FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  RELEASE # 01- 017
Date:
June 8, 2001

Joffrey Choreographer to Teach at Austin-East 

Randy Duncan, a nationally renown choreographer and dancer, will be teaching master classes for the Dance Department of Knox County Schools June 12-16 at Austin-East High School.


Duncan has worked with the Joffrey Ballet and the Chicago Academy for the Arts as well as Paramount Studios over the last year. In January his choreography was premiered in the box office hit movie, Save the Last Dance. Randy Duncan and his assistant, Syreta Smith-Childs, will be conducting this summer's dance intensive.
This year's schedule includes five days of master classes. The classes begin on Tuesday, June 12, and continue through Saturday, June 16.


Duncan will also audition dancers for his solo piece, Shanequa's World. Dancers selected to learn the solo or understudy the selected dancers will work with Duncan and Smith-Childs throughout the week.
Media interested in covering this instruction should contact the Knox County Schools Public Affairs Office.

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Point of contact at Knox Couty Schools Public Affairs Office is Russ Oaks, at 594-1905