Another Point of View, One Week In 
A brief introduction. My name is Alexandra (Alex) Mathews and I am delighted to say that it’s my first year at Bates Dance Festival! I’ve come to BDF as an…
alexJuly 29, 2012
Week 1, Day 5: Green Energy
Hi, this is Michael again. This year's theme for the YAP is Green Energy. The theme guides everything that will be in the final performance: it will define the choreographer's…
michaelJuly 27, 2012
7/27/2012: Rounding Out the Week
On the eve of the 2012 Summer Olympics, week one of the Professional Training Program is almost to a close. Most of my recent cafeteria conversation swings from what Olympic…
sophieJuly 27, 2012
YAP Week 1 Day Three
This is Michael again, doing another update on the program! At YAP today the seniors had a lesson on video cameras, the juniors had an intense workout in hip hop,…
michaelJuly 26, 2012
Welcome to the Youth Arts Program!
Hello! My name is Michael. This my eleventh year at YAP. YAP is a dance and music camp that is about three weeks long for children between the ages of…
michaelJuly 26, 2012
7.24.2012: Day Two
I think the best way to evaluate your first day at the Bates Professional Training Program is to see how you feel on the second (and the third and fourth,…
sophieJuly 24, 2012
7.20.2012: Young Dancers Workshop Wrap-Up
I was lucky enough to escape the oppressive NYC humidity and come up to Bates early to catch the end of the Young Dancers Workshop. My roommate is a counselor…
sophieJuly 24, 2012
30th Anniversary Season is Underway 
A stomach flu has sent me home from the office with time to stop and enough of my wits to write about how things are going so far this summer. …
lauraJuly 20, 2012
The Audience Responds to red, black & GREEN: a blues
My artist friend and colleague puppet master, John Farrell of Figures of Speech Theatre wrote a moving response to "red, black & GREEN: a blues" that he has allowed me…
lauraApril 30, 2012
red, black & GREEN: a blues at Bates
The past weekend (April 27 & 28, 2012) we presented Marc Bamuthi Joseph's and The Living Word's production of "red, black & GREEN: a blues" (rbGb) a funky, soulful, irreverent…
lauraApril 30, 2012
