We've changed our name!

Arts Rochester is now Sole City Dance

Sole City Dance
150 Wakefield Street
Rochester, NH 03867
ph: 603-330-0111

Dance Rochester! 2010

DANCE ROCHESTER!

2010

March 27th and 28th

2010 Participating Studios

Berwick Academy

Brixham Danceworks

Center for the Performing Arts

Dance Studio of Manchester

Fusion Dance Academy

Northern Ballet Theatre

Sole City Dance

Dance Rochester Registration Forms

Master Class Teachers 2010

Nikki Sell - Modern, Lyrical

Nicole Sell grew up in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, where she started dancing at the local studio at the age of three. As a teen, she spent her summers studying dance at the Ballet/Aspen program in Colorado and at the Dupree Studios in Los Angeles. She completed her high school years at the Idyllwild School of Music and Performing Arts in California and graduated Valedictorian of her class. She then studied at The Boston Conservatory, earning a BFA in Dance and graduating Summa Cum Laude and Salutatorian of her class. Miss Sell has performed regionally and internationally with Prometheus Dance, ACE Entertainment, Impulse, and Boston Dance Company, and has also danced a leading role in an industrial video for Spalding sports equipment and a TV commercial for W.B. Mason, for which she was also the choreographer. She is currently on faculty at the Jeannette Neill Dance Studio, Boston Youth Moves, Walnut Hill School, and The Boston Conservatory.

Jennifer Burpee - Ballet/Pointe

Jennifer K. Burpee has been involved in dance since 1993, when she was enrolled in the Concord Dance Academy of Concord, NH. At the age of thirteen, after her parents and teachers realized her innate dance talent, she was enrolled at the Walnut Hill School of Performing Arts in Natick, MA. There, she was technically trained under Michel Owen, Elizabeth Rising-Musgrave and Samuel Kurkjian in classical ballet. Jennifer later attended the University of New Hampshire with a Major in Theatre and Dance and a Minor in the French Language. At UNH, she created and held the position of Rehearsal Assistant for her four-year tenure; on top of which, she performed in and choreographed many of the University Dance Showcases. While earning her degree at UNH, Jennifer taught at the Joy of Dance School in Northwood, NH for three years, spending time as a choreographer, attending dance conferences in Boston, MA, but most importantly, starting both the Tap and Pointe classes. In 2007 she moved to NYC to get back into being the student. After moving to the Boston area she has been teaching with the Carlene Nazarian Dance Center, starting up their Pointe program, also with Dance Images Dance Center in Methuen, guest teaching at the Dance Complex in Cambridge Ma, and stopping in at UNH for their Summer Dance Intensive.

Victoria Perreault - Hip Hop

After being awarded a Tremaine National Scholarship, Victoria Perreault received most of her dance training in Los Angeles & the San Francisco area from some of the industry's top instructors & choreographers. As a performer, she has danced for Tom Hanks & George Lucas. As instructor, she taught in the dance department at San Jose State University and at many award winning studios. As choreographer, Viki has worked with SYTYCD's Nick Lazzarini, Blake McGrath and Broadway's Rickey Tripp. Most recently, she was chosen by Mia Michaels to receive a Broadway Dance Center Scholarship. Victoria's styles span from contemporary to hip hop to jazz & lyrical. Victoria is currently on staff at Casco Bay movers in Portland, ME.

AaronTolson - Tap

A native of Manchester, New Hampshire, Aaron is a national spokesperson for SoDanca, a consultant and writer for Dance Spirit Magazine, a Professor of Dance at Plymouth State University and the Boston Conservatory as well as the assistant choreographer, co-creator and assistant producer of Imagine Tap!

Aaron started dancing at the age of ten in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Four years into his dance career he was performing in the Great Tap Reunion at the Apollo Theatre. He attended St. John's University obtaining a Bachelor of Science degree in Communications all the while honing his tap technique in Manhattan. His senior year of college landed him in the New York Shakespeare Festival tap program, also known as Funk U! Soon Aaron became a company member of Manhattan Tap and worked with the show Tap Dogs. Jumping feet first into choreography, he landed a job with Absolut with a tour called Absolut Tap!

In 2005, Aaron completed a six-year run with Riverdance the show where he was a featured soloist. It brought him to Broadway and Radio City Music Hall and was also the captain of the Tap Dancers. Since then, Aaron has performed and taught at numerous tap festivals, in addition to performing with Brookline Chorus’ Duke Ellington Sacred Concert and The Late Show with Liam O’Conner in Ireland.

Most recently, Aaron choreographed, produced and directed Something to Tap About, Tapped and Tapped In - featuring New England Tap Ensemble. Aaron formed New England Tap Ensemble in May of 2007 to promote the art of tap in the community while fostering a sense of individuality in a professional artist.

Master Class Schedule

Time Studio A Studio B Studio C

9:30-11:00 am Adv. Modern Hip Hop

11:15-12:45 pm Adv. Lyrical Int. Ballet

1:30-3:00 pm Adv. Ballet/Pointe Tap

Dance Rochester! Video Gallery

Dance Rochester 2009 Performance:

Cloudburst

Clap Yo Hands

The Dress Looks Nice On You

Eleanor Rigby

The Moment I Said It