Hello DP Family,
Below are this week’s reminders! Please take a moment and read them through.
If you have any questions feel free to chat with DP School staff in the office from 3-6pm Monday-Thursday each week, and our Table Support parent volunteers/interns 5-7pm Monday-Friday, 9-10:30am Saturdays. Call or email ahead to schedule a time to drop off payments or meet with staff Call: (336) 370-6776 Email: magalli@danceproject.org
Spring Semester 1.9-6.3 (20 weeks)
| First Week of Classes/Open House: 1.9-1.14 Last Day to Waive Spring 23 Reg. Fee: 1.9 Martin Luther King Jr. Day (no class): 1.16 Bring a Buddy Week: 1.23-1.28 Last Day to Register Spring 23: 2.27 | Spring 23 Scholarships Due: 2.27 Parent Observation Week: 3.13-3.18 Dance Marathon: 3.25 Spring Break (no class): 4.7-4.14 Memorial Day (no class): 5.29 Spring Showcase: 5.31-6.4 |
Register for Spring 2023 classes now!
- Spring semester will run 1.9-6.3 (20 weeks)
- Registration is still open! Save your spot now!
- Registration closes 2.27
- Register here
- Scholarships are still available, apply here ASAP!
- Final scholarship due date is 2.27. Applications are processed on a rolling basis, first come first serve while funds remain.
- If you have already received a Spring scholarship, you must make a payment by 2.10 or you will forfeit your scholarship award.
- Please contact Lauren@danceproject.org with any scholarship questions.
Dance Project Parent Deal
- DP Parents get half off adult classes Spring 23 with Eventbrite code DPFAM
- Offer valid on single class tickets only, purchase here
Adaptive Dance Class
- This Spring, we are excited to launch our first full semester of our Adaptive Dance Class! Saturdays 9:15-10:00am.
- This is an inclusive creative movement dance class designed to offer our dancers with disabilities a chance to maximize their gifts in dance class. We invite their peers of all abilities to join. Class intended for *new age group* 8-12.
- Class includes participation in our Spring Showcase end of semester performance.
- More info and to register here
Dance for Parkinson’s- Begins this Upcoming Week!
- Save the date for our Dance for Parkinson’s class Wednesdays 4:00-5:00pm in Studio 323
- February 1-April 26 (12 week session)
- Dance for Parkinson’s class is free to join and will be in-person only for Spring 23.
- Class will be taught by new DP staff member Davida Reid!
- Registration link available here
The North Carolina Dance Festival (NCDF)
- The NC Dance Festival, a production of the Dance Project, is an annual touring showcase of modern and contemporary choreography by NC artists. The Festival establishes a network of venues for professional regional choreography and performance, expanding accessibility of dance throughout the state while raising the profile of North Carolina’s own artists.
- Want more news about events and info on promos at the school and NCDF, sign up for our organization-wide emails here!
Payment Schedule & Information- Spring
*February installment due this upcoming week 2.1!*
- We accept Cash, Check, or Credit Card payments
- Credit card payments are made in the class portal and incur a 3% surcharge. This goes to the processing company and not to DP
- Late Payment Communication
- Any payments made after the 10th will incur a $10 late fee
- Notification of late payment will be sent on the 11th via email
- Any student with an account unpaid by the 20th will be unable to participate
- Spring classes can be paid in full or in 5 installments
- Installment schedule: 1/9, 2/1, 3/1, 4/3, 5/1
- Autopay will run on 1/9, 2/1, 3/1, 4/3, 5/1
- Autopay participants who register after a draft date will need to manually pay before the 10th of the month to avoid a late fee
- We do not pro-rate tuition. Students do have the option to make up a class in a comparable class. If you need to make up a class please contact Magalli magalli@danceproject.org
- Parents are fiscally responsible for the cost of the full semester after 3 classes have been attended, regardless of attendance from that point on
COVID Guidelines
- All Dance Project classes, office space, check-in areas, and events will require a mask. This includes students, staff, parents, and audience members.
- Thank you so much for your support in helping keep your Dance Project family and our community safe. We will continue to monitor the community trends and keep you updated as to if/when our class requirements may change.
- Here is Dance Project’s COVID response action plan and protocols
- https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DYfCKmjID62nQJwrD6Avos87J9VhCf9fAxp2M7FSll0/edit?usp=sharing
- If you have any questions or concerns please contact Lauren
Greensboro Cultural Center
- All Dance Project classes, unless otherwise noted, occur on the 3rd floor of the Greensboro Cultural Center 200 N Davie St, Greensboro, NC 27401
Parking
- Parking is recommended in the Church St Parking Deck. First hour free. You can validate your parking at the Greensboro Central Library. Parking is free if leaving after 7pm on weekdays, free on weekends. Otherwise, $1/hr.
- During Tanger Center events, the Church Street parking deck will be shared.
- Anyone displaying the attached voucher in either print or digital form will be exempted from the posted fee. This voucher is valid only at the Church Street Parking Deck after 5pm Monday-Friday, and anytime on the weekend. Voucher Here
- Visitors who do not have the voucher, but who indicate to the attendant upon entry that their visit is for something other than attendance at a Tanger Center event, will have the $10 fee waived.
- These waivers apply only to the $10 Special Event fee being implemented before Tanger Center events
Adult Students
Spring 2023 Class passes available now!
- Spring Semester starts runs 1.9-6.3 (20 weeks)
- Get your class pass and save big on classes next semester! There are options for new and returning students tailored to how you want to take the class:
- Unlimited All: Any and all adult drop-in classes all semester long
- All-In: 1 class of your choice all semester long
- New Student 30-day Unlimited: new students get unlimited access for 1 month
- 10 Class Pass: 10 classes of your choice *available Feb. 1*
- Drop-In: take your time once class at time $15 a class
- Learn more here
*New Adult Class* Absolute Beginner Ballet (18+) with Caitlin Dutton-Reaver
- Fridays 7:00-8:00pm in Studio 323
- Join us for a ballet class perfect for beginner adults! Learn the fundamentals of ballet and get moving this semester!
- Class taught by past NCDF Performing Artist/Artist In Residence Caitlin Dutton-Reaver
*New Adult Class* Contemporary Movement Lab (18+) with Caitlyn Schrader
- Saturdays 10:30-12:00pm in Studio 323
- Join Dance Project for an 18+ drop-in-only intermediate/advanced contemporary dance class intended for dance professionals and collegiate level dancers. Class is based in Safety Release Technique yet also integrates various other release-based contemporary techniques and supportive methodologies through a somatic approach.
- Class taught by current NCDF Artist In Residence Caitlyn Schrader
Adult Performance Company
Adult Performance Company will return for the Spring 2023 semester, beginning in January.
- What is Adult Performance Company?
- Dance Project’s Adult Performance Company (18+) is an opportunity for adult dancers to learn, create, and perform choreography in the community, and participate in many other opportunities, such as attending dance events and workshops! Dancers enroll in a weekly class which serves as their rehearsal time and work with a choreographer for the year. Adult Performance Company is open to all! No audition is required. Dancers are required to take at least 1 weekly dance technique class in addition to APC rehearsal time, in any dance style.
- Choreographer Carrie Plew will lead APC for Spring 2023.
- Choreographer Carrie Plew will lead APC for Spring 2023!
- Carrie is a current Artist in Residence with Dance Project/NCDF and a teaching staff member at Dance Project!
- Carrie is currently on the path to certification in Laban Movement Analysis through the Laban/Bartenieff Institute for Movement Studies. Carrie has created, performed, and presented on a variety of stages in NC and NYC. NC Dance credits include John Gamble Dance Theater, Jan Van Dyke Dance Group, Horn in the West, X Factor, and Centennial Station Dinner Theater. NY Dance credits include Maverick Dance Experience, INSPIRIT (Rehearsal Director and Company member), Malleable Dance Theater, and Sydnie L Mosley Dances.
- Carrie recently presented an evening-length work “Breathe, Flow, Forward, Grow” based in Laban Movement Analysis and Bartenieff Fundamentals as a part of her combined residency with NCDF and the Steven D. Hyers Theatre. More about this project here.
- Check out Carrie’s full bio here: https://danceproject.org/artistres/
- Please reach out to School Coordinator Magalli Morana at magalli@danceproject.org if you are interested in joining APC for the Spring, or if you have any questions in regards to APC!
The North Carolina Dance Festival (NCDF)
- NCDF Monthly Dancer Chat
- Thank you all who came out for our Artist in Residence Showing/ Monthly Dancer Chat this past Saturday!
- February Monthly Dancer Chat details coming soon!
- The NC Dance Festival, a production of the Dance Project, is an annual touring showcase of modern and contemporary choreography by NC artists. The Festival establishes a network of venues for professional regional choreography and performance, expanding accessibility of dance throughout the state while raising the profile of North Carolina’s own artists.
Want more news about events and info on the school and NCDF, sign up for our organization-wide emails here
