PDC Dance Camp Letter and MORE

PDC Dance Camp, etc. Letter (pdf)

PDC First Meeting with Parents on 5/24/14 info (word)
Important Dates for PDC 2014-2015 (word)

PDC NEW MEMBER SOCIAL

ALL PDC 2014-15 Members and Parents!

PDC 14-15 Opening Social/Meeting

When: Saturday May 24th @ 5:00 PM
Location: tba (outside / park)
What to bring:
           - potluck summer food (I will send out or post up a sign up form)
           - your current transcript (you must have at least a 2.8 gpa to be on company)
           - yourself and a parent

We will review the contract/demerit system and expectations/requirements of PDC
We will check and update everyone's contact information
We will "get-to-know-you"
We will discuss some summer options and opportunities for those around in the summer
We will hand out all of our big important dates for the upcoming year


HELP PLEASE! 
If you are willing to help in organizing this event, parents and/or dancers, please email me with what you can do or contribute.


I understand that not everyone will be able to be in attendance, as we have 2 dancers who are out-of-state and are moving in.  Everyone else, if you can please make an effort to be there, that would be great.  If you have to bring your whole family to make it happen, go for it (as long as we have enough food).

PDC Summer Dance Camp Dates

Our Dance Camp will be:
August 4th-9th

The first 4 days will be at Lone Peak High School.
The last 2 days will be at the Rose Wagner Theater in SLC doing the RW High School Workshop.

PDC 2013-2014

Good job to everyone that tried out!  Remember to keep auditioning and to never give up!  This is not the end, only the beginning.  Remember the quote I gave in the audition:

If you did not make it this year, please try out again next year.  For some of you, I want to see you in the other LP dance classes and see you investment and improvement, and would love to see you on PDC in following years.

LOVE YOU ALL!!!


For those that did make it onto this list...
This is not a guarantee you will be on next year for it may be contingent upon some of the following:

*required forms are not turned in
*missing teacher recommendations
*probationary until grades are fixed
*more technique is required, especially over the summer
*poor teacher recommendations and personal interview is needed
*needing to enroll in Lp Dance 2 or Dance 3 (this is a requirement for PDC)
You will get a personal email with what specific things I will be needing from you.

CONGRATULATIONS: 
Sabrina Christensen
Kelzie Devitt
Bailey Frampton
Maya Fraser
Meghan Freeze
Akaysha Greer
Megan Hendricks
Erin Hodgson
Monica Hymas
McKenna Kirkland
Alexis McAllister
Brielle Moon
Chayn Odette
Carleigh Paulin
Whitney Rovig
Kayla Shaw
Autumn Schoemig
Bronwyn Varner

Important Info for New PDC:

Lp PDC Spring Concert is May 9-10th at 7:00 pm.  Please come (you get in for free).  You will be performing Natalie's Contemporary Combo right before the finale at the end of the concert to introduce the audience to next year's team.  Please make every effort to be there.  We will have a short 1-2 hour practice to space everyone out and review the combo, with date TBA.  Keep checking this blog and your email and join our PDC facebook pages!  Also please add the PDC google calendar to your calendar for important upcoming dates and assignments.

A New Member and Parent Meeting will be held after the PDC Concert, date TBA.  We will review the expectations, requirements, etc. for the upcoming year.  I will be printing off our dates and info for you to give to your studios, in hopes we can work together with scheduling to support our dancers.

Before the school year ends, we will have a New Member Social.  Here I would also like to vote and appoint Officers for PDC so the officers and I can start working over the summer making plans and getting things ready.

We will be having some socials, planning meetings, and perform in some parades throughout the summer for those that are available and around.    Right before school starts (or soon after) we will have a PDC retreat and getting-to-know-you team building social/overnight trip as well.

This is going to be a great year! I am very excited to get to WORK!  (Keep up your push-ups)

Mrs. Di Lello

PDC 2012-2013

Good Job Everyone who Auditioned!!!!

Posting of the list will happen before Spring Break on this page!  This is a very hard decision, and you all did great.  I am still waiting for some documents from some people as well.


PDC Summer Dance Camp 2012 (MANDATORY)
Mon-Sat, August 6-11th. 8am-5pm.  $200
Please plan your summer accordingly.  

All dates will also be on the PDC google calendar, which you can find on the calendar link on this blog.

Other optional summer opportunities with PDC include:
-summer parades
-Take Two choreography/performance
-free technique/conditioning classes @ Lp w/ Mrs. D
-RDT High School 2 day workshop
-socials or get-togethers

lets do it!!!!

Oh mercy! New semester means new goals and new rules and POSITIVE ATTITUDES! Us officers are super duper excited for everything we get to do this semester!

Just a reminder!
-keep a positive attitude
-stay focused :)
-for class on B days be sure to be in the room when the tardy bell rings for roll call. Then go get dressed.
-remember. You have 5 minutes to change. If it takes you longer
then that... something is wrong...
-for Tuesday's and Thursdays be sure to be in the dance room at 230... dressed and ready to dance!

I love you all! Lets start this year just grand dandy!!!.

Brooke Larson :).

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!  

PDC SUMMER DANCE CAMP INTENSIVE!!!
Tell us you are coming by accepting this event invite from Facebook: 

$$$IMPORTANT$$$: 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

RDT 2-day summer workshop

Right now I have 4 dancers confirmed to attend the RDT 2 day high school workshop, which will be for the Mon-Tues session Junly 11-12th. Please arrange your own rides and know this is not a "PDC group activity". If you cannot go to the full day or both days, please let me know and I will have others take your place.

If others want to go still (dance company or not) and they are not on this list below, please have them register and pay themselves with RDT directly. Here is link for schedule, location, contact, etc:
http://www.xmission.com/~rdt/summerdance2011_highschool.html

These are the dancers who have confirmed with me that they are going:
Lizzy, Kaite, Natalie, Bradyrian.

You 4 dancers, Please rsvp to me that you are for sure doing this and I will register you. You will just have to show up, check in, and sign a waiver (in case you get injured, etc.)

Talk to you soon!

Summer and PDC info

daCi
Please let me know if you are planning on going to "dance and the Child international" intergenerational national conference in Texas! I will put you in touch with all the others from PDC who are planning on going, so you can plan your travels together, if you want. Again, we will need to be there Monday July 11th for our first practice ALL together at in Denton, Texas. The other schools are counting on us!

We need to start working on choreography together ASAP. The other schools/dancers already have most of their parts done. I will share the theme and concept and music with you and we will all brainstorm and choreograph it together! This will look great on your dance curriculum vitaes (cv)!

If you are planning on going, when are you here in Utah and available to do some rehearsals? Next week I will teach pilates here on Tuesday at 8:30am, then technique (prob a mix between ballet and modern) at 8:30am, both in the dance room. We could possibly start practicing after those classes? Any other suggestions on time? I will have to bring my kiddies, so if anyone has someone who would like to come and "watch" them, that could be great... hint hint ;)

My schedule is open all next week! Then The following 2 weeks I will be taking the RDT professional Cunningham dance intensive from morning until around 4pm in SLC. So possibly I could do later in the day those 2 weeks. After those 2 weeks I am here until we head to Texas.

We just really need to get choreo out! Even if you are not going, you are welcome to come and assist with an outside eye on choreography. PLEASE let me know if you are going! We need at LEAST 3 dancers, but the more, the better.


RDT 2-day high school workshop
If you were interested in attending this 2-day high school workshop (usually goes from 9am to 4pm, with technique, comp/improv, repertoire, and some other form like yoga or hip hop, etc. I will pay out of our remainder PDC money for 2-3 of our next year dancers to go. If you want to go, but money is not a problem and you can pay yourself, let me know and I will sign you up (just bring the money the first day). Since this is not a full company sponsored event, you are welcome to carpool or get there and back however your parents allow. It costs $95 (from what I remember off the top of my head).

The dates that they have some openings are either July 11-12 (session 1) or 15-16 (session 3). If you want to do this, I want to put all of you in the same session. Let me know which one you are able to do, how bad you want to do this, and if money would be an issue or not. I will take all this info and decide on first reply basis and the session with the majority of dancers. Let me know as soon as possible, as these sessions fill up with any and all high school dancers from all over Utah.


Cedar Hills Parade
Who is wanting to do this? Anyone want to do choreography for it? It would need to travel. We would also need some sort of truck and sound system too.


Look here at our Blog for updates on info about when I am doing free summer conditioning/technique classes, when Nyah is doing her practices for "Take Two", when daCi practices are, and if/when PDC dancers are getting together to do anything fun or whatever.

Have a Great Summer!

Krista Di Lello

PDC Summer Dance Camp 2010

Natosha Washington's "Donk" Dance

We all made it!

Conditioning, technique, improv, learning a dance in one day, and the limo ride to the 2 day Ririe-Woodbury High School Workshop... lots of dance and lots of fun, even amongst the injuries (or surgeries) that were brought in or appeared.  I hope the dancers will keep up with their personal training and conditioning on their own time to keep their bodies strong and prevent further injury.

Good job to Anne Marit who didn't give up and walk, but ran all they way, each time we went out to do cardio!

Right on men for sticking with us amongst a bunch of crazy girls, finding ways to be masculine and taking the test of continual lifts and catches of the girls (wrestling room).  Speaking in terms of motivation, Bradyrian sure keeps us going strong and positive!

Way to go Alyssa Lone who just performed in "Momentum" as one of the few "youngsters" in this professional performance which included past and present Ririe-Woodbury "Step Up" dancers.

Good Luck to Brittany LeSueur who was voted to choreograph the Shakespeare Ensemble Dance and Nyahka Greer who was voted to choreograph the Shakespeare Duo/Trio Dance.  Keep working hard!

We will miss those that left us on company, but will use these difficult opportunities to utilize our "creative problem solving" abilities to revamp our choreography to be even better than before.  Let us all work together and put our choreographer classes on :)

Beth being silly