Tour Group fundraiser for Music & Memory Saturday March 25
Shows at 1:00, 3:00 and 5:00 at CSDC
tickets: $15 for adults, $5 for under 18
tickets can be purchased ahead of time at the studio or at the door with cash or check
(The show is approximately 60 minutes and is kid friendly)
Music & Memory is an organization that provides personalized music to individuals with Alzheimer's dementia, and other forms of cognitive and physical impairment. The documentary "Alive Inside" shows the power that music has to reach individuals with these conditions. All proceeds from the Tour Group performances on March 25 will go directly to Music & Memory. The CSDC Tour Group performs at local retirement homes and nursing facilities each month and students conclude each performance by visiting with residents. They have seen first hand the positive influence music can have on the senior citizens of their own community and hope you will join them in supporting Music & Memory. 

STUDENT CHOREOGRAPHY PROJECT
When: Fall
​Where: location subject to change
Who: Quatrieme and Epaulement students
The Student Choreography Project began in 2010 as an experiment with 6 students.  The project has since expanded to include over 30 students and gives students the experience of creating their own work. Each season the project takes on a different structure. Sometimes classes are split into small groups to work on individual work, some seasons the class works as a whole to create a collaborative piece and are given different themes or limitations to work within. We believe that this project provides a unique experience for students to not only create, but to learn to work and direct their own peers.

WINTER PORTFOLIO
When: second or third weekend of December
​Where: SCU Fess Parker theatre
​Who: Footlight, Quatrieme, Epaulment students
The Winter Portfolio began as a small performance of selections from the Nutcracker Suite in which students in the Footlight, Quatrieme, and Epaulment Programs showcase their ballet technique each December. The performance has since developed to include the additional performance of SCP  work (Student Choreography Project) and selections from the Tour Group holiday performance. 

MINI SHOW
When: mid-May
​Where: CSDC
Who: Pre Dance students

The annual Mini Show is a small performance which concludes the Pre Dancer season each spring. We feel that this small performance allows students warm up to the idea of performing infront of large crowds. Students perform multiple songs and dances in a familure environment before moving to the July Portfolio Production as a Junior Dancer.  

TOUR GROUP FUNDRAISER
When: mid-May (subject to change)
​Where: location subject to change
Who: Tour Group members
 After a year of season of performances at local retirement homes where the CSDC Tour Group brings music, dance and conversations to senior citizens of our community, they perform at an end of the season fundraiser showcasing their work from the season. Each performances benefits the  Music and Memory foundation, an organization that provides personalized music to individuals with Alzheimer’s, dementia and other forms of cognitive and physical impairment. The documentary “Alive Inside” shows the power that music has to reach and reawaken individuals with these conditions.

JULY PORTFOLIO PRODUCTION
When: mid-July
​Where: SCU Mayer Theatre
Who: Junior, Footlight, Quatrieme, Eapulement students
The July Portfolio Production is CSDC's largest show of each season. Each year a different theme (or multiple themes/stories) are chosen to structure the performance. Class dances overlap and interact with one another, additional rehearsals during the month of June are used to solidify the production. All costumes for these productions are constructed by the students, allowing them to develop their sewing and problem solving skills. Older students have the oportunity to perform featured roles through participation in Company Class.

Favorite themes from past seasons include:  The Black Sheep Ballet (an original story about Lucy the black sheep who didn’t fit in with her flock and set out on an adventure of self discovery and acceptance), Legends of the American West (Stories of outlaw legends Billy the Kid, Annie Oakley, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, and the James and Younger Gang), Black 47 (the story of the irish potato famine), The Human Brain (a modern piece with each dance embodying the functions of the different parts of the brain)...and many others!