Dance Week
Week 5: August 5-12, 2012 (includes Festival)
Spring, Summer and Fall Augusta classes, as well as our Appalachian Studies program for college students, keep roots traditions alive in music, dance, craft, and folklore.
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2012 Tuition: $450
plus Housing & Meals
Download a Color full-page Dance Week flyer
Download 2-on-a-page black & white Dance Week Flyer
World renowned callers, dancers and musicians keep everyone happy and on their toes as Augusta swings to the beat of Dance Week! High energy tunes by Eden McAdam-Somer, Jeremiah McLane, Aaron Olwell, and Ralph Gordon will rock Augusta’s open air dance pavilion into the wee hours! Choose from workshops in tango, salsa, sean nos dance, hip hop, body percussion, flatfooting, dance calling, running sound for dances and the African roots of American dance.
Each morning begins with Waltz Across Breakfast on the Halliehurst mansion porch. Each day late afternoon bonus sessions offer interesting choices. Dances, concerts, films and special presentations offer an array of evening choices. Several dance locations on campus afford everyone a varied choice of dance styles. Dance Week runs concurrently with Old-Time Week and Vocal Week and extends through the Augusta Festival, August 10-12.
To register specify “Dance Week” as the name of your class, and do NOT list individual classes on your registration form (you select classes at Dance Week Orientation on Sunday evening immediately following general orientation).
Dance Week Coordinator – Matthew Olwell - Bio
Classes & Instructors
Matthew Olwell
Body Rhythms
Nic Gareiss
Flatfooting
Wendy Graham
Contras & Squares
Calling Contras
T-Claw Crawford
Contras & Squares
Calling Traditional Southern Squares
Edwin Roa
Argentine Tango
Nightclub Salsa
Brian Cunningham
Irish Sean Nos Dance
Junious Brickhouse
Hip Hop & House
Emily Oleson
Afrolachian Roots
Rhiannon Giddens
Afrolachian Roots: from Vaudeville to Hip Hop
Bio
Laurie Goux
Afro-Brazilian Dance
Tony Hernandez
Running Sound for Dances
Guest Caller
Bill Oshe
Staff Musicians
Jeremiah McLane Bio
Eden MacAdam-Somer Bio
Ralph Gordon
Aaron Olwell Bio
Additional Dance-Related Class:
Caller’s Intensive – Ron Buchanan
This is a weeklong, stand-alone class and must be listed specifically by week (Week 5) and class name and instructor on the registration form. This is not a regular Dance Week class.
Other Classes Available This Week
Appalachian Storytelling - Susanna Holstein
Augusta for Kids - Brittany Hicks
Watercolor Painting - Ken Waddell
White Oak Basketry - Alan Miller
Wood Engraving/Letterpress Printing - Jim Horton
Optional Evening Mini-Courses ($55) - August 6-9
Yoga – Susan Krakoff
Bio & Mini-Course Description
(Note: Yoga Mini-course meets from 5:00-6:15 pm so that students can do yoga on an empty stomach and still have time for dinner afterwards.)
Old-Time Banjo From Scratch (novice) - Ken Sheller
Appalachian Ballads & Songs - Elizabeth LaPrelle
Bio & Mini-Course Description
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