Praise & Worshop Workshop



PRAISE & WORSHIP WORKSHOP

 






 
BALLET MAGNIFICAT!
 PRAISE & WORSHIP SUMMER WORKSHOP

A ground-breaking workshop designed to assist worship dancers rise to a new level of artistic excellence!

2010 DATES

Saturday July 17 - Sunday 25 (8 nights)

Ages 11 - Adult

LIMITED NUMBER OF OPENINGS AVAILABLE!

Praise and Worship Directors: - Receive a 5% tuition discount for each registered participant you bring with you! 

Not a teacher or a classically trained dancer, but love to dance for the Lord?  Are you a member of a church or ministry dance team, or considering starting one?  This year, you can be a part of Ballet Magnificat’s 21st Annual Summer Workshop!  

Open to females ages 11 and up, our format provides an opportunity for praise and worship dancers from a wide variety of backgrounds to come together with others to learn, share ideas, and be refreshed in the Lord.

Two tracks: Adult and Under 18

We offer a variety of classes and activities created especially for you.  

Examples (Adult Track):

  • Praise & Worship Technique Classes – (A) those trained in classical ballet may take regular workshop classes (B) technique classes broken down to a creative movement approach for dancers without classical ballet training
  • Technical training for the praise and worship dance group: basics you can take back and use with your group
  • Choreography and Rehearsals
  • Professionalism in your Dance Ministry Presentations
  • Incorporating banners, flags, streamers & tambourines into worship dance
  • Variations – dances you can take back and use
  • Children and Praise and Worship Dance
  • Conditioning
  • Tools for Creative Worship Sessions
  • Biblical Foundations for Local Dance Ministries with John Vandervelde, Alpha Dancer and Company Minister
  • Anatomy, Physiology and Dance Therapy
  • Creative and Improvisational Worship
  • Special Dinner - hosted by Keith and Kathy Thibodeaux.  Guests love this wonderful opportunity to hear Keith and Kathy's vision and pick their brains for help in implementing their individual ministry's vision. We'll take a trip across Jackson to one of their favoriate local restaurants for this event.
  • Prayer Retreat with Sol Nazario, Company Ballet Mistress, at her lovely home in the woods for time of edification, praise and worship, and prayer.

Examples (Under 18 Track):

  • Praise & Worship Technique Classes - daily technique classes broken down to a creative movement approach for dancers without classical ballet training
  • Variations - dances you can take back and use
  • Improvisational Worship
  • Creative Worship
  • Conditioning
  • Jazz
  • Incorporating banners, flags, streamers & tambourines into worship dance
  • Special Dinner with Tour Company members

You will be a part of the awesome evening Bible studies, creative worship sessions with the companies, as well as meet, study, pray, worship and interact with individuals from across America (and the world) as we all come together in Jackson, MS, for this annual workshop.

TWO COMPANY PERFORMANCES will take place during the week you are here. The Alpha and Omega Companies will each perform,one on Tuesday night and one on Saturday night.

Participants will be a part of their own counselor-led prayer and Bible study groups.

UNDER 18: Adult counselors/chaperones are assigned to each group to provide supervision, moral support, and spiritual encouragement for the duration of their workshop stay.   

Praise and Worship Directors: Bringing your group? You will receive a 5% tuition discount for each registered student from your dance ministry attending the workshop. (Only one director per group receives discount.)

At Ballet Magnificat! we seek to honor Jesus Christ and make Him known to the widest possible audience through the medium of dance.  So how does that happen at our Summer Intensive? We begin each day with praise and worship and an opportunity to hear personal testimonies from Ballet Magnificat! staff and professional company members.

Also, all students (young and old) are assigned to counselor groups.  These groups meet for prayer and Bible studies in the evenings.  Participants often find that treasured friendships are formed in their small groups as they  discuss, learn, worship and dance together.

Creative Worship sessions take the dancer from the classical setting and allow them to use dance and creative talents as a worship tool.  Participants  are encouraged to use their dancing as an expression of adoration to the Almighty Creator.

Ballet Magnificat! is an inter-denominational ministry. Our members attend a variety of churches including Presbyterian, Southern Baptist, and non-denominational charismatic. It has always been our policy not to encourage one denomination over another, but rather to respect one another's choice of worship and to celebrate our common faith in Christ.

  2010  Fees  - ADULTS 

 

 

Room and Board *

Tuition**

Registration

Special Dinner with Keith/Kathy

Total

7/17-7/25

$485

$380

$50

$28

$943

Receive a 5% discount if all payments are made by check or money order.

** Includes notebook, session notes, curriculum, plus Bible study materials and transportation between our two workshop locations.

* Room & Board includes semi-private dorm room on Belhaven College campus plus 3 meals per day in the Belhaven cafeteria (except for 3 outing meals when each person will pay for her own).

Off-Campus Tuition $435 -   Off-Campus Meals are available in cafeteria for $6.50 each

Private Rooms, IF Available - $5/day extra.

Praise and Worship Directors: Receive a 5% tuition discount for each registered student from your dance ministry attending the workshop. (Only one director per group receives discount.)

  2010  Fees  - Under 18 Students 

 

Room and Board

Tuition**

Registration

Special Dinner with Company Dancers

Total

7/17-7/25

$505

$360

$50

$25

$940

Receive a 5% discount if all payments are made by check or money order.

Off-Campus Tuition $415 -   Off-Campus Meals are available in cafeteria for $6.50 each

** Includes notebook, session notes, curriculum, plus Bible study materials and transportation between our two workshop locations.

LOCATION AND HOUSING

  1. Classes and chapel meetings held at Ballet Magnificat! studios and Belhaven College in Jackson, Mississippi.

  2. Belhaven College dormitories reserved for out-of-town teachers who wish to stay on campus.

  3. Meals served daily by the cafeteria on campus.

  4. Participants are required to bring bedding, towels, and personal toiletries.

  5. Coin-operated laundry facilities available in each dorm.

  6. Prior to the workshop, participants are prayerfully divided into groups.

  7. Counselors are assigned to each group to provide assistance, moral support, spiritual encouragement and Bible studies.

  8. Participants choosing to stay off campus are responsible for their own meals and transportation to and from Belhaven College each day.  Meals may be purchased at the Belhaven cafeteria for $6 per meal and meal cards are available for purchase at the cafeteria.  There will also be a charge for the Special Dinner with Keith and Kathy and Adult Prayer Retreat Dinner.

ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE

We provide a shuttle for those on-campus participants coming by plane, train, or bus on arrival and departure days, with greeters assigned to check in each arriving person.

Preferred Arrival and Departure Times:

  Arrival Date Preferred Arrival Time Departure Date Preferred Departure Time
Praise & Worship Week July 11 Driving: 10AM - 4PM & Flying: 8AM - 4 PM July 19 Driving: 6AM - 10AM & Flying: 6AM - 2PM

 

 



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I really enjoyed my experience at BalletMag's summer conference. Every dance class was inspiring and beautifully worshipful. The lectures with John V. were filled with lots of great insights and wisdom on dance as a form of worship. Also, the contacts I made with other people in worship dance were incredible -- I met so many truly amazing people!!! - Jody Thomae, Ashland, OH

The week I spent with Ballet Magnificat was incredible. Not only was I able to walk away with the tools to better teach my dancers who have no dance training, but we were also able to learn and use some of the choreography by Ballet Magnificat. Worshiping with the other praise and worship dancers was a very moving experience and I know that we were all touched by the hand of God that week. I can't wait to come back! - Brittany Holmes, Corinth, TX

When I saw that Ballet Mag was offering a P&W seminar, it was an answer to my prayers. What an answer to prayer, learning excellent technique in a God centered way. Not only was I taught technique and choreography, I found others that share my passion to minister through dance. I was amazed by the excellence of how the conference was run. All my needs were met. - Jeanette Friend, Lynn Haven, FL

 The workshop was an awsome experience for me. I felt God working in everyone he brought into contact with me. All of the staff was encouraging and very full of the spirit. I wish that I could be surrounded by that all of the time!! The classes themselves helped me further myself in what praise and worship dance can be, especially if dance is brought into the worship experience. The Lord definatly has a purpose for this workshop and everyone who attends it! - Beth Terrell, Flower Mound, TX


Ballet Mag was a tremendous lift for me. I had the chance to work with people of all ages who shared a love of God and dance. Those students who attended made me feel like I was part of something versus the studio I was coming from. During the increasingly hard months that have followed I looked back on those moments and allowed those feelings of praise for all God has done for me come flooding back. I also remember the fun, hardwork and companionship of all those that I met. - Darilynn Durr, Lemoore, CA

Attending the Ballet Magnificat Praise and Worship summer workshop was like having God give me the most beautiful present imaginable. It was an opportunity to live and learn for a week with like minded praise and worship dancers, to take classes taught by Ballet Magnificat dancers, to see a Ballet Magnificat rehearsal and presentation, and to participate daily in Bible study and worship services. It was everything and more that I envisioned it would be and was truly an experience I will always treasure; I was blessed beyond measure! - Bobbi Stringer, Keller, TX