A student has withdrawn from attending the National High School Dance Festival.  Give your student the opportunity to take classes and network with professors from around the country!   Click the link below for more details, and please email Ms. Ruttan at lora.ruttan@jefferson.kyschools.us to sign up!

Festival 

Please print out and complete the following form and return it to Ms. Ruttan no later than Friday, December 6.  

​Assumption of Risk 

Also, if you are interested in auditioning for scholarships, summer study and colleges and universities at Festival please email Ms. Ruttan by Friday, December 6.  We are allowed to have 10 students audition.  These spots will be given out first come, first served by seniority.

Musical Theater faculty member, Julie Evans, and Senior Musical Theater major, Emerson Walker will be collaborating on a piece that will appear in Dance Concert February 19-23, 2020.  All dance majors are invited to audition.  Students can appear as jazz dancers, tap dancers or both.  The audition will take place on November 26 in the 205 studio.  Jazz dancers will audition from 3:30-4:15.  Those dancers that tap as well will stay to audition from 4:15-5:00.  Students must be able to commit to all rehearsals for this piece.  Most rehearsals will start at 3:30 and will not conflict with any other scheduled rehearsals or pointe classes.  The rehearsal schedule is as follows:


December 5- 3:30-5:00 (205 studio)
December 9- 3:30-5:00 (205 studio)
December 11- 3:30-5:00 (205 studio)
December 18- 3:30-5:30 (205 studio)
January 7- 3:30-5:30 (205 studio)
January 15- 3:30-5:00 (205 studio)
January 17- 3:30-4:00 (205 studio)
January 21- 3:30-5:00 (205 studio)
January 24- 3:30-5:00 (205 studio)
January 28- 4:30-5:30 (spacing on main-stage)
February 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 18- 2:30- 6:00  (Full run and Dress rehearsals on main-stage)


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Please consider donating gift cards of any amount to the YPAS Dance Department.  All donations will be part of a silent auction that will benefit the Dance Department.  Please turn in all gift cards to the YPAS main office no later than November 13 care of the Dance Department.  

Please join us for a National Honor Society for Dance Arts Meeting on Wednesday, November 6 from 2:30-3:30.  We will be decorating a holiday wreath and practicing yoga and meditation.  Please meet in the Annex 2 studio.