Connecting great artists of today with great artists of tomorrow
“DANCE This has given me the ability to shine.” – DT Participant
“It is a hands-on cultural experience – you show us your steps, we’ll show you ours, and we’ll celebrate together.” – DT Participant
DANCE This Performance Auditions - Mark Haim and Sonia Dawkins Choreography
April 8th (Mark Haim) & May 6th (Sonia Dawkins), 2012
4:00 - 6:00 pm
Sign-In Opens at 3:30 pm
Velocity Dance Center - 1621 12th Avenue in Seattle
Registration required to audition at: DTAudition@stgpresents.org or call 206-812-3315 for more information.
DANCE This is a young artist training and performance program in cross cultural and contemporary dance. Each year DANCE This brings together more than 200 young artists (ages 13-22) from diverse communities and backgrounds for intensive dance training, collaboration and performances that share diverse cultures through the art of dance.
DANCE this is more than a performance! It is a multi-faceted program that includes four individual components:
- The DANCE This Summer Training Intensive (two weeks, Seattle-based)
- Youth Matinees and Public Performances
- The DANCE This CAMP (one week, state-wide at Centrum, Port Townsend, WA)
- Year round opportunities to participate in master classes, performances and attend performances at The Paramount, Moore and Neptune Theatres.
Nationally renowned professional guest artists work with local youth and are significant to the program's success and impact. Artists from past years include: Joey McKneely, choreographer for Broadway's revivial of West Side Story; Mark Morris, legendary choreographer; Savion Glover, legendary tapper; Joffrey Ballet from Chicago; Abdel Salaam from Forces of Nature in New York; Jamel Gaines from Creative Outlet Dance Theatre of Brooklyn; Bahiyah Sayyed Gaines from Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater; Napoleon & Tabitha D'umo from Los Angeles; and Seattle-based choreographers Donald Byrd, Sonia Dawkins, Pat Graney and Amy O'Neal.
DANCE This Summer Training Intensive
June 25 - July 7, 2012
Pacific Northwest Ballet, The Phelps Center (Seattle Center)
The DANCE This Summer Training Intensive is an opportunity for young dancers (ages 13-21) at all levels to immerse themselves in dance over the course of two weeks. Students will be exposed to a wide range of dance styles and techniques in a supportive, yet challenging atmosphere.
Learn more and register now!
DANCE This Performances
July 12-13, 2012, 1 pm (Youth Group Matinee)
July 13-14, 2012, 7:30 pm (Public Performance)
The Moore Theatre
DANCE This brings together teen performers from diverse communities for collaboration and to share their culture through the art of dance. The performance features young local dancers in collaboration with professional artists performing cross cultural dances—both traditionally rooted and contemporary in form.
Tickets for the public performance will go on sale soon!
- Tickets for the Youth Group Matinee are $6 and are for youth groups only. For more information or to reserve tickets for your youth community group for the matinee, EMAIL STUDENT PROGRAMS.
DANCE This Camp @ Centrum
August 5-11, 2012
Centrum in Port Townsend, WA
Open to dancers grades 9-12, DANCE This Camp @ Centrum is an opportunity for young dancers at ALL LEVELS to study dance for one week in beautiful Port Townsend, WA. Students will participate in African, Ballet, Choreography, Hip-Hop and Modern dance workshops with professional educators from the Seattle area. Please note: this is a residential program/camp.
