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| In addition to the professional dance staff, the camp hires experienced, mature counselor staff members. Brant Lake looks for women who can guide teenage girls in making appropriate decisions in a fun, safe, and compassionate way. Each staff member is personally interviewed and the average age of the staff is 22. At all times, the girls are supervised by these counselors, who understand that teenagers are ready to make many of their own decisions and able to set their own goals. |
Our Professional Dance Instructors |
| Brant Lake Dance Camp has its own dedicated staff of professional dance instructors, most of whom have been with us for many years. Lynn Brown, our Director of Dance, has been teaching dance at BLDC since 1994. Below is a brief summary of their various dance backgrounds. |
Jazz/Hip-Hop |
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Derek Sangster- Derek Sangster was the founder and director of Toronto's most progressive dance studio, Urban Studio Theatre, from 1997-2004 before residing as the principle jazz instructor for DanceTeq with Kevin Pugh, at the National Ballet of Canada. Derek is presently a faculty member for many performing arts institutes including the prestigious degree program at Ryerson University, Randolph Academy of Performing Arts, Sheridan College and Brant Lake Dance Camp (New York). Derek has been a guest teacher for B.A.T.D., the University of Michigan, York University, Harbour Dance in Vancouver, studios in Australia and summer programs in Nice, France (Offjazz). Derek continues to be master jazz instructor for numerous dance conventions throughout North America. He is noted as being "one of Canada's most sought after dance instructors". His theatre career began in and includes both Stratford and Charlottetown Festivals. Combining his love for both music and dance, Derek has worked extensively with some of Canada's leading dance artists including Lisa Lougheed, Alanis Morrisette, Camille and YTV's Aashna, as both dancer and video choreographer. He has opened for Jamie Walters, En Vogue, Dizzie Gillespie, CFL half time performances and HMV Grand Openings. As a choreographer, Derek has worked from Halifax to Vancouver, Sydney, Australia and most recently in Hong Kong and South Asia for Sally Yeh - It‘s My Prime 25th Anniversary World Tour. |
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Lynn Brown- Lynn is a dancer, choreographer and teacher as well as the Director of Dance at Brant Lake Dance Camp. He is co-Artistic Director of FREEFALL (Ltd) with Lynn Marie Ruse, and together they have produced six full evenings, the most recent of which, CLEVER HANS, a mainstage production at HERE Arts Center following a two year residency. FREEFALL has toured extensively to Florida, Maryland, Chicago and Canada, and was commissioned by the Orchestra of St Lukes to choreograph Stravinsky’s Pulchinella for a week of performances in April of 2006. Lynn started out as an actor, studying at Northwestern University, has performed for too many choreographers than can be listed here, and completed his MFA in dance at New York University. Lynn is a Teaching Artist at Lincoln Center Institute for Aesthetic Education. This past year he has taught as a guest artist for The Yard on Martha’s Vineyard, and at Wesleyan University. |
Ballet |
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Jane Vorburger- Jane completed her dance training at the Academy of the Maryland Youth Ballet. She joined American Ballet Theater at age 16 and spent 5 years with this company performing principal, soloist and corps de ballet roles in the U.S.A. and abroad. Jane studied Contact Improvisation and choreography at Oberlin College and completed her Master of Fine Arts degree in dance from New York University’s Tisch School for the Arts. She teaches at colleges, private institutions and festivals around the USA including Marymount Manhattan College, Alvin Ailey American Dance Center, New York University’s Tisch School for the Arts, and American Ballet Theater and choreographs for advanced level students at intensives and private academies. |
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