SCHEDULE:

Ages 8 to 11: 9:00–10:30AM

Dance appreciation: 10:45–11:15AM

Ages 12 and up: 11:30AM–1:00PM

LOCATION: Boulder Ballet Studios, Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St. Boulder

FEES: $18 drop-in | $15 register one week in advance.

ABOUT SHIREEN MALIK:
Shireen Malik travels through life as a multicultural dancer, independent scholar, and photographer. Her studies at the University of California, Berkeley, culminating in a B.A. Honors degree in the combined fields of anthropology, psychology, and sociology enhanced her keen interest in diverse cultures, leading to extensive world travel and life abroad ~ Spain and much of Europe, Egypt, Morocco, Turkey, Pakistan, Cuba. Childhood ballet classes were the beginnings of a life-long passion for dance, which ultimately became focused on oriental dance, flamenco, hula and salsa. Studying dance at the source has provided valuable insights into cultural influences and the collective spirit of the local people. Shireen received grant support for her dance work from the Colorado Scientific and Cultural Facilities District and the Boulder Arts Commission. She is also a contributor to The Veil: Women Writers on its History, Lore, and Politics (University of California Press, 2008). Based on research for that book, she created a fascinating multimedia lecture program ~ Salome and Her Dance of the 7 Veils: the Evolution of a Myth.

ABOUT ERIN TUNBRIDGE:
Born and raised in Australia, Erin Tunbridge specializes in dance choreography, teaching, and arts management. Erin established and directed Zeta Dance Group, an Australian contemporary dance company, for 6 years before moving to the U.S. She recently coordinated an international tour for Zeta Dance Group, touring to New York and Washington DC in April 2014 then the Australian east coast in August 2014.
Erin studied at the Queensland University of Technology, Australia, where she received a Bachelor of Creative Industries in Dance (2009); Bachelor of Education, Secondary (2009) – minor in English; Graduate Certificate in Creative Industries (2010), and Master of Creative Industries in Arts Management and Production (2012). She has taught dance for early childhood, elementary, middle and high schools, private dance studios, colleges and universities, and adult community classes.
Until July 2012, Erin worked as the studio manager/programs officer at Ausdance Queensland, a national advocacy and support body for dance in Australia. Erin worked for ClancyWorks Dance Company (Maryland) from 2012-2015 and joined Boulder Ballet in 2015 as Education Outreach Manager and Marketing Manager.
Erin was commissioned by Joy of Motion Dance Center (Washington DC) to set a choreographic work on the Youth Dance Ensemble dancers performed in May 2014 as well as Glade Dance Collective to create a full length contemporary dance theatre work incorporating 1960s rock music. Erin was one of 6 young choreographers recently selected for the work ‘Messages’ to be presented at the Ailey Citigroup Theatre in New York City in 2014, and was also selected as one of four choreographers selected for the Fuzion Dance Artists’ 2015 Summer Intensive in Florida.