"Performing Dance Company": PDC 10-11

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Wednesday, May 25, 2011

End of Year Awards

PDC 2010-2011

Please complete the following survey and assign each PDC dancer to one award. The votes will be added up and the award certificates will be distributed and announced at our end of year closing social (Beth's house at 7pm, Tues May 31st)

Only current PDC 10-11 should vote please

Monday, May 23, 2011

Great Beatles Concert PDC!

Good work lovely dancers!

It was stressful with a serious lack of auditorium and tech time this time around, but Friday night turned out great!

During the "Flying Free" - free as a bird underwater video my 4yr old kept swimming in his seat, then every now and then would say "oh no, water in my eyes".

Caine's bug dance was quite a hit and added nice diversity to the show.

We had some great slide shows, fun, serious, and silly dances, lots of Beatles memorabilia, great dancing, and lasting memories.

On Friday we had the induction ceremony for the National Honor Society for Dance Arts chapter at our school - way to go you 10 dancers!! Also on Friday we gave our seniors roses and had some tears... a bitter-sweet last night for some of our dear dancers.

Through hard times, good times, silly times, and stressful times, we have all grown so much together, opening ourselves up to take creative risks, and trust each other as a dancing family.

I love my Performing Dance Company!!!

Here are some pics and clips from the show and concert week:
Concert Week Video by Chantel Young

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Auditions for PDC 2011-2012

Congratulations PDC 2011-2012!!!

New members please contact me via email to confirm your acceptance and any unresolved stipulations or prerequisites needed that I need to speak with you about.

*** MANDATORY NEW MEMBER/PARENT MEETING CHANGE*** Tuesday May 24th - 4:00pm @ Lp Dance Room

Ashlyn Adams
Andrew Alstrom
Cierra Baker
Elizabeth Covey
Kalli Elmer
Ashley Ferry
Akaysha Greer
Nyahka Greer
Natalie Hymas
Melanie Hilton
Katie Kulkarni
Brooke Larson
Jasmine Meece
Mercedes Miller
Caleb Powell
Lizzy Snyder
Bradyrian Thomas
Maria Williams

The list will be posted soon, stay tuned! This is one of the worst parts of my job!

But to everyone who tried out:

"Good Work Beautiful Dancers!"

Thank You to everyone who tried out! Also a BIG thanks to my seniors who helped with the auditions and kids!

It takes juts, courage, practice, confidence, and putting yourself out there to do auditions. Especially good job to those that stuck through the clinics and came back to do the auditions - that shows determination and not giving up! Every chance you have to do auditions makes you better.

Do not let any audition determine your sense of self or worth or talent!!!! Keep trying, don't give up, develop your talents, and fight for what you love. Often times when one door closes, another opens. Sometimes it doesn't have to do with "who is best" but who the director feels will be best for the company. Disappointments prove our character when we are able to get back up and positively learn from it to be a better person.

I have dealt with this personally. I had been in an audition I really wanted, and felt I did awesome. The director after called me in to talk and said I was one of the best dancers, but felt it wasn't right to put me on right then. The other judges all were amazed, as they thought I was one of the strongest ones... But it ended up that this hard pill to swallow left other opportunities open for me and I realized at that time in my life I had other things I needed to take care of. I never did give up, as dance is still a huge part of my life!

I really hope that everyone who makes it onto PDC really wants to be there and will be positive and will work hard, no matter what is asked of them. A team really is determined by who is on it and their attitudes, and each year it is very different for me. It is one of my greatest joys to see dancers learn and grow and develop, applying what they learn to become problem-solving, creative artists who will take risks, think for themselves, find their own voice and SHINE. (This has been demonstrated time and time again by my PDC dancers who have gone onto college/companies and those that have done the Dance Sterling Scholar).

Remember, PLEASE keep taking dance at a studio to develop your technique, ESPECIALLY BALLET!!! All dance should support each other, not be one or the other.

Love you all!!!!

Happy Dancing!!!!
Mrs. Di Lello

Sunday, May 8, 2011

PDC Spring Concert: The Beatles Dance in Concert

Concert Rehersal Schedule!!!

PDC 2010-2011 Spring Beatles Concert Schedule

The following rehearsals are MANDATORY, as per the signing of PDC’s membership Constitution. No one can be late, no exceptions! As problems unexpectedly occur, times may be pushed back and we may be required to stay later. Do not leave for anything other than the scheduled dinner (some things may take less time than scheduled).

Bring your homework and food to snack on. Get rest this week!

Mon May 9 (B day) Cleaning (no stage)

B4 -1:30 -Warm-up/ Caine / Nyah / WW

1:30-2:20 -Brooke/ Brittany

2:20-3:10 -Savana/Chantel

3:10-3:30 -Chantel

3:30-4:30 -WW / duets / word intro

4:30-5:30 - Elenor Rigby

5:30-6:30 - Ashley / Other

Tues May 10 (A day) Spacing / Cleaning

2:30-3:45 -Warm up / WW,duet,words/Caine

3:45-4:00 -move desks

4:00-5:00 -Nyah

5:00-6:00 -Chantel

6:00-7:00 -Brooke (stage) / Brittany

7:00-8:00 -tba

Wed May 11 (B day) Spacing

B4 -Warm up / word intro / duets

2:30-3:45 - run all dances for cleaning in drm.

3:45-4:00 -move desks

4:00-5:00 -Brittany (stage) / Brooke

5:00-5:30 -WW (stage) / other

5:30-6:00 -Duets / Words

6:00-7:00 -Savana (stage) / Chan

7:00-8:00 -Senior / other

Thurs May 12 (A day) Spacing

2:30-3:45 - Warm up, run all dances in drm.

3:45-4:00 -move desks

4:00-5:00 -Caine

5:00-6:00 -Elenor Rigby (stage) / other

6:00-8:00 -run/clean dances / problems

Fri May 13 (B day) Lighting / floor / costumes?

B4 -Warm up / group dances / duet/word

2:30-3:30 -run all dances for cleaning in drm.

3:45-4:00 -move desks, sweep/mop floor

4:00-6:00 - lay floor, trees up

6:00-6:30 -Intro Words

6:30-7:30 -Chantel

7:30-8:00 -tba/problems

Sat May 14 Lighting / Costumes

9:45am -warm up

10:00-1:00pm -cleaning, help with lights, check videos

-light Caine, WW, Senior, Sub, Other

-check out costumes / clean dances

Mon May 16 (A day) Lighting

1:30-2:30 -Teacher collab / PDC warm up,prob

2:30-3:00 -Dance 2 light

3:30-4:30 -Dance 3

4:30-5:30 -Nyah

5:30-6:30 -Savana

Tues May 17 (B day) Lighting

B1/B2/B3 -dance class dances on stage

B4 -problems

2:30-3:00 -PDC Warm up

3:00-4:00 -Ashely

4:00-4:30 -Elenor Rigby

4:30-5:30 -Mt. Ridge Tech / PDC dance room

5:30-6:30 -Brittany

6:30-7:30 -Brooke

7:30-8:30 -Duets

Wed May 18 (A day) Full Dress (cleaning video)

2:30-3:30 -Alyssa kids light / (pdc dance room)

3:30-3:55 -Warm up on Stage

4:00-6:30 -FULL DRESS

7pm – Knight of Recognition

Thurs May 19 (B day) CONCERT

B1/B2/B3 -dance class dances on stage

B4 -problems/ watch video

4:45 -call / sign in (stage)

5:00 -Warm Up / Thought (stage)

6:00 -Doors Open

6:30 - CONCERT put away costumes

Fri May 20 (A day) CONCERT

tba -major problems

4:45 -call / sign in (stage)

5:00 -Warm Up / Thought (stage)

6:00 -Doors Open

6:30 - CONCERT put away costumes

until done -STRIKE: All PDC!!!

PDC Beatles SHOW ORDER

1. Beatles word intro

2. Hello, goodbye

3. Across the Universe (MRJH)

4. Savana

5. Back in the USSR (MRJH)

6. I want you (dance 3)

7. Day in a life (MRJH)

8. Ashley Storm

9. Can’t buy me love (kids)

10. Elenor Rigby

11. Twist and shout

12. Experiment 3.2 Chirp

INTERMISSION (short slide show 10 min)

13. Submarine (dance 3)

14. Free as a bird video

15. Nyahs bird

16. I’ve just seen a face (dance 2)

17. Hard days night (dance 1)

18. Do You Want to Know a Secret (duet)

19. Let it be

20. Come Together

21. Brooke

22. Senior dance (with senior baby pic slide show)

(end slide show)

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Important Upcoming Dates - Info for Parents and Dancers

It's Performance Time for the Performing Dance Company!!!!
Here are some upcoming DATES you need to know about!!! Mark your calendars!
Remember not to schedule family events, doctor, dentist, tests, etc. during our PDC practice times. We really need all of our time to finish and work on our dances we are performing.

Drill Concert - Thursday March 24th 7:00pm @ Lp Big Gym
Stay at school until we are finished performing in concert. Will have a 30 min break to get food. We are in first half of the concert. First we do Shakespeare Ensemble, then we do Bird Dance.
2:30 is PDC practice
3:30-4:00 is spacing in small gym for drill
4:00-4:30 is spacing in big gym for drill (drill concert is in big gym).
4:30-5:30pm continue our PDC after school dances.
Break, eat, get make-up and costumes ready.
6:00pm - Call. You can leave when you are done performing.

Parent Meeting - Trip Approval for daCi Conference, Texas - Friday March 25th @ 2:30pm in Lp Dance Room
Submissions for Trip Approval for Spring Summer must be turned into the District with parent approval before April 1st.
I need to call a super short quick meeting to get approval from each parent that this trip is worth it and educational. By signing and approving this trip it does not mean that your child is attending the conference. I estimate maybe only 5 or so students will go, but it still needs approval from all parents.

We would like to open up the opportunity for some of our dancers (those who want to and can do it) to attend the "dance and the Child international" conference in Texas this summer. We are invited to do a collaborative choreography piece with other high school dancers from Philly, New Mexico, Seattle, and Florida for the opening ceremony of this conference! There are many classes, workshops, and performances with dancers all ages from all over! We hope to do fundraising to help cover some of the cost of this festival. It is quite reasonably priced, just need to find cheap airfare...anyone want to help me find prices and break down cost? I will be going there anyways as I have been asked to teach some of the junior high dance technique classes. This is a great experience for the dancers, with lots of networking with many famous dance educators. This conference will be in Thailand in 2012! To see all details go to: http://www.daciusa.com/pages/4thintergen.htm

Mt. Ridge Dance Co. Concert - Tuesday March 29th 7:00pm @ Mt. Ridge Jr. High Auditorium
Friday March 25th B1 Nyah and Brit light dances at Mt. Ridge
Tuesday March 29th
- PDC regular After School Practices 2:30-4:50pm. Then eat, get ready, head over to Mt. Ridge
- 5:30-6:00pm PDC dances spacing on stage (do not be late)
- 6:00-6:30pm warm up all together
- 7:00pm concert starts. We are dances #6 and #10 out of 17 dances, which are all short (3 minutes long). We will be doing Konda and Bird Dance.

Dance Company Festival - Thursday April 7th - all day, school excused (A-day) Permission Forms coming soon!
This is a new festival in it's pilot stage this year. It will include adjudication in various dance genres, workshop classes, and an evening gala performance. It is only for student choreography. It will cost roughly $15 per student. Parents will drive their own son/daughter to and from the festival which is at the Covey Center. Schedules have not yet been sent out yet. They will adjudicate Bird, Shakespeare Ensemble, and possibly Ashley's Chair Dance, but we can only perform 2 in the gala. It does cost for spectators to watch the adjudications and the gala.

We will need parent chaperons to be in attendance, especially for the Gala and the late afternoon/evening, since I (Mrs. Di Lello) have a mandatory dress rehearsal that night in SLC for a show I am performing in the next day. Please Please Please let me know if you (parent) can come and chaperon our dancers!

Guest Choreographer: Chelsea Ellis (Hip Hop)
Only for dancers who have proven themselves thus far with points, attendance, etc. Special "Beatles" Hip Hop choreography. Utilizing different styles of hip hop. Must commit to being in attendance each practice. Optional additional Mondays during same weeks at same time. May continue the week before spring break, depending on how fast it is learned. Dates:
Wed, March 30th: 3:00-4:30pm
Fri, April 1st: 3:00-4:30pm
Wed, April 6th : 3:00-4:30pm
Fri, April 8th: 3:00-4:30pm

PDC Auditions 2011-2012
Wednesday April 27th -PDC Try Out Parent Meeting: 6-7pm
This is during the Parent-Teacher Conference, so stop by the dance room at 6:00pm for the meeting, to get info, get audition papers, etc. Encourage graduating PDC officers to be in attendance.

PDC 2011-2012 Auditions - PDC Seniors required to help with clinic and auditions
Clinic: Wed-Thur May 4-5th 3:15-6:00pm (only need to attend one)
Auditions: Fri May 6th 3:00-6:30pm

PDC Spring Concert "The Beatles"
May 9-20: Concert Week (spacing, tech, dress, etc.) Do Not Miss!!!!
May 19-20: PDC Spring Concert. 5:30 call. 7:00pm concert.

Other possible dates and times to add, tba:
-Lp Fine Arts Extravaganza?
-Senior Dance practices
-Socials
-Closing End-Of-Year Social
-NHSDA Meeting
-Service Performance?
-Timberline Concert Performance?

And a Special Thanks to Mercedes Miller's Mom for all the help with our lovely bird dance costumes and Nyahka Greer's Mom for chaperoning at State and on the long bus rides!!!!! We Love You!!!

Utah State Dance Festival

We had such a great time at State. We had fun staying overnight at the Marriott, going to amazing master classes and performing in the gala. We also performed Nyah's Bird dance and Caine's Cricket dance extremely well for the adjudication (and had awesome hair and makeup). Here are some highlights from State:

Monday, March 7, 2011

March Newsletter

Brittany LeSueur - Sterling Scholar Finalist

Excerpts from Brittany LeSueur (Dance Sterling Scholar Finalist) in the Deseret News and Daily Herald Newspaper Article:

One of the Sterling Scholar finalists, Britany LeSueur of Lone Peak High, suffered a major setback only a few weeks before this important part of the competition.
Right after the regional portion of the process, she fell on some ice and suffered a radial head fracture in her arm — a devastating development, since her area of expertise is dance. Two weeks of doctor's appointments and hard work followed.
"I tried to keep as much of my original routine as I could, but some of it I couldn't," LeSueur said. "It could've easily been looked at as a disadvantage, but I think when we're faced with those kind of limitations, it allows us to be more creative. It definitely allowed me to find a lot more ways of do things I would've never thought of."
With mature poise and ambition, LeSueur and the other finalists said they have valued the opportunity to take part in the competition and do so well.
"It's been a lot of work and a lot of waiting, but I think it's definitely been worth it," she said. "It's helped me realize a lot of stuff about myself, also. I know I'm going to keep my portfolio for a long time ... (and) while winning would be awesome, whatever happens happens."

The final 13 winners and 26 runners-up will be announced at Cottonwood High School at 7 p.m. March 23.
To read full article, click here
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Brittany also explained her Sterling Scholar experience in our March 2011 PDC Newsletter:

"The Sterling Scholar competition has been an extraordinary experience. It has been well worth the large amount of work. I have had to compile my scholastic, service, leadership and dance achievements into my portfolio. I then had to prepare for my solo, improvisation and interview. I was always asked about the choreographic devices I have used or the process I went through. When I was choreographing I looked back at all of my notes and handouts on choreography. I was able to choreograph using creative devices and then explain it using proper terminology and specific examples from my solo to show my choreographic skills. I then was given a random improvisation prompt. Improvisation is an advanced technique that takes risky dancers. It requires you to commit completely and just go for it. Improvisation is where you show your creativity, your knowledge and your range of dance. In my interviews at the school, region and state levels I was asked questions about figures in modern dance history, dance in public education, the elements of dance, dance in society and even about the future of technology in dance. I was able to effectively answer these questions from everything I have learned in dance 3 and Dance Company for the past 3 years. I made it to the state level because of the guidance and vast knowledge of the elements and history of dance that I have learned from Mrs. Di Lello and PDC. I have also been to several college scholarship auditions, and I have seen that the dancers that come from Lone Peak are known for being extremely knowledgeable and creative dancers. We have many opportunities other schools do not. Anyone wanting to go on in dance or get dance scholarships should continue to work hard on Dance Company and in dance 3 in addition to studio or technique classes. This is the best path to achieving great things in dance. I am so grateful for everything I have learned on Dance Company and the tools is has given me to have a successful Sterling Scholar experience." ~Brittany LeSueur, PDC President

Sunday, February 6, 2011

Recent PDC Comp Assignment

Liz Lerman's "Little Red Riding Hood" Composition Exercise.

Liz Lerman was in Dance Spirit Magazine article "Eight modern choreographers you should know" February 1, 2008
Quote from the article from Liz:

Advice for young choreographers: "You need dance skills but you also need to nurture creativity in others, to learn to bring out the best in them. Figure out what it is you want to say and think about how to say those things through dancing. If there’s something bothering you in the world, at school or with your family or friends, go make a dance about it!"

Choreographing to words:
It can become trite if a dance is choreographed to every single word of a song, but abstraction and variation can help with this. Usually it is advised that begining choreographers do not choreograph to a song with lyrics in it because they will follow the words instead of creative choices, their theme and motif, and choreographic devices.
A good fun example of movement made to fit words is the Napoleon dance by Nederlands Dans Theatre.

Our Adapted Liz Lerman Process:
1) Every person makes one movement gesture for each word in the first 2-3 lines of the story "Little Red Riding Hood". Time is short to prevent second guessing and quick brain work.
2) They connect each movement "word" together to make one larger phrase
3) Everyone is put in a duet with one student choreographer per duet
4) The student choreographer puts the two individual solos together to make one cohesive duet, by exaggerating, deleting, manipulating, adding, repeating, skipping, etc. the given movement. The choreographer is in charge of the new duet, not the dancers, and gets to do what he/she will with the given movement from the solos. It may end up looking very different from the original solos.
5) We presented these with randomly picket music without the story being read.

Obviously this is a work-in-process, but I am very proud of these dancers for working hard and taking it seriously. This can be an advanced composition exercise. It really helps dancers "see" possibilities in choreography. You become better at choreographing by practicing choreographing.

Here are their short works: