The “Company Experience” Workshop

Faculty and Guests

Artistic Team:*

• Susan Jaffe, PBT artistic director
• Marjorie Grundvig, PBT School Director
• Janet Popeleski, PBT School Principal
• Eun Young Ahn, PBT School Student Division Principal
• Christine Schwaner, former PBT Principal Dancer, current School Faculty
• Christopher Budzynski, former PBT Principal Dancer, current School Faculty
• Along with current PBT Company Dancers**

ESTEEMED GUEST FACULTY:

Alexander Brady – Alex trained at the Boston School of Ballet and the School of American Ballet before dancing professionally with the Joffrey Ballet, Miami City Ballet and Twyla Tharp Dance. On Broadway, he was an original cast member of “Movin’ Out”, “The Time’s They Are a-Changin”” and “Come Fly Away”, all directed and choreographed by Tharp. Mr. Brady has also danced with Mark Morris Dance Group, The Metropolitan Opera Ballet, Dances Patrelle, the Houston Grand Opera, and in the films “Across the Universe” and “Julie and Julia”. Mr. Brady has staged Tharp repertory for dance companies worldwide, and as a guest teacher has taught technique and repertory at Barnard College, the Laban Institute, University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Marymount Manhattan College, and Indiana University among others, and served three years as Company Manager for Twyla Tharp Dance. He has choreographed works for UNCSA, St. Paul’s School Ballet Company, Concord Academy, and Pittsburgh Ballet Theater School’s Company Experience. In addition to co-directing the dance department at Concord Academy with his partner, Rika Okamoto, Mr. Brady is also teaching at the Boston Ballet School and Walnut Hill School of the Arts.

Rika Okamoto – Rika Okamoto’s dance career expands from 1990 through 2017, including working with companies such as Martha Graham Dance Company (1992-1999) and Twyla Tharp (1993, 2001-2017).  She has appeared as an original cast in Tharp’s Broadway shows (Movin’ Out and Come Fly Away), Disney’s Broadway musical Tarzan, TV documentaries, award shows, commercials, prints, and films including Across the Universe directed by Julie Taymor.  She was selected for the covers of Dance Magazine in 2010 and 2015. She also worked as a rehearsal director, director of education, administrator, production coordinator, and archivist at Twyla Tharp Dance Foundation. She has been teaching at numerous dance institutions and universities worldwide since 1994.  She holds a Master of Fine Arts from the University of the Art in Philadelphia, PA, a Yoga Alliance 500 hour advance teacher certification, and Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) teacher certification at the Mindfulness Center at Brown University

*Subject to change. Not all dancers will work with every Guest Artist.

**To be announced soon.

Daily Schedule:

Workshop Repertoire:

• New choreography by guest Rika Okamoto
• Contemporary repertoire and new choreography by guest Alexander Brady
• New Works created by next-gen dance makers, PBT Company members
• Renowned Contemporary repertoire
• More to be announced

Subject to change

Tuition & Housing:

Tuition: $1490

A $500 non-refundable tuition deposit, applicable towards total tuition, is required with completed registration form. The balance of program tuition will be required of all students registering for the workshop and may be paid in full or in installments.

Housing: $1,190

Supervised dormitory housing is available at Chatham University. A $500 non-refundable housing deposit, applicable towards total housing, is required with completed registration if housing is needed. Housing cost includes room, meal plan, laundry and transportation for excursions. Housing is limited and awarded on a first-come basis upon acceptance to enrolled students, who have submitted the non-refundable housing deposit. The balance of program tuition will be required of all students registering for the workshop and may be paid in two installments.

PBT School recognizes that housing availability may change depending on the state of the pandemic in 2022 and what we determine is a safe option for students. PBT School reserves the right to modify housing arrangements based on the needs of the program.