~ Imagine ~ Create ~ Perform ~ Inspire ~

~ Create ~ Perform ~ Inspire ~
Dedicated, Disciplined, Determined, Dreaming, Daring Dancers .

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

PDC Officers

I seriously love you all and think you all will do awesome at any officer position!

Please don't be sad if you didn't get what you originally wanted.  We can always use your help, even if you are not an officer.  PDC is what you make of it and we all have to help.

There are many more leadership opportunities in PDC.  A BIG one is that of a choreographer!!!! 

You are all wonderful!  We are all in this together as a team, and it is not a competition against each other.  I hate these kind of things where we have to choose from a group of already amazing dancers (like officers, soloists, sterling scholar, choreographers, etc).

Let's all pitch in and make this year rock, no matter what our title!
GO LPHSPDC!!!!

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Back to School: Week 1

We are back in the swing of things!  
Hello School!

  • Tues 8/23
    • no after school practice Tuesday
  • Wed 8/24
    • bring dance clothes!!!  We will do locks, but also run our dances.  Hope you've been practicing.  
    • bring your 3 ring binder!
    • Voting on PDC Officers!
  • Thurs 8/25 
    • 2:30 sharp, be dressed and ready to dance in the dance room
    • Shakespeare Proposals Due!
    • 3:30-4:50pm Officer and PDC Parent Helper Meeting
  • Fri 8/2
    • regular B4 class with "Hello Assembly" time adjustment

Sunday, August 7, 2011

PDC New Member Questionnaire

PDC Summer Dance Camp!!!!

HELLO!

I hope you all had an awesome summer! Now it is time to get down to business!

Coming up: 
*PDC Retreat (date and location to be determined)
*PDC Yard Sale Fundraiser (date tba), so don't give your stuff to DI yet!

PDC Winter Concert Theme: "Myths and Legends"
PDC Spring Concert Theme: "Fact or Fiction"




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Do not forget about next week!  

$$$IMPORTANT$$$: You MUST PAY for the PDC SUMMER DANCE CAMP before the end of the day on Monday August 8th. You may also pay online via myschoolfees. (We need the money to pay our guest teachers and RW)


Be on time and ready to dance, sweat, make new friends, take risks, create, improvise, and work hard (I guess have fun too).

WHAT TO BRING:
-running shoes and socks
-sunscreen if sensitive to outside, sunglasses/hat, ipod for running
-dancers kit/first aid kit (toe tape, bandaids, nail clippers, medicine, ace bandage, feminine products, etc.)
-lots of water and liquid
-lunch and snacks - healthy :)
-a dance binder with paper and dividers, and writing utensil
-layers of clothes, with tight leo/tights/shorts underneath for ladies
-positive hard working attitudes

DATES AND TIMES:
Mon-Thurs Aug 8th-11th @ Lp Dance Room
8:30-10:20am – Conditioning (Mrs. Di Lello)
10:30-12:00 – Improvisation and Composition (Mrs. Di Lello)
12:00-12:40 – Lunch (bring your own lunch to eat at school together)
12:40- 2:00 – Technique (Sarah Donohue)
2:00-5:00 – Choreography (Sarah Donohue)

Fri-Sat Aug 12-13th @ Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center: 138 West 300 South
Downtown Salt Lake City
. MUST have parent/guardian drive his/her dancer to and from the Rose.

RW Class Schedule Download
RW Liability Form Download

8:30am check-in (must have liability paper signed in order to participate).  Classes finish at 4:00pm.
Taught by RW company members.  Classes include: modern dance technique, improvisation, folk forms, ballet, jazz, yoga and repertory. 

Monday Aug 15th @ Lp
8:30am -12:00 - Conditioning, Improvisation, Contact Improvisation (Chris DelPorto & Leah Nelson)
12:00-12:40 - Lunch
12:40-5:00pm - Run/clean choreography, Shakespeare Choreography, new choreography.  Possible choreographic proposals. AUDITION FOR "H3I5T"

Tuesday Aug 16th @ Lp
8:30-10:00 - Conditioning and Dance Technique (Mrs. Di Lello)
10:00-11:00 - Review Dances
11:00-12:00 - Lunch & PDC Officer Elections, PDC meeting, etc.
12:00-4:00 - Work on new dances (Shakespeare, proposals, etc.).  "H3I5T". 
Possible pool party social after, tba...

H3I5T shadow dance picture below
 



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GUEST TEACHERS AND CHOREOGRAPHERS:
Sarah Donohue holds a BFA in Dance from the University of Arizona and an MFA in Modern Dance from the University of Utah. Sarah is a Certified Laban Movement Analyst and integrates these studies into her teaching and choreography. She has served as a Lecturer of Dance at Utah Valley University and has co-presented at Utah Dance Education Organization and National Dance Education Organization conferences. In addition to teaching and choreographing for UVU, she mentored students in developing a Dance for Camera project, which was supported by a Center for Engaged Learning Grant. Sarah has danced with Sternworks, a dance-theatre company and has had the honor of performing Mary Wigman’s Hexentanz, which was reconstructed by Victoria Hutchinson. Sarah is thrilled to be in her first season dancing with Repertory Dance Theatre and continues to teach Prime Movement for the Repertory Dance Theatre Community School. Sarah is also the co-founder of My Turkey Sandwich an independent dance theatre company with current RDT dancer Aaron Wood.

Chris DelPorto

Leah Nelson