Hayden Fong, one of the Guest Instructors for the 2016 Caulfield School of Dance Summer Intensives
Hayden Fong will be teaching Contemporary Dance as one of the Guest Instructors for the 2016 Caulfield School of Dance Summer Intensives.
Hayden first started dancing at his high school in Vancouver, BC, with urban dance styles Bboying, House, Popping and Hip Hop. After deciding to pursue a career in dance, he trained for two years at the Drive Scholarship Program. There he studied many styles from Ballet, Contemporary, and Jazz, to Ballroom and Contact Improv. He has also trained with many companies such as Rubberband Dance, MartaMartaHop, and EDAM Dance.
His passion now lies in mixing his skills in Urban dance with the techniques of Contemporary performance contexts. He is actively working in both contemporary and commercial dance. As a commercial Dancer Hayden has worked on many music videos for artists like Nelly Furtado; and feature films such as “Step Up 5” and “Jinxed”. As a contemporary dancer, he has worked with large shows like Kinesis Dance’s “Box4”, Shay Kuebler’s “Karoshi” and “Glory”, as well as 605 Collectives “Audible” and “Inheritor Album”. Currently Hayden is working with the 605 Collective on a new creation after just premiering and going a Canadian Nation Tour with their new piece “Vital Few”.
Featuring Guest Faculty and Caulfield School of Dance teachers, the Caulfield School of Dance Summer Intensive weeks are an invaluable experience. Even one full week produces amazing improvement. All students age 9 and up with some experience (minimum 3 years recommended) will benefit immensely from Summer Intensive training. For those pursuing Performance Training Company Programs, or Professional Training Division courses, participation in 2 weeks of Summer Intensive training is highly recommended and the fees are included in 2016-2017 Company and Division program tuition*.
Ballet • Tap • Jazz • Modern/Contemporary Dance • Hip Hop • Acrobatics • Musical Theatre: Singing with Dancing and Acting • Improvisation • Choreography
Age 9 to Vocational Level:
Week 1: Monday, August 22 to Friday, August 26, 2016 – 10:30am – 2:30pm
Week 2: Monday, August 29 to Friday, September 2, 2016 – 10:30am – 2:30pm
Vocational Levels (Intermediate Foundation or higher R.A.D. Ballet level and/or Advanced Tap):
Week 1: Monday, August 22 to Friday, August 26, 2016 – 10:30am – 2:30pm
Week 2: Monday, August 29 to Friday, September 2, 2016 – 10:30am – 2:30pm
All Intensive Weeks are $250 +gst
Summer Maintenance training is also highly recommended. Please see Summer Programs for more information.
During the Intensive weeks, along with technique training in all our offered disciplines, we develop choreography that often forms a basis for repertoire for the upcoming year’s Company and Division numbers. Sometimes those who do not participate fully in the Intensive weeks find it difficult to keep up in the September Company and Division Workshops.
Ballet and Jazz Technique Maintenance Drop-In Classes, are also very helpful to the faculty in assessing students for level placement for the 2016-2017 year.
* Should your child be offered but decline membership, neither the $30 Audition fee, $75 Company Workshop fee, nor any tuition for summer training, will be pt towards total September to June tuition. Should your child not be offered membership after attending any of the above, fees for Audition, Workshop (students selected for the Performance Training Company Program and Professional Training Division courses also take the 2016 September Company/Divison Workshop, Tuesday, September 6 to Thursday, September 8, from 6 – 8pm). 50% of tuition paid for up to 2 weeks of summer intensive training will be put towards tuition for regular 2016-2017 group courses if individual total tuition for group courses including all discounts is $4000 or higher. If less, the fees will not be deducted. Only tuition for Summer Intensive weeks at the prescribed level for the student can be deducted from September to June Tuition.