Modern Dance Using Horton Technique

Expand your movement vocabulary with this modern dance workshop! Jackie O’Toole’s Horton-based class is a technical blend of codified fundamentals implemented by its creator, Lester Horton. This workshop will focus on the "fortification studies” and a combination of traditional and contemporary foot-work and progressions across the floor. Dancers will find a strong emphasis on musicality, use of the core, and self-expression while demonstrating the kinesthetic studies of the Horton technique. All ages and all levels are encouraged to join!

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR

Jackie O’Toole was born and raised in Philadelphia, where she began her formal dance training. She earned bachelor degrees in both Dance and Communications from Coker College and an MFA in Dance Performance and Choreography from Florida State University. Ms. O’Toole received her certification in Lester Horton Technique through the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.

O’Toole’s choreography has been presented at the Cloud Dance Festival in London, White Wave Festivals in New York City and the American College Dance Association Festivals as well as in dance programs at West Chester University and Winthrop University and as faculty at the American Music and Dramatic Academy’s Los Angeles campus (AMDA). She is a member of the L.A. based Sarah Berges Dance Company as a guest artist and serves on the board of the Charlotte Dance Festival.

Ms. O’Toole is an Assistant Professor of Dance at Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, NC.