2019 Summer Intensive with Saleemah E. Knight, Jodie Gates and Ardyn Flynt (June 24-28)
Master Class with Jean Phillipe Malaty – Aspen Santa Fe Ballet (February 9, 2019)
2018
Master Class with Beckanne Sisk – Ballet West (October 7, 2018)
Master Class with Complexions Contemporary Ballet (October 6, 2018)
Inaugural Summer Intensive with Jodie Gates, Desmond Richardson, Will Johnston and Gillian Finlay (June 25-29, 2018)
Master Class with Desmond Richardson, Founder/Artistic Director Complexions Contemporary Ballet (February 18, 2018)
Master Class with Hope Boykin, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre (April 17, 2018)
Master Class with Clifford Williams, principal artist at Complexions Contemporary Ballet (May 19, 2018)
2017
Master Class with Ballet BC
Choreograph Your Career 1/2 Workshop with Jodie Gates, Andrew Winghart & Spenser Theberge
Master Class with Patrick Corbin [former Paul Taylor Dance Company]
Master Class with Saleemah E. Knight & Jodie Gates, both from USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance
2016
Master Class with Jodie Gates, LDF Artistic Director & Vice Dean, USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance
Master Class with Kyle Abraham from Abraham.In.Motion
Master Class with Lillian Barbieto of BODYTRAFFIC
Master Class with Tara Keating of BalletX
Master Class with Hope Boykin
Master Class with Patrick Corbin
Master Class with Thomas McManus
Master Class with Victor Quijada, RUBBERBAND Dance Group
2015
Master Class with Jodie Gates, LDF Artistic Director & Vice Dean, USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance
Master Class with Tiler Peck, Principal Dancer New York City Ballet
Master Class with Alonzo King of Alonzo King LINES Ballet
Master Class with Malpaso Dance Company
Master Class with BODYTRAFFIC
Master Class with Hope Boykin of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Master Class with Saleemah Knight, USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance
2014
Pre-show talk with Desmond Richardson and dancers with Complexions Contemporary Ballet
Pre-show talk with Lillian Barbeito and Tina Finkelman Berkett, Co-Directors of BODYTRAFFIC
Pre-show talk with Tamara Hoffman, Senior Ballet Mistress of Ballet Memphis
Master Class with Desmond Richardson, Co-Founder of Complexions Contemporary Ballet
Master Class with Gonzalo Garcia, Principal Dancer with New York City Ballet
Master Class with Saleemah Knight
Master Class with Brian Hirano & Aris Paracuelles of Quest Crew
Hip Hop and Broadway Jazz Intensive with Lisa Jay & Darrien Henning
Master Class with Hope Boykin of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
2013
Master class with Elena D’Amario of Parsons Dance
Pre-show talk with Elizabeth Koeppen, Associate Artistic Director
Pre-show talk with Tom Mossbrucker, Artistic Director & Jean-Philippe Malaty, Executive Director Aspen Santa Fe Ballet
Master class with Jean-Philippe Malaty, Executive Director Aspen Santa Fe Ballet
2012
University of California, Irvine, Alonzo King LINES Ballet & Hubbard Street Dance Chicago Residency
Master class with Glenn Edgerton, Artistic Director of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
Pre-show talk with Jenny Backhaus, Artistic Director of Backhausdance and Jodie Gates
Pre-show talk with Alonzo King, Glenn Edgerton and Jodie Gates
River North Dance Chicago master class with Hanna Brictson
Ballet X master class with Tera Keating
Joaquin DeLuz master class, principal dancer with New York City Ballet
Michael Trusnovec master class, principal dancer with Paul Taylor Dance Company
Pre-show talk with River North Dance Chicago
Pre-show talk with BalletX Artistic Directors, Christine Cox and Matthew Neenan
2011
Complexions Contemporary Ballet
Master classes taught by Complexions Contemporary Ballet company members
University of California, Irvine, Complexions Residency
Pre-show talk with Artistic Director of Complexions, Dwight Rhoden
2010
Patrick Corbin Master class
Jodie Gates Choreography Workshop
Free Interactive Belly-Dance class on Main Beach
Dancing Hands Children’s Workshop
2009
Breed hip-hop Master class
Tina LeBlanc ballet Master class
Free Interactive Swing Dance class on Main Beach
Dancing Hands Children’s Workshop
2008
Trey McIntyre Ballet & Repertory Master class
Parson’s Dance Modern & Repertory Master class
Pre-show talks with Artistic directors form ABT II and Hubbard Street 2, Trey McIntyre, ballerina Tina LeBlanc and dancer Miguel Quiniones
Free Interactive Salsa Ballroom class on Main Beach
Dancing Hands Children’s Workshop
2007
Paul Taylor Modern Master class
Complexions Contemporary Ballet
Repertory Master class
American Ballet Theater Ballet Master class
Pre-show talks with the Royal Ballet of Flanders and Complexions Contemporary Ballet Artistic director, Dwight Rhoden
Free Interactive class on Main Beach
2006
Jodie Gates and Elizabeth Parkinson spoke about the Joffrey Ballet and their experience as professional dancers.
David Parsons talked about his career and his successful company
Free Joffrey Ballet film showing with a conversation with Joffrey alumni; Tom Mossbrucker, Glenn Edgerton, Jodie Gates, Elizabeth Parkinson, Leslie Carothers and Tina LeBlanc
AWARDS ARCHIVE
Most Influential 2016 Orange County Register: Jodie Gates Laguna Beach resident Jodie Gates is a former ballet star. She was a celebrated principal dancer with the Joffrey Ballet, Frankfurt Ballet and Pennsylvania Ballet. The Sacramento native also works closely with choreographer William Forsythe, setting his dances on companies around the world. Gates is an accomplished choreographer who has created more than 60 works. She founded the Laguna Dance Festival more than a decade ago.
Laguna Dance Festival honored with 2015 Achievement Award for Outstanding Arts Organization by ArtsOC
Laguna Dance Festival, which recently celebrated its 11th year of presenting visiting dance companies of all genres, received the 2015 Achievement Award for Outstanding Arts Organization by ArtsOC. The festival has hosted 35 companies, 55 performances, 30 master classes and over 40 free public events.
The 2014 Art Star winners from Laguna Beach Art Alliance
★Artist of the Year: Jodie Gates
Jodie is a thirty-year veteran in the professional dance field with a remarkably wide-ranging career as an innovative choreographer, director, educator, producer, dancer and principal ballerina. She is internationally recognized as a leader in the dance world with her choreographic work for professional companies, the creation of the California-based non-profit organization Laguna Dance Festival and directing educational programs at the university level.
Professor Jodie Gates is Vice Dean and Director of the new University of Southern California Glorya Kaufman School of Dance. In this role she hopes to shape the next generation of extraordinary artists and curious thinkers in the dance field.
Jodie Gates honored with My Hero Project for her work with LDF 2013
Jodie Gates is a ground-breaker in the international world of dance. As a performer, teacher and choreographer, she has traveled the world. Her well-crafted career has taken her throughout North and South America as well as Russia, Australia, Asia and Europe. And, as any true hero, she brought the fruits of her quest back home to her village, with the Laguna Dance Festival.
Laguna Playhouse Community Collaboration Honor for LDF in 2011
Laguna Dance Festival (aka CaDance) won Best Arts Program in 2008 from Laguna Beach Art Alliance
SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS
2023
Laguna Dance Festival Young Artist Scholarship Recipients: Faith Aguilar, Edward Chen, Totocani-Alfredo Garcia, Abrianna Herring, Carissa Hsu, Aarilyn Lee, Drew Rosen, Luciana Vun
2022
Laguna Dance Festival Young Artist Scholarship Recipients: Amy Cho, Ayanna Dowell, Sophia Koo, Justin Padilla, Caroline Skrable
2020
Laguna Dance Festival Young Artist Scholarship Recipients: Maya Alvarez-Coyne, Erin Park, Leilani Smith, Christopher Tsukada
Laguna Beach High School Recipient 2019: Moorea Pike
2019
Laguna Dance Festival Young Artist Scholarship Recipients: Dante Casarin, Nicole Denney, Miriya Lee, Ashley Lew, Zackary Sommer
Laguna Beach High School Recipient 2019: Iris Sewell
2018
Laguna Dance Festival Young Artist Scholarship Recipients: Sophia Frilot, Jacob Kurihara, Riley Parish, Taylor Tran, Jessalyn Ward
Laguna Beach High School Recipient 2018: Hilary Estreicher
2017
Laguna Dance Festival Young Artist Scholarship Recipients: Alexandra Carey, Emily Eckert, Jocelyn Magana, and Marcus Sarjeant
Laguna Beach High School Recipient: Jordan Burton
2016
Laguna Dance Festival Young Artist Scholarship Recipients: Chloe Enriquez & Aviva Gelfer-Mundl
Laguna Beach High School Recipient: Rebekah Hanson
