces the transformation that arises at the intersection of self and community.
Nicole is Co-founder of the Contemporary Choreographers’ Collective and Co-Artistic Director of Trinidad and Tobago’s COCO Dance Festival since 2009. The mission of the Contemporary Choreographers’ Collective is to inspire, encourage and serve the community through creative processes and collaborative and outreach-oriented endeavors. Nicole is currently an Associate Professor of Dance at Texas State University.
Kristin Messerli, owner and acro director
Kristin and her family are new to Wimberley, Texas. They moved just over a year ago from north of Chicago. Kristin and her husband, Jesse, have 3 children; Jovi, Indiana, and Jacob. She is very excited to have the opportunity to share her love of dance, gymnastics, and fitness with WDE. Kristin comes from a family of coaches, teachers and athletes. She has been a dancer/gymnast since she was 3, when she started ballet lessons. Over the next 20 years, she studied ballet, jazz, contemporary, and modern dance. Much of her dance experience came from her gymnastics gym. She began competitive gymnastics at the age of 8 and competed up to Level 7.. After struggling with knee injuries, Kristin changed her focus to cheerleading. She participated in cheerleading through High School and earned the title of All American Cheerleader 2 years in a row. During her school years, Kristin also fell in love with the theater. She performed and stared in several productions at her school, the local community theater, and then at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign where she attended college. Some of her favorite roles include Carmen (Fame), Sandy (Grease), and dancing in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar, and A Chorus Line.
Upon graduation, Kristin moved to California to join AmeriCorp and give a year of service as a reading tutor for at-risk elementary school children. While there, she found a passion for teaching and also found her husband. Kristin then earned her Multiple Subjects Certification and Education Specialist Certification and taught elementary special education for 5 years. Kristin rediscovered her love of fitness and athletics after having her third child. She stopped teaching to stay home with her kids and took that time to get certified as a group instructor and personal trainer. She is also a certified TRX instructor. Since then, Kristin has been coaching small group classes in her home or in various gyms and studios and coaching large groups with Orangetheory Fitness. She found that the knowledge, skills, and overall body awareness that she developed early as a dancer/gymnast has given her an eye for proper form and technique in the fitness world. She was extremely excited to get back into the world of dance and gymnastics and share her passion for health, fitness, and to do some cartwheels and flips when she joined WDE as first an Acro instructor in 2018. Kristin continues to teach, lead, and inspire her students in her current role as Acro Director at Wimberley Dance Elite.
Upon graduation, Kristin moved to California to join AmeriCorp and give a year of service as a reading tutor for at-risk elementary school children. While there, she found a passion for teaching and also found her husband. Kristin then earned her Multiple Subjects Certification and Education Specialist Certification and taught elementary special education for 5 years. Kristin rediscovered her love of fitness and athletics after having her third child. She stopped teaching to stay home with her kids and took that time to get certified as a group instructor and personal trainer. She is also a certified TRX instructor. Since then, Kristin has been coaching small group classes in her home or in various gyms and studios and coaching large groups with Orangetheory Fitness. She found that the knowledge, skills, and overall body awareness that she developed early as a dancer/gymnast has given her an eye for proper form and technique in the fitness world. She was extremely excited to get back into the world of dance and gymnastics and share her passion for health, fitness, and to do some cartwheels and flips when she joined WDE as first an Acro instructor in 2018. Kristin continues to teach, lead, and inspire her students in her current role as Acro Director at Wimberley Dance Elite.
Jade Greenough
Jade was born and raised in Austin, Texas. She began dancing at the young age of four with Shirley McPhail School of Dance and continued her education at D’Ette & Co Dancers. She studied in ballet, tap, jazz, musical theater, contemporary, and hip hop and performed with the Terpsichore Dance Company. Jade won numerous scholarships and awards from TATD (Texas Association Teachers of Dancing), Urban Jam, LA Dance Force and Star Makers. In high school Jade was a member of the award winning James Bowie High School Silver Stars and served on the officer line her Senior year. Jade has had the opportunity to study with master teachers and choreographers such as Rhonda Miller, Keith Clifton, Jay Fagan, Mandy Moore, Jackie Sleight, Darryl Retter, Greg Russell and many more.At the age of 15 she began choreographing for the Rhythm Force Dance Company, from D’Ette & Co Dancers. Jade began teaching in 1997 at D’Ette & Co. Dancers and was a part of the D&CD staff for 20 years. Jade has also taught at several studios in the Phoenix, Arizona metroplex while attending Arizona State University where she studied dance education in 2001 - 2002. While at ASU Jade had the pleasure of becoming the assistant teacher for both beginning and intermediate Tap. In 1999 Jade was accepted as a member of TATD (Texas Association Teachers of Dancing), with an exam in Jazz. In 2008 she took and successfully passed her Examiners Exam in Tap. Jade currently serves as the President Elect of TATD. Jade graduated from Texas State University with a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Dance. She specializes in tap, ballet, jazz, musical theater, contemporary and hip hop for all ages. Jade has found a passion for dance that is undeniable. She brings energy, enthusiasm and laughter to all her classes. Jade has also had the pleasure of teaching both master classes and choreography to high schools and middle schools in the Austin and Bastrop areas. She has served on faculty at Tap It Up and TATD and enjoys spreading her love for the arts. In August of 2016 Jade opened Pivotal Academy of Dance in Buda, TX. Each day Jade is thankful for what dance has brought into her life. You can always hear her say, “Dance with your heart and your feet will always follow.”
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Jeremiah Porter
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Jeremiah Porter was born and raised in Brooklyn, Ny, and is a proud member of the afro-latino community. He is currently living in San Marcos, Texas to finish his senior year at Texas State’s Musical Theater program. Jeremiah’s choreography often crosses between the commercial dance and musical theater genre. In class, there is a focus on musicality, retention of choreography, and story telling through movement. Regional credits: Singin’ in the rain at the Muny, The Producers at Casa Mañana, and La Cage Aux Folles at The Red House Center.
“Don’t let negativity and hesitation define your goals and dreams. We are limitless.” [Instagram: @JeremiahPorter] |
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Ashley Redding
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Ashley Redding is an alumni of Texas State University where she was a member of the World Famous, Texas State University Strutters. Following the accumulation of her Dance Education and Mathematics degrees, Ashley moved to San Antonio, Texas where she is currently a Drill Team Director and Dance Teacher. She has been working for Marching Auxiliaries Dance Company for seven years and has choreographed all over the country for the past six years. Ashley has been working with WDE for the past 3 years, and she always loves coming back to see some of her favorite dancers!
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Jordan Villanueva
Jordan Villanueva is a native of Texas where she began her dance training at the age of five. She trained at multiple studios in the Austin area and grew up competing with pre-professional dance companies. During her high school years, Jordan had the privilege of learning and performing works by Sidra Bell, Cindy Salgado, Anthony Lomuljo, Jonathan Campbell and many others. She also was a member of her high school drill/dance team serving her junior year as Major and senior year as Colonel. Upon graduation from high school, Jordan attended The Boston Conservatory and in 2018 graduated with a BFA in Contemporary Dance Performance with an emphasis in pedagogy. While at the Conservatory, Jordan had the pleasure of performing works by esteemed choreographers Aszure Barton, Doug Varone, MADBOOTS Dance, Robert Battle, and Francesca Harper, among others. During her summer breaks she furthered her dance training attending workshops by Doug Varone and Dancers and Movement Invention Project. After graduating from the Conservatory, Jordan moved to New York City to pursue her professional dance career. While in the city, she worked/performed with Pavement Dance, Emotions Physical Theatre, and Drye Marinaro Dance Company. Jordan currently resides in Kyle, Texas and is excited to be teaching in the area.
Ryan Winkler
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Ryan Winkler is a NYC based dancer/singer/actor. Originally from the small town of Burnet, TX, Ryan began her dance training at Studio 29 Dance Centre under the direction of Jenn Moore. At 17, she moved to New York City after receiving acceptance into Pace University's renowned School of Performing Arts, where she graduated with her B.F.A. in Commercial Dance in 2018. Throughout the years she has had the opportunity to perform works by some of her favorite choreographers, such as Bob Fosse, Joshua Bergasse, Al Blackstone, and Alexandra Damiani. Most recently, Ryan returned from an 8 month adventure dancing through Europe while onboard Aida Cruises' AIDAnova. Other favorite credits include: Chicago (Potsdam Music Theatre), Tis' The Season (Surflight Theatre), The Sixth Borough Film, and Sing, Sing, Sing (Pace University) When she isn't performing, Ryan is extremely passionate about her work as a teacher and choreographer and has traveled throughout New York, New Jersey, and Texas, creating works and offering classes in a variety of settings and styles.
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