Contemporary Jazz Theater Residencies

Process-driven residencies for university and conservatory dance programs.

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Process-driven residencies integrating movement, storytelling, and collaboration to develop the next generation of fearless artists.

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  • Students develop voice, agency, and creative ownership

  • Embodied relationship to rhythm, phrasing, and sound

  • Translating story into physical language

  • Deep listening and group composition skills

What Is Contemporary Jazz Theater?

  • Contemporary dance

  • Jazz lineage

  • Theatrical storytelling

Students engage in narrative-driven creation processes that fuse classical technique, contemporary forms, and theatrical storytelling—positioning them as collaborators, performers, and authors within a process-centered environment.

Who This Residency Is Designed For

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Meet Your Guest Artist

LaQuet Sharnell Pringle is a Broadway veteran, choreographer, director, and educator with over two decades of experience in performance and over ten years in professional training and development.

As the author of Becoming A Fearless Young Artist, they bring practical tools to their process of Choreography, Direction, and Writing.

I pride myself on creating an environment for original works centered on authenticity, storytelling, and community through their methodology, The Onset Technique.

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INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION

Featured Collaboration

Composer & Vocalist Britt Hewitt

  • Browse our upcoming events to find the one that feels right for you. We host events year-round in all different locations and climates.

  • Sign up and pay all required fees to reserve your spot. If plans change, you can cancel up to 14 days before the retreat start to receive a 50% refund.

  • After booking, we'll send you a Welcome Packet with everything you need to know—detailed schedules, packing list recommendations, add-ons to consider, and more.

  • We'd recommend booking your transportation to and from the event as soon as possible, to ensure you can arrive without any complications or delays.

  • Now all that's left to do is pack your bags and get excited for your new adventure.

Through this residency, students:

Students enter a collaborative creative process rooted in dialogue, authorship, and ensemble-driven development. As everyone arrives, we begin connecting by developing original works based upon the open dialogue of what is most resonant for the student artists based upon a singular spark of an idea presented by LaQuet Sharnell Pringle and their Fearless Team. This process will ignite.

  • Engage as collaborators, not just performers

  • Build musical responsiveness and narrative instinct

  • Strengthen ensemble-driven composition skills

RESIDENCY STRUCTURE

Each residency is tailored to the institution, but may include:

  • Establish shared language and creative entry points

    • Ensemble-driven choreographic development

    • Improvisation, composition, and narrative building

  • Musicality, structure, and performance coaching

  • Informal showing or fully produced work

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Residency Formats

A process-driven choreographic work exploring how individuals shape identity within a collective.
Each residency is tailored to the institution and may include:

Short-Term Residency (3–5 days)
Extended Residency (1–3 weeks)
Virtual + in-person process
Full choreographic development + performance
Hybrid Residency

Intensive creation + showing

LaQuet has developed and presented work with institutions and studios including

PACE University

Marymount Manhattan College

Bryn Mawr College

STEPS on Broadway

Broadway Dance Center

Joffrey Ballet School - Spectrum

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