THAW, Winter Dance Intensive will On December 28th and December 29th at The Caldwell Dance Center, 1946 State Street in Hamden, CT. Classes are for Advanced to professional dancers and taught by professional artists. 12/28: 12:30 Ballet, 2:30 Modern, 5:00pm Hip Hop. 12/29: 2:00pm African, 4:00pm Modern, 6:30pm Hip Hop. All Classes are 90 min., $7.00 each. Call 203-624-0227 or 203-654-1540 for more information.
Tislarm Bouie, (Hip Hop 12/28 5:00pm) -was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. He began his training at Harbor Conservatory for the Performing Arts in Harlem and continued to The Professional Performing School/ Alvin Ailey under the direction of Sophia Fatouros. He is currently a senior BFA modern dance major at the University of the Arts. Tislarm has performed works by choreographers such as Darrell Moultrie, Christopher Huggins, Earl Mosley, Jennifer Muller, Louis Johnson and Roni Koresh. He was also a dancer in Philadanco 2 and a background dancer for Def Jam recording Karina.
Shayla Alayre Caldwell, (Modern 12/28 2:30pm, African 12/29 2:00pm, and Hip-Hop 12/29 6:30pm)-is a native of New Haven, CT. She became heavily influenced by traditional West African dance after being introduced to the Guinean culture by mother and dance mentor Shari Caldwell. She has and continues to work under the instruction of Ali Tatchol Camara and Yamoussa Camara. She attended ECA under the direction of Susan Matheke, Earl Mosley and Freddie Moore. She also attended to Virginia Commonwealth University where she was honored to work with faculty Scott Putman, Christian Von Howard and Autumn Proctor. Presently, she is Artistic Director at The Caldwell Dance Center and has recently become a member of Ron K. Brown’s company Evidence.
Courtney J. Cook, (Ballet 12/28 12:30pm, Modern 12/29 4:00pm)-began formal training as dance major at the Governor’s School for the Arts, under the administrator of Leon F. Hughes and Deborah Thorpe, (2003-2007). She also performed with Hurrah Players under the direction of Hugh Copeland. Ms. Cook is a graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University, receiving her BFA in Dance and choreography. While attending VCU, she performed in works by James Frazier, Scott Putman, Martha Curits, Christian Von Howard and guest choreographers, Daniel Gwirtzman, Stephanie Batten Bland and Jawole Will Jo Zollar. Ms. Cook attended the American Dance Festival on scholarship and performed in the works by Mark Haim, Trebien Pollard, Michelle Gibson, Yung-Li Chen and in the Shen Wei repertory project.
