CLASSES & FACULTY
CLASSES
Our classes are created with YOU in mind. Each class is designed to help you curate your teaching experience to your classroom setting and help you achieve your educational goals. Choose classes that are tailored to your curriculum needs and aspirations as a dance educator. Throughout the program, you might take classes such as…
Contemporary Dance Education: Training the Thinking, Feeling Mover
Contemporary Jazz Education: Bridging Technique, Expression, and Style
Teaching Through Choreography: Technique as Creative Practice
From Prompt to Performance: Strategies for Generating Movement
Contemporary Partnering: Weight, Trust, and Shared Momentum
Embodied Lineages: Cultural Roots and Contemporary Practice
Living Histories: Contemporary Dance Through Lineage and Practice
And More!
FACULTY
You will learn directly from nationally recognized dance education leaders, seasoned teaching artists, Chapman University faculty, and Backhausdance company members. Our full list of program faculty goes live this spring, sign up for updates to be the first to know!
The program will run from Thursday afternoon through Sunday morning, allowing participants to arrive to the area Thursday morning and leave Sunday afternoon. Classes will include Wellness Classes, Movement Sessions, Special Topic Discussions, Learning Labs (Curriculum in Action), as well as opportunities to view the choreographic works being built in the concurrent Backhausdance Summer Intensive.
Thursday, July 9, 2026: 2pm-6:30pm
Friday, July 10, 2026: 9am-5:30pm
Saturday, July 11, 2026: 9am-7:00pm (with a provided dinner)
Sunday, July 12, 2026: 9am-12:30pm
