master classes, workshops, feedback, scholarship

THE BELL HOUSE is continually seeking new spaces for education and art to interact. What that means is that we are searching for opportunities to bring art to education and infuse education with art. We do that through hosting dance festivals, master classes, workshops and fostering scholarship through feedback and academic pursuit with an emphasis on bringing awareness and accessibility to what the artist doing. Being ever mindful that education is the key that unlocks the door for today’s and tomorrow’s artists.

Some of the practical ways that THE BELL HOUSE achieves these objectives are to host workshops & master classes, subsidize student performance tickets, & provide a feedback environment for resident artists.

Franklin Method (TM) Practice Teaching 

Community Class w/ Whitney Dufrene
Saturday, Feb. 1, 2020 
2-4 p.m.
​FlyLoft, Tulsa Arts District

​"WHITNEY DUFRENE, from Louisiana, is a performer, teacher, choreographer and vocalist based in Queens. She graduated with a BFA in dance from Belhaven University. Whitney was a company member of Ad Deum, and served as company director for Dance du Coeur and director of dance for Creative Dreams Outreach Center. She has choreographed work for Ad Deum, Dance du Coeur, Belhaven, and Baton Rouge Ballet Theatre, among others. She also danced in Jerusalem with the TDC as a part of the Feast of Tabernacles in 2015. Most recently, she served on faculty at Hunter College. She is a member of Awakening Movement, a faith-based dance organization. Her deepest passion and joy is working to see the arts bring breakthrough, justice, hope, healing and freedom in individuals and communities. Whitney joined Doug Varone and Dancers in 2016."

I really loved having Whitney come last week! It was really good to learn a different style of modern from some one who is currently dancing for a company. Whitney was a valuable guest artist because she was a dance major at school not too long ago so she understands what we are doing everyday and she was able encourage us because she had done it. I benefited greatly from her coming and teaching technique and the workshops. 
Thank you so much, Courtney Wright 

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Current Offerings with THE BELL HOUSE......

Transitional Dancing ~
Working with an eclectic modern dance technical background, the master class will focus on honing the dancers’ sensibilities with the transitions between movements. Organized to provoke performative nuances of movement principles, such as suspension and fall and recovery, within an energetic and thoughtful exploration of momentum. Wear comfortable, yoga-like clothing that encourages easy movement.  

To book a class, workshop or seminar
or to commission a choreographic endeavor, contact (918) 549-1231 or email.

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What our FRIENDS are doing....

TULSA BALLET
CLASS SCHEDULE 2020/21
https://tulsaballet.org/classes/class-schedule/

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SUMMER HEAT INTERNATIONAL DANCE FESTIVAL MASTER CLASSES 

Watch for schedule to be announced at the Choregus website.
Age Level: Advanced dancers, 15 years thru adults.
Capacity: Classes are generally limited to 20 participants
Time Requirement: generally, 2 hours
Class Fee: $20 per class
Call 918-688-6112 for reservations

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Past Offerings...

2021    Dance for Camera weekend intensive with Katrina McPherson, Karen Pearlman & Richard James Allen
             Exchange Choreography Festival

2020    Community Class with Whitney Dufrene

2018    Somatics with Ellen Bartel
             ArtTalk with Doug Varone
             Choreographic Workshop with Doug Varone 
             in collaboration with Choregus Productions @ Summer Heat International Dance Festival
             EXCHANGE Choreography Festival

             Master Class w/ Rachel Bruce Johnson @ Tulsa Modern Movement

2016    Choreographic Workshop with Susan Rethorst
             EXCHANGE Choreography Festival
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2015    University of Tulsa, modern dance workshop
             CounterTechnique Workshop by Kira Blazek
             host, The Bell House

2014    University of Tulsa, modern dance workshop
             Gaga & Countertechnique workshops with Amy Morrow and Kira Blazek
             host, The Bell House

2013    eMerge Dance Festival, modern dance workshop
             Oklahoma Contemporary Dance Festival, choreography commission

2012    Exchange Choreography Festival, Performance Process workshop
            {254} dance-festival, Improvisation workshop
            Oklahoma Contemporary Dance Festival, choreography commission

2010    Central High School, modern dance workshop
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2009    Eugene Field Elementary School, Living Water Dance Company, dance workshops
             Oklahoma Contemporary Dance Festival, choreography commission

photo by Nikki Riggs