KSD 2024
Pre-Professional Summer Intensive
A highlight of summer for KSD student and beyond, is our pre-professional summer dance intensive. Each year the school welcomes new artists and teachers of different disciplines to give the dance youth of Kingston a taste of professional development beyond YGK.
KSD Summer Intensive 2024
Monday, August 12th – Friday, August 16th, 2024
Advanced Level (Ages 15yrs+)//Minimum of 5 years of dance experience in ballet/ contemporary
Intermediate Level(Ages 12-14 yrs)//Minimum of 3 years of dance experience in ballet/contemporary
$250 per student
Schedule:
Advanced // Senior
9:15-10:45- Ballet - Sylvia Berman
10:55-12:25 - Contemporary - Katherine Ng
12:25-1:00 - LUNCH
1:00-2:15 Somatic Conditioning - Katherine Ng
2:15-3:45 - Jazz - Alex McChesney
Intermediate // Junior
9:30-10:45- Contemporary Katherine Ng
11:00-12:15 - Ballet- Sylvia Berman
12:15 - 1:00 pm LUNCH
1:00-2:00 pm Jazz - Alex McChesney
2:15-3:30 pm Somatic Conditioning - Katherine Ng
Ballet with Sylvia Berman
Sylvia Berman started her pre-professional training at the Quinte Ballet School of Canada. After graduating from QBSC in 2016, Sylvia was accepted into the B.F.A. program at the Conservatory of Dance at SUNY Purchase and graduated summa cum laude in May 2020. During her training at Purchase, Sylvia studied ballet, contemporary and modern techniques, as well as improvisation and choreographic composition. As a member of the Purchase Dance Company, Sylvia performed works by George Balanchine, Bettijane Sills, Eve Chan, and Norbert De La Cruiz III. For her senior project, she performed a solo entitled “For Sylvia '' by Montreal choreographer, Hélène Blackburn. Since Graduating in 2020, Sylvia has had the pleasure of working with Brittney Canda, Cai Glover, Tableau D'Hôte Theatre and Jera Wolfe. Currently, Sylvia is a company dancer with Ballet Ouest de Montréal and tours the Tchaikovsky Candle Light Ballet with Fever Company.
Contemporary & Somatics with Katherine Ng
Katherine is actively working as a professional dancer since 2014. Born and raised in Ottawa, she graduated from The School of Dance Contemporary Dance Diploma, Director Sylvie Desrosier. Started in Montreal, Katherine had the opportunity to perform and create with <AP&A >, Interlope, La Tresse, and many more while participated in many International dance festivals. She also had the opportunity to work on a touring production called Pearl Production with choreographer Daniel Ezralow. Where East meets West, Pearl Production had an exchange with dancers from Nanjing, China. Her last contract was with MGM in Macau, where she had worked with Michael Jackson’s trusty choreographer Travis Payne. Currently, she is a freelance dancer and is committed her time into contortion training.
Jazz with Alex McChesney
Alexandra began dancing in Kingston, Ontario at the age of three, training and competing in ballet, jazz and contemporary. She has completed her RAD Advanced Two with Distinction and received supplementary training through intensives such as Boston Ballet school and the Alberta Ballet School. Finding a love of movement has led her to Toronto where she will soon be entering her final year at Toronto Metropolitain Universitie’s (TMU) BFA Performance Dance Program where she the trains in a variety of styles from modern to house. In recent years she has had the opportunity to work with Alysa Pires, Jera Wolfe, Hanna Kiel, and Esie Mensah in their processes and performances.