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OverviewSouthold’s Summer Intensive focuses on developing well-rounded dancers by exposure to a wide variety of disciplines with an emphasis on classical ballet technique and key elements of ABT’s National Training Curriculum. Intensive students have the opportunity to develop skills, experience, and discipline which are necessary foundations for a professional dance career. Intensive classes will be taught by Southold artistic staff and world class guest teachers that are dedicated to the learning process and growth of each individual student. The Junior IntensiveJune 14 - 25, 2010 9:30am – 1:00pm
Must have at least two years ballet experience.
The Pre Professional IntensiveJune 7 - 25, 2010 9:30am – 3:30pm (Levels C & D) 9:30am – 3:00pm (Levels A & B)
By Placement or Southold Ballet IV and above.
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He has choreographed many ballets for the Eglevsky Ballet, in addition to ballets for many other professional companies in the United States and worldwide. Mikhail Baryshnikov commissioned him to choreograph the successful pas de deux In a Country Garden for American Ballet Theatre (ABT). His solo S'Wonderful was danced by ABT principal Cynthia Harvey in the presence of President and Mrs. Reagan and shown nationwide on CBS television. He also served as the assistant choreographer on Ken Russell's movie Valentino, starring Rudolph Nureyev and Leslie Caron. Vernon continues to teach classes at New York-based Steps, works regularly for the Manhattan Dance Project, and is artistic advisor to the Ballet School of Stamford. Since 2000, he has taught and choreographed the ballet company and ballet school at the Chautauqua Institute. His annual activities also include a long association with Ballet Hawaii. Vernon was company teacher for the ABT from 2001 to 2002 and worked as a company teacher for the Metropolitan Opera Ballet from 1994 to 1998. He was also a guest teacher for the Juilliard School in 2001 and has had long associations with Dance Theatre of Harlem and the Alvin Ailey Company and School.
Her teaching credits include Barat Conservatory of Dance, Northern Illinois University, Columbia College, DuPage Ballet, Joseph Holmes Chicago Dance Theatre, Milwaukee Ballet, Ballet Chicago, Studio Two, and Joel Hall Dancers, where she is Ballet Mistress.
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Michael Vernon studied at the Nesta Brooking School of Ballet and the Royal Ballet School in London with such legendary teachers as Dame Ninette de Valois and Leonide Massine. He performed with the Royal Ballet, the Royal Opera Ballet, and the London Festival Ballet before coming to New York in 1976 to join the Eglevsky Ballet as ballet master and resident choreographer. He was artistic director of the Long Island-based company from 1989 to 1995. 
Amy Rose trained on scholarship at the American Ballet Theatre school, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, and the Ruth Page Foundation School of Dance. She performed with the Chicago Ballet before joining ABT at the age of sixteen. She was a soloist with ABT, and from 1979-1992 was featured in principal, soloist and character roles in both the classical and contemporary repertoire. She has also been a guest artist with the Universal Ballet in Korea, Japan, and China, and performed with Stars of the American Ballet inManila. 
Pam Tanis is a former principle dancer with the Joffrey Ballet, and was a member of American Ballet Theatre, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, and Alvin Ailey Dance Workshop. She was coached in principle roles by Robert Joffrey, George Balanchine, Gerald Arpino, Rudolph Nureyev, Leonide Massine, Bronislava Nijinska, Todd Bolender, Alvin Ailey, Jerome Robbins, and Alexandra Danilova. 
Dawnell Dryja is a Michigan native now in her eighth season with the Grand Rapids Ballet. She previously danced with Tulsa Ballet, Cincinnati Ballet, Dayton Ballet, and Metropolitan Ballet Theatre of Detroit. Dawnell was trained under her mother, Dawn Greene. She has danced a variety of roles including Titania from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Odette/Odile from Swan Lake, Stanton Welch’s Fingerprints, Lila York’s Celts, Le Corsaire pas de deux, Don Quixote pas de deux, and numerous Balanchine ballets such as Allegro Brilliante, Four Temperaments, and Jewels. Some of her favorite roles at Grand Rapids Ballet include Delia in The Gift of the Magi, Swanhilda in Coppelia, Tinkerbell in Peter Pan and Princess Jasmine in Aladdin. Dawnell has had the opportunity to work with esteemed choreographers and teachers such as Nils Christe, Frederick Franklin, Kirk Peterson, Val Caniporoli, Suzanne Farrell and Raymond Lukens to name a few. She has been a teacher at the School of the Grand Rapids Ballet for the past seven years and enjoys working with the students.