ppas dance majors newsletter - october 2015

PPAS/ Ailey Parent Newsletter October 2015 [email protected] P: 929-263-2623

The school year has gotten off to a great and very busy start.

With only 8 school days in September we were concerned that

it would take longer to connect with our families. Fortunately,

the PTA executive board members met over the summer and

got a head start planning ways to pool our talents and passion

to better serve our students and families. We’re pleased to have

connected with many parents at Curriculum Night (9/30) and

SLAM talent show (10/8 and 10/9). An impressive 25 families

signed up to offer their support for our students through volun-

teering. Special thanks to dance parents Elaine Perez-Pena,

Sharon Charles and Tamica E Taylor for volunteering at our

SLAM event. We’d like to also thank Ms. Taylor for volunteering

to serve as our dance representative on the Budget Committee.

As parents of Seniors (Nicole, also has a Sophomore) we are

committed this year to finding parents that will continue and

surpass the works we started not in only in the dance program

but for the entire school. We urge other parents to get involved

any way you can! See page 2 on ways you can get involved!

Welcome Dance Families to

our first Newsletter of the 2015-2016 school year!

A Message from your Dance Delegates, Nicole Wright and Lv Horton

In this Month’s Issue

Letter from Mr. Asca

Our first SLAM Red Carpet

Audition Dates

Volunteer Opportunities

Letter from Ailey/PPAS

Coordinator Guillermo Asca

Dear Parents and students The AILEY/PPAS Program,

I would like to commend the students for their eager start of the se-

mester. I am very enthusiastic about the effort the students are show-

ing, and know that with this continued enthusiasm, the dancers will

progress greatly. Please continue to come prepared and energized for

class. Whenever possible, take the opportunity to attend dance perfor-

mance as a family. It is important to understand what the dance world

has to offer, and its diversity. There are concerts weekly in all the bor-

oughs. (cont’d on pg 2)

Whenever possible, take the opportunity to attend dance

performance as a family. It is important to understand what

the dance world has to offer, and its diversity. There are con-

certs weekly in all the boroughs. You can do a web search for

local listing on dance performance near you. I will be posting

information on notable concerts as well on the student bulle-

tin board. The AILEY/PPAS student will be attending a perfor-

mance of the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater during their New York

City Center Season on December 3rd. I will be sending Paren-

tal Consent forms in order for the students to attend the Per-

formance. If you have an interest in Chaperoning please

LETTER FROM AILEY/PPAS COORDINATOR GUILLERMO ASCA (cont’d)

SPECIAL INVITATION FROM MR. ASCA

Dear Students,

I would like for you all to join me in a viewing of Ballet Hispanico’s performance of Carmen. The viewing of Carmen will be at the AMC Empire 25 movie theater locat-ed in Times Square, 42nd street between 7th and 8th avenue, on Thursday, November 12th at 7:00PM. This performance is not mandatory to attend, but students who do attend will receive extra credit for doing so. I would like to leave as a group from The Ailey building by 6:00. If you are being accompanied by your parent or guardian you can meet us at the cinema at 6:30, and no later so that we can get seating as a group.

Students must purchase tickets at https://www.amctheatres.com/movie-theatres/new-york-city/amc-empire-25#552-11122015-51941 , select the Thursday, November 12th date and Carmen should appear immediately for the 7:00PM time slot. Tickets are $18 per person. I hope you all can join in this special experience.

Sincerely,

Mr. Asca

Mr. Asca addresses Ailey majors during

orientations


https://www.amctheatres.com/movie-theatres/new-york-city/amc-empire-25#552-11122015-51941

https://www.amctheatres.com/movie-theatres/new-york-city/amc-empire-25#552-11122015-51941

VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES

Parent Involvement is vital to the success of our school and our arts partnership. We invite you to

share your knowledge, talents and valuable time to enrich the lives of our PPAS Stars! Give what

and when you can…every bit helps! you

Volunteer at Live Events & Auditions

(Box office, backstage, registration,

high school fairs)

Photography / Videography

(Performances, special events, market-

ing tools)

Administrative / Marketing

(Mailings, Social Media, Web)

Event Planning

(Venue, Catering, Set-Up, Break-down

and clean up)

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED:

PLEASE EMAIL [email protected] FOR INFO

PPAS / Ailey Auditions—November 8th and 15th 8am at Alvin Ailey

December 3rd—Alvin ailey performance at citi theater—December 3rd 6pm

Drama Production—November 19th and 20th 7pm Nov. 21st 2pm & 7pm at PPAS Auditorium

Vocal Department—Avery Fisher Hall 7pm

Financial Support

Help us reach the 100% family involvement goal of the Annual Contribution Fund (ACF)

so that we become eligible for more grants for our students!!

Executive Boards

(Join your PTA or Senior Leadership Team)

SAVE THE DATE

PARENT OBSERVATION WEEK AT ALVIN AILEY

DECEMBER 7 - 11 1:30pm to 3:30pm


DANCING THROUGH COLLEGE & BEYOND

A PARENT’S REVIEW BY NICOLE WRIGHT

On Sunday, I had the wonderful opportunity to attend an amazing event, "Dancing Through College & Beyond" held at the 92Y Hark-ness Dance Center. The event, the brain child of Diane Jacobowitz, the Executive/Artistic Director of Dancewave, (a Brooklyn based non-profit dance education center) was a day designed to give ad-vice to high school students on their journey to college and be-yond. 41 colleges from around the country had representatives on hand to talk about their dance programs. Faculty; department chairs; admissions and financial officers were also on hand as well as professionals who have gone on to do some incredible things beyond dance. These professionals all started out studying dance and now run non profits; do dance therapy; teach; work in dance media and even dance technology. A variety of paths were taken but all started from the love of dance.

Throughout the day there were panel discussions about the various programs and students had an opportunity to take a movement class; attend a college fair; have peer to peer discussions with current students about their school and take in a showcase performance from a number of schools Also - for the very first time; this year DTCB also offered an opportunity for high school seniors to audition for participating colleges. Seniors were able to audi-tion in one location without having to travel all across the country. The audition took the form of a ballet class and a modern class. Our PPAS kids on hand shared it was different than they expected but they appreciated the oppor-tunity to have that experience.

A very special thank you goes out to Mr. Asca for sharing this information with us and mostly for taking time out of his weekend to stop by and check in on our Ailey students. -NMH

Ailey/Fordham BFA in Dance

November 1, 2015 - Applications due for Fall, 2016

http://www.theaileyschool.edu/BFA/admissions

Peridance -Summer Intensive - June 27 - July 17th, 2016

Scholarship Auditions: November 22, 2015

http://www.peridance.com/summer-intensive.cfm

Juilliard Summer Dance Intensives - 2016 Program Dates: July 10 - 29

Online application deadline: Monday, December 15, 2015, at 11:59 p.m. EST

http://www.juilliard.edu/youth-adult-programs/summer-programs/summer-dance-intensive

DanceFest - Carol Bryan

Saturday, January 23rd and Sunday January 24, 2016 (featuring Ailey Instructor Adrienne Hurd)

http://www.carolbryan.com/2016-registration.html

UPCOMING AUDITIONS

Mr. Asca with our auditioning Ailey Students


http://www.juilliard.edu/youth-adult-programs/summer-programs/summer-dance-intensive

SLAM 2015 COVERAGE — OCTOBER 8th and 9th

RED CARPET FUN (Photos by Lv Horton)

At this years SLAM talent show we gave our talented students, their families and our PTA the chance to show some love. See more photos on our Instagram (@star_of_ppas) and Facebook (@PPAS NYC) pages to see more.


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