| Summer Dance Program at Milton Academy Kellner Performing Arts Center June 23 – July 3, 2008 |
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Milton Academy - Kellner Performing Arts Center, Dance Studio, King Theatre, Forbes Dining Hall Location:
Summer Dance Program 2008 concludes with a performance in King Theatre, Kellner Performing Arts Center on the final day of the program, July 3rd in ballet, pointe, variations, character and jazz. The performance will be followed by a reception.
In addition to her work during the normal academic year, Marthavan has taught the Young Dancers Summer Workshop (YDSW) program in Norwell and Newton and served as teacher and adjudicator for the City Dance program in Boston. Marthavan has also taught at a number of other well respected ballet schools, most notably the Atlanta School of Ballet, the International Ballet Rotaru and l’Academie Americaine de Danse á Paris (AADP). She is currently working on obtaining her certification from the Royal Academy of Dancing (RAD) in London.
She received her training at the American Ballet Theatre School where she was a scholarship student. She attended the High School of Performing Arts, graduating with the highest awards in dance. Her teachers were Valentina Pereyslavec, Anatole Vilzak, Ludmilla Shollar, Robert Joffrey, William Dollar, Edward Caton and Nina Popova. In 1972, Ms. Keating founded the Children’s Ballet Workshop in the Boston Area and in 1982, the Children’s Repertory Ballet Company. Her students can be found in many ballet companies throughout the United States and Europe. Because of her own professional background and dance education, she encouraged her students to audition and participate in the most notable and illustrious dance programs and schools. The Children’s Repertory Ballet Company was a direct outgrowth of CBW and its repertoire included ballets such as Hansel and Gretel, Cinderella, Alice In Wonderland and The Nutcracker. All were performed in collaboration with the Plymouth Philharmonic and Hingham Civic Orchestras. They also performed Paquita, Les Sylphides, The Skaters, Mother Goose, The Nightingale and others. Ms. Keating was featured in the Great American Teacher Series of DANCE Magazine in the March 1995 issue, received a Certificate of Recognition from the National Foundation for the Advancement in the Arts and contributed to It’s a Living Career News for Girls. She collaborated with Steven Mitchell to make the video and CD Introduction to Ballet Classics. After relocating to Florida, Ms. Keating co-founded the Mount Dora School of Ballet. She has since staged several ballets including Nutcracker excerpts for “Light Up Mount Dora”, a civic event in Mount Dora. She was also on the faculty of Ballet Adriatico in Italy at the invitation of Anna Marie Holmes. Ms. Keating continues to teach and coach in many schools throughout the United States. Ms. Keating brings to the classroom true professionalism and an energetic approach to the Vaganova based curriculum, which she teaches. She is noted for instilling in her students a positive attitude, musicality and the love and joy of dancing.
Mindaugas Bauzys, Guest Artist, Boys Class
Phone: 617 – 898 – 2481
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Two week intensive classical ballet program from June 23 to July 3 for intermediate and advanced students between the ages of 9–16. In addition to classical ballet, pointe and variations, students will participate in a variety of enrichment classes including character, jazz, conditioning and stage makeup. The Summer Dance Program also offers a Beginning Ballet class for students with some prior experience, as well as a Boys Class taught by a male soloist with Boston Ballet. A final performance will be held in King Theatre on July 3 for family and friends. Lunch, snacks and t-shirt are included. 
Enrichment Classes:
Marthavan McKeon, Artistic Director 
Nan Cogswell Keating, Special Guest Teacher
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