Email edd@evadeandance.org or call (718) 857-8368 to develop a program that best suits the needs of your school or organization.

Eva Dean Dance is adept at working with teachers and administrators to help develop new audiences and to create a residency that suits the specific needs of your constituency.  The Company can make available BOUNCE dance curriculum for Public Schools grades K-6. The Company is also available to provide residencies to colleges that include technique classes and/or lecture demonstrations.  Longer residencies can culminate in a school performance where the students perform on the same program as Eva Dean Dance.  Ms. Dean is available to teach Choreographic Workshops to all levels ranging from grade K to seniors.  She is also available to create site specific works and choreograph dances for your local community.

Sample of "Dolphins" lesson plan for Grade K

Public School Residencies  
Eva Dean Dance is available to teach grades K-6.  The dance curriculum is based on BOUNCE movement vocabulary. 

The Company's recent involvements include a performance of BOUNCE, JR for two thousand Arts and Education students in a sold-out show at Queens Colleges' ' Kupferberg Center for the Performing Arts in Flushing on April, 2007. In May 2007, Eva Dean Dance taught BOUNCE workshops to kindergarten students from Brooklyn Public school P.S. 56. These children learned modified dolphin, sea weed, jelly fish and wave movements using physio balls as their dancing partners. 

	Picture by Denilson Gomez from PS 82Q inspired by a performance of BOUNCE at Kupferberg Center for the Arts Click image for full picture ( PDF 1.3mb)

College and Conservatory Dance School Residencies  

*Residency packages are available to learn Eva Dean Dance technique and repertoire. 

The Packages available are:

Three Day:  Includes one lecture demonstration, one repertoire class and Eva Dean Dance performance(s).

Six Day:  Includes one lecture demonstration, 5 repertoire classes and Eva Dean Dance performance(s).

Two weeks:  Includes one lecture demonstration, 16 repertoire classes and Eva Dean Dance performance(s).

Company Repertoire Performance Residency: Includes one lecture demonstration, 32 technique classes, and 20 rehearsals to learn a selected dance from Eva Dean Dance repertoire.  Residency culminates into a performance with Eva Dean Dance.  Repertoire can also be performed as a part of the school's available repertory as negotiated in a contract.

 *Adjustments can be made to all of the above packages depending on the needs of your college.

Professional Level Class    
Eva Dean Dance is currently offering professional level dance classes to the New York City dance community on an ongoing basis at its studio Union Street Dance. Click HERE for more information.

Site Specific Dances  

Eva Dean Dance has received awards and critical recognition for its site-specific work. Ms. Dean is available to create a site-specific dance for your organization's dancers and local community. Past site specific locations that Ms. Dean has choreographed for include the Rock Garden, Lilac Grove and Horse Chestnut Grove in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden , The Boat House in Prospect Park , Brooklyn and a turn-of-the-century barn in Massachusetts . A complete list of Ms. Dean's site specific choreography is available upon request.

BOUNCE, JR. 
Family and New Dance Audience Outreach Programming

BOUNCE, JR., is a 45-minute version of BOUNCE created specifically for those with a shorter attention span. The dances performed on the junior program cut straight to the chase by including the most energetic, awe inspiring movement. Dances featured are a wickedly fun playground romp, dolphins diving and surfing over giant balls, a rubber ball orchestra, and a cascading 500 ball waterfall.