Dance Production
Friday 4:00-6:00
Boys and Girls
Ages 10+
Ever wondered how things on the stage work together to create a dance production? Anything from lights, to sound, video projection, and even simple things like knowing the names of theatre tech supplies like tie line, and a cyc. This is an excellent pairing with the choreography class (Tuesdays 3:30-5). We wi

Taught by Callie Chapman

Callie is a dancer, choreographer, freelance designer, and studio owner, and she graduated from The Boston Conservatory in 2002 with a B.F.A. in dance. Callie is the artistic director of Zoé Dance and has presented her work throughout the greater Boston area in festivals, self-produced concerts, and shared concerts, and has toured with Zoé regionally and internationally for the past fifteen years.  Her work has been presented as part of WorldMusic/CRASH Arts 10's the Limit series, Somerville Arts Council's ArtBeat Festival, Dance for World Community Festival at Jose Mateo Ballet Theatre, Illuminus Festival, Dance Complex's CATALYSTS, Shared Choreographers' Concerts, I-ARE Residency, Ten Tiny Dances, and Corporacion Cultural de Las Condes.  Callie has received numerous project and fellowship grants and awards from the Somerville Arts Council, and was recently awarded a choreography residency as part of the Boston Center for the Arts residency program where she premiered her latest evening-length work, "Becoming Undone," which integrated projection technologies, various projection surfaces, and non-traditional use of the theatre space.  In addition to directing the company, Callie has been a member of Natick-based Prometheus Dance for the past fifteen years.  With Prometheus she has toured locally, regionally, and internationally.  In 2016, Callie founded Studio@550, an artist exchange center located in the heart of Central Square, Cambridge which promotes the interchange between art disciplines. Callie is also a freelance graphic designer (web + print), projection designer (credits include Odyssey Opera and Prometheus Dance), and is the mother of two young (energetic) boys.
 
As a teacher, Callie is currently on faculty at Walnut Hill School for the Arts and has taught previously at Academy of Ballet Arts (Chelmsford), Brookline Academy of Dance, Middlesex School Summer Arts (Concord), and various other local dance studios in greater Boston.  She is currently teaching an open professional-level class as part of the Midday Movement Series at the Dance Complex in Cambridge.

l learn how to operate a tight ship and focus on the things that are working behind the scenes. If you are a dancer or performer who expects to be on stage this class will help familiarize you with your second home: The Theatre!