Congratulations to the casts of Listen to This and Through Your Hands for beautiful performances at the Regional High School Dance Festival.

Listen to This cast members: Please wash and return your costumes to Ms. Ruttan no later than Tuesday, April 9.  This will be a graded assignment worth 10 points.  

The next NHSDA meeting will take place Tuesday, April 9 from 2:30-3:30 in the Annex Conference Room.  We will be making tutus and reviewing the Induction Point System.   Our next induction will take place at Informance on April 23.  In order for students to be inducted on this day, they must complete the online application and hand in their points to Ms. Ruttan no later than Wednesday, April 10.  Click the link below to find more information.

NHSDA Link

Rehearsals for Informance Student Choreography will be as follows beginning Tues. March. 26th :  

M. Lazrovitch              Wed. 2:30-4:30p Ax1
K. Hampton                 Wed. 2:30-4:30p Ax2
I. Grass                        Wed. 2:30-4:30p Ax 20
E. Martinez-Morison  Wed. 2:30-3:30p   Tap 
S. Oliver                       T/R    3:30-4:30p  Ax1   
M. Webb                      T/R    3:30-4:30p  Ax2    
N. Jones/H.Brown       T/R   3:30-4:30p    Tap
A. Drees/A.Eckloff       T/R  3:30-4:30P    Ax20


All choreographers must print, sign and return the Choreographer Checklist (see below) directly to Mrs. Mansilla to confirm your rehearsal slot no later  than Monday, March 25th 2:20p. Failure to do so results in a forfeiture of your rehearsal space. 

Click here for the most up to date festival information:
​www.ypasdance.com/festival.html

Attention Festival Students: most pertinent information related to the high school dance festival will be on the Guidebook app this year.  

Please download the app- GUIDEBOOK 
scroll down to Can't Find A Guide- and enter the passphrase:  rhsdf2019

Through Your Hands will rehearse Friday, March 15 from 2:30-3:30 in the Annex 2 studio
Listen to This will rehearse Monday, March 18 from 2:30-3:30 in the Annex 2 studio

Sign up to CHOREOGRAPH or DANCE in a piece that will be performed at Spring Informance 2019 on April 23rd on the YPAS mainstage. NHSDA hours available.
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• Rehearsals will last for 3 weeks only. One week before Spring Break (March 26-28th) and two weeks after Spring Break (April 9-11th and April 16th-18).

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• Rehearsal slots are as follows: Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:30-4:30p for a total of 6 rehearsal hours. OR Wednesdays from 2:30-4:30p for a total of 6 rehearsal hours.

 

• There will be no student rehearsals on Mondays or Fridays. Due to liability concerns, no off-site rehearsals are allowed. Also note that student choreography rehearsals will not conflict with pointe or partnering classes.

Studio space is very limited so there will be an online sign up. Space for choreographers is first come, first served with the following limitations:
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• In order to give as many students as possible the opportunity to choreograph, students who have NOT yet choreographed a dance at YPAS (i.e. did not present a dance in YCS) will be able to sign up beginning Friday, March 15th at 4pm 

 

• If spaces are still available all others may sign up beginning Monday, March 18th at 4pm. 

Things To Keep In Mind: This round of student choreography will be the final opportunity for students to choreograph for the 2018-19 school year. This round is shorter and less formal than in the Fall. It is an excellent opportunity for first-time choreographers or anyone wishing to experiment with ideas and create with a bit less pressure. There will be no audition for this round of choreography, instead choreographers must recruit their own dancers. Additionally contact information of interested "free agent" dancers will be provided to confirmed choreographers only.  
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