August - Workshops and Intensives - Advanced registration required: dancewestinfo@gmail.com

* Electric Jazz / Contemporary workshop! August 2nd - 6th, 10:00am - 2:00pm – Cost $100
Electric Dance Team auditions Saturday Aug. 7th 2:00pm - 4:00pm
* Dance Intensive! August 9th - 13th, Monday through Friday, 12:00am – 3:00pm – Cost $100
Each day dancers will have the opportunity to take 2 classes which include Technique, Pilates matte class, Ballet, different Modern styles and more. Dancers will also be able to learn and experiment with new choreography including props. Improve your technique and be the first to learn new choreography that will be performed in our 20th anniversary Nutcracker.
* Adult Dance Camp! August 9th - 13th, Monday through Friday, 7:00 - 8:30am - Cost $60
What a great way to get started and feel motivated all day. Beginners are highly encouraged and previous dance classes are NOT required. Come and join other adults just like you and have fun!

New Class: Friday 3:30-4:30pm - Jazz [1]

Nikole Smith – Monday 5:30-6:30pm - Jazz [2 and 3] and Friday 4:30-5:30pm - Lyrcal [2 and 3]

Nikki brings an extensive understanding of the art and business of dancing professionally, to Dance West.

Her Credits include, Film: Did you hear about the Morgans, Zombie prom, Spread, Thieves. Television: Americas Got Talent, Glee ( pilot), Scrubs (a musical), Just Jordan, "Six feet under" dancing for me, comedy central "Last laugh 04", Buffy the vampire slayer, So Little Time, Even Stevens, Lizzy McGuire. Event: Pre-Oscar Party 2006, Britney Spears tour 2000/Aaron Carter, NBA All-Star Weekend/Arron Carter, Winter tour 2001/Aaron Carter, Rock n Rio 2001/Aaron Carter, House of blues/Arron Carter, Aaron Carter Tour 1999-2000, All that and more tour/Aaron Carter

Tiffany Billings - Monday 7:30-8:45pm - Contemporary Dance Technique

Performer/singer/dancer/choreographer/director/professor, and creator of her own clothing line TIF WEAR—has received her MFA in choreography at the University of California, Irvine.  Tiffany is an incredibly gifted all around entertainer, having performed with the San Francisco Ballet Company, Sacramento Ballet, trained with the School of American Ballet in New York, and has received a San Diego Tommy Award for "Best Jazz Dancer".  She has also won a Gold medal in Japan in an international singing competition, was a NFL San Diego Charger Dancer, and also served as the voice of "Lucy" on the animated Peanuts cartoon series.  As well as being an accomplished singer, dancer, performer and choreographer, Tiffany also directs short films, Fallen Star, which screened in Irvine and Hollywood, CA, received rave reviews.  Fallen Star is currently being distributed in Japan and the United States, where it continues to change perceptions of what a ‘dance film’ is, while also leaving audiences with a lasting emotional impact.  She has also instructed and mentored performers who have gone on to appear in major motion pictures, MTV and network television, Julliard and star in international stage shows and Broadway.  Tiffany serves as an instructor and judge for national Dance Masters of America conventions, while also acting as a guest artist, setting and premiering dance pieces at highly renowned universities.  She is also a judge for the American Choreography Awards.  Tiffany has instructed at the Edge in Hollywood, CSU Long Beach, UC Irvine, LBCC and was a Full time Professor at Chapman University, where her choreography was selected to be performed at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC for ACDFA.  She serves as an honored performer and instructor in various cities across the country for the past 17 years.  www.tifwear.com