PDC Choreography Reflection

PDC Performance/Participation Form Assignment: Sep/Oct

PDC September Email and Newsletter

Hello all!

We have had a successful Dance Camp and first few weeks of school.  Routines are getting set and PDC Officers have been voted on.  We also have our "Dance Buddies" for the first semester.  We will do something with/for our buddies about 2x a month.  

We did figure out who made the long-distance calls during our hotel stay during Dance Camp.  It was an honest mistake/misunderstanding with the calls.  The dancers are good kids :)

All dancers will be working on required and graded research and proposals for student choreography for our upcoming concert based on ART.  Reading, Homework, and other assignments will reflect and prepare students for their proposals and for a deeper understanding of what art is.  We are also looking at doing collaboration with some of the art classes at the school.

OFFICERS:

We have Officer Meetings every Monday at lunch in the Dance Room Office.  We will have one Officer Meeting a month where we will invite parent helpers/booster club to join us.  Officers are:  President-Alex M, Sav B; VP-Malori; Secretaries-Mariah($), Brittany F (calendar);Publicity-Jenna, Jenae; Costumes-Ireland, Lily; Spirit-Izzy, Morgan.

PDC Adult Helpers/Organizers:

Lori Higbee: Assistant (help with booster club/parents and tour)

Andrea McAllister: Professional Advisor (cleaning and choreography)

Wendi Isaacson: Professional Advisor (cleaning, contacting parents, social media)

JoAnn Colmere: Help with Booster Club parents 

Reminders:

• Officer meetings every Monday at lunch
• last b-day of week dancers are to wear "fitted black dance attire"
• B-days Fridays is "Showings" (show all dances we have, no matter how far they are with choreography).  Parents with dance/cleaning experience welcome to come and give feedback.
• pull hair back and no gum in class
• GET INTO GOOGLE CLASSROOM!!!!
• look at Group Me texts (get app?)
• Reading Homework due first class day of the week 
• All parent chaperones must have background check done.  Check in at office if visiting.
• Be able to access and save our shared Google Drive, Calendar, Google Classroom, Skyward, GroupMe, etc.
• Parents are welcome to join and follow us on our social media sites: our closed Facebook Group, Instagram, Twitter, etc.
• Our mandatory after school rehearsal time with all PDC is Tuesdays 2:20-4:40pm.  Do not be absent, and arrange make up work, etc. other times.  Absences will require make-up work to be done.  Every practice is worth participation points.
• Remember what 10-20 minute warmup we have each day, and bring appropriate attire/shoes.

IMPORTANT:

• Have you paid for the clothing items you ordered?
• Have Parents come to the Parent-Teacher Conference to "approve" our PDC Tour
• Have you reviewed Ismael's choreography online?  Have you learned it online if you weren't there to learn it at dance camp?

UPCOMING DATES:

Tues 9/1: HW 1A Due, Officer Meeting, Assignment: Web/Mind Map based off choreographing idea/art

Fri: 9/4: Shakespeare Trio after school

Tues 9/8: HW 1B, Homecoming Planning Meeting at Lunch (officers), Shakespeare Ensemble and Trio after-school (2:30-4:40), 

Thur 9/10: Ismael Arrietta coming to clean his choreography!

Fri 9/11: Shakes Trio after-school

Mon 9/14 OR 9/28: Caine Keenan coming to clean his Shakepeare choreography! Possible extended after-school rehearsal to continue cleaning!!!!  Date TBA.

Mon 9/14: HW 1C Due, Officer Meeting at Lunch

Thurs 9/17:  Field Trip: RW Matinee Performance (see Parent Permission Form, it is School-Excused)

Fri 9/18: Showings, Shakes Trio after-school

Mon 9/21: Officer Meeting at Lunch

Tues 9/22: HW 1D Due

Fri 9/25: Shakes Trio after-school, "TEAL IS THE DEAL" Performance at UVU 7pm.

Sat 9/26: Homecoming Halftime Blocking on Field - all teams (8:00-11:00 AM)

Mon 9/28: Officer Meeting at Lunch, HW Reading Due

Wed 9/30: HC Halftime in maroon gym - all teams (6:15-7:15AM), "Evening of Shakespeare" Performance (Lp Auditorium 7PM)

Thurs Oct 1-3: SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL COMPETITION @ SUU.  (Trio is Friday, Ensemble is Saturday).

Mon 10/5: Officer Meeting at Lunch, HW Reading Due, Shakespeare Choreography Critique Assignment Due

Wed 10/7: HC Halftime Rehearsal - all teams (field:  6:15-7:15 AM)

Thurs 10/8: HC Halftime Rehearsal - all teams (maroon gym:  6:15-7:15 AM)

Fri 10/9: HOMECOMING GAME: HALFTIME PERFORMANCE!

Please see our Google Calendar for updates and changes.

Thanks for a great start to the year!  

"PDC #ONE"

The EARTH without ART is just "EH"

PDC "Get to Know You" Questionnaire

PDC Choreography Reflection

This must be completed by ALL DANCERS.  This is a graded assignment, with full points being awarded for honestly and completion.

If you have choreographed or helped choreograph a dance THIS YEAR, please comment on the dance you choreographed.

If you have NOT choreographed a dance this year, comment on a dance you were involved in with the process, or a dance you were in AS IF YOU WERE THE CHOREOGRAPHER>

Concert Performance Personal Assessment Assignment

Homecoming Practice Times and Service Project

Pay for bra tops asap! They are coming in tomorrow. You get it when I get yr receipt. 

Homecoming Practices: 


- this Sat 6:00 am! On field! Spacing
- next Tues 6:45 am! In main gym. Cleaning
- next Thurs 6:45 am! In main gym, then field. Problems and perfection.

- next Friday, carnival booth after school, then halftime performance, then...
-mandatory graded assignment: service project: pick up in stadium bleachers right after game. Should only take 30 minutes. Gloves and bags provided.

All is mandatory and attendance, staying whole time, and punctuality is scored and will affect your grade. Luv u!

PDC FINALS Info!!!

Beautiful Dancers!!!
I can't believe that this is almost over!

We have all grown so much this year; grown together, grown in our dancing, grown in choreography, and grown as a dancing family and team.  I love you guys!!!  You will all always be a part of our dancing family --PDC Alumni!

So here is the info and deal in regards to your final and assignments:

Thursday, May 23rd at 7:00 PM:  PDC Closing Social at Natalie/Monica's House.
-Bring your potluck food/drink assignment
-Bring your "secret friend" note and $15 max gift
-Fill out the Dancer Awards Survey!!!

FINAL (A and B)
A)  WRITTEN FINAL:  Due on Tuesday, May 28th (B8 Final Time)
"What I Have Learned From Being on PDC"
Do one OR the other:
-BLOG post on the PDC Blog (www.lphspdc.blogspot.com).  Include pictures with captions.  Include writing about "What I learned on PDC."
OR
-PAPER: Two page type written paper, double-spaced, about what I have learned throughout the year from being on PDC

B)  DANCING/COMPOSITION FINAL:  Due on Tuesday, May 28th (B8 Final Time)
Group Choreography with choice of prop, then assigned music.
-Costumes, Dance Title required.
-1 minute of choreography unique and specific to a theme developed by inspiration from the prop.
-performance, technique, creativity, innovation, group contribution to choreography, performance, and choreographic elements graded.

PDC Concert Post-Reflection Self-Assessment
You must do both, even if you didn't choreography.  If you didn't choreograph, choose a dance you were in and answer the questions as if you were the choreographer.  Be sure to "SUBMIT" both!!!

Concert Choreography Reflection
and
Concert Self-Evaluation

PDC this week, and our upcoming CONCERT!!!

Hello lovely ladies!

Good job to those that tried out for PDC for next year!  The list with the new member's names has been given to the counselor to put in.  Leave it blank, B8 (B-day 4th period) on your schedule.  

New Members, you will be performing Nat's combo in the dance concert.  Date and time of a short 1-2 hour rehearsal tba shortly.  Also, Congrats to Akaysha Greer, next year's PDC President!

Thursday is when we should have our dances cleaned, as per our calendar.  Please work hard!  

Costumes:  It is almost past the deadline to purchase costumes that will need to be shipped.  I hope we can use things we already have, or find some cheap things in nearby stores.  Choreographers, please be on top of costuming your dance.

Choreographers:  Whitney is working hard trying to put together the concert program on her own time.  Please get all information to her as soon as possible, including title, music artist, dancers, and any notes.

Choreographers, have your music cut by this Thursday.  If you need help, Mrs. D, Akaysha, and some others may be able to help with music editing.  If you have a mac and garage band, it is really easy.

Finale:  Natalie and Kalli will be working with you on the finale and should have the music cut this week.  Grade levels, have your sections of choreography completed this week and cleaned as much as possible.  We will be doing some of this in class.

Natalie's Dance:  we will be working on this in class, (as well as the finale).  

Extra practices:   your choreographer may have called an extra emergency practice to finish off or clean their dance.  Now is crunch time, and you need to attend and be on time to every practice.  

I know this Saturday morning Natalie, and Whit/Kenna are having an extra practice.  Please check with your choreographers.

Mandi's Practice:  Due to Junior registration, Mandi's practice was changed from Monday to this Wednesday, right after Autumn's dance. 

Nyah's Practice:  Due to missing dancers, also because of registration, Nyah will be having a practice this Thursday following Autumn/Kalli's dance, right at 3:40pm.

Poster:  Ashlyn, Akaysha, and Natalie, please send your outline drawing of how you want the poster, along with the picture/photo to Mrs. Di Lello as soon as possible, early this week.  If you can do it on your own without my help, in photoshop or some other program, please do so.   

Slide Show:  Please send your favorite photos from this past year to McKenna.  I think Kenna and Whitney were going to put together the slide show, with a Vegas section.  We can show this at intermission or right before the finale.

Tickets:  Who was making these?  We will also need volunteers (parents) to sell/take tickets and concessions both days of our concert.

All info for concert (poster, slideshow, program, tickets):  please approve and run a draft by me, Mrs. Di Lello for approval, then they will be sent off to the printers.  You do get NHSDA points for doing this, as you are helping "put on" the concert!

National Honor Society for Dance Arts (NHSDA):

If you want to be inducted or get extra points (starts) please turn in your packet no later than Friday of this week for processing.  If you have not been inducted you will need to pay the induction fee.  If you are graduating and want honor cords, please also pay the according fee and get all of your info in to me so I can order them.

SCHEDULE for CONCERT WEEK:

I hope you have gotten off your work and made appropriate arrangements for these upcoming 2 weeks.  If there are some extenuating circumstances, please let me know no later than this WEDNESDAY the day and the latest you can stay at the school, and the earliest you can come back to the school.  I know that things sometimes come up and I will try my best to arrange certain dances to be at the best times.  I will try to have most of our practices done no later than 8:00pm, but this all depends on the techies and your patience.  Guest choreographers, please get me the all the times you are available to space and light your piece.  I want to get our schedule out to everyone by the end of this week (fingers crossed).

Remember, when you are not spacing or lighting on the stage, you will be cleaning your dance in the dance room.  

Parents:  We would love to have parents bring some snacks and drinks on the nights of our lighting and tech-ing.  We will have a sign up in the dance room and will be asking the dancers to sign you up for a certain day for either a snack or drinks.  

Our concert (not recital) is only as good as you make it.  You are all beautiful and talented!  Let's put forth the little extra effort to show everyone how amazing we are!  This does require work, and work pays off :)

More and updated info will be posted often here on our blog.  Keep checking!

Love you all!  Keep being amazing!

~ Mrs. Krista Di Lello

Lone Peak High School - Highland, Utah
Dance Educator / Performing Dance Company Director

Dance Field Trip 12/12/12 (Rire-Woodbury)

HELLO!

If you have not done a Concert Report yet, please attend this "school excused" field trip to see the Rire-Woodbury Dance Co. Matinee Performance.

It is this Wednesday 12/12/12
We will leave Lone Peak at 10:00 AM
Concert is at 11:00 AM
We will arrive back in time for A4

Cost: $5 (even for parent chaperones)
I will be looking for about 3 chaperones to join us.

Here is the link for the permission form you can print off!
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0Bw7Njq8cxVXVbUdaa1Q4SWhvbm8

Please read the form.  NOTE:  You will not be excused from your first or last period classes!

Lone Peak Performing Dance Company: This years reflection
I have had so much fun on the dance company. I made so many good friends this year and have had learned so much! mostly that there is much much more to dance then just jazz and ballet. Don't get me wrong those are important but modern has helped me open and develop my true artist inside. I find it so much easier to choreograph and improve. I have learned so many new techniques and have had so many experiences to work with famous choreographers and take classes with professional companies.Things like state (WINNAS!!!!!) homecoming, Shakespeare,PHILADELPHIA!!, and so much more. I was so impressed to see so many talented dancers all over who all they did was modern and see the incredible technique that comes with it. We are so blessed to have such an incredible teacher and a ridiculously talented team. I will definitively miss all of our awesome seniors and will remember all the good times we had. I'm excited and can't wait till next year and all that it holds!!! LPHS PDC RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW FML!!!!!!!!
         

Pre-Performance Video Assessment

Please Watch the Recordings and comment in the survey to get points for this assignment.  Seeing yourself can be revealing.  Being able to watch other dances helps develop a critical eye and helps those other choreographers with a fresh look.  We are all part of this company.  We are not competing against each other.  We are only as strong as our weakest link.  Let's all help each other so we all look amazing and represent the name of Lp Performing Dance Company well.

Showings Videos:
Note:  These are not searchable on You Tube.  Please do not re-post or publish, as these are works in progress and we want to "surprise" the audience (and avoid others copying your dances)

THIS IS AN ASSIGNMENT WORTH POINTS!

Beth's Doll Showing: http://youtu.be/g9IV_YxKegI
Mercedes's Marriage Showing: http://youtu.be/izmLiLM7Mt8
Vampire Showing: http://youtu.be/XYtiG1Lap3w
Brooke's Transformer Showing: http://youtu.be/xyY7CYZC4rg
Natalie's Calypso Showings
                    -Nyah and Brady: http://youtu.be/LXjAmp7b4WM
                    -Nyah and Caleb: http://youtu.be/pEQm3kdcI28
                    -Nyah and Andrew: http://youtu.be/DgedQr5EyW0

THIS IS AN ASSIGNMENT WORTH POINTS!

Choreographer Form

ALL Choreographers must fill out this information to have your dance info inserted into the program.