Project Dance Houston

Next, the amazing Jasmine Seungyeon Yoo!

Jasmine Seungyeon Yoo is originally from Seoul, South Korea. She began dancing with Soo Dance Company at the age of 8 and later moved to the United States to pursue a career in dance. She attended Nutmeg and Walnut Hill performing arts schools and graduated from Boston Conservatory with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Contemporary Performance. During her pursuit of the BFA, she joined the Pneuma Christian Ballet Company for two years in Korea and had the opportunity to perform and serve internationally. In 2018, Jasmine relocated to Houston to join Ad Deum Dance Company as a main company dancer for four years. Currently, Jasmine is teaching at three different studios in Houston, and it has been a wonderful journey to educate so many students through the gift of dance!

Dance Worship Movement is designed to help you worship through movement and connect with God through dance. I hope this class serves as a stepping stone for using your gift of dance in your daily life to connect with Jesus! In this class, we will begin with a warm-up, learn a variety of dance phrases, create choreography inspired by scripture, and practice improvisation.

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Next, we have the incredible Carol Smitherman Anglin!

Carol Smitherman Anglin is a celebrated ballet and modern teacher, choreographer, and adjudicator with over 40 years of experience. She earned her MFA from the University of Oklahoma’s School of Dance in 2019. Ms. Anglin founded the Louisiana Dance Foundation and was a 25-year member of Regional Dance America, performing globally. She has taught internationally in Russia, Europe, and Canada, and was one of 18 teachers accepted to New York University to train with Mme. Claude Bessy and Serge Golovine of the Paris Opera Ballet School. Ms. Anglin has attended USA-International Ballet Competition Teacher Training courses, and many of her students have become professional dancers. A ‘Horton disciple’ since 1975, she completed Horton Pedagogy Courses at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Center and the National Dance Educator Organization’s conferences. Ms. Anglin has directed over 600 master classes, dance festivals, and performances, receiving the Regional Dance America Stream Award for artistic direction. She is currently the National Adjudicator for Regional Dance America/NE and will teach at three RDA Festivals this semester. Since moving to Houston in 2021, she teaches at the University of Houston, Houston Ballet Academy, Bayou City Ballet, Dance Du Coeur, Hunter Dance Center, and for professional companies like Ad Deum Dance Company and Open Dance Project. “I am honored to teach Horton Technique Classes for Project Dance Houston again this year!”

High Intermediate/Advanced Horton Technique will include the fundamentals of the Lester Horton technique, the foundation of choreography performed by the Alvin Ailey Dance Companies. The class will consist of studies to stretch and strengthen different areas of the body such as flat backs, primitive squats, lateral stretches, release swings, leg swings, deep lunges, and Lateral T positions. A culminating combination will emphasize musicality and dynamics within the movement vocabulary.

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