ENROLL NOW!
2018-2019 ACADEMIC YEAR
September 4, 2018 - May 18, 2019
Check out our 2018-2019 Academic schedule now and reserve your spot!
Join us for our Open House Events, Saturday August 11th 11:00 am - 1:00 pm & Sunday August 12th 1:00 - 3:00 pm!
For more information, call us at 918-779-7360 or email us at dance@tulsadanceco.com
2018 SUMMER DANCE CAMPS - Ages 4-9, 9:00 - 11:30 am
Moana - July 23-25
Alice In Wonderland August 6-8
Wizard of Oz - August 13-15
Dancers will learn basic dance steps and dance class etiquette while dancing to the soundtracks of these popular films!
Dance Camps will be taught by Tulsa Dance Company faculty and selected guest teachers. Daily activities will include dance class, a craft, and a snack. This is a fun and educational foundation for dance! Children gain exposure to ballet, tap and jazz, as well as creative movement.
Camp Tuition is $75.00 per student.
Registration/Craft fee is $25.00 per student.
For more information, please email us at dance@tulsadanceco.com or call us at 918-779-7360.
MASTER CLASS SERIES:
Come join us for our Master Class series this summer! Saturdays from 10:30 am to 12:00 pm.
2018-2019 ACADEMIC YEAR
September 4, 2018 - May 18, 2019
Check out our 2018-2019 Academic schedule now and reserve your spot!
Join us for our Open House Events, Saturday August 11th 11:00 am - 1:00 pm & Sunday August 12th 1:00 - 3:00 pm!
For more information, call us at 918-779-7360 or email us at dance@tulsadanceco.com
2018 SUMMER DANCE CAMPS - Ages 4-9, 9:00 - 11:30 am
Moana - July 23-25
Alice In Wonderland August 6-8
Wizard of Oz - August 13-15
Dancers will learn basic dance steps and dance class etiquette while dancing to the soundtracks of these popular films!
Dance Camps will be taught by Tulsa Dance Company faculty and selected guest teachers. Daily activities will include dance class, a craft, and a snack. This is a fun and educational foundation for dance! Children gain exposure to ballet, tap and jazz, as well as creative movement.
Camp Tuition is $75.00 per student.
Registration/Craft fee is $25.00 per student.
For more information, please email us at dance@tulsadanceco.com or call us at 918-779-7360.
MASTER CLASS SERIES:
Come join us for our Master Class series this summer! Saturdays from 10:30 am to 12:00 pm.
Michael Bearden
August 4
Michael Bearden is the third director of the School of Dance at the University of Oklahoma which was founded in 1963 by Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo dancers Miguel Terekhov and Yvonne Chouteau. Prior to joining OU he was the Artistic Director of Ballet Arkansas and an Assistant Professor at the University of Utah. Mr. Bearden was a Principal Dancer with Ballet West in Salt Lake City and had a career of 14 years with the company touring across the United States and the world. Michael performed leading roles in works by some of the world's greatest choreographers including Balanchine, Ashton, Tudor, Forsythe, Stevenson, Welch, Dove, Tetley, Tharp, Kylian and Christopher Bruce. As a choreographer, Mr. Bearden has created or staged his works for Ballet West, the University of Utah, Brigham Young University, the University of Cincinnati, Belhaven University, Texas Christian University and Bucknell University.
August 4
Michael Bearden is the third director of the School of Dance at the University of Oklahoma which was founded in 1963 by Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo dancers Miguel Terekhov and Yvonne Chouteau. Prior to joining OU he was the Artistic Director of Ballet Arkansas and an Assistant Professor at the University of Utah. Mr. Bearden was a Principal Dancer with Ballet West in Salt Lake City and had a career of 14 years with the company touring across the United States and the world. Michael performed leading roles in works by some of the world's greatest choreographers including Balanchine, Ashton, Tudor, Forsythe, Stevenson, Welch, Dove, Tetley, Tharp, Kylian and Christopher Bruce. As a choreographer, Mr. Bearden has created or staged his works for Ballet West, the University of Utah, Brigham Young University, the University of Cincinnati, Belhaven University, Texas Christian University and Bucknell University.
Austin Hartel-Associate Professor of Dance (Modern Dance) – OU School of Dance
August 18
Austin Hartel has led a distinguished career as a dancer and choreographer.
Hartel was co-choreographer and a soloist for five years with Pilobolus Dance Theater, making appearances worldwide and on television, twice on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. In 1989, he left Pilobolus to found, with Lisa Dalton, Dalton-Hartel Dance, which has since toured throughout the continental United States, as well as Hawaii, Europe, Korea, and South and Central America.
Hartel has danced with, among others, the José Limón Dance Company, Dances We Dance, the Frank Holder Dance Company, the Opera Company of Philadelphia, Peter Pucci Plus Dancers and Tandy Beal.
In the spring and summer of 1995, Hartel was assistant choreographer for the Mozart opera The Magic Flute, directed by John Eliot Gardiner, which toured Europe for four months.
Hartel’s choreographic commissions include works for Company Teatro Nuovo of Turin, Italy, Akasha Dance Company in Chicago, the National Ballet of Surinam, the Sylvia and Danny Kaye Playhouse in New York City, and the New Arts Festival in Fort Myers, Florida.
In 1990 Hartel choreographed the Lucien Rochat commercial “Figure Meccaniche,” which won the prestigious Italian Key Award for best commercial of the year.
Hartel has taught throughout Italy, the continental United States and the Hawaiian Islands. From 1990 to 1993, Hartel worked as a cultural specialist for the United States Information Agency. Under this program, he shared his beliefs on dance with people of other cultures by teaching, choreographing and performing and by giving television and print interviews throughout South and Central America.
Hartel received his bachelor of fine arts degree in dance from the North Carolina School of the Arts and a master’s degree in dance and integrated media from California Institute of the Arts. He also studied classical ballet at the Pennsylvania Academy of Ballet and the Washington School of Ballet. He trained with such influential teachers as Duncan Noble, Richard Gain, Doug Nielson, Ernestine Stodell and Betty Jones.
Hartel joined the faculty of the OU School of Dance in 2001.
August 18
Austin Hartel has led a distinguished career as a dancer and choreographer.
Hartel was co-choreographer and a soloist for five years with Pilobolus Dance Theater, making appearances worldwide and on television, twice on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. In 1989, he left Pilobolus to found, with Lisa Dalton, Dalton-Hartel Dance, which has since toured throughout the continental United States, as well as Hawaii, Europe, Korea, and South and Central America.
Hartel has danced with, among others, the José Limón Dance Company, Dances We Dance, the Frank Holder Dance Company, the Opera Company of Philadelphia, Peter Pucci Plus Dancers and Tandy Beal.
In the spring and summer of 1995, Hartel was assistant choreographer for the Mozart opera The Magic Flute, directed by John Eliot Gardiner, which toured Europe for four months.
Hartel’s choreographic commissions include works for Company Teatro Nuovo of Turin, Italy, Akasha Dance Company in Chicago, the National Ballet of Surinam, the Sylvia and Danny Kaye Playhouse in New York City, and the New Arts Festival in Fort Myers, Florida.
In 1990 Hartel choreographed the Lucien Rochat commercial “Figure Meccaniche,” which won the prestigious Italian Key Award for best commercial of the year.
Hartel has taught throughout Italy, the continental United States and the Hawaiian Islands. From 1990 to 1993, Hartel worked as a cultural specialist for the United States Information Agency. Under this program, he shared his beliefs on dance with people of other cultures by teaching, choreographing and performing and by giving television and print interviews throughout South and Central America.
Hartel received his bachelor of fine arts degree in dance from the North Carolina School of the Arts and a master’s degree in dance and integrated media from California Institute of the Arts. He also studied classical ballet at the Pennsylvania Academy of Ballet and the Washington School of Ballet. He trained with such influential teachers as Duncan Noble, Richard Gain, Doug Nielson, Ernestine Stodell and Betty Jones.
Hartel joined the faculty of the OU School of Dance in 2001.