Each year, teachers from across the country come to the Ballet Magnificat! Summer Workshop for training and development classes with our ministry professionals. Open to all dance teachers ages 18 and up, our format provides an opportunity for teachers from a wide variety of backgrounds to come together with other teachers to learn, be refreshed in the Lord and share ideas.

Teachers are allowed to plan their own daily schedules!

• You will receive a schedule of all the classes being taught and you plan your day!
• Take/observe classes of your choice with the students, or
• Attend any of the many classes designed specifically for teachers, or
• Attend any of the classes designed for the Praise and Worship Workshop.
• Each evening, participate in the same activities as the dance intensive students, including Bible studies and Creative Worship.
• Teachers have their own prayer and Bible study groups.
• Choose to stay from one week to the full four weeks of the Summer Intensive.

Special Teacher Classes taught by Ballet Magnificat! staff (including Kathy Thibodeaux, John Vandervelde, Jiri Sebastian Voborsky and Sol Nazario) are planned for our Teachers during the first two weeks of the workshop. Each teacher receives session notes and/or reprintable forms at the sessions they attend. This year's sessions will include:

• Principles and fine points of classical ballet training with an emphasis on the Vaganova method of instruction for ages 6 - Advanced Level, including a Curriculum Overview and classes designed to develop the teacherxs ability to identify and correct weak areas in students' technique
• Teachers Methods Classes
• Improvisation and Creative Worship
• Anatomy, Physiology and Dance Therapy
• Choreography
• Lighting, Props and Costumes
• Rehearsal Do's and Do'nts
• Introduction of ballet to the lower school student - including a Curriculum Overview and a Christ-centered focus in the Lower School Classroom
• School Administration & Organization

Special Dinner - Hosted by Keith and Kathy Thibodeaux, Teachers and adult Praise and Worship Participants love this wonderful opportunity to hear Keith and Kathy's vision and pick their brains for help in implementing their individual school or ministry's vision. We will take you to one of Keith and Kathy's favorite local restaurants.

TWO COMPANY PERFORMANCES take place during the first and third weeks of the Teachers' Workshop. The Alpha Company will perform their new ballet The Scarlet Cord, and the Omega Company will perform a selection from their repertory.

LOCATION AND HOUSING

1. Classes and chapel meetings held at Ballet Magnificat! studios and Belhaven College in Jackson, Mississippi

2. Belhaven College dormitories reserved for out-of-town teachers who wish to stay on campus.

3. Meals served daily by the cafeteria on campus.

4. Teachers are required to bring bedding, towels, and personal toiletries.

5. Coin-operated laundry facilities available in each dorm.

6. Prior to the workshop, participants are prayerfully divided into groups.

7. Counselors are assigned to each group to provide assistance, moral support, spiritual encouragement and Bible studies.

8. Teachers choosing to stay off campus are responsible for their own meals and transportation to and from Belhaven College each day.  Meals may be purchased at the Belhaven cafeteria for $5.50 per meal and meals cards are available for purchase at the cafeteria.  There will also be a charge for the Special Dinner with Keith and Kathy.

 

2008 Fees - Teachers Workshop - $45 Registration Fee
	Room & Board	Tuition	Total
June 22 - June 29	$360 $20**	$325***	$685
June 30 - July 5	$300	$300	$600
July 6 - July 13	$360	$230	$590
July 14 - July 19	$300	$170	$470

Private Room - IF Available - Add $5/Day - We will make every effort to accommodate those wishing private rooms, however we can make no guarantee that the housing available to us at that time will allow it.

** Special Dinner with Keith and Kathy Thibodeaux at one of their favorite local restaurants.

*** Includes notebook, session notes, curriculum, administrative forms and documents, plus Bible study materials.

Room & Board includes dorm room on Belhaven college campus plus 3 meals per day in the Belhaven cafeteria.

Teachers receive 5% tuition discount for each registered student from his/her studio attending the workshop. (Only one teacher per studio receives discount.)

Participants must attend first week to be eligible for additional weeks. There will be no special teacher sessions during the last 2 weeks of the 4-week workshop.

ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE

We provide a shuttle for those on-campus teachers coming by plane, train, or bus on arrival and departure days, with greeters assigned to check in each arriving participant.

Preferred Arrival and Departure Times:

	Arrival Date	Preferred Arrival Time	Departure Date	Preferred Departure Time
Week 1	June 22	8:00 AM - 2:00 PM	June 29	8:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Week 2			July 5
Week 3			July 13
Week 4			July 19

Participants must attend first week to be eligible for additional weeks.  There will be no special teacher sessions during the last 2 weeks of the 4-week workshop.

Focus on Jesus Christ

At Ballet Magnificat! we seek to honor Jesus Christ and make Him known to the widest possible audience through the medium of dance.  So how does that happen at our Summer Intensive? We begin each day with praise and worship and an opportunity to hear personal testimonies from Ballet Magnificat! staff and professional company members.

Also, all teachers are assigned to counselor groups.  These groups meet for Bible studies in the evenings.  Teachers often find that treasured friendships are formed in their groups as they are able to discuss and learn with others. 

 

Creative Worship sessions take the dancer from the classical setting and allow them to use dance and creative talents as a worship tool.  Teachers and students are encouraged to use their dancing as an expression of adoration to the Almighty Creator.

Ballet Magnificat! is an inter-denominational ministry. Our members attend a variety of churches including Presbyterian, Southern Baptist, and non-denominational charismatic. It has always been our policy not to encourage one denomination over another, but rather to respect one another's choice of worship and to celebrate our common faith in Christ.