Contra Costa School of Performing Arts Department of Dance November 18, 2018 |
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Welcome to our inaugural newsletter. To keep communication more efficient and concise, SPA's Department of Dance will be sending out at least one newsletter a month with announcements, important reminders, and information about upcoming events. Be on the look out for this new form of communication, but please continue to reach out with questions or comments at anytime. |
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A big thank to our wonderful dance majors, families, and SPA supporters for making our Fall Showing such a success. Audience turnout exceeded our expectations and has given us reason to reflect on how we can continue to meet the needs of our growing department. We believe the students and community alike are beginning to sense the quality and significance of the work we are creating here at SPA. Our dancers are engaged in remarkable, important, incredibly challenging work that needs to be shared and seen more often. While process, research, and inquiry will always be core values of our department, we do think it is important to create more performance opportunities throughout the year so that our young artist-scholars can share their training and choreographic thinking with friends, family, and the community. Stay tuned. |
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Student/Teacher Conferences If you haven't already, please sign your child up for a conference using one of the links below. These artistic meetings are an opportunity to discuss grades, progress, and goals for the school year and beyond. Parent/guardians are highly encouraged to come. Thank you to those families who have signed up or met with me already - I have thoroughly enjoyed meeting and speaking with all of you. |
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High School Arts ConferencesDance Families, Student/Teacher conferences are an essential part of a young dancer's training. This year at SPA we are implementing biannual conferences, once in the Fall and once in the Spring. Please sign your child up for one of the time slots below. |
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Middle School Arts ConferencesDance Families, Student/Teacher conferences are an essential part of a young dancer's training. This year at SPA we are implementing biannual conferences, once in the Fall and once in the Spring. Please sign your child up for one of the time slots below. Conferences will begin next Monday, October 29th. |
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High School Winter Retreat Our third annual High School Retreat will take place January 25-27 at Hidden Valley Music Seminars in Carmel Valley. Selected students will spend 2 nights and 3 days at an arts intensive focused entirely on their chosen major. This year our guest artist is Mr. Derrick Agnoletti, principal dancer with the Joffrey Ballet. Please see Mr. Agnoletti's bio below. |
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Derrick Agnoletti | Joffrey BalletDirector, Ashley C. Wheater brings a unique, inclusive perspective on dance, proudly reflecting the diversity of America with its company, audiences, and repertoire. |
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Congratulations to Milissa Payne Bradley. She has been chosen to premiere a work at the 92Y in NYC in April 2019. A prestigious honor, Ms. Payne-Bradley will share the bill with four choreographers from American Ballet Theatre and New York Theatre Ballet. More info below. |
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In 2015, SPA Dance faculty Ali McKeon founded the Ali McKeon Dance Project and its annual project CRAFT Dance Series. The project is an intensive, two-week experimental choreographic lab led by co-artistic directors Ali McKeon and Stefanie Maughan. In early 2019, Ms. McKeon will be producing another CRAFT Dance Series in the South Bay. More info about Ms. McKeon and her choreographic work here. |
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DonorsChoose and Global Giving Tuesday Over the last semester, DonorsChoose.org has helped our department get a model skeleton for our classroom and most recently items for our dressing room including lockers, mirrors, and storage cubbies. We currently have a project posted to help us get yoga mats for our conditioning and pilates classes. On Tuesday, November 27th (Global Giving Tuesday) all donations to our classroom will automatically enter us to receive an additional $5,000 gift code! On 11/27, please consider making a donation to our project here. To help supply us with additional items for our dressing room, Ms. Payne-Bradley also has a project here. Thank you to those that have already donated. Your generosity is greatly appreciated! |
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This year our Spring Showcase will take place May 2 - 4 @7pm plus a 2pm matinee on Saturday the 4th. These are mixed-repertory performances with choreography by SPA dance faculty and guest artists. We would like as many dance majors as possible to participate in these shows. If you have a conflict with the above days and times, please let Ms. Orloff know ASAP. More info on these performances to come. **We are looking to rent a portable sprung floor for the Spring Showcase. Anyone with dance and/or theater connections, please reach out if you know of a company that rents out their sprung floor. It would need to support approx. 1200 sq. ft. of marley floor. Thank you!! |
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We Are On Instagram! A reminder that the Dance Department has its own instagram @cocospadance. Please follow us and spread the word! |
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Have a wonderful and restful Thanksgiving break! |
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