SITT: Summer Intensive by Turning Tables

In the spring of 2020, Turning Tables was set to have the third annual production with 15 student choreographers and 4 professional dancers presenting their work with 80+ dancers in pieces. However, life delivered a constraint: COVID-19. In light of this constraint, we adapted and created a summer program “SITT” to allow dancers to virtually train with Alysia Johnson, Michelle Gibson, Gregory Dolbashian, Kevin Pajarillaga, Bridget L. Moore, and Mike Esperanza in a variety of styles, such as Ballet, Contemporary, Modern, Jazz, Repertory, and African. Additionally, we were able to provide 10 full scholarships for dancers to attend SITT, sponsored by Brown Girls Do Ballet Inc. and B.Moore Dance. SITT proved to stay true to Turning Tables’ mission of ridding discrimination of dance, by allowing artists to study regardless of their circumstances and without constraint.