Polaris hosts the San Francisco Conservatory of Dance Summer Intensive Auditions

Professional and students DANCERS!!! Polaris Dance Theatre is hosting auditions for the 2011 Summer Intensive Program with San Francisco Conservatory of Dance company at the Polaris Contemporary Dance Center on Sunday, January 16th from 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.  The Summer Intensive Program aims to advance students' artistic development through advanced training in ballet and modern technique by a stellar faculty; incorporate the study of William Forsythe's Improvisational Technologies and Ohad Naharin's Gaga movement language as well as learn selected pieces from their respective repertories.
Auditions are held for three separate Sessions of summer intensive programs:

• Session 1 - May 30th - June 9th, 2011 Student Showcases on July 8th and 9th (For advance students and professionals 18 and over) 
• This session begins with a 3 week immersion in William Forsythe's improvisational technologies conducted by Alessio Silvestrin, who will also set a piece from Mr. Forsythe's repertory and choreograph a new work.  During weeks 3-6, students also develop new works in collaboration with Christian Burns and Alex Ketley.  Highly challenging technique classes are taught by Summer Lee Rhatigan, Chiharu Shibata, Tristan Ching, Christian, and Alex.  
• Session 2 -  June 13th - July 9th, 2011 Student Showcase on July 8th and 9th (For advance students 14-23) 
• Highly challenging ballet and modern technique classes taught by Summer Lee Rhatigan, Christian Burns, Alex Ketley, Chiharu Shibata and Tristan Ching provide the daily laboratory in which experimentation, focus and physical commitment lay the groundwork for uninhibited collaboration in the choreographic process with Christian, Alex, Summer, Malinda LaVelle and guest artists. 
• Session 3 - July 11th - August 6th, 2011 Student Showcase on August 5th and 6th (For advance students 14-23) 
• Batsheva dancer Bobbi Smith teaches daily classes, sets selected works from Mr. Naharin's repertory, and choreographs a new work.  Highly challenging ballet and modern technique classes taught by Summer Lee Rhatigan, Christian Burns, Alex Ketley, Chiharu Shibata and Tristan Ching provide the daily laboratory in which experimentation, focus and physical commitment lay the groundwork for uninhibited collaboration in the choreographer process with Bobbi, Christian, Alex, Summer, Malinda LaVelle and guest artists. 

Polaris Dance Theatre's Artistic Director, Robert Guitron, is excited to help his friends at the San Francisco Conservatory of Dance find talented professional and student dancers in the surrounding Portland area by hosting the auditions at the new Polaris Contemporary Dance Center.  Dancers - here's your chance to see amazing professional dancers in action, practice the auditioning process and hopefully make it to these outstanding summer intensive sessions.  Don't miss this opportunity.