Since 2006, members of the Senior Dance Mastery and select Conservatory dance students attended the annual Florida Dance Association’s Young Dancer Workshops in Gainesville, Florida with Ms. Danella Bedford, CEA Dance Department Head and CEC Ballet, Lyrical, and Jazz Department Head.
*Trips to Gainesville take place every fall and include students in Senior Dance Mastery and select advanced CEC dance students (by invitation).
The Young Dancer Workshop is a three-day dance intensive weekend held in the fall, during which dancers participate in a variety of workshops in ballet, modern, contemporary, and musical theatre classes, among many others. Dance groups are selected to perform in one of two evening shows, which are by video audition only, and CEA/CEC dancers have been selected every year and are often been the only middle school group chosen (all others were high school or college level dancers), as well as the only middle school selected to perform in the gala performance.
