Cleveland Dance Fest 2025

Master class logistics

INFO FOR TEACHING ARTISTS

CHECK-IN

  • Once you enter the Idea Center at Playhouse Square (1375 Euclid Ave, Cleveland Ohio 44115) make your way to the Gund Dance Studio.

    • Main Entrance (Guests & Artists): If entering from here, the studio can be seen from the street (right under the chandelier). 1375 Euclid Ave, Cleveland Ohio 44115

    • CDF Artists & Staff Entrance: If entering from the back of the building, you will enter through the door next to a security booth. Let them know you are an artists with Cleveland Dance Fest. They will buzz you in. Walk down the entire hall (alongside NPR/PBS studios). When you get to the end take a right and go up 1 floor either using elevator or stairs.

  • TMP will have a table located right outside the studio for check-in.

MASTER CLASS LOCATION

  • Gund Dance Studio - located on the 1st floor of the Idea Center at Playhouse Square

SOUND

  • Bluetooth & aux hookup (adapter will be provided for iphone hook up)

  • You must provide your own device for playing sound for your class (we recommend bringing needed adaptors just in case)

CLASS SIZE & SPACE

  • Large Studio with plenty of space. (mirrors, windows, ballet barres)

  • Pro: Can expect 15 - 40 dancers.

  • Youth: Can expect 50 - 80 dancers.

DANCERS EXITING & ENTERING

  • New to CDF this year: Please note that tech rehearsals will be taking place during master classes. We have let artists know that once they have completed their tech time on stage, they may head over to take master classes. Teaching artists, be mindful that CDF artists may be entering classes late. Please welcome dancers in when they arrive. Thank you!

MASTER CLASS SCHEDULES

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 7TH

PROFESSIONAL MASTER CLASSES

  • Contemporary Movement Forms in Storytelling & Improvisation

    • 11:15 am - 12:45 pm

    • Teaching Artist: Morgan Joanne Grube of MoJo Co.Lab

  • Contemporary

    • 1:15 pm - 2:45 pm

    • Teaching Artist: Tori Zegarelli

  • Contemporary Flow

    • 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm

    • Teaching Artist: Lucy Dillon

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 8TH

PROFESSIONAL MASTER CLASSES

  • Safety Release: A somatic movement lab

    • 9:00 am - 10:25 am

    • Teaching Artist: Caitlyn Schrader and kt williams of DanSeries

  • Postmodern Breaking

    • 10:30 am - 12:00 pm

    • Teaching Artist: Jonathan “JayWAN” Pattiwael

ARTIST GATHERING

  • 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

    • Location: Tables outside the Miller Classroom

  • Join us for a free catered lunch for CDF artists for great conversations and building connections!

ARTIST PANEL - “BEYOND THE HUBS: CULTIVATING DANCE ECOSYSTEMS OUTSIDE THE BIG CITY

  • 1:00 pm - 1:45 pm

    • Location: Gund Dance Studio

    • Free & Open to the public

  • Join us for a conversation discussing the unique strengths, challenges, and innovations within dance communities that thrive beyond major metropolitan centers. Featuring Ohio-based artists from Cleveland Dance Fest, this panel explores how regional ecosystems foster rich, resilient creative practices, and why investing in them matters for the future of the field.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9TH

YOUTH MASTER CLASSES (9:00 am - 12:00 pm)

  • Ballet

    • 9:00 am - 9:55 am

    • Teaching Artist: Emmaline Devore of the Movement Project

  • Contemporary

    • 10:00 am - 10:55 am

    • Teaching Artist: Christine Howe

  • Story-telling through Odissi

    • 11:00 pm - 12:00 pm

    • Teaching Artist: Monali NandyMazumdar