SpectorDance recently resumed our ballet classes at the NEW Pacific Arts Complex (PAC) studio (2226 Del Monte Ave in Monterey). We are excited to be offering Scholarship support through generous funding from the Chapman Foundation for the classes listed below. For a scholarship application click here.
We are also looking for young dancers to perform in upcoming projects. Email Amy if interested.
We are also looking for young dancers to perform in upcoming projects. Email Amy if interested.
See the full class schedule & register for classes here.
Spots are limited, so sign up today!
Ballet with Amy
Monday
6:00 - 7:00 Beg/Int Ballet for 7-11 year olds with Amy
7:00 - 8:30 Teen/Adult Ballet with Amy
8:30 - 9:15 Beg Pointe
Wednesday
7:00 - 8:30 Teen/Adult Ballet with Amy
8:30 - 9:15 Beg Pointe
Spots are limited, so sign up today!
Ballet with Amy
Monday
6:00 - 7:00 Beg/Int Ballet for 7-11 year olds with Amy
7:00 - 8:30 Teen/Adult Ballet with Amy
8:30 - 9:15 Beg Pointe
Wednesday
7:00 - 8:30 Teen/Adult Ballet with Amy
8:30 - 9:15 Beg Pointe
Workshops with Guest Artists
at Hidden Valley Music Seminars, an Institute for the Arts Carmel Valley, CA 93923
Register today, Space is limited
All Attendees Must Show Proof Of Vaccination. Face Masks Are Required.
Ramya Harishankar is artistic director of the Arpana Dance Company (ADC), a premier school of Bharata Natyam in California and has taught several hundred students since 1982. Her solo performing career of five decades has taken her to India, Asia, Europe, Australia, and N. America. She received the Kala Seva Bharathi (India) award for her contribution to Indian arts abroad. Arpana’s 25th anniversary was recognized by the State Senate, cities, and organizations in S. CA, including the Helene Modjeska Cultural Legacy award from Arts OC, the countywide arts organization. Since 2020, Harishankar has been sharing the intricacies of abhinaya, nationally and internationally online. She also premiered a digital series, Dance Conversations, documenting her four-decade journey in the Diaspora through the ‘lens & voice’ of her mentors, colleagues, and collaborators. Short ‘dance films’ Bhumika & Aasha have been critically acclaimed. ADC’s has performed in the US, Europe, India, and Japan in aid of charities. ADC/Harishankar are recipients of prestigious grants from CAC, Alliance for California Traditional Arts and she is a 2-time NEA’s Choreographic Fellow.
Nathan Hirschaut, Photo by Kyle Adler
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Improvisation with Nathan Hirschaut May 18 @ 4:00-5:30 This class combines somatic movement, contemporary choreography, and eastern movement techniques such a qi-gong and kundalini yoga to use dance to empower, heal, and connect people to their life energy and life energy around them. |
Nathan Hirschaut is a performing artist who graduated from The Juilliard School for Dance in 2020. Over the past 15 years, Nathan has studied from the world's best in dance, yoga, and artistic ideology creating the base of his spiritual, unconventionally creative, and wild performance art. His mission is to make and perform in projects that connect people to their Nature and Power, a space beyond the limitations of their minds. Since graduating school, Nathan has been commissioned and independently produced several cross-disciplinary projects, retreats, intensives, workshops, and classes. Nathan's work has been featured in The Washington Times, NPR, and the LA Post as a pioneering artist and thought leader in performance art.
Tracy R. Kofford holds a BFA in Dance from University of California of Santa Barbara and a MFA from New York University, TISCH School of the Arts. Tracy has performed and choreographed nationally and internationally with his own work and Jennifer Muller/The Works, who he danced with for over 10 years in NYC. He has studied and worked with some of the world's most influential choreographers, performers and dance companies. He also performed with Disney Cruise line, featured as Tarzan. Mr. Kofford was featured in photographer Lois Greenfield: Still Moving. His work, Intersecting Fugue, was awarded a McCallum Choreography Award in 2016 and Cascading Failures won ACDA Gala recognition in 2018. His work Silent Splendor won the Audience Choice award at the Red Rock Dance Festival 2019 and his work Scorched Earth and Silent Splendor were commissioned for remount at Peabody Conservatory of John Hopkins University. His choreography has been presented at Lincoln Center in NYC, Switzerland and has toured nationally and international. He is currently Director of Dance at Santa Barbara City College and Artistic Director of SBCC Dance Company.