Join us for a FREE masterclass/ADF Pre-Professional Dance Intensive Audition with sought after artist and Director of Education of the American Dance Festival, Nile Russell!
When: February 12, 2023
Cost: FREE
Where: 417 Brooks Street
Wake Forest, NC 27587
Time: 2:00PM-3:00PM (Masterclass for ages 13 and up)
3:00PM-4:00PM (ADF Pre-Professional Intensive Audition for ages 13-17)
TWO $1,000 SCHOLARSHIPS will be awarded towards ADF 2 week Summer Pre-Professional Intensive tuition. The scholarships are graciously funded by the American Dance Festival and the Dancing Angels Foundation.
Students interested in auditioning for ADF 2 week Summer Pre-Professional Dance Intensive, must attend the masterclass and prepare a 1 minute solo. For more information about the program and additional requirements please click HERE.
NILE H. RUSSELL is originally from Baltimore, MD. He received a B.A. in Dance from Connecticut College, where he had the guidance of wonderful teachers including Dan Wagoner, Lan Lan Wang, Jeff Rebudal, Robyne Watkin, David Dorfman, Eddie Taketa, and Jeremy Nelson. He moved to New York in 2004, where he danced with Silver-Brown Dance, LeeSaar The Company, Luis Lara Malvacias, Stefanie Nelson Dance Group, Naganuma Dance, and co-founded CaN Dance. In 2009, Nile joined Pilobolus Dance Theater as a dancer and later became Dance Captain of the touring company. Nile moved to Denver, CO, in 2014 and has been a movement consultant for the Denver Center for the Performing Arts and a choreographer for the Arvada Center and Neighborhood Music Theater as well as an educator at multiple schools and studios across the state, such as Denver School of the Arts, Parker Dance Academy, and Colorado Conservatory of Dance. While based in Denver, he has performed with Rosie Herrera Dance Theatre and collaborated on and directed commissions for Crystal Bridges American Art Museum, the Momentary, the Clayton Members Club & Hotel, and multiple music videos. He has also been the creative director on community projects for educational and nonprofit organizations, taught movement workshops for California State University, and continued his work with Pilobolus as a Teaching Artist. He is currently the Director of Education for the American Dance Festival and is based in Durham, NC.
Class Title: Modern Flow
Class Description: A combination of Graham, Limón, and Taylor techniques with a focus on creation and the individual voice. Playing with our sense of balance, weight shifts, and quick directional changes, we will carve our way through the space while exploring layers of theatrical performance and expression.