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WINTER WONDERLAND: Celebrating Holidays Across Cultures

Presidio Dance Theatre Junior Company presents
WINTER WONDERLAND:
CELEBRATING HOLIDAYS ACROSS CULTURES™
Family Matinee, December 13, 3pm,
Palace of Fine Arts Theatre, 3301 Lyon St, San Francisco

Sherene Melania, Artistic Director of Presidio Dance Theatre Junior Company will present its annual benefit holiday presentation: WINTER WONDERLAND: CELEBRATING HOLIDAYS ACROSS CULTURES™, Family Matinee, 3pm, Palace of Fine Arts Theatre, 3301 Lyon St, San Francisco.

Tickets are $35, $ 50, and $100. Box Office link http://www.presidiodance.org/pdf/WinterWonderlandTicketOrderForm.pdf. Proceeds from this performance are used to sponsor the charitable works of Presidio Performing Arts Foundation, including fund afterschool dance outreach to underserved children and student scholarships for talented children.

A wonderful alternative to the Nutcracker, WINTER WONDERLAND, a narrated international holiday production, opens a joyful world with feelings of amazement, festivity and wonder, delighting audiences of all ages with a celebration of holiday favorites from the great ballets and holidays across cultures. Costumes for this matinee are created especially for the school by the artists and designers of the Mariinsky Theatre (home of the Kirov Ballet). A festive Holiday Party follows the performance.

Presidio Dance Theatre Junior Company has been named as "San Francisco's Dance Ambassadors to the world" by two Mayors. They performed in the famed White Nights Festival in Russia last summer and have recently been selected as the ONLY dance group to represent the United States at the largest international children's festival in Turkey, April 2010.

In June, 2010, The School of Presidio Dance Theatre will re-locate to a new state of the art facility on the Presidio's Main Post with double its present capacity of studio and production space and community programs. For more information call 415 561-3958 or visit www.PresidioDance.org

Presidio Dance Theatre's Junior Company will represent the United States of America at the world's largest International Children's Festival in Turkey

BREAKING NEWS! Presidio Dance Theatre's Junior Company has been selected to represent the United States of America at the world's largest international children's festival in Izmir, Turkey---APRIL 2010. Each year, Turkey's Ministry of Culture and TRT host a festival with 10,000+ children representing 65 nations. As America's only representative, this is a large honor for our young people's dance group and their selection to share the stage with children from all over the world. Besides performing an American Suite of Dances, the Junior Company will perform the festival's only and first presentation of Assyrian and Armenian dances. TRT (national television of Turkey) projects the festival around the world and each participant receives a fabulous cultural education, as well! Further, the Junior Company has been to invited to perform in the National Theatre of Opera and Ballet in Ankara for a special classical ballet evening. The tour will also include special events in Istanbul. Presidio Dance Theatre's popular Turkish choreographer Ahmet Luleci will lead the tour.

Allison Taylor joins the staff of Presidio Performing Arts Foundation & Presidio Dance Theatre

Allison Taylor joins the PPAF/PDT staff! After spending the summer at Presidio Dance Theatre as an Intern, Allison joins our Administrative Staff as Programs Manager. Allison attended and graduated from Loyola Marymount and received a degree in the Art History, Modern Languages and Literature. Her arts education was based at the Sorbonne in Paris. She is fluent in French. Allison looks forward to designing a visual arts program for our summer camps, which will enhance our dancers education.

Sherene Melania a USF graduate in 2005 is a mentor in a new pilot program to connect students with alumni

Sherene Melania Bretchneider '05 (right) is a mentor in a new pilot program to connect students with alumni.

CLICK HERE to check out the mentor program at USF.

"The University of San Francisco’s College of Arts and Sciences recently launched a mentoring program designed to connect students with alumni who share their career, cultural, or social interests."

Sherene Melania holds a B.A. in Performing Arts & Social Justice and was awarded University of San Francisco's Dean Medal for Excellence in the Arts.

Boutique Order Form - Presidio Dance Theatre T-Shirts, Sweatshirts, Junior Company Artist Tote Bag w/ PDT Logo

Winter Season is fast approaching and for the holidays, Presidio Dance Theatre offers a boutique of gifts for our dance students. Pre-Orders will accepted through November 15th. Items will be available by December 11th--just in time for use in the theatre! Please not that some items are offered through pre-order only. CLICK HERE to view the Boutique Order Form

Check out this great web page about Presidio Dance Theatre on World Arts West's website

http://www.worldartswest.org/main/edf_performer.asp?i=155

Destiny's Waltz - In Step With Giants by Robert de Warren

Robert de Warren is Presidio Dance Theatre's Artist Laureate, he will be speaking at Presidio Performing Arts Foundations Board of Directors Annual Cocktail Party on Wednesday October, 21 2009 at the residence of Lisa Giannone & Dr. Dillingham. His new book Destiny's Waltz - In Step With Giants is a memoir of his work with ballet's greatest artists, companies, and his time working under the patronage of the Shah of Iran, creating the Iranian National Ballet and the Mahalli Dancers. To purchase a signed copy of Mr. de Warren's Destiny's Waltz - In Step With Giants please call Presidio Dance Theatre (415) 561-3958. For more information about Robert de Warren please visit our website http://www.presidiodance.org/ Please check out the 4 minute promotional video below for Destiny's Waltz - In Step With Giants:

Presidio Dance Theatre's Junior Company & Presidio Dance Theatre's professional Dance Company Collage West were both featured in the Assyrian Festival

Congratulations to all Junior Company members who performed at this years Assyrian Festival in Ceres California this past weekend September 12 & 13, 2009. It was a great success. Not only did some of the Junior Company members perform but also Collage West performed as well. The 12th annual Assyrian Food Festival featured authentic Assyrian foods, homemade pastries, an Assyrian tea house, cultural displays, music and entertainment. Assyrians are a Christian ethnic group that traces its heritage back to an ancient empire in Iraq and Turkey that lasted most of the second millennium B.C.

Presidio Dance Theatre & Sherene Melania were featured in the Modesto Bee.
http://www.modbee.com/scene/story/849427.html

Congratulations to Presidio Dance Theatre Junior Company Member Sabrina Perell who won 2 gold medals in Dance at the JCC Maccabi Games

Congratulations to Presidio Dance Theatre Junior Company member Sabrina Perell who won 2 Gold Medals in dance at the Maccabi Games this past Summer.