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!!!!!!!!
         

PDC Spring Show Order

Concert Starts at 7:00 pm

1. The Space Between (Caine)
2. Children's Clinic (Tuesday) / Timberline (Wednesday)
3. Beth's New
4. I Dare You (Ashley)
5. Caleb ?
6. Puppet
7. Rose

Intermission (with slide show)

8. Accumulation / Deccumulation (Improvisation)
9. UVU?
10. Dance 3
11. Nyah's New
12. Boys?
13. Dollhouse
14. Dance 2
15. Compulsion (Akaysha)
16. NHSDA (Tuesday) / Silent Auction (Wednesday)
17. Senior Dance

CONCERT WEEK!!!!

PDC in "Sexy Modest Boutique" Video!!!

STATE 2012

Once Again.... 

PDC received the HIGHEST ratings at STATE as well as the coveted "Outstanding Student Choreography Award"!!!!!!!!

 Here are some pics of the festival and master classes we had.

Spring Dates

PDC Spring Calendar Schedule

Green: PDC Auditions  Blue: PDC Performances  Red: PDC Choreography Deadlines 

A/B     Day     Date   Time               What__________________________________________

A          Mon     3/5       1:30-3:30       ●Dollhouse, chaperon or sitter needed

B          Tues    3/6       2:30-4:50        ●All PDC Dances (esp. Snow Caine’s)

10:50 pm         ●Red Eye to Nationals

March 7-11th                         ✫Nationals in Philly.  Non-Philly will have regular school

and after school practices.  Parent chaperon needed for

Thursday 3/8th from 2:30-4:50.

A          Wed     3/7       4:30 pm           ✫GUYS SexyModest video recording at store in AF.

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B         Mon    3/12     6:45 am           ✫SNOW Dance3. Meet at front of school.  Leave to SNOW

classes, perform, etc.  Leave SNOW at 8:00 pm, return to Lp
around 10:00 pm. (ALL PDC GOING to SNOW)

B          Fri        3/16     B4                   ●All Dances ½ Done choreographed.  Showings in class.

                                    3:30 pm           ●PDC Audition Parent/Dancer Meeting

            Sat       3/17     9:30 am           ✫SexyModest music video at store in AF/cinemark parking

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B          Mon     3/26                             ●Minimal Day.  All Dances practice after school with chaperon

A          Tues    3/27     2:30-4:50 pm   ●Dances 100% Done!  Showings at 4:30 pm

A          Thur     3/29     5:30-8:00 pm   ●PDC Audition Clinic in Lp Dance Room

B         Fri       3/30     3:30 pm          ✫PDC AUDITION.  Check in at 3:00 pm

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B         Tue     4/3       All Day            ✫Dance Company Festival.  

A          Wed     4/4       2:30-4:30 pm   ●Dances all CLEAN.  Showings of all dances.

B          Thur     4/5       B4-8:00 pm     ●Lay Floor & Spacing

A          Fri        4/6       2:30-8:00 pm   ●On Stage Spacing

            Sat       4/7       am                     ●Possible practice

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----------M-F----4/9-13-------------------●SPRING BREAK-------------------------------------------------------

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            M-F     4/16-20 2:30-8:00 pm ●CONCERT WEEK.  Lighting, Tech, etc. on Stage. Manditory!

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A          Mon     4/23     2:30-6:00 pm  ●Full Dress Rehearsal

B         Tue     4/24                             ✫PDC CONCERT    

A         Wed    4/35                             ✫PDC CONCERT                

We're IN!!!!

GREAT NEWS!  We are Going to Nationals!

After being on the wait list for months to attend "The National High School Dance Festival" we received news yesterday that we are off the wait list and all set to go!  There were so many schools and dancers that registered that there was enough for two festivals!

This festival only happens every other year and rotates between Miami and Philadelphia.  This year it is a Philadelphia.  This is BIG.  Many fine arts, magnet, and charter schools attend this festival, as well as schools from Australia, Canada, Hawaii, and Europe.  There are auditions for graduating seniors during one of the days for University and summer program scholarships, as well as professional company.  One such recruiter is Julliard.

This festival is so great because it is arts based and is not competitive in the sense that there different ratings such as first, second, third place.  It helps foster talent and artistry to the highest level in our dancers.  Every single time I have taken my dance company, they have been blown away at the talent and choreographic level of other high school students their same age from across the nation.  It is good to get out of our bubble sometimes.

MORE GREAT NEWS!
We were also accepted to perform in an informal concert featuring student choreography!  Our PDC President Beth Covey's dance "Dollhouse" was accepted into this performance.  It is a huge honor to be able to perform at this festival amongst all the other amazing schools.  I usually have to tell my dancers not to expect to have any of our pieces accepted or to get their hopes up because we are just a normal public school.  Seriously, some of these other schools are so good and have original Paul Taylor or Graham works re-created on them.   THIS IS A BIG COMPLIMENT to us as dancers, performers, and choreographers!

Just because we don't focus on trophies or halftime performances does not mean we are not doing great things!  Our school's Performing Dance Company is really well known and highly thought of by all the university dance programs around Utah.

Keep up the good work dancers.   We have lots of work to do, but you are doing wonderful, and I hope you do feel recognized for your accomplishments.  STATE and NATIONALS, here we come.

Nikolais Performance Matinee Thursday Feb 2

For those going with us to the Nikolais matinee performance tomorrow at the Capitol Theater, please fill out, have your parent sign, and bring the permission slip and $3 receipt for bus TOMORROW in order to board the bus.  Everyone in PDC should be going.  This counts as a concert report too :)  We will be back around 2:00 to get ready for our after school practices.  "School excused" for B3 and B4.

Permission Slip

Upcoming Info

Hello Lovelies!

Great Job on your Concert!  Yes, it is yours, you proposed the dances, choreographed the dances, cleaned the dances, created your costumes, spaced your dances, lit your dances, produced your concert!  It means so much more and you grow so much more when it is truly yours.
Kalli's Father will have the DVDs soon.  Big Thanks to the Elmers!

We also had a nice winter social at the Covey's house, where we dressed in ugly Christmas attire, ate bread bowl soups, did a white elephant exchange, and wrote happy nice notes to each member of our dancing family.

End of Semester Assignments:
1) PDC Buddy Spotlight (we are a team, lets show off how awesome and unique our buddies are)
2) Blog Post (Officers only) on something interesting, exciting, insight you had, or fun event, etc.

Optional Extra Credit
3) Performance Self Assessment from the concert (extra credit because of technology issues)


New Semester Reminders:
-Every Tuesday and Thursday after school 2:30-4:50pm unless specifically stated by director.
-Monday B-days after school technique
-Still possible Friday early mornings
-Be Early, Dressed, with Binder/Calendar, ready to dance.  Please eat lunch at lunch time :)

B4 Class Period:
We have a state core curriculum with material that needs to covered, which includes many composition and mini choreographic studies and applications, as well as learning and applying health, technique, improvisation, history and cultural elements in regards to the body and dance.  Sometimes may be more notes/lectures, others may be more based on just moving or technique.  Once and a while we will work on full company dances and choreography.  Our after school practices are meant to be for our student choreographed dances.  (Upcoming Assignments: Healthy Lifestyle chart, Dance Vitae, National Honor Society for Dance Arts applications...)

STATE:
Friday Feb 17th 7:00pm is a master class/audition for seniors only
SATURDAY FEB 18th (all day) at the U of U

PHILLY:
We were accepted to perform Dollhouse in an informal concert at Nationals!  Should find out very soon about wait list.

SNOW COLLEGE DANCE3:
Monday Feb 12th!  The day we get back from Philly, but it was a unanimous vote by dancers to go to Snow.
High School, College, and Professional (Julliard) master classes and performance with all 3 levels.  One day, only expense is our transportation (limo?)  :)

Concert Schedule

PDC 2011-2012 Winter “Myths & Legends” 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 11/28 B-day	Little Theater	Dance Room
1:15 pm	Clean/run:  -Vampire -Transformers -Natalie -Adam Eve -H3I5T	Sterling Scholar Prep
1:45 pm		Nyah St. Sch
2:15 pm		Ash St. Sch
2:45 pm		Beth St. Sch
Break – Go Home, Eat, Etc. 4:30 – Krista meeting at UVU: Dance Conc. Enroll.
7:00 pm - ?	Start Laying Floor!!! can be a family helping service activity   :)

Tue 11/29 A-day	Stage (spacing)	Dance Room (cleaning)
2:30 pm	Thought:_____________________ Finish Laying Floor…
3:30 pm
4:30 pm	Cartoon A&B
5:30 pm	Shak. Ens / Duo	Shak. Ens / Duo
6:00-6:30	Eat / costumes on for video
6:30 pm – 9:00pm	Space/Video: -H3I5T -Adam & Eve	Clean: -Vampire -Transformers

Wed 11/30 B-day	Stage (spacing)	Dance Room (cleaning)
B4	Duets / Solos	Costumes - check out
2:30 pm	Warm-Up:___________________ Thought:____________________
3:30 pm	Natalie	Maria / Beth
4:00 pm	Transformers	Mercedes
4:30 pm	Mercedes	Transformers
5:00 pm	Vampire	H3I5t
5:30 pm	Maria	Natalie / Beth
6:00 pm	Beth	Maria / Natalie
6:30 pm	TBA:	TBA:
7:30 pm	TBA:	TBA:

Thurs 12/1 A-day	Stage (Lighting)	Dance Room (Cleaning)
2:30 pm	Warm-Up:___________________ Thought:____________________
3:30 pm	Cartoon A & B
4:30 pm	H3i5T	Vampire
5:00 pm	Vampire	H3I5T
5:30 pm	Shak. Ensemble	Shake Duo
6:00 pm	Shak. Duo	Shak. Ensem.
6:30 pm – 9:00 pm	-Ash/Maria Duet -Problems	Sculpture & Finale

Fri 12/2 B-day	Stage (Lighting)	Dance Room (Cleaning)
B2	Dance 1 Space on State
B3	Dance 3 Space on Stage
B4	Warm-Up:___________________ Thought:____________________
2:30 pm	Adam & Eve		Sculpture
3:30 pm	Brooke		Mercedes
4:00 pm	Mercedes		Brooke
4:30 pm	Beth		Maria / Nat
5:00 pm	Maria		Nat / Maria
5:30 pm	Natalie		Beth / Maria
6:00 pm	Solos		Finale
7:00 pm	Problems / Go Out to EAT!

Sat 12/3	Stage (spacing)	Dance Room (cleaning)
8:00 am	TBA
9:00 am	TBA
10:00 am	TBA
11:00 am	TBA
12:00 noon	TBA
1:00 pm	TBA

Mon 12/5 A-day	Stage (spacing)	Dance Room (cleaning)
2:30 pm	Warm-Up:___________________ Thought:____________________
3:30 pm	Finale
4:30 pm	Run 1st ½ Show Order PDC Dances
5:00 pm	Eat Break with Dance Notes
5:30 pm	Run 2nd ½ Show Order PDC Dances
6:00 pm	Dance Notes

Tues 12/6 B-day	Stage (Lighting)		Dance Room (cleaning)
B2	Dance 1 on Stage
B3	Dance 3 on Stage
B4	Opener / Finale
2:30 pm	Dance 1 Light	PDC:  sculpture opener work
3:30 pm	Dance 3 Light		PDC: Warm Up
5:00 pm	Show Run Through with Lights
6:30 pm	Notes on Run Through
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm	Run Problem Dance / Lights - - -

Wed 12/7 A-day	DRESS REHEARSAL
2:30 pm	Warm-Up:___________________ Thought:____________________
3:30 pm	Full Dress Rehearsal in costume In Show Order.  Video Record
5:00 pm	PDC Eat & Notes & Watch Video Light Middle School Dance
6:00 pm	Problems TBA:
7:00 pm	Problems TBA:
8:00 pm	TBA:	TBA:

Thur 12/8 B-day	CONCERT
B4	Problems / TBA
5:00 pm CALL	Warm-Up:___________________ Thought:____________________
6:30 pm	Doors Open / Sculptures in place
7:00 pm	Show Starts

Fri 12/9 A-day	CONCERT
5:00 pm CALL	Warm-Up:___________________ Thought:____________________
6:30 pm	Doors Open / Sculptures in place
7:00 pm	Show Starts
Until done	STRIKE!  All PDC!