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	Dance Workshops in Summer 2012 July 1–July 14 (two weeks):  Sara Shelton Mann & Ruth Grauert — Performance As Communication: Making Dance that Speaks July 15–21:  Peter Kyle — Slow Tempo July 22–28:  Robin Gilmore — Mapping the Human Terrain July 29–August 4:  Tim Harling — Tools You Can Use: Performance Skills & Creative Approaches August 5–11:  Claire Porter — Writing and Moving: A Creativity Retreat August 12–18:  Allyson Jones and Tom Balles — The Five Elements of a Healthy Life For a complete list of Bearnstow’s activities and registration information, see the Workshops page.

Bearnstow lies on sixty-five acres of pristine woodland, bordering the serene Parker Pond in Mount Vernon, Maine. Twelve rustic buildings, most nearly a century old, are nestled along the 2,400 feet of rocky shoreline. Participants are housed in rustic cabins, complete with electricity, full bathrooms, and charming screened porches where they can enjoy the soft breezes from the lake and listen to the loons call.

The property is protected in perpetuity by a conservation easement held by the Kennebec Land Trust. Its oldest structure, the Lodge, was the only building on the lake on the 1880 geological survey. Bearnstow is located at Spruce Point Camps, which is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

Bearnstow has had a rich history of arts-related activities linked to a practice of environmental responsibility. Throughout our history the resonance of place in all activities has been central to our mission. Our unspoiled environment provides an alternative freedom for aesthetic expression away from the demands of daily life. Our attention to the care of place, land, and spirit is central to our daily practice.

Our summer programs emphasize the connection between environment and learning. The immediacy of our natural surroundings affects the breadth and depth of the learning that takes place, for both teacher and student. For a snapshot of a dancer's summer experience at Bearnstow, read Stories From Camp by Susan Douglas Roberts.

Workshops for Adults in 2012

In recent years Bearnstow has offered numerous workshops in movement studies taught by a world-class faculty. Summer 2012 includes workshops in movement and performance and a week devoted to natural sciences.

Sessions for Children in 2012

In summer 2012 a two-week Day Camp for children will be offered in July. Children participate in a daily program focused on creative arts and physical activities, including classes in dance, art, swimming, and horsemanship. This year, Family Camp, usually held concurrently with children’s Day Camp, has been replaced by two separate weeks in August: the Alumni and Friends of Beanstow Retreat and A Naturalists’ Week at Bearnstow.

Community Classes for All Ages

On Wednesday evenings Bearnstow’s faculty offers free classes to community members of all ages at the Mount Vernon Community Center at 7:30 p.m., beginning Wednesday, July 3. Please see the workshop descriptions for the instructors and class content.

	Meet our 2012 Summer Interns Bearnstow’s intern program is designed to give selected young dancers a summer of total contact with good dance and to give Bearnstow a cadre of capable assistants who can “put their hand to anything.” While the basic job is housing maintenance and KP, interns have designed programs and promotional material, conducted research, composed sound scores, created their own choreography, and danced for others. The artistic calibre of our interns speaks well not only for the institutions from which they come but also for the Bearnstow image of the renaissance dancer. Nitzia Vierya Velazquez (intern 2009–2011) joins us for her fourth summer. She is a graduate in dance from the University of Colima, Mexico, where she is currently teaching; she will arrive at Bearstow on July 10. She is a dancer in the Fobos Danza Contemporánea in Colima. Emmanuel Becerra (intern 2010) returns for his second summer at Bearnstow. He is also a graduate of Colima and, along with Nitzia, is a dancer in Fobos. During summer 2011 he toured as a guest dancer with the José Limón Company in Mexico and the U.S. Tyler Abramson will fill Nitzia's space for two weeks at the beginning of the summer. She is a student in dance at Bennington College, Bennington, Vermont. She is currently studying history and sociology for a semester at University of Havana, Cuba. Ashley Tanberg is dance student at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota. She is a recipient of the Michele Rusinko Dance Scholarship and is a member of Carrie Lande’s Minneapolis-based dance company, Live Wire. Dasha Chernova is formerly from Russia and is now a dancer, writer, and visual artist in San Francisco. She studied writing and journalism at the Ural State University in Russia before moving to the U.S. Her training has included butoh, contemporary dance, ethnic dance, and theater.

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