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#repost @jameyleverett Congratulations to the stu

#repost @jameyleverett
Congratulations to the stunning @madisonbevilacqua on her invitation to the final round at YAGP! Unforeseen circumstances made it so she could not perform, but we are all very proud of her, and this achievement.

A huge shout out to Brian Kroll & @rl.kroll for th

A huge shout out to Brian Kroll & @rl.kroll for the purchase and installation of our new cubbies in the downstairs lobby. We are already putting them to use!
Many thanks from all of us at the Draper Center!
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Welcome back Draper alumni @yourboycammyt ! Camer

Welcome back Draper alumni @yourboycammyt !
Cameron will be teaching class for the
PTPs on Friday March 1!

Cameron Thomas

Cameron Thomas began his dance training in his hometown of Rochester, NY. In 2013, he began performing regularly with the Rochester City Ballet. In 2015, Mr. Thomas received a full scholarship to attend the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School at American Ballet Theatre. He then joined Kansas City Ballet II for the 2016-2017 season and was promoted to the company the following season. Now in his eighth season with Kansas City Ballet, Mr. Thomas has performed soloist and principal roles in Jiří Kylián’s Petite Mort, Alexander Ekman’s Cacti, Mark Morris’ Sandpaper Ballet, William Forsythe’s In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated, Septime Webre’s The Wizard of Oz, Michael Pink’s Dracula, Lila York’s Celts, Val Caniparoli’s Lady of the Camellias, and Devon Carney’s Cinderella, Giselle, Swan Lake and The Nutcracker. As a choreographer, Mr. Thomas has created work for Kansas City Ballet, Kansas City Ballet II, and Creative Intersections.

In addition to being a dancer, Mr. Thomas is a ballet pianist and has accompanied for the Kansas City Ballet School, Oklahoma City Ballet School, Williams Henry Contemporary Dance, and the Worldwide Ballet Zoom classes.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Mr. Thomas co-founded Creative Intersections, an outdoor performance project, with James Kirby Rogers to bring live dance back in a time when theaters were shut down. Creative Intersections partnered with Owen Cox Dance Group to present outdoor programs directed by Mr. Thomas every summer, 2020-2023.
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We are thrilled to have William Ferguson with us f

We are thrilled to have William Ferguson with us for a 7 week residency.

Synopsis for William J Ferguson II: Master Classes Black Dance Origins: A Master Class Series
This Master Class Series is a presentation of more than 50 years of the dance life experience of William J Ferguson II. As a Black man whose upbringing in Europe in his formative years, his dance expertise is created on a broad understanding of the European based foundations of Classical Ballet and Contemporary dance, and then immersed within Afro-Ethnic and Urban themes. Those themes grew to become Black or Urban Motifs that would merge as he emerged as Master Teacher in the style sometimes referred to as Fagan Technique. 34 years at Garth Fagan Dance, coupled with countless other dance frameworks, William J has designed a purely unique dance class that employs Cognitive Activity, Emotional Activity, and Soul Activity. Teaching within this framework, these tenets are used to access modern and contemporary Black dance history as part of this movement journey. How do Black people move, is there such a thing as “Black vocabularies”, and how do non Black people learn them. The approach will share realistic comprehension of technical proficiency, emotional security, and musical adeptness toward understanding oneself within a global dance framework. Meaning: within dance; you are not alone, what you know is not the only way to move, the only way to be understood, the only way to dance.
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