Dance Performance Workshops (DPWs) are full-year programs intended for motivated young people (ages 9-17) who are ready to commit to comprehensive dance study, emphasizing:

Performance skills and improvisation
Student-directed choreography
Multiple performance opportunities

DPW admission and advancement is evaluated based on ability, commitment, potential and progress. Interested students new to BAX are encouraged to call the Education Department. Currently enrolled BAX students are invited to join DPW I from Modern III or Modern IV.

Click here to download the 2011-2012 season’s schedule for DPW I, II and III.

DPW I had a successful performance at the White Wave’s COOL NY 2011 DANCE FESTIVAL located at John Ryan Theater.

DPW II and III had a successful performance as part of our Teen Arts Conference 2011 that culminated in a gala performance including performances by 100 teen artists from schools and organizations across New York City located at our facility.

DPW PERFORMANCES 2011-2012

DPW III DANCE SHOWCASE

A year-end culminating performance featuring student and director choreography as well as BAXco repertory.

Director, Helen Tocci
Friday & Saturday, May 18-19, 2012

DPW II & I DANCE SHOWCASE

A year-end culminating performance featuring student and director choreography.

Director, Donna Costello (DPW I)
Director, Jules Skloot (DPW II)
Friday & Saturday, June 1-2, 2012

ABOUT DPW GUEST ARTIST SERIES

As members of DPW II & III, students are required to take the Guest Artists Series.  The intention is to build a solid technique base, in addition to their regular class.  The Guest Artist Series is intended to expose our students to the diversity and range of working artists in the Dance community.  Guest artists are carefully selected by the DPW Directors in collaboration with the Education Director in order to address specific needs of the students, as well as areas of special interest for development.  The Guest Artist series is open to students outside of DPW, in the age range, that have some dance background  and are interested in developing as dancers.

DPW GUEST ARISTS

Guest Artist Series Intermediate (ages 11-14) Fall 2011
Jules Skloot

Jules Skloot is originally from Madison, Wisconsin. Jules is a dancer, a choreographer, and a teacher based in Brooklyn, NY. Jules received a BA from Hampshire College with a concentration in choreography, performance, and community dance studies, and an MFA in dance from Sarah Lawrence College. Jules has had the honor of getting to teach, dance, and create with people of many different ages and experiences. As a teacher, Jules values the knowledge, art, and creativity that already exists within people, and works to provide space, encouragement, and learning opportunities for people of any age to express themselves and connect to each other through the practice of art. Jules has choreographed and performed in New York, Massachusetts, Wisconsin, California, and throughout the Pacific Northwest, and recently received a 2009 Outer/Space creative residency from Dance Theater Workshop in NYC.

Guest Artist Series Advanced (ages 13 & up) Fall 2011
Tara O’Con

TARA O’CON makes work that focuses on the visceral experience of both mover and observer. She is a contributing member of Third Rail Projects, and also performs regularly for mvworks among various other freelance projects that come along. O’Con’s own work has been shown in showcases around NYC, including Dance Theater Workshop’s Fresh Tracks series. In recent years, her work was commissioned and presented by both Danspace Project and The Chocolate Factory Theater.

PAST GUEST SERIES ARTISTS

Past Guest Series Artist have included: Faye Driscoll, Pene McCourty, Katy Pyle, and Sasha Welsh.