School of American Ballet in Chicago
Workshop with SAB on November 2nd
Katrina Killian, former soloist with NYCB and current Children's Division Manager for SAB will be coming to Chicago on November 1st and 2nd, 2024. She will be hosting free master classes for students, and a free teacher workshops for ballet teachers interested in learning the School of American Ballet style. The program is co-hosted by Julianna Rubio Slager, a 23/24 National Visiting Fellow with the School of American Ballet. The event will be held at the School of Ballet 5:8 in Orland Park, Illinois.
Schedule
Friday, November 1, 2024
7:30-9:00pm | Introduction to School of American Ballet and “Meet and Greet” for participating teachers
Location: Ballet 5:8, 11545 183rd PL Orland Park, IL 60467
Saturday, November 2, 2024
8:30am | Doors Open
9:00-10:30am | Ballet class observation for ages 10-13 and 14-18Ages 10-13 | Led by Katrina Killian (Studio 2)
Ages 14-18 | Led by Craig Hall (Studio 1) | Pointe shoes welcome for center work
10:45-11:45am | Pointe Workshop and Variations for student observation
Ages 10-13 | Beginner Pointe Workshop led by Katrina Killian (Studio 2)
Ages 14-18 | Variations led by Craig Hall (Studio 1) | Pointe shoes required
12:00-1:00pm | Partnering Workshop and Variations for student observation
Ages 10-13 | Variations in flat shoes led by Katrina Killian (Studio 2)
Ages 14-18 | Partnering Workshop led by Craig Hall (Studio 1) | Pointe shoes required
1:00-1:45pm | Lunch
Make sure to sign up for lunch with Healthy Nation Catering through your Jack Rabbit account.1:45-2:45pm | Active Teacher’s Workshop and Ballet Class for ages 8-9
Led by Katrina Killian (Studio 1)3:00-4:00pm | Active Teacher’s Workshop and Ballet Class for ages 10-12
Led by Katrina Killian (Studio 1)4:15-5:00pm | Wrap-up and Program Overview
Led by the SAB team (Studio 1)Location:
Ballet 5:8
11545 183rd PL. Orland Park, IL, 60467
Phone: 708.329.8773What to Wear
Students: Black leotard, pink tights for ladies, black tights, white shirt for men. Neatly pulled back hairstyles appropriate to hair length.
Students: No skirts or warm-ups please! Bring flat and pointe shoes if you are on pointe.
Teachers: Comfortable clothing that you can easily move in. You will be observing and doing hands on work in the classroom.
Arrive 15 Minutes Early
Give yourself enough time to get settled and prepare for the class.
When You Arrive:
Check-In with the Front Desk
Let the staff know you have arrived for your class.
Head to the Cafe
The Ballet 5:8 staff will meet dancers in the front lobby and walk them back to the studios.
Register in JackRabbit
Registration is required to attend, but there is no fee to attend!
Click this image to take a tour of the Ballet 5:8 Studios with Mrs. Julianna!
Following early ballet study in Pennsylvania with Marcia Dale Weary, Ms. Killian began her SAB training with the 1977 Summer Course, and was subsequently enrolled in SAB’s Winter Term from 1979 to 1981. As a student, Ms. Killian participated in the New York City Ballet Education Department’s Lecture Demonstration program, performing pas de deux from Balanchine’s The Four Temperaments and The Nutcracker® for local-area school children under the direction of Suki Schorer. She was chosen by Peter Martins to dance a leading role in his new production of The Magic Flute for SAB’s 1981 Workshop Performances and reprised the role as a new member of New York City Ballet the next year.
Ms. Killian became a member of the New York City Ballet in 1981 and was promoted to Soloist in 1989.
Her repertory included principal roles in Balanchine’s Bourée Fantasque, Divertimento from ‘Le Baiser de la Fée’, Tarantella, Symphony in C, Tschaikovsky Suite No. 3, Western Symphony, George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker®, Union Jack, Symphony in 3 Movements, and in Jerome Robbins’s Goldberg Variations and The Four Seasons; and Peter Martins’s Eight Easy Pieces and The Sleeping Beauty. Among the ballets in which she performed soloist parts were Balanchine’s Coppélia, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Jewels, Scotch Symphony, Chaconne, Tschaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2, The Four Temperaments, La Sonnambula, Stars and Stripes, Raymonda Variations, and La Source. Ms. Killian originated a principal role in Jerome Robbins’s Ives, Songs in 1988.
In 1997, she joined the School of American Ballet as a guest teacher upon retirement from New York City Ballet. She was appointed to the faculty in 1998. Ms. Killian currently also serves as Ballet Mistress for the New York City Ballet’s Education Department, staging productions featuring SAB’s Intermediate and Advanced students for NYCB’s Ballet Bridges programs, which reach over 2,000 public school children each year. She is currently the Children’s Division Manager and oversees curriculum for the School of American Ballet.