Immerse yourself in a dynamic and inspiring creative environment led by distinguished choreographer Francisco Graciano.
Learn to build dances from the ground up and unlock your unique creativity, deepening your understanding of dance making regardless of prior experience. Through lectures, creative time, and outside assignments, you’ll gain vital tools and skills to create compelling dance work from your individual perspective. Explore dance as a language, understand choreographic frameworks, and fuel your movement exploration – essential skills widely recognized as crucial preparation for a professional dance career.
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SESSION 1: JUNE 9 – JUNE 25
T/TH 2:00 – 4:00 PM PDT
VIRTUAL SEMINARS
2 TIMES A WEEK
SESSION 2: JUNE 22 – JULY 6
M/W 10:00 – 12:00 PM PDT
A native of San Antonio, Texas, Francisco Graciano is a choreographer, educator, photographer, and avid student of world mythology and religion. Having danced professionally with esteemed companies such as Ben Munisteri Dance Company, Cortez & Co. Contemporary/Ballet, Pascal Rioult Dance Theater, and Taylor 2, he is also a founding member of TAKE Dance Company and Dusan Tynek Dance Theater. Mr. Graciano’s virtuoso talent was recognized by The New York Times as a “virtuoso star” during his time with the Paul Taylor Dance Company from 2006 to 2017.
Dance Magazine also named him one of their “25 to Watch,” praising him as a dancer with “a freshness that’s all his own.” He has danced in the most prestigious venues in the world – The Herodeon at the Acropolis, The Teatro de Generalife at the Alhambra, Royal Opera House Muscat, De Munt/La Monnaie in Brussels, and several seasons at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center just to name a few.
…A native of San Antonio, Texas, Francisco Graciano is a choreographer, educator, photographer, and avid student of world mythology and religion. Having danced professionally with esteemed companies such as Ben Munisteri Dance Company, Cortez & Co. Contemporary/Ballet, Pascal Rioult Dance Theater, and Taylor 2, he is also a founding member of TAKE Dance Company and Dusan Tynek Dance Theater. Mr. Graciano’s virtuoso talent was recognized by The New York Times as a “virtuoso star” during his time with the Paul Taylor Dance Company from 2006 to 2017.
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