Ballet Magnificat Offers Summer Workshop

Not a teacher or a classically trained dancer, but love to dance for the Lord? Are you a member of a church or ministry dance team, or considering starting one? This year, you can be a part of Ballet Magnificat’s 21st Annual Summer Workshop!

Open to females ages 11 and up, our format provides an opportunity for praise and worship dancers from a wide variety of backgrounds to come together with others to learn, share ideas, and be refreshed in the Lord.

We offer a variety of classes and activities created especially for you.

Examples (Adult Track):

* Praise & Worship Technique Classes – (A) those trained in classical ballet may take regular workshop classes (B) technique classes broken down to a creative movement approach for dancers without classical ballet training

* Technical training for the praise and worship dance group: basics you can take back and use with your group

* Choreography, Rehearsals and Costuming

* Professionalism in your Dance Ministry Presentations

* Incorporating banners, flags, streamers & tambourines into worship dance

* Variations – dances you can take back and use

* Children and Praise and Worship Dance

* Tools for Creative Worship Sessions

* Biblical Foundations for Local Dance Ministries with John Vandervelde, Alpha Dancer and Company Minister

* Anatomy, Physiology and Dance Therapy

* Creative and Improvisational Worship

* Props and Lighting

* Special Dinner - hosted by Keith and Kathy Thibodeaux. Guests love this wonderful opportunity to hear Keith and Kathy's vision and pick their brains for help in implementing their individual ministry's vision. We'll take a trip across Jackson to one of their favoriate local restaurants for this event.

* Prayer Retreat with Sol Nazario, Company Ballet Mistress, at her lovely home in the woods for an evening of dinner, edification, praise and worship, and prayer.

Examples (Under 18 Track):

* Praise & Worship Technique Classes - daily technique classes broken down to a creative movement approach for dancers without classical ballet training

* Variations - dances you can take back and use

* Improvisational Worship

* Creative Worship

* Conditioning

* Jazz

* Incorporating banners, flags, streamers & tambourines into worship dance

* Special Dinner with Tour Company members

You will be a part of the awesome evening Bible studies, creative worship sessions with the companies, as well as meet, study, pray, worship and interact with individuals from across America (and the world) as we all come together in Jackson, MS, for this annual workshop. -- www.balletmagnificat.com