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Dance Lines
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September 2009 |
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 Dancing Arts Center's
Quarterly Newsletter |
Boys / Men's classes
Improve coordination and flexibility
Ballroom for teens to adults
(father & daughter, mother & son, husband & wife, boyfriend & girlfriend)
Evening fitness classes (Tone) The holidays are around the corner!
Don't sit still while your child has all the fun! Get fit, have fun, and find out why your kids are so impassioned about dance! Be the example of what you want your child to become. We know - every one is busy and it is hard to fit one more thing into your day. Take just one class or take them all! They are scheduled at convenient times in the morning or evening. Lead by example. Your friends and colleagues may follow.
The second family member enrolled at DAC receives 10% off tuition and the third family member receives 20% off tuition, and so on!
Ask any adult taking classes at DAC and they will tell you why they keep coming back for more.
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| Sunday Theme Workshops |
Once a month from October through May, DAC holds a 2-hour workshop based on the ballet of the month to help children grow up with an understanding of the classics. The event is centered around dancing to the music of the ballet. Participants enjoy hearing the story, followed by viewing an excerpt from the video, more dancing, a healthy snack, and a craft project to make the experience complete. Augment your child's lessons with these workshops and invite your friends and neighbors, too. DAC studentsts receive 10% off the cost of the workshops. For more information, click here |
Dance: A Family Affair
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When you signed your child up for that first weekly dance class, you probably didn't realize how you, too would be drawn in over time. As your child's success grows, so does the the number of dance classes and amount of preparation for various dance concerts. Soon, you can easily find yourself spending more and more time driving to DAC, waiting in the lobby or taking class for yourself! While it may be easy and natural to be involved for your child's sake, you and your family can survive and thrive by making dance a family affair.
DAC welcomes adult enrollment and the volunteer efforts of all its dance families. You do not have to be a "dance mom" to volunteer. Many of of our volunteer jobs are enjoyed by dads or siblings, too.
Our wardrobe department is always looking for extra hands to help make or mend costumes. There are plenty of odd jobs for every skill level, even for those who are not proficient in sewing. Helping with costume development is a great way to volunteer before concerts and to be able to sit back and relax during the hustle and bustle of the performances.
For those who like to design or build, there are opportunities to create and construct props and sets for upcoming productions, especially the new ballet, The Snow Queen.
For those who like to be a part of the action, assisting with costume changes, helping younger dancers do their hair and put on their makeup, supervising in the dressing room, lending a hand at the performances to sell gifts and concessions or usher in the theater are the most popular ways to become involved.
For those with a little muscle, DAC is always looking for help setting up and taking down equipment and bleachers for studio performances and for help with transporting sets, equipment, and props to and from the theater.
If you feel hesitant about jumping in and committing beyond what you are doing now, just talk to any of our families who have already made dance a family affair. They will tell you that the shared commitment and effort to bring a production to fruition has brought them closer as a family and has helped them form a bond with other families that wouldn't be there otherwise.
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| Spend Your Time and Money Wisely |
Cash for clunkers, appliance rebate or first-time home-buyer's rebate? All these programs are intended to save you money and eventually improve your carbon footprint on the environment.
What if you can't do it all? What is THE best choice? My answer: None of those...Your child's education is the best investment - for you, for them and for the world. Don't scrimp on surrounding them with good taste, discipline and inventiveness. That time and money spent will payoff more than material goods ever will. | |
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Coming Events
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Classes begin September 8th Holiday Concert placement for adults and students 6-11 (Prebeginners and Beginners) and Holiday Concert auditions for students 10+ (Advanced Beginners & up)on Saturday, September 12 3:30-5:30. Parent/student information meeting 2:30-3:30 -
Student Concert Information Meeting, Saturday, September 12 @ 5:30
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Student Concert Panel Review September 26 & October 10
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Ensemble performance at Celebrate Holliston Festival on Saturday, October 3
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Giselle Dance Workshop on Sunday, October 4 - Character, Flamenco, and Variations classes begin October 5-9th
Bring a Friend Week for students ages 3-12 (Beginners & Youth Division) October 12-17
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Student Dance Concert on October 24 & 25 - Beginner Lecture-Demonstration for Parents, Saturday, November 7th.
Peter and the Wolf Dance Workshop on Sunday, November 8 Youth Division Peek Week November 9-14 |
Calling All Elves, Trolls, Magical Reindeer and More!
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Holiday Concert auditions are fast approaching on Saturday September 12. This year, the holiday concert will feature the ballet: The Snow Queen, based on Hans Christian Anderson's wintry fairy tale where young friends Kay and Gerda battle against the evil Snow Queen and her magic mirror.The roles range from elves and trolls to the Snow Queen herself. The Snow Queen ballet involves magic, mystery and a holiday miracle. There is something for everyone in a large production such as this. The size of the commitment is based on the size of the role. The smaller roles involve less time; larger roles require more time. Dancers 10 years old through adult, with at least two years of dance experience, may audition for main roles. Adults and children ages 6-12 with less than two years of dance experience may audition for walk-on roles or characters that add dramatic depth and visual impact to a scene but do not require dance experience. Walk-on roles will be set at the theater in the last days before the curtain opens. For Audition Information, Click here |
Students Do it All...
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Have you ever dreamed of creating a dance where you choose the music, the dancers, the costumes, and the lighting? Did you ever wonder what it feels like to hold an audition and choose the dancers rather than the other way around? Are you curious about what it takes to plan, organize, and produce a dance concert? Are you interested in learning to operate the lighting board or sound equipment? Do you like to be in charge and have interest in trying your hand at being a stage manager?
If you've answered YES to any of these questions, then DAC's Student Dance Concert is for you!!! Please join us at the Student Concert Information Meeting on Saturday, September 12 from 5:30-6:00 (immediately following the Holiday Concert auditions).
DAC's Student Dance Concert is unique in that the entire dance concert is created by students (guided by a faculty adviser), from choreography and dancing to lighting, ushering, and stage managing. Choregraphers range in age from 5 through 17 years of age. Students may dance in their own pieces or create them for other dancers to perform. The student choreographers choose the music, work with a student lighting designer to create the lighting plan, and design and develop costumes for staging. Other students run the production, working as stage manager, ushers, light board operator, gel changers, and sound technician. Administrative projects are also available in program and poster design and production, box office, house manager and more!
Student Concert Information Meeting 9/12 at 5:30 pm
Student Concert Performances October 24 & 25
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The Value of Dance Training
Whether you're training to be a professional dancer or dancing just for fun, dance education leaves you with life -long skills, a terrific figure, and confident posture.
Busy people are the masters at managing their time and juggling many tasks at once. Dance students become busier as they advance, and learn these skills by organizing their time to accommodate dance class, rehearsals, chores, homework, school projects, religious education, and more. While most new college students and emerging professionals struggle to manage multiple projects, those who have intensely studied danceare already adept at this.
Dancers learn musicality (rythmn, style) at an early age leading to logical brain mapping and emotional sensibility leading to a natural comfort with musical instruments, exercise classes and sociability.
Dancers gain self-confidence as they perform in front of others during peek weeks, competitions, and performances. That performing confidence leads to ease with presentations, public speaking, and try-outs in front of large crowds.
Dance students learn how to persevere. Being asked to repeat a movement or pattern over and over again when they feel like falling to the floor, teaches a dancer to push his or herself further and further. Later in life, when a dancer encounters a situation in which most people would give up, dancers easily go to the limit and succeed.
To succeed in dance, dancers must dedicate their mind, body, time and finances. This commitment and dedication allows dancers to learn what it means to be truly devoted to something they love and will help them to live a committed and productive life.
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DAC in the News
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Dancing Arts Center sends out press releases to local newspapers commemorating our student's or faculty's achievements and announcing upcoming events and auditions. If you see a DAC press release in your local paper, please send in a copy for us or email the communications director at dancingarts.pr@gmail.com with the information or electronic link. This will help us keep track of which press releases are being published in which papers. Thank you for your help. |
 Voice and Perspective
If you would like to share your views about your experience at DAC or if you would like to contribute an article for the next newsletter, please submit them to Karyn Edison, Director at dancingartscenter@gmail.comby November 1 for December publication. All submissions will be considered for printing, pending available space. Thank you. | |
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