Pre-Professional Summer Intensive

Week 1: July 28 -August 1

9:45-10:00am: Drop Off

10:00-11:30am: Ballet

11:30am-12:45pm: Jazz

12:45-1:15pm: Lunch Break

1:15-2:30pm: Contemporary Modern

2:30-3:45pm: Koresh Repertoire

3:45-4:00pm: Break

4:00-5:00pm: Composition/Cool-Down

Ronen “Roni” Koresh, Artistic Director

Roni, a native of Israel, began his career with the renowned Batsheva Dance Company of Tel Aviv. Immigrating to the U.S. in 1983, he studied in New York with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater prior to settling in Philadelphia, where he performed with Shimon Braun’s acclaimed “Waves” Jazz Dance Company. After performing internationally, his interest shifted towards choreography, and he founded Koresh Dance Company in 1991. Shortly after, in 1993, he opened the Koresh School of Dance, serving as a residence for his company and a training center for the Philadelphia dance community. In addition to receiving numerous grants, Roni is a recipient of several choreographic fellowships from the Pennsylvania Council of the Arts, the PEW Charitable Trusts, and the Philadelphia College of Performing Arts. Roni regularly travels to conduct master classes, set choreography, conduct residencies, and showcase his company throughout the country.

Ryan Tuerk

Ryan earned his MFA in contemporary choreography and classical pedagogy from Temple University (2016) and his BFA in jazz/theatre dance from the University of the Arts (2005) in Philadelphia.  He has held faculty appointments at the Pennsylvania Academy of Ballet, Temple University’s Musical Theatre Department, Montgomery County Community College’s Dance Department, Rowan University’s Department of Theatre and Dance, The Ngoma School’s summer danceLab, and Circadium College for Circus Arts. In addition Ryan has been a guest lecturer at the University of Maryland for ACDA discussing topics such as Jazz studies and Queerness/representation in dance. He tours the United States as a Director and dance Adjudicator for Starbound National Talent Competition. Highlights from Ryan’s classical repertoire include performances of Grand Pas Classique, The Flower Festival of Genzzano, and excerpts from Raymonda and Giselle. Ryan specializes in the Vaganova method of classical pedagogy, Jazz and modern techniques, and Contemporary choreography.

Tori Vincent

Tori Vincent is a native of Lafayette, Louisiana currently residing in Philadelphia. She received her BFA in Dance from the University of Louisiana in 2018, while working professionally with various artists throughout Lafayette. Her work with the Atlanta, Georgia dance community includes projects and performances with Zoetic Dance Ensemble and Fly on a Wall, as well as traveling to Italy in 2018 to attend the Staibdance Summer Intensive and directing NACHMO (National Choreography Month) Atlanta 2020. She is currently dancing with AMMDC (Anne-Marie Mulgrew and Dancers Co) and Melissa Rector of Koresh Dance Company. Tori is also instructing Pilates, completing a RYT-200 yoga teacher training, recently co-found GRATon40 Art Collective, and exploring new personal compositions. Her most recent work, InOutWard, was showcased in the 51st Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers’ InHale Performance Series in Philadelphia and the unKEMpT Dance Festival in NYC. Influences on her personal work involve the roles we play in our individual and societal health, alongside behaviors created by our milieu. 

Jocelyn Hrzic

Jocelyn Hrzic has been the Director of Dance at the Grier School for over 20 years, which also includes the Grier Dance Summer Intensive Program. Jocelyn created the Grier Gala 15 years ago and enjoys presenting artists and companies such as Lar Lubovitch, Peridance Contemporary Dance Company, Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, Koresh Dance Company, BareDance, Qui Danse, Giordano Company, Ate9, DanceWorks Chicago, Rennie Harris PureMovement, and many more. She is also the founder of Motion Dance Competition and Convention. Jocelyn danced professionally with Maxine Sherman Company, Theatre West Virginia, Norwegian Cruise Line, and Royal Caribbean. Mrs. Hrzic was also the Executive Director of August Wilson Center Dance Ensemble. Jocelyn was a dance major at Point Park University and on full scholarship at Steps on Broadway. Her choreography has been selected at Reverb, Jazz Dance World Congress, Dancing Under The Stars Festival, and Steps Lab. She also has taught at Point Park International Summer Intensive, National High School Dance Festival, Rock West School, In-Motion Bermuda, Millennium and Maries School, Monterrey, Mexico, DanceForce and Flash Dance, Mexico City, Slippery Rock University, Whirlwind Dance Intensive and Muhlenberg College. Currently, Mrs. Hrzic teaches for Andrea’s School of Dance and Legacy Dance Complex and is also a Guest Teacher at The Dance Company and Centre Dance. Jocelyn’s extensive work with world renown artists both professional and collegiate has given her the chance to help young dancers from all over achieve their goals of wanting to dance not only at college level, but professionally.