Don't miss out on the amazing oppotunity to work with a world renonwend choreographer, Brian Brooks, August 6-10.  Monday- Thursday, August 6-9,  the schedule will remain the same.

10am - 11:30am: Brooks and dancer to teach technique class to include Torrent phrase work

11:30am - 11:45am: Break
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11:45am - 12:45pm: Rehearsal

12:45pm - 1:30pm: Lunch Break

1:30pm - 3:00pm: Rehearsal

However, instead of rehearsing on Saturday, August 11, rehearsal on Friday will go from 10 a.m.-5:00 p.m. with a possible showing of the work from 5:00-5:30 p.m.  There will be no rehearsal Saturday, August 11.

Rising sophomore, junior and senior dance majors who are interested should send Ms. Ruttan, lora.ruttan@jefferson.kyschools.us,  a head shot and a paragraph saying why they want to participate in this experience.  Additionally, students must sign and get a parent signature on the contract (Please see the previous post.)  The document can then be scanned and emailed to Ms. Ruttan or can be mailed or dropped off at the YPAS office, attention to Ms. Ruttan.  Ms. Ruttan will announce casting by July 15.

Award winning choreographer, Brian Brooks, will be coming to YPAS to stage a section of his work, Torrent. ​ He and one of his dancers will be working with students August 6-11, 2018 in the 205 dance studio.  The schedule is as follows Monday through Friday, August 6-10, with additional hours Saturday, August 11:

10am - 11:30am: Brooks and dancer to teach technique class to include Torrent phrase work

11:30am - 11:45am: Break

11:45am - 12:45pm: Rehearsal

12:45pm - 1:30pm: Lunch Break

1:30pm - 3:00pm: Rehearsal

Possible showing 3:00 p.m. on Friday

Rehearsal on Saturday from 10am - 12pm 

Torrent will be performed in Dance Conert 2019 and will be adjudicated for the National High School Dance Festival in 2020.  Rising seniors and underclassmen will perform in Dance Concert 2019.  We will also have one cast made up of only underclassmen who will make up the cast to be adjudicated for the National High School Dance Festival in 2020.  Dancers who are interested in performing the work must commit to all rehearsals in August and throughout the school year.  They must commit to performing the work in Dance Concert 2019, and all underclassman must commit to attending the National High School Dance Festival in 2020 as well as all rehearsals in 2020 prior to the festival.  Rising sophomore, junior and senior dance majors who are interested should send Ms. Ruttan, lora.ruttan@jefferson.kyschools.us,  a head shot and a paragraph saying why they want to participate in this experience.  Additionally, students must sign and get a parent signature on the contract below.  The document can then be scanned and emailed to Ms. Ruttan or can be mailed or dropped off at the YPAS office, attention to Ms. Ruttan.  All paragraphs, contracts and head shots must be received by Sunday, July 1.   Ms. Ruttan will announce casting by July 15.

Brooks' Contract