2024 Summer Intensive
JUNE 3-14, 2024
FOR THE INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED STUDENT
CLASSES HELD FROM 9:00 AM TO 3:30 PM
CENTRAL INDIANA ACADEMY OF DANCE 14950 GREYHOUND COURT #4 • CARMEL, IN • 46032 317•581•2423
Guest Teachers CIDE Alumna, Megan (Hustel) Tillman and Paul Tillman of Ballet Arkansas
Megan Tillman is from Carmel, Indiana. She began her pre-professional training with Suzann DeLay at the Central Indiana Academy of Dance. She then went on to earn her BFA in Ballet Performance from the Department of Ballet at the University of Utah. There, Megan was a member of Utah Ballet and Ballet Ensemble where she performed in various contemporary works and classical ballets, most notably as Russian Girl in George Balanchine’s Serenade, and Swanhilda in René Daveluy’s Coppelia. Since joining Ballet Arkansas Megan has had the opportunity to dance works by Ma Cong, Yoshito Sakuraba, Mariana Olivera, Chris Stuart, and Kiyon Gaines. She has also been featured in Michael Fothergill’s Chiaroscuro, Ink, Dracula, and most recently in the world premiere of Sleepy Hollow as Katrina. Megan has additionally had the privilege of performing in George Balanchine’s Who Care’s? and Glinka Pas de Trois, as Fairy Godmother in Cinderella, Odette in Swan Lake, Aurora in Sleeping Beauty, and the Sugar Plum Fairy, Dew Drop Fairy, and Snow Queen in The Nutcracker.
Megan has taught dance at multiple studios in the Central Arkansas area for the last 7 years. She currently is the Ballet Director for Rock City Dance Center Conway, and teaches ballet, pointe, and recreational dance.
Paul Tillman is from Dallas, Texas. He began his pre-professional training with Dallas Ballet Company under the direction of Judy and Brent Klopfenstein. Tillman then trained at Boston Ballet’s pre-professional division. Tillman joined Ballet Arkansas in 2009 and has performed classic works such as Kenneth Macmillan’s “Romeo and Juliet Balcony Pas de Deux”, Agnes de Mille’s “The Other Pas de Deux”, Christopher Wheeldon’s “The American Pas de Deux”, Gerald Arpino’s “Birthday Variations” and George Balanchine’s “Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux”, “Valse Fantaisies”, and “Donizetti”. He has also been featured in original choreography by Flockworks, Ma Cong, Chris Stuart, Harrison McEldowney, Greg Sample, Darrell Moultrie, Kiyon Gaines, Mariana Oliveira and many others. In addition to performing, Tillman has choreographed a number of original pieces for Ballet Arkansas, “Gymnopedies” and “Chaconne” (both in collaboration with Arkansas Symphony Orchestra’s Interim Artistic Director, Geoffrey Robson.), “Chimera”, “Awanyu”, “Umbra”, and “Echo”. He has also choreographed and directed an original full length “Peter Pan” ballet for Blackbird Academy of Arts.
Tillman currently is the Education Director at Rock City Dance Center in Little Rock. There, he teaches ballet and contemporary to multiple levels of students, and choreographs for the competition team. Tillman has been teaching dance in the Central Arkansas area for 12 years.
Students may attend Session 1, Session 2 or both sessions. A Parent Showcase will be held at the end of Session 2.
To be a part of the showcase you must attend Session 2 of the Intensive. Please indicate on the application form your child’s current dance school, level and the number of years studied. CIDE’s SBI faculty will divide students into levels according to age and ability as it relates to our intensive. Understand that each dance school would have a different title and standard for each level. The faculty will establish where your child belongs on the first day of the intensive.
*Minimum age - 10 years old, exceptions may apply.
QUESTIONS • 317-844-7453 OR EMAIL TO INFO@CIDEDANCE.ORG
FEES ARE NON-REFUNDABLE
REGISTRATION FORM & FEES ARE DUE BY FRIDAY, MAY 6, 2024
Registrations received after May 6, 2024 will be accepted at the discretion of the Artistic Directors, Ashley Jacobs & Michael Casey Clark (a $25 late fee will be applied for those registering after May 8th)