Summer Youth Dance Intensive 2019

Summer Youth Dance Intensive 2019

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Randall Flinn

Founder / Artistic Director

Randall Flinn is the Founder/Artistic Director of Ad Deum Dance Company based in Houston, Texas. The company, now in their twenty-fifth performance season, maintains an active touring schedule nationally and globally. The mission of the company is to artistically serve humanity at its deepest need for beauty, hope and compassion. Mr. Flinn has also served as a modern/contemporary dance educator on the faculty and guest teaching staff of Houston Ballet, Cirque Du Soleil, Hong Kong Ballet, Guangzhou Modern Dance Company in China, City Contemporary Dance Company – Hong Kong, Houston’s Society For The Performing Arts, The American College Dance Festival, Adjunct Professor for Belhaven University, Friends University, University of Houston, Houston Metropolitan Dance Company, The Alvin Ailey Educational Outreach Program, The Project Dance Foundation, The University of The Nations, Creative Arts Europe, Palm Beach Atlantic University, and Houston’s High School For The Performing And Visual Arts.

Flinn’s choreographic credits span an extensive thirty-five-year array of creating work for professional dance companies and dance festivals worldwide. His choreography has been commissioned and performed for The International Dance Salad Festival, Dance Gallery Festival New York, Texas Weekend For Contemporary Dance, Bailando Dance Festival, Dance Houston, East Meets West, Artists For Hope, The C.S. Lewis Foundation Oxbridge Conference, Project Dance Foundation in Paris, London, Sydney and NYC, The Ministry of Culture in Guadalajara,Mexico, Laois Dance Platform in Ireland, The French Consulate Of Houston and by invitation of the Princess of Malaysia.

Mr. Flinn began his early dance studies in his hometown of Houston, training in ballet, modern, jazz and tap at Houston Ballet Academy, Dance Arts Unlimited, Discovery Dance Group and later in New York at Alvin Ailey, Martha Graham School and studies with The Jose Limon Company. His modern classes emphasize the principles of Graham, Limon and Horton techniques. He is also a master Pilates Rehab Conditioning Specialist and served for twenty years as Core Conditioning and Joint Mobility Specialist at FIT Athletic Club in Houston, Texas.

Mr. Flinn believes that dance can inspire and transform people, communities and nations. It is with this mission and belief that he has traveled for many years as a visionary, pioneer and ambassador of dance to many nations.

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Shizu Yasuda

Former Principal Dancer with Ad Deum Dance Company

SHIZU YASUDA started her dance training at Sakiko Ichinomiya Ballet School in Japan. After she moved to New York, she performed with several choreographers and dance companies such as Slam and Sensedance Company. She joined Ad Deum Dance Company in 2004. She danced as a principal dancer with the company and performed at numerous dance events nationally and internationally. She got awarded as one of stunning performers by Dance Houston – City Wide Dance Festival 2008. In 2013, she was invited to Minsk in Belarus as a guest dancer and judge by Chelz Extreme Games. As a dance teacher, she has been teaching Modern and Ballet classes in the Houston dance community at such places as Ad Deum Dance Company, Houston Ballet Academy summer intensive (Modern only), Mitsi Dancing School, Payne Academy of Ballet, Studio of Dance, West University Dance Center and Houston Academy of Dance. Her choreographic works have been presented at “East Meets West” at Miller Outdoor Theater since 2008. In 2014, she became an artistic director of Ad Deum II.

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Ad Deum Dance Company Summer Youth Dance Intensive June 3rd-5th

Three day summer Intensive for young dancers age 8-16 years old. 

Classes in ballet, contemporary, modern, jazz, musical theatre dance, choreography and Christian expressive worship dance.Also includes morning devotional gatherings. 

All classes taught by Ad Deum Dance Company faculty and members.

Class Levels 8-11 yrs and 12-16 yrs

Tuition only $175.00 for all 3 days - including 4 classes per day.

Daily schedule 9am-2:30pm including 15 minute bring sack lunch break. 

If you attend from out of town or state, all students must be accompanied by a parent or chaperone. You must arrange your own housing or hotel accommodations and transportation.

Schedule: Daily

All students and families must be out of building by 3pm at the latest.

Placement Class:

The first day Ballet and Modern classes will serve as a placement class. 

Starting on Tuesday, ballet and modern will offer two levels: 

Parents or chaperones may observe classes from an outside window. Parents or chaperones may also drop off and pick up. We do ask that you walk any student under 13 inside the studio. 

All classes are taught by members and directors of Ad Deum Dance Company.