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                                                       Southeastern Louisiana University
                                           Public Information Office
                                           SLU 880, Hammond, LA 70402
                                           985-549-2341/fax 985-549-2061
    Date: 07/01/01
      Contact:                           Angey Saucier

SKIP COSTA DANCE CAMP AT SLU AUG. 5-11
     HAMMOND   August 5-11 will mark the second year of Southeastern Louisiana
University's Southeast Dance Festival, an intensive residential contemporary dance workshop
featuring in-depth classes by Southeastern alumnus Skip Costa's CORE movement PROJECT-
NYC.
     Students enrolled in the festival have the option of participating in three daily classes,
including; Ballet Barre & Stretch, a slow moving class to wake up the body and focus on proper
placement of the feet and torso through a new approach to ballet; Contemporary Jazz Technique,
a fast moving class starting with a full body warm-up, center work, across the floor and "one
funked up combination;" Partnering, Composition and Performance, a hands-on approach to
learning how to partner and choreograph with another dancer and a performance in the
COREConcert; Company Repertory and Performance, an intense workshop of learning repertory
from SKIP COSTA/COREmovement PROJECT-NYC's "a house with No Exits."   
     The festival will also feature Saturday workshops in video project, exploring what dance
is like on the camera, and contemporary dance styles, an exploration of various dance styles
incorporated into contemporary dance.  
     In addition, the week's events will include performances by COREmovement PROJECT
and Southeast Dance Festival student and COREmovement PROJECT-NYC auditions for those
registering for the entire festival.
     Dancer, choreographer and teacher Skip Costa is the founder and artistic director of SKIP
COSTA/COREmovement PROJECT-NYC.  He is a Loranger native and a 1992 Southeastern
graduate in theatre and dance.  Costa also attended George Washington University, where he
earned a master of fine arts degree in dance and choreography. 
     Costa has been a featured dancer with Mark Dendy Dance, David Rouseseve/REALITY,
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the Washington Opera, the New Orleans Ballet Association, Maida Withers Dance Construction
Company, and Liz Lerman Dance Exchange.  He currently teaches at Broadway Dance Center,
Dance Space Center, Peridance, Ballet Arts, New Dance Group and the Bridge for Dance, where
he also serves as company-in-residence and associate director of the Uptown Performance Series.
     Registration is open to dancers of high school age and older.  Space is limited.  For more
information on registration, workshops, auditions, ongoing classes or performances, call 212-
802-7957 or email HeartHeals@aol.com.

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