July 29 – August 9
2024
Livingston, Montana

BALLET • POINTE • VARIATIONS
PILATES • CONDITIONING • AERIAL
REPERTOIRE • CONTEMPORARY • PAS DE DEUX

Guest Teachers: Tricia Sundbeck, Thomas Bell, Molly Groeschl, Jackie Englehart and Karen Dade

For more information and to request registration material please email yellowstoneballet@gmail.com.

Yellowstone Ballet Academy presents a cutting-edge intensive for intermediate and advanced ballet students. Classes include Classical Ballet Technique, Pointe, Variations, Repertoire, Pas de Deux, Contemporary, Conditioning/Stretch, Pilates and Aerial.

INTERMEDIATE & ADVANCED INTENSIVE

Daily classes run from 9:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Monday,  July 29 – Friday August 9 with a performance during the Bozeman Sweet Pea Festival on Saturday August 3rd at 2:00 p.m.

One week $430 Two Weeks $820
Non refundable registration fee $25
Private lessons $75

 Guest teachers include:

MOLLY GROESCHL (Ballet, Pointe/Variations, Pilates) – A Bozeman native. She began her early training under Dana Sorg. She spent her summers training under scholar- ship at Ballet West, American Ballet Theatre, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, & Orlando Ballet. She was accepted and trained year-round with Pacific North- west Ballet. She has performed professionally with Milwaukee Ballet, Colorado Ballet, as a Soloist for Ballet Tucson and as a Guest Artist in-residence for Madison Ballet. Her favorite featured roles performed include Russian Girl from Serenade, Second Violin from Concerto Baroco, Lead Trio in Donizetti Variations, Rubies Pas De Deux from Jewels, & Pigtail Girl from Graduation Ball.

Karen Dade (Aerial) – started ballet at 9 years old and elevated her dance experience when she discovered aerial silks in the early 2000s. Having danced all her life, she was thrilled that ballet technique transferred so perfectly to the silks. This summer Karen will be offering an introductory aerial silks class designed to strengthen dancer's balance, arms and core muscles while exploring positions on the fabric and in the air. Classes will include sequences, or vertical choreography, and students will get a chance to turn upside down and spin if they'd like to. It's time to have fun, get strong and explore more ways to dance!

TRICIA SUNDBECK (Ballet, Pointe, Variations) – apprenticed with the Sacramento Ballet through high school and danced as a principal dancer for eight years with the company. Ms. Sundbeck joined Cincinnati Ballet in 2000 and was promoted to principal dancer in 2004. She has performed principal roles in numerous classical ballets including Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, Aurora in Sleeping Beauty, Swanhilda in Coppelia, and the title roles in Giselle and Cinderella and has an extensive Balanchine repertoire. Tricia has been coached by such notable stars as Frederic Franklin of the Ballet Russe and Allegra Kent of New York City Ballet. Ms. Sundbeck has also worked internationally performing in Canada, Portugal, Amsterdam, and Germany and performed at the Bolshoi Theatre in the Benois De La Danse Competition where she received critical acclaim.

THOMAS BELL (Ballet, Repertoire, Conditioning) –  graduated from East Carolina University with a degree in Drama and Dance. He attended the Washington School of Ballet and became a principal dancer with the Maryland Ballet and the Eugene Ballet. He has also appeared as a guest artist with the Sacramento Ballet and numerous companies on both coasts. He is currently ballet master at the University of Cincinnati.