Edwin Olvera has danced for over a decade as the dance captain of the world renowned Pilobolus Dance Theatre/Pilobolus Creative Services. He is also the founder of a small business in which he offers dance and creative services to both public and private schools, as well as corporate clients. Olvera will take students through a mock audition, emulating the Pilobolus experience. He will also inform and educate students on the basics of partnering through duet partnering phrases based on his original choreography. Session concludes with the results of the mock audition.

Each session features a different guest artist who teaches a masterclass and sections from their repertory—this panorama of the contemporary dance field is presented to broaden the student’s awareness of what career possibilities are out there. The guest artist conducts a 30-minute technique class/warm-up and then teaches repertory that is performed by the class.

In the final 15-20 minutes faculty coordinator Bill De Young conducts a Q and A interviewing each guest artist about their career and what recommendations they have about the transition from student to professional and what they look for when they audition dancers for their projects