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RECITAL DATE CHANGED!
We've had our Annual Recital Showcase planned for Sat., June 12th all year long, BUT Sanger High School has repairs to the stage scheduled for that week, so we've had to re-schedule the production for 1 week earlier. WE APOLOGIZE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE THIS MAY CAUSE, AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE.
NEW RECITAL DATE SAT. JUNE 5TH, 2010 at
Sanger High School
Program 1, 12:30pm
Program 2, 3:30pm |
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Studio Closed
No classes/rehearsals Mon, 3/14 thru Sat, 3/20 |
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DCCB Summer Study Scholarship Winner Announced!
Ms. Elizabeth Gillaspy, Professor of Ballet at Texas Christian University was the Adjudicator at the 2nd Annual Denton City Contemporary Ballet Summer Study Scholarship audition on Feb. 20th at TWU. Five dancers from the Denton Youth City Ballet and Denton City Contemporary Ballet attended the audition. We are very proud to announce that Miss Sidney Durmick was selected by Professor Gillaspy to receive the $500 DCCB Summer Study Scholarship this year! The 1st Runner -up is Miss Emily King, who will use the scholarship if Sidney cannot.
Sidney plans to attend Burklyn Ballet Theatre this summer. Congratulations to both Sidney and Emily for their high level of technical expertice!
The Denton City Contemporary Ballet established the DCCB Scholarship for Summer Study in the fall of 2008 to assist a member of the Denton City Contemporary Ballet in intensive summer study in the area of ballet.
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EASTER BREAK
(Studio Closed)
April 3, 4, & 5th
Originally, we were going to be closed on Good Friday as well, but we are having regular classes as makeup for our snow day. |
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Recital Fees Due April 15th
As listed in our "Tuition and Fees" brochure and the "Student Handbook", the RECITAL FEE of $40/dancer OR $60/family is due April 15th. This Recital Fee entitles each DDC Student participating in the Recital to 2 COMPLIMENTARY TICKETS for admission to the Program of your choice. These fees also help to offset the production costs to put on the recital such as rental fees for the auditorium, printing of the programs, light and sound technicians, extended teacher hours, etc. For your convenience, you can pay your Recital Fee through PayPal by clicking on the button below:
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DDC TO APPEAR AT THE DENTON ARTS & JAZZ FESTIVAL
Saturday, April 24th
4-4:30pm
(yes, we still have normal Saturday classes:)
Traditionally, participation in the Arts & Jazz Festival is a business decision determined by class attendance, polish, whether or not the choreography is complete, age and level of the dancers, etc. DDC's appearance needs to give a very brief and bold statement about what we do--in other words, we combined a performance opportunity with an advertising opportunity. If your child's class is not in the informal appearance, please come and support the other dancers! Classes that are asked to perform, will receive a handout in class by April 15th. | |
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Olga Pavlova to Teach Master Classes at DDC!!!
This Sunday, March 7th
 As part of its COMMUNITY MASTER CLASS SERIES, the Denton City Contemporary Ballet is sooooooo lucky to be able to offer master classes from such a well known and highly respected ballerina as Olga!!! Trained at the Bolshoi Ballet's training facility in Russia, Ms. Pavlova was featured in an article in the internationally acclaimed DANCE MAGAZINE last September. Click here to read the article!
Intermediate (ages 11-14) Level Ballet Master Class
Sunday, 1-2:30pm
Advanced (ages 14+) Level Ballet Master Class
Sunday, 2:45-4:15pm
$30/dancer
Olga Pavlova, Russian prima ballerina, was born in Moscow, Russia. She graduated from the famed Bolshoi Ballet Academy. She also holds a Master degree in Teaching and Choreography from Moscow Academy of Professional Arts.
Olga has won the Gold Medal and First Prize at the Maya Plisetskaya Second International Ballet Competition in St.-Petersburg, and the diploma at the Rudolf Nureyev Second International Ballet Competition in Budapest.
She was a prima-ballerina with Metropolitan Classical Ballet (USA), Imperial Russian Ballet (Moscow, Russia), and Moscow Classical Ballet (Russia). Also she was a Bolshoi Ballet Grigorovich Company soloist.
During her career Olga has toured to over 30 countries with Yuri Grigorovich and the legend of the Russian Ballet Maya Plisetskaya. Olga Pavlova is a well known ballerina around the world and during her six years in US she received the audience's love and high critical acclaim. She was named DFW Weekly Critics Choice Best Ballerina 2007 and 2008. Currently Olga is working with world-famous choreographer, Christopher Wheeldon.
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 DCCB & DYCB Ballet Dancers Featured in the DENTON DANCE FESTIVAL, March 26 & 27 at Campus Theatre!Founded in 1992 by Artistic Director, Lisa Racina, this year marks the 17th year that Denton City Contemporary Ballet has hosted the Denton Dance Festival (formerly the Collage Dance Festival).
Along with the Denton City Contemporary Ballet, guests to the Festival include: Jose Zamora and Dancers, Solo Artist, Brandy Niccolai, Greenspace, Hip Hop Artists Melanie Dozier and Christopher Koehl, guest choreographer, Gypsy Crane-Ingram, Brandon McGee, and the Denton Youth City Ballet!
Past companies and guest artists to participate in the Festival are Dallas Black Dance Theatre, Ft. Worth /Dallas Ballet, Ballet Concerto, Contemporary Dance /Ft. Worth, Festival Ballet of North Central Texas, Von Ussar Danceworks, David Taylor Dance Theatre, Muscle Memory Dance Theatre, James Clouser, Thom Clower, Tauna Hunter, and many, many others!
March 26 & 27 at 8pm
Campus Theatre, Downtown Denton
FOR TICKETS CALL (940) 382-1915 between 1-5pm Mon thru Fri
$9 Students/Seniors - $13 Adults
($3 convenience fee added for online ticket sales)
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PIZZA for PIROUETTES at PIZZA INN!!!
All DDC, DYCB, and DCCB dancers are encouraged to eat PIZZA FOR PIROUETTES on
Thursday, April 8th between 5-9pm
This is one of the fundraisers suggested by some of the Denton City Contemporary Ballet dancers and will be used to benefit those dancers who are going to Austria in June of 2011 to perform in the Young Tanzsommer Arts Festival! We need as many dancers, families, and friends as we can get to support the Denton City Contemporary Ballet! The dance company will receive 15% of the net profits of all sales made between 5-9pm on Thursday, April 8th. YOU MUST MAKE SURE TOTELL THE CASHIER BEFORE HE RINGS UP THE BILL that you're eating to support the Denton City Contemporary Ballet, (otherwise, it's too hard to redo the whole bill etc.) You can also order pizza over the phone or for take out that night and Denton City Contemporary Ballet will still get credit for it as long as you TELL THE CASHIER BEFORE HE RINGS UP THE BILL that you're eating to support the Denton City Contemporary Ballet.
Miss Lisa is considering excusing the Level 6 & 7 Ballet classes so that we can all go eat pizza that night!!! Please let her know what you think of this idea! HAPPY EATING!!!!! |
THOM CLOWER WINTER BALLET WORKSHOP A SUCCESS!
Those of you who were able to participate in theThom Clower Winter Ballet Workshop are the lucky ones!! A exciting week of high energy instruction, correction and command performance! Thom never disappoints. We are so lucky he includes us in his very busy itinerary!!
This makes his eighth year of coming to DDC for ballet levels 6 and 7. We finalized his invitation to us to perform in the Tanzsommer Arts Festival in Austria in the summer of 2011! What a great compliment and recognition for our dancers! We will be holding a lot of fundraisers to help as many to go in the Denton City Contemporary Ballet and Denton Youth City Ballet companies as possible!! You do have to be a member of the non-profit organization to go. Again, applause for Mr. Clower for giving us a hand up to a higher level of dance performance and participation!! | |
MAKEUP DAYS FOR SNOW & ICE!!
Friday, April 2nd (Good Friday)
DDC is open for Regular Classes on this day to make up for Feb. 12th
Saturday, April 10th
Makeup classes for one of our Thursday Snow Days (See specific Makeup class times on bulletin board and on hand-out)
Saturday, May 1st
Makeup classes for our other Thursday Snow Day
(See specific Makeup class times on bulletin board
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Last Master Class of the Season Announced! ATTENTION Modern Dancers, Ages 12+
Artistic Director, Leslie Scott, is a graduate of Texas Christian University and founded BODYART in 2005. BODYART is a New York City based dance theatre company whose artistic work consistently creates a content based, emotionally charged and strongly visual dialogue with the audience through performances, research, and teaching. Learn more about the company by visiting their website!
BODYART works closely with schools and communities to create customized programs, which offer a diverse option of master classes, lecture/demonstrations and choreographic workshops, often in conjunction with community performances. BODYART has designed several programs to introduce students to the basic concepts of dance, choreography, human movement and expression. The company is passionate about sharing their love and training for the arts with those who do not already know or have access to them as well as those who have.
BODYART members have taught and held residencies at schools including The School at Columbia University (NY, NY), Berks Ballet (Reading, PA), Rosemont Elementary (Dallas, TX), and Brandon Ballet (Brandon, FL). Additionally, the company has performed at the International Dance Festival, The Cunningham Studios, Ailey Citigroup Theater, Dallas Arts Festival, Fort Worth Dance Festival, Downtown Dance (NY, NY), Wave Rising Series (NY, NY), The Dixon Place, and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
FRIDAY, APRIL 23RD from 7-9pm at DDC in Studio A
$15/dancer
$8/observer
Open to Intermediate/Advanced dancers ages 12+ BodyArt Dance is also performing at Bass Performance Hall in Ft. Worth on Monday, April 26th!!! Miss Lisa is planning to go! If you'd like to caravan down to Ft. Worth, please check bulletin board for more info! To get tickets click here! | |
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DDC Dancers Accepted to Summer Intensives Through Area Auditions!
For years DDC students have been training to compete in the professional dance world, and this year, more DDC students than ever before have attended auditions held throughout the DFW Metroplex AND HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED TO INTENSIVE SUMMER DANCE PROGRAMS held THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY! Ms. Lisa and the Faculty and Staff of Denton Dance Conservatory would like to congratulate the following dancers and their recent success: Becky Acton (12), Eylin Aguilar (14), Natalie Bates (15), Micaela Benedetti (16), Catlyn Carr (12), Sidney Durmick (14), Katie Eastman (13), Erica Gonzalez (14), Logan Hawkins (14), Tori Helfrich (18), Cassie Hobbs (15), Lindsey Johnson (15), Jamitrice Keating-Lynton (15), Emily King (13), Alyson Maloy (13), Carley Nimmo (12), and Melynda Phillips (12)!!!!
The summer programs these young ladies were accepted to include: American Ballet Theatre, Atlanta Ballet, Ballet Austin, Bosov Ballet, Boston Ballet, Brigham Young University, Burklyn Ballet Theatre, Chicago Ballet, Interlochen Arts Camp, Joffrey Ballet, Orlando Ballet, Tulsa Ballet, and University of Oklahoma.
GREAT WORK LADIES!!! It takes a lot of guts to compete with hundreds of other dancers throughout DFW and you've all proven yourselves worthey of excellent and highly respected programs! |
DANCEcamp DATES HERE!!! Please ask for brochure after Spring Break. 
- DANCEcamp 1 ages 4-5 June 7-11, 10am-12noon
- DANCEcamp 2 ages 6-7, June 14-18, 10am-12:30pm
- DANCEcamp 3 ages 8-11, June 14-18, 2-5pm
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