News & Events May 2011

MAY 2011

Look Who's Coming to Presidio Dance Theatre! Our favorite choreographers and staff will return for the much anticipated DANCING ACROSS CULTUREStm, June 3rd. Artistic Director Sherene Melania, with Harvard diploma in hand, will be returning May 11th to conduct rehearsals and oversee the production. Resident Choreographer, Ahmet Luleci will be performing in the show as well. He will return June 24th to direct Collage Dance Ensemble at the Ethnic Dance Festival. Also, our favorite preschool instructor, Miss Courtney will be visiting from Chicago to perform with us and to support her young students in the Spring Recital! Welcome Back!

PPAF's Presidio Dance Theatre is moving. The new prominent location on the Presidio's historic Main Post, positions us to become a world model for performing arts collaboration. Our facility will be named, Presidio Performing Arts Center, consisting of a state-of-the art multi-use theatre for performance, production rehearsals and special events; Green Room/Studio B and Children's Rehearsal Studio C; Gift Shoppe; Artistic Offices; Business Offices, Library/Conference Room; and Costume Storage. We are very excited about the opportunity to create a cultural impact within America's only urban National Park and beyond. Presidio Performing Arts Center 386 Arguello Blvd at the Presidio Main Post We invite you to facilitate the move, by helping us raise capital funds. "Raising the Barre" Capital Campaign ($200,000) will cover the installation of dance flooring/marly, mirrors, barres, sound systems, theatrical lighting, media system and finishing. All Spring/Summer Season donors will be added to the "RAISING THE BARRE" plaque which will be prominently displayed in the new Presidio Performing Arts Center's lobby entrance. All donations $10,000 and above include naming opportunities. Click here to make a donation today!

Reminder! Rehearsal Schedule starts Wednesday May 11th! CLICK HERE for a detailed rehearsal schedule for 2011 Dancing Across Cultures(tm). Please note that this schedule is subject to change. Regularly scheduled classes END Tuesday, May 10th for all students not participating in the performance. Performance participants will start the rehearsal schedule Wednesday May 11th.

See you in the fall at our new Presidio Performing Arts Center! Preschool Parents! Please note CLASSES END Tuesday May 17th. For those students participating in the Spring Recital, rehearsals will be conducted during class time which will continue until May 20th.

Parent Volunteers Needed for Recital! TWO CHAPERONS PER CLASS We would like to invite parents of students participating in the recital to volunteer as chaperones on stage during the performance, the best seat in the house! For more information or to volunteer for your child's class, please contact Allison, allison@presidiodance.org.

Mesopotamian Nights IV DVD now available! August 2010, Presidio Dance Theatre performed at the 4th Annual Mesopotamian Nights featuring international pop-icon, Walter Aziz. A DVD/CD collection of the performance is available for purchase. Enjoy a sample of PDT's performance on the 4th Mesopotamian Night concert DVD. CLICK HERE TO WATCH! To purchase a DVD, visit the Mesoptamian Night's Website here.