Ticket Sales Contest!

Announcing... Click HERE for a ticket order form! We will announce the winner the night of the show! TICKET SALES CONTEST! Please help us sell tickets to 2011 Dancing Across Cultures, June 3rd at the Palace of Fine Arts. There will be a grand prize for whoever sells the most tickets! How to participate: 1. Download ticket order form(s). 2. Ask friends, neighbors, family to come see you in the show! 3. On each form you complete, add your name in parenthesis (so we know who to credit for the ticket sale)! Grand Prize... WEEKEND with MISS SHERENE The GRAND PRIZE for most tickets sold is a weekend BBQ & Pool Party with Miss Sherene! You and three friends will spend a fun-filled weekend with Miss Sherene at her country home in Turlock, CA for 2 days, 1 night! Questions? Contact Allison, allison@presidiodance.org 415-561-3958

Winner (+3 Friends!) will leave Saturday morning and return Sunday night! Date TBD.

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.

Celebrate the Spring Season with Presidio Dance Theatre

Celebrate the Spring Season with Presidio Dance Theatre

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2011 Dancing Across Culturestm Dubbed by SF Weekly as "San Francisco's BEST DANCE COMPANY" Artistic Director Sherene Melania creates a retrospective of PDT's signature production with interviews from prominent choreographers of San Francisco's multicultural community who have collaborated with PDT over the years. The production will feature an exciting cast of PDT's multi-generational international artists, and outstanding Young Artists who have now toured in Russia at the White Nights Festival (2008) TRT's Turkish International Festival (2010) and are scheduled for Paris and Budapest in 2012! . Buy your tickets Now! Ticket Donation Proceeds from this concert will be used for the re-location of Presidio Dance Theatre in September 2011, to the Presidio's Main Post at 386 Arguello at Moraga. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Presidio Dance Theatre at the Palace of Fine Arts Theater Lyon & Baker Streets San Francisco, CA 94123 FRIDAY, JUNE 3 at 7pm Buy Tickets $40 General Admission ($20 is tax-deductible) $80 Reserved Priority Seating ($60 is tax-deductible) $120 VIP Sponsor Seating ($100 is tax-deductible) General Information 415 561-3958 Photo by PK Visions/Paul K. Benjamin Pictured: Artist Hilda Hernandez Morales ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Behind-the-Scenes Dress Rehearsal Presidio Dance Theatre turns the camera on themselves backstage and on stage at "The Gathering" performance. Watch It!

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Presidio Dance Theatre is a program of the Presidio Performing Arts Foundation, a California Non-Profit Public Benefit Corporation. Federal ID: #94-3322887. Since 1998, PPAF has raised $2.6 million for it's education and performance programs serving the San Francisco Bay Area. A quarter of a million have enjoyed Presidio Dance Theatre's live performances in the USA and Europe.

THE FAVORITES ARE BACK!!!! Preschoolers Choice

In September 2010, The School of Presidio Dance Theatre brings back some of the most favorite preschool classes! Strong curriculum, lots of fun and creativity. Please check our website for new opportunities: www.PresidioDance.org/classes/preschool

Register now!

EXPANDED ADULT PROGRAM

Presidio Dance Theatre has expanded its Adult programming. Master Teacher Nikolai Kabaniaev teaches ballet on Mondays and Thursdays from 10-11:30am. Saturday classes will be added in September.
Lisa Giannone brings her fabulously exciting MOMMAS ROCK work-out class on Wednesday mornings from 9-11:30am. Greek Folk dancing at beginning-advanced levels continues on Monday evenings 7:30-9:30pm.
Marcie Judelson captures the good oldies at BOOMERSIZE on Saturday mornings from 10:30-11:30am. Sundays offer two choices of Eastern Movement classes on health and meditation. And COLLAGE international folk classes are on Weds evenings at 7:30-9:30 and Sundays Noon-3pm.

For more class info: www.PresidioDance.org/classes

The School of Presidio Dance Theatre Opens 2010-2011 Registration

Presidio Dance Theatre is pleased to announce that it is now registering students for classes in the 2010-2011 School Year. If you are interested to learn more, please check out our website at www.PresidioDance.org/classes. Registration is online for your convenience.

Sherene Melania Bretschneider Honored by the French American International School, Alumni Profile for the International High School

http://alumni.frenchamericansf.org/?page=ShereneB_profile

Sherene Melania, Artistic Director & Principal Choreographer of Presidio Dance Theatre presents DANCING ACROSS CULTURES on May 21, 2010 at 7pm

San Francisco Weekly named Presidio Dance Theatre "The Best Dance Company in San Francisco for 2009."

DANCING ACROSS CULTURES™ is the signature production of Presidio Dance Theatre. It is a full-length performance of national dances which reflect diverse cultural and folkloric traditions which have been preserved and passed down through the generations. Our Artistic Director Sherene Melania is the Principal Choreographer for this production.

2010 DANCING ACROSS CULTURES™ is a perfect expose of San Francisco's enchanting multi-cultural mosaic.

DANCING ACROSS CULTURES™ provides not only an artistic bridge, but an emotional bridge to diverse worlds that audiences can easily dance across - to understand, master, and thereby enrich their lives. The purpose of DANCING ACROSS CULTURES™ is to deepen impressions and knowledge of people, culture and art. We believe that cultural exchange is the best way to achieve mutual understanding, friendship and peace, promoting the enrichment and flourishing of national art and the development of world culture. It is an eloquent means of joining together performing arts and social justice.

Sherene Melania, Artistic Director & Principal Choreographer
of Presidio Dance Theatre presents
DANCING ACROSS CULTURES™
Friday, May 21, 2010
Time: 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: Palace of Fine Arts Theatre
Street: 3301 Lyon Street, San Francisco, CA 94123

Please call (415) 561-3958 to pre-order your tickets.
The Box Office will be open at 6pm, 1 hour before the show on Friday.

TURKISH INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S FESTIVAL IN IZMIR, April 2010

Presidio Dance Theatre Junior Company's young artists represented the United States of America at TRT's Turkish International Children's Festival (23rd anniversary)in Izmir. A delegation of 29 children and parents toured Istanbul and then Izmir for the festivities. Broadcast of the festival was international!

Register Online for Presidio Dance Theatre's Summer Camps

2010 Summer Camp Brochure

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR SUMMER CAMPS

Presidio Dance Theatre is pleased to inform you that we will be able to offer summer camps beginning on June 14th. through July 30th. Summer Camps are a wonderful time for new students to experience Presidio Dance Theatre, and for returning students to sharpen their technique and knowledge of repertoire. PDT offers a morning mini-camp for preschoolers (class size: 6) and Young Artists Camp for ages 5-12 yrs. (class size: 12). In addition to ballet & folk dance classes, both camps will also include visual art taught by Allison Taylor (who studied at the Sorbonne, Paris). PDT has been offering summer camps in the Presidio since 2004. Sign-up early to receive your first preference. All information will be online shortly.