Company and Audition Information

PDC Summer Dance Camp

1 Week at LP
2-day Ririe-Woodbury/ RDT HS Dance Workshop

Homecoming Football Game Time Shakespeare Festival (Oct) PDC Winter Concert (Dec-Jan) UDEO State Dance Festival (Jan-Feb) Tour (March) PDC Spring Dance Concert (April-May) Fundraising, Service Projects, and Socials

July 15-16, 17-18, 19-20 -RDT 2-day HS Workshop Aug 5-10th -Possible PDC Summer Workshop

Wed Oct 2nd 2013 -Evening of Shakespeare Th-Sat Oct 3-5 -Shakespeare Festival Dec 2-13th -PDC Concert Week Fri & Mon Dec 13 & 16 -PDC Winter Concert Sat Feb 8th -STATE High School Dance Festival March 26-30th -NATIONAL High School Dance Festival in Miami M-F April 28-May 9th -PDC Concert Week

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Guest Choreographers Costumes Guest Teachers or Master Classes Basic Transportation Supplies, Music, Props, Treats, Paying Judges Putting on our Concerts
Technical Supplies (marley tape, light gels, etc.) Paying techies and custodians Posters, flyers, tickets, camera men, etc.

Must have taken or be concurrently enrolled in Dance 3 GPA 2.8 or above Must be able to attend all required practices:

All forms completed and turned in by the clinic Attend Clinic and Audition
* Audition for Dances!!!!!!

B4: PDC Class Time (academic) Tues & Thurs 2:30-5:00pm (student choreography)* Mon, Wed, Fri 1 hour after school (student choreography)* 2 Weeks before a concert, or performance (see contract)

Must attend / do:

Officer Meetings (PDC Officers) One group fundraiser per semester One PDC social per semester One concert per term, 1 professional modern/contemporary dance concert and 1 other concert (ex. another high school concert) w/ written reports One PDC service project Turn in reading and other homework assignments Analyze dance videos online and peer choreography Do mini choreographic studies, comp and improv Teach, clean, space and light own choreography Do assigned music solos and group famous dance history compositions (practical final), and written self refection final

All Forms Due by or before Friday April 19th by 10:00 pm March 26th

Submit ALL FORMS ONLINE and print and bring to clinics / audition

Student Application Form Parent Permission Form PDC Contract please detach last page only Current School Transcript 8 Teacher Recommendation Forms
(1 From every teacher this semester. Teachers will send in ~ Confidential)

PDC Clinics: Thurs & Fri, April 3:15-6pm

Free. Must attend at least one day to learn combos.

PDC Audition: Fri, May 6th 3:00-6:00pm

ONLINE!!!!! www.lphspdc.blogspot.com

Keep and review PDC Contract/Disclosure and Performance Protocol Understand the Demerit Point System
5 Points = Verbal Warning 10 Points = Written Warning 15 Points = Automatic Dismissal From PDC

BE EARLY!!! Attend the Clinic & Turn in Forms, Do Audition Wear LP-Approved Tight Dance Wear, Hair Pulled Back, No Gum or Food or Parents 2-4 Experienced Judges, PDC Director has final say Points given in the following categories: grades/gpa, teacher recommendation scores, dance technique skill, and improvisation skill

 Check-in, Get #, Stand in # order

Technique: Warm-up, Feet, Adagio (taught day of) Across the Floor: Leaps and Turns (Learn at Clinic) Jazz Combo (Learn at Clinic) Modern Combo (Learn at Clinic)
Improvisation (in small groups)

Repeat combos in smaller groups as needed

We will take both guys and girls of technical proficiency and scoring high in all categories. Possible limited number of Sophomores. No set number of dancers. Just who looks good dancing together. Once you commit, you must follow through Will be notified via email and it will be posted on the website/blog. I will add PDC to your class schedule, B4.

You will be notified via email, and blog

www.lphspdc.blogspot.com
LP Website

Faculty Mrs. Di Lello

Mrs. Di Lellos Website

PDC Page

Dance UTIPS

PDC Blog

Do Your Best and Never Give Up!

The Following Dance Classes count as Fine Arts, PE Activity, or Elective Credit:

Dance 1 Dance 2 Dance 3 (UVU Concurrent Enrollment!!!!) PDC (an AP Dance Class and Company/Team)

National Honor Society for Dance Arts Chapter now at Lone Peak!

Performing Dance Company

PDC IS

PDC IS NOT

A Class for Fine Arts Credit A Company Has a clear curriculum (therefore there are assignments, projects, tests, etc.) A Demanding Company that requires the best technicians and choreographers For those who are serious about dance or who want to continue on in dance. To make a well rounded dancer. Everything is meant to be educational, including trips, tours, tech-ing/concert week, etc.

Phone Directory Company Just a Team Main Focus on Competitions Whole time is spent on cleaning and perfecting dances for competitions A Club or Social Gathering A lower team to be on if you dont make Cheer, Drill, Underwater Basket Weaving Team, etc.

Master Classes from such companies as the famous Alvin Ailey American Dance Company Service Performances at the Charleston and other places Attended the National High School Dance Festival (takes place every other year, in Miami then Philadelphia) Attended the State High School Dance Festival Attended the Shakespeare Festival w/ Drama in Cedar City, UT Attends touring professional dance company concerts, such as Alvin Ailey, Pilobolus, Martha Graham, Lar Lubovitch, Momix, etc. Attended performances, workshops, and got guest choreography from local professional modern dance companies such as Repertory Dance Theatre and Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company Received guest choreography from renowned dance professors from U of U, BYU, UVU, and SUU Attended Body Worlds and other educational exhibits Attended dance improvisation jams here and across the country

Performing Dance Company 1.0 Credit Grades 10-12 - Fee $300. Audition Only

Fine Arts or PE activity credit! This co-ed class is designed to study dance technique, choreography, performance quality, and production. Each member will choreograph and complete a study of dance as an art form. Improvement in technique and performance quality will be stressed in all areas of dance, concentrating on contemporary/modern. Technique and performance is emphasized as well as dance scholarship preparation. Students are required to perform in the winter and spring concerts and attend outside concerts and workshops at the college or professional level. Technique, composition, and choreography take up the majority of class time. Extra rehearsals before and or after school. This is the course to take for Dance Sterling Scholar. Fee required. Audition only.

Dance Company is a performance class and it is similar to an AP class in dance. It is designed to help students become better dancers, performers, and choreographers through the medium of Modern / Contemporary Dance. This class is not an after-school elective, but is part of the State and National Core Curriculum for dance education. PDC performs in concerts and assemblies, and also tours nationally. The learning emphasis will be placed on the artistic nature of dance. We do not just rehearse "routines"; rather, the student will learn to create using elements of art in movement. This class is the next step in preparing students for placement on college or other dance companies.

Excellent Preparation for Dance Sterling Scholar Excellent Preparation for University Scholarship Auditions and Placement Goes hand-in-hand with the National Honor Society for Dance Arts. Important skills if you want to go on in the world of dance. Students have the opportunity to learn about composition and get to choreograph their own dances. Can get awards and scholarships for artistic merit and student choreography from State and National Festivals. Get to perform, go on tour, do service projects, participate in fundraisers, make new friends, work hard, be disciplined, learn new things, and have fun. To become more involved in the school and be part of a team.

Taken directly from the UEN Website

Description of Dance Company Dance is a universal language, an expressive and vibrant art with the capacity to unify the physical, mental, social, emotional, aesthetic, and spiritual. This company level dance course builds dance knowledge and skills in technique, improvisation, choreography, artistic expression, performance, history, culture, life skills, and connections to other curricular areas. The prerequisite for this course is Dance III (1940) or by audition. Explanation of Standards The Utah Dance Core Curriculum embodies the universal principles and language of dance as an art form, and encourages awareness of body movement and its creative potential for communicating meaning and selfexpression. By creating, performing, and responding to dance, students address dance education goals which are divided into four dance standards:

Technique Elements of Dance Creative/Choreographic Processes Meaning

Arts education and learning are vital to the development of creative, well-rounded, independent thinkers. -Utah Arts Council
1 Art produced or intended primarily for beauty rather than utility. Any of the art forms, such as sculpture, painting, music, or

[dance],used to create such art. Often used in the plural. 2 Something requiring highly developed techniques and skills - Answers.com

Fine art describes an art form developed primarily for aesthetics and/or concept rather than utility.[1] Today, the fine arts commonly include visual and performing art forms, such as painting, sculpture, music, dance, theatre, architecture, photography and printmaking. - Wikipedia
It is the art-form, craft, depth, creative skill, and process of the work.

Standard 1
TECHNIQUE
Students will demonstrate technical proficiency and knowledge of the body.

Standard 2
ELEMENTS OF DANCE
Students will demonstrate knowledge and skills in the elements of dance

Standard 3
CREATIVE/ CHOREOGRAPHIC PROCESSES
Students will understand choreographic principles, processes, and structures.

Standard 4
MEANING
Students will gain an understanding of dance as a means to create and communicate meaning.

Objective 1: Value dance as contributing to healthy human development.

Document progress on select technical and performance goals. Implement an individual conditioning program that addresses differences in strength, flexibility, muscular endurance, coordination, and agility. Implement strategies for injury prevention in class, rehearsals, and performance. Describe immediate injury care. Discuss methods of enhancing dancers abilities in choreography.

Utah Core Curriculum Dance Company

Objective 2: Develop knowledge and skills of axial movements and basic locomotor steps.
Perform complex axial movements of greater length with rhythmical, spatial, and qualitative challenges demonstrating dynamic alignment and dynamic balance; articulation of the torso, articulation of peripheral body parts promoting mobility and stability, integration of the spine with the periphery, use of breath to integrate movement, movement initiation from the center of the body, and movement connectivity. Perform complex variations of basic locomotor and combination steps which incorporate spatial, rhythmical, and qualitative challenges. Perform complex combinations of various locomotor steps with axial movement. Create and perform student-directed locomotor combinations which also incorporate axial movements.

Objective 1: Develop knowledge and skills in space. Demonstrate spatial and shape awareness in performance. Choreograph and perform a dance exploring interesting spatial relationships of groups. Choreograph and perform an individual study using three shapes, three focal points, and three ranges of motion.

Objective 1: Improvise within a structure. Improvise a solo based upon an element of dance. Use all improvisational skills to aid choreography; e.g., use of spontaneity and imagination, discovery and development of thematic material, staying within gestalt. Objective 2: Demonstrate choreographic principles, processes and structure. Analyze the relationship between music, sound, and choreography. Create and perform studies in various choreographic forms. Choreograph and perform in different dances utilizing previous knowledge and experience. Compare the creative processes used by a noted choreographer and an artist in another form. Objective 3: Demonstrate performance and choreographic skill. Demonstrate ensemble performance skills. Create a 3-5 minute group dance with coherence and aesthetic unity. Participate in the process of presenting a concert.

Objective 1: Define and demonstrate the creative process of abstraction.

Analyze how a choreographer uses abstraction to create or communicate meaning. Choreograph a solo based on a person, character, or picture through the process of abstraction.

Objective 2: Demonstrate how dance communicates meaning.

Explore through dance elements and compositional principles the most effective way to develop an idea through movement. Choreograph a dance that successfully communicates a topic of personal significance or a contemporary social theme. Create an interdisciplinary project based on a theme, idea, concept, social issue, or object.

Objective 2: Develop knowledge and skills in time. Demonstrate movement sequences with tempo, rhythmic and musical acuity. Demonstrate syncopation. Perform unmetered rhythm.
Objective 3: Develop knowledge and skills in energy and motion. Perform movement with qualitative nuance. Perform choreography with enhanced energy awareness. Use the qualities of motion as a basis for choreography.

Objective 3: Identify the various purposes served by dance throughout time and in world cultures.
Observe a video or live performance of a choreographic work based on a world culture past or present; e.g., The Green Table by Kurt Jooss, Shakers by Doris Humphrey, Dambala by Charles Moore. Accurately describe various purposes dance has served in world cultures past and present. Create and perform three different movement phrases derived from the study of theatrical, cultural, historical, social, or political context. Develop one of the above movement phrases into a solo or group work.

Objective 3: Develop an awareness of performing techniques.

Demonstrate basic concepts of performing techniques; i.e., kinesthetic awareness, concentration/focus, fluidity in movement transitions, clarity of rhythmic acuity, spatial intent, full exploration of energy fluctuation, and link of inner intent to outer expression. Analyze personal performing techniques from internal and external (video) methods. Identify the mastery of performing techniques in self and another.

Objective 4: Demonstrate aesthetic perception.

Respond to improvisational and compositional experiences from objective and subjective viewpoints. Create a dance and revise it over time, articulating in discussion or writing the reasons for the artistic decisions. Evaluate works of peers in a supportive and constructive way. Analyze a professional or university concert of works using aesthetic criteria; i.e., the elements and principles of dance, production aspects, dancers performances, and the choreographic intent or communicative power of the works. Create a portfolio of creative and written work.

Dance is a universal language, an expressive and vibrant art with the capacity to unify the physical, mental, social, emotional, aesthetic, and spiritual aspects of the human being.
USOE Core Curriculum - Dance

Dance in education is dedicated to the art form of dance as an essential educational component of life-long learning. Utah Dance Education Organization Dance in education is not the same as dance in a studio, but it will enhance a dancers knowledge, skill, problem solving, and understanding.