American Dance of SLO is proud to present The 12 Days of Chrismas, our annual Christmas show!
Tickets are on sale now. Call 543-4409 (Studio) or 440-1439 (Blair). If you don’t mind paying the extra PAC fees, you can order them on-line at the pacslo.org website.
American Dancers and Jr. All American Dancers have returned from Summer Competition in Las Vegas, winners! The dancers, ages 10 to 24 years, recently competed with 800 hundred other dancers from across the country to win the top award in both the Senior and Teen division.
The Best of Show award was given to “Everything Old is New Again” — choreographed by Suzy Miller, teacher Leslie Baumberger — it had the highest score in the teen division, and “Joe” — choreographed by Stacy Estrada, teacher Leslie Baumberger — received the Best of Show and High Point award for the Senior Division.
Both dances received cash awards in the amount of $2,200 and will be divided among the dancers to help with the cost of traveling.
Other dances competing and getting awards were: Jr. Americans, Twilight Zone, Boots, American Dancers, Pop Music, X, Mama, Nothing to Give.
Malie Chang was our the studio dancer of the year, and Savannah Merrill has received a dance scholarship.
Sarah Chavez, 20 years old, has been dancing at American Dance for the past sixteen years and has been an American Dancer for the past six years. Sarah was selected out of hundreds of dancers to be a part of Dance with the Force this summer.
She will be spending June, July and August taking unlimited classes at Edge Performing Art Center and will be in the 16th Annual Edge Show at the end of July.
Sarah auditioned in the beginning of August for the dance program at Edge and now is on scholarship with 19 other dancers. She will be taking free assigned classes all year long, learning how to sing and act, and is learning and growing to improve on different styles of dance. At the end of July she will be performing in the Edge Show and after the show she will audition to sign with an agency.
The American Dancers from American Dance of SLO, under the Direction of Leslie Baumberger, received word from (2) two separate Dance Conventions that they have earned National Awards for two of the company’s current dance pieces.
“Pop Muzik” choreographed by Suzy Miller was named Critics Choice National & Regional winner for New York City Dance Alliance.
“Fallen Angel” also choreographed by Ms. Miller was awarded the National All-Star Performers Award from LA Danceforce. “
It’s always an honor to be recognized by these national dance competitions” Ms. Baumberger stated, “Our local dancers work hard and are considered some of the best in the country and I am very proud of them”.
Auditions for this award winning company will be held August 10 at the American Dance of SLO Studio and is opened for all intermediate and advanced dancers ages 12-20yrs.
The studio will be closed the weeks of July 28-Aug 3 and August 18-24.
Ballet and Jazz Intensives that are in August. (schedules)
Our new Fall Schedule starts August 25.
“Dance is Art” July 27, 2pm & 6pm, Spanos Theatre
Studio Extravaganza!! For tickets call 756-2787
Competition Company Auditions
August 10, 11am-4; Wear proper Dance Attire
“The 12 Days of Christmas” annual Christmas show
Dec.6, 7pm & Dec.7, 2pm. YOPAC Friday Dec.5, 11am, Spanos Theatre
Auditions held Sat. Sept. 6th; get the audition details (.pdf)
Malie Leinani Change of Lompoc, CA, has been selected to represent American Dance of SLO as Studio Dancer of the Year at the Tremaine Dance Convention and Competition in Las Vegas, July 2008.
Malie, an 18 year old graduating senior, has been an American Dancer for the past two years. Malie was selected for this honor because she has shown the most progress and potential in her dancing abilities. Malie was voted by her fellow American Dancers as the most dedicated dancer in the company.
The studio will be closed Friday March 21, 22, and 23rd. Enjoy Easter weekend!
We will be resuming most classes the week of March 24 -29. Miss Leslie’s classes are canceled for the week, and Miss Terry’s ballet classes have shifted times to take advantage of that - see details (Word .doc). All other classes will remain the same.
Please call if you need more detail on class times.
The American Dancers offer their annual Rhythms dance show The Art of Dance this April at the Spanos Theatre at Cal Poly.
Presented by The American Dancers of American Dance of SLO.
Call the Cal Poly Ticket Office at (805) 756–2787
Or visit www.pacslo.org
For more information, call American Dance of SLO at 543–4409
The studio will be closed for the holidays starting Saturday, December 22nd until January 6th. Classes will resume on Monday, January 7th.
We wish you a safe and peacful holiday break and look forward to beginning a great New Year!