// STRICTLY SEATTLE 2018: ADULT BEGINNING SESSION //
with Maya Soto
Adult Beginning Session is for those with little or no previous dance experience. Participants learn the basics of contemporary movement and create a new work in collaboration with choreographer Maya Soto. Classes include contemporary dance and ballet.
REGISTRATION
$625 Early Bird ($750 Regular)
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PHOTO TIM SUMMERS
CLASS + REHEARSAL SCHEDULE
MON–FRI, JUL 9–27
Velocity 1621 12th Ave
with Maya Soto
6PM–7:15PM // Beginning Technique Class
7:30PM–9:30PM // Rehearsal
Other Important Dates
SAT JUL 21 / 7PM // Participant Showing
FRI JUL 27 + SAT JUL 28 // Performances
Choreographer
MAYA SOTO is a choreographer, performer and award winning arts educator. Her work includes concert performance, movement installations, dance for theater, and film. Maya brings together classical dance training and a sense of imaginative play. She has created six evening-length works including Inner Galactic (2015) which was supported by creative residencies at 10 degrees in partnership with Velocity Dance Center (SEA), Exit Space (SEA) and Higher Ground (OR). Her choreography has been commissioned by numerous West Coast festivals and venues including On the Boards (SEA) and Conduit’s Dance+ Festival (PDX). As a performer, she has worked with many notable artists including Amy O’Neal, Sandstrommovement, and KT Neihoff. Currently, she dances for Michele Miller/Catapult Dance. Maya is a passionate advocate for arts education. She teaches dance at Velocity Dance Center, the Northwest School, Seattle Theatre Group – Disney Musicals in Schools, and the Museum of Pop Culture. For 10 years, she has worked extensively as a teaching artist in the public school system and developed several successful youth dance programs. In 2014, she received a Velocity Dance Champion Award for significant contribution to Seattle dance. Maya holds a BFA in dance from Cornish College of the Arts and a Washington State Professional Teaching Certificate.
