Unlock your ability to let true emotion shine through in your dancing! Dancers will learn the difference between authentic and inauthentic expression to act confidently in roles onstage.
Through learning acting scenes from the classical repertoire in ballets such as La Bayadere and Sleeping Beauty, guided exercises, pantomime, and dance history, Miss Ana will help dancers see the difference between authentic and inauthentic expression and unlock the individuals ability act confidently onstage.
This intensive is for dancers 13 and up with at least 3 years ballet experience.
This intensive week is also open to adult dancers!
Dancers must be able to attend 4 out of 5 sessions at least to participate.
$200 for the whole week.
$50 daily drop in.
SCHEDULE :
1/2 - 1/6 Tuesday - Saturday
2:30 - 3:00 Warm Up / Pantomime
3:00 - 4:00 Dance History
4:00 - 6:00 Acting 101, pantomime, expression
ABOUT MISS ANA :
Ana da Costa was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and recieved her ballet training from Centro de Danca Rio under the supervision of Angelica Fiorani. At the age of 16, she started her professional career by joining The Young Ballet of France in Paris, France, touring several cities in Europe and Latin America. Two years later, she joined Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro as a corps member, receiving a promotion to First Soloist soon after.
Joining California Ballet as a Principal in 2014, Ana has won the hearts of CBC audiences with her versatile performances as Myrtle in The Great Gatsby, the lead role in Giselle, the Snow Queen and Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker, Juliet in Romeo & Juliet, and a leading female in Ruled by Secrecy. Additionally, Ana was awarded the honor of CBC Dancer of the Year in 2016.
Ms. Da Costa’s repertoire also includes principal roles in La Bayadere, Swan Lake, Paquita, The Dying Swan, Dracula, and Don Quixote; as well as Myrtha and Bathidle in P. Wright’s Giselle; Lilac Fairy in Sleeping Beauty; Taglioni in Cecilia Kerche’s Le Grand Pas de Quarte; Waltz in Les Sylphides; Shadow Trio in Natalia Makarova’s La Bayadere; Aurora and Prayer in Coppelia; Mazurka in both Natalia Makarova’s and Yelena Pankova’s Swan Lake; Dame in Priscilia Albuquerque’s Folia; and Ana de Assis in Marcelo Misailidis’s Ana and Euclides.
Throughout her career, Ana has had the opportunity to work with choreographers and ballet masters such as Richard Cragun, Marcia Haydee, Natalia Makarova, Pedro Krastchuk, Cecilia Kerche, Olga Evreinoff, Yelena Pankova, Vladimir Vassiliev, Angelica Fiorani, Jacy Jambay, Slawa Mukhamedov, Boris Storojkov, Fabio Matheus, Marcia Pinheiro, Sergio Lobato, Erik Frederick, Eugenia Feodorova, J. Slavick, and Denise Dabrowski.