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20th ANNIVERSARY — DON’T MISS IT!!

Arizona Jazz Dance Showcase 2011 is set to ignite energy and inspire passion. Dance at it’s Jazz Dance Best will overtake the University of Arizona on October 7-9! A fabulously diverse roster of Guest Faculty have been scheduled to infuse the desert with added heat!

Produced annually by UA School of Dance, the Arizona Jazz Dance Showcase (AJDS) includes Master Classes in multiple styles of Jazz Dance Technique, Performances and Scholarship opportunities in an exciting and enjoyable weekend of dance.

Join the FUN in 2011 – be part of the 20th Anniversary of AJDS!!

Online Registration opens July 7, 2011 – don’t miss it!

(AJDS is recommended for dance students ages 13 and up)

Guest Faculty:

Detailed bios are available on the AJDS 2011 Faculty page.

We are thrilled with our guest artists for AJDS 2011!

Joe Tremaine – Los Angeles – Internationally renowned choreographer, teacher and performer. Founding Director of Tremaine Dance Conventions  serving 30,000 dancers annually

Spencer Liff – New York – Choreographer for So You Think You Can Dance and Dancing With The Stars with performing film credits that include Hairspray and Across the Universe

Sherry Zunker– Chicago – Founding Director and Co-Artistic Director Emerita of River North Chicago Dance Company, Choreographer for Royal Carribean and Princess Cruise Lines

Richard Havey – Las Vegas – Former Artistic Director, Zurich Tanz-Theater-Schule (Dance Theater School) and currently Dance Professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas

With UA Jazz Dance Faculty:  Susan Quinn, Sam Watson, Michael Williams

joined by additional University of Arizona Dance Faculty (Faculty subject to change without notice)