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JULY intensives
Intensive C: July 19th – July 25th
Summer Intensive Details:
- Open to High School Students through Professionals (minimum age 14)
- Participant Performance Friday alongside Sarasota Contemporary Dance, virtual performance available for purchase
- Daily Classes include: Contemporary, Jazz, Afro-Fusion, Improvisation
- Participant Rising Choreographer Program (3 per program) see details below
- Guest Faculty:Claudia Rightmire, Rachel Inman, Sea Lee
- SCD Faculty: experience a variety of SCD teachers throughout your week-long intensive!
- SCD Rep will be restaged by SCD Company Members Jessica Obiedzinski, Samantha Miller and Melissa Rummel
JULY Intensive Tuition:
- $100 Non-refundable Summer registration deposit (Must be paid for each intensive you are attending)
- $400 for 1 intensive
- $150 Internship Payment
- 30% off final deposit if attending 2 intensives
- 50% off final deposits if attending 3 intensives
Housing Prices:
$100 non refundable (due before MAY 1st to secure a spot)
+$350 + $50 Cleaning Fee
Total : $500
INTERNSHIP
- Age requirement – 18 & up (only 3 interns per intensive, receive half off tuition)
- No experience necessary! Candidates will help on registration day, set up and break down each day, assist teachers with music, and help with basic tasks throughout the program.
$100 non-refundable summer payment
CLASS DESCRIPTIONS
Release and Flow: A Contemporary Movement Journey (Sea Lee):
Release and Flow is an exploration of contemporary dance, balancing grounded structure with the freedom of release. The class combines technical precision, improvisation, and creative connection.Class begins with contemporary dance technique, focusing on alignment, strength, and balance. Gradually, dancers will explore releasing tension, using breath, weight, and momentum to guide fluid movement. Drawing inspiration from Korean traditional dance’s breath and suspension principles, this class integrates guided improvisation, vivid imagery, and partner exercises.
SCD FUSION SAMPLER (SCD Company Members):
Sarasota Contemporary Dance is excited to launch a NEW intensive class, the SCD Fusion Sampler. Intensive participants will be able to experience and learn from 5 different Sarasota Contemporary Dance company members, all with varying backgrounds and embodied practices. Participants will experience a variety of styles including, African, Jazz, Contemporary Floorwork, and Improvisation. This class is a great way for participants to immerse themselves into SCD by getting to know the company members and receiving their professional training!
SCD Rep:
Participants will be able to learn repertoire from Sarasota Contemporary Dance during the SCD Summer Intensive. Works originally choreographed by Artistic Director Leymis Bolanos Wilmott, restaged this summer by one of SCD Company members.
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GET TO KNOW
Sea Lee received a BFA with Cum Laude honors from the University of Florida and an MFA with fellowship from Hollins University/American Dance Festival. Her holistic approach to training led her to become a certified yoga instructor through Yoga Alliance and a Stott-trained Pilates instructor, integrating the spiritual and physical principles of yoga and pilates into her teaching.
Sea actively promotes accessibility and inclusivity in dance. As part of the “International Dance and Diversity Cultural Exchange Program” with REVolutions Dance (Tampa, FL), she has performed, choreographed, and taught internationally through the U.S. Department of State in countries like Poland and Palestine. She works with students and adults of all abilities, fostering a stronger sense of community among disabled and non-disabled individuals regionally, nationally, and internationally.
As a choreographer, Sea has created 17 works over 27 events, with her choreography presented by Sarasota Contemporary Dance, Moving Current Dance Collective, Co-motion Dance Theatre, and at notable venues like the American Dance Festival and Ramallah Contemporary Dance Festival. She is also an arts advocate, serving on review panels for festivals and grants, including Creative Pinellas and the Emerging Artist Grant.
