Valerie Williams Co'Motion Dance Theater
Kids' Co'Motion 2008
Kids’ Co’Motion 2008 Registration Form
(More information below)
Monday-Friday / 10-2:30pm / July 14-August 1
Kids’ Co’Motion is a fun, three week intensive performance workshop especially for students aged 8-18. Students will explore ways to use their own movement to express ideas as well as learn a concert length dance choreographed by director Valerie Williams. Experimentation and group interaction will be emphasized as professional instructors guide the creative process toward professionally produced performances on the evenings of August 1-2.
Participants will receive daily classes in:
· Composition
· Improvisation
· Modern dance technique
· Using movement to express ideas and feelings
To register for Kids’ Co’Motion, send this form with a check made out to
Co’Motion Dance Theater to 129 East Seventh St, Ames, IA 50010
For more information, please call Co’Motion Dance Theater at 232-7374.
Cost is only $200.00 (includes tee-shirt) - $10.00 discount if registration is paid by June 1
Student/s
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Parent/Guardian_____________________________________________________________________
Address____________________________________________________________________________
e-mail_____________________________________________________________________________
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Please enroll the above student/s in Kids’ Co’Motion 2008. Enclosed is a registration check for $200.00 per student (includes t-shirt), $190.00 per student registered by June 1. I understand that all physical activity entails risk, but choose to assume that risk rather than those associated with inactivity. I therefore release and forever discharge Valerie Williams Co’ Motion Dance Theater, its directors, employees, and volunteers from any and all claims, demands and actions of any and every nature whatsoever that I may have for any and all loss, damage or injury sustained by me and/or the minor for whom I am signing before, during and after the Kids’Co’Motion workshop and performances.
Signature - Parent/Guardian_________________________________________date_______________
Signature - Student/s______________________________________________ date_______________
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Produced by Valerie Williams Co’Motion Dance Theater
VWC’MDT is in residence at Iowa State University Department of Kinesiology
Kids' Co'Motion is mighty happy for support from the Ames Commission On The Arts (COTA)
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February 1, 2008
Dear Parent and Dancer,
We are pleased that you are joining us for Kids' Co'Motion this summer. We are really excited about the plans for Harmony. The workshop runs Mondays through Fridays, July 14-August 1, 2008, plus performances at 7:30 pm on Friday, August 1 and Saturday, August 2.
Daily Schedule is as follows:
10:00am-12:00pm Warm-up, technique, improvisation, composition
12:00pm-12:30pm Lunch--Please don't forget your sack lunch.
12:30pm-2:30pm Rehearsal for Concert
If you are not familiar with Ames or ISU campus, please call for directions to the Forker building, where the children will be dancing for the first two weeks. The third week we will be at the City Auditorium; more info later. If you go to the Armory, you may request a visitors parking permit for the two weeks we will be on campus. This should enable you to park in the general staff lot, although not in the lot directly in front of the building as all those spaces are reserved. Otherwise, you can drop your children off in front of the building and arrange for them to come out to meet you as you wait in the car, or you can park in the pay lot next to the Lied Recreation Center on Wallace Rd. and cross the road to the Forker Building. There is a bus stop at the building, as well as bike racks.
We will be working as modern dancers and will be going barefooted. Please wear comfortable clothes for moving: shorts and T-shirt, or leotard and tights, running/biking shorts, etc. We also suggest dancers have a pair of knee pads or something (such as leg warmers or long socks) s/he can wrap around s/his knees during long rehearsal periods in case there is any on-the-knees work. A hand towel is another nice item to have as the dance studios are not air conditioned.
Remember to pack a lunch; something that DOES NOT need to be in a refrigerator. Vending machines with soda and general junk food are available to students in the Forker Building. Drinking fountains are located close to the rehearsal studio. Please bring a squeeze bottle or thermos of water for drinking during class and rehearsal. Containers must be unbreakable, and NO open drink or food containers are allowed in the studio. Packing a frozen bottle of water not only keeps lunches cold, but allows students to have cold water with their lunch!
It would be greatly appreciated if we had some parent volunteers to help supervise the students during the lunch break. This helps us maintain a good relationship with the HHP staff, and allows Valerie and her assistants to prepare between morning and afternoon sessions. If you would be free on any day from 12:00 until 12:30, and would like to volunteer, please give me a call.
Kids' Co'Motion is an intensive and exciting program. Students will be very busy creating and learning dances. Students will be expected to respect each other's person and property as well as the Forker Building and the Ames City Auditorium. Students that are not able to maintain that standard of behavior will be asked to leave.
If you have any questions or concerns or would like to volunteer, please contact us.
Sincerely,
Susan Jackson
Administrative Assistant