University of North Carolina School of the Arts
Wednesday, Oct. 30th, 2024
6:30-8:30pm
MIKHAIL TCHOUPAKOV, Ballet
Sunday, Nov. 10th, 2024
4:00-6:00pm
ASHLEY LINDSEY, Contemporary
University of North Carolina School of the Arts
Winston-Salem, NC
Students of the School of Dance develop the technical skill, artistic creativity and stylistic versatility to prepare them for professional performing careers. The program, which offers Classical Ballet and Contemporary Dance concentrations, immerses students in the discipline of dance with a conservatory-approach that includes class instruction, studio practice, specialized workshops with visiting artists and choreographers, and countless performance opportunities.
MIKHAIL TCHOUPAKOV
When teaching dance, ballet faculty member Misha Tchoupakov conveys to his students a sense of history and continuity by explaining and demonstrating origins of steps and traditions, methods of implementation, anatomical considerations and kinesthetic joy. Students acquire proper and full understanding of movement: the aesthetics, the physical sensations and the qualities of movement expression in ways unique to each individual dancer.
In class, Tchoupakov talks about ballet and teaches ballet in a manner that is entertaining and familiar, by telling anecdotes and fascinating life stories of famous dancers, by explaining ballet’s role in history and by conjuring up images from epochs long gone.
ASHLEY LINDSEY
Alumnus Ashley Lindsey is director of the Summer Dance program at UNCSA. He has been a member of the Limón Dance company, Lar Lubovitch Dance Company, Helen Simoneau Dance and Jessica Gaynor Dance Company and has performed throughout the United States, Japan, Italy, Switzerland, Hungary, China and Mexico.
Ashley’s choreography includes both concert and commercial dance projects. He recently worked as assistant choreographer to three-time Tony Award-winner Hinton Battle on his show “Danzze Dreams.” His own choreography can be seen in the short film “Drilling Holes into the Sun.”