announcements

APA in the news...
:: The Morning Sun article on APA's Summer DanceFest
:: APA receives grant! Read all about it...
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more articles about APA...
:: The Morning Sun article on the Hillcrest Fine Arts Day
:: The Morning Sun article on the Master Class
with Liz Joynt Sandberg
:: The Boston Herald review of the Christmas Celtic Sojourn,
with Nic Gareiss - they liked it!
:: Gratiot County Herald's article about APA's participation in Alma's Come Home for Christmas celebration
:: Read the Morning Sun's 10 Questions: A Love for Dance
:: The Morning Sun story about our dancers in the Nutcracker, presented by the Midland Symphony Orchestra with the Grand Rapids Ballet Company.
:: Gratiot County Herald covers APA's Celebrate for the Schools performances at Alma's Hillcrest and Luce Road schools.
:: Gratiot County Herald prints a wonderful article about FPACo II doing Peter & the Wolf this past spring and summer - and "one more time" at upcoming Lucky MacDuck Day!
:: Gratiot County Herald's coverage of APA's open house 2009 and Multicultural Day.
:: The Morning Sun's preview coverage of APA's Peter and the Wolf performance at Lucky MacDuck.

open house & company workshop/auditions

Register, or pick up your schedule if already registered.
08/31/10 Company Workshop
Open House		 1:00-3:30 p.m.
4:00-7:00 p.m.
09/01/10

Open House
Company Workshop
Company Audition

1:00-3:00 p.m.
4:00-6:00 p.m.
6:30-8:00 p.m.
09/02/10 Open House
Stage Combat (free sample class)		 4:00-7:00 p.m.
5:00-6:00 p.m.
09/02/10 For beginners of any age and physical ability.
Good for seniors - you can even sit and participate!

special sample class - stage combat!

Thursday, 09/02/10, 5:00-6:00 p.m. - students 12 and older
Stage Combat teaches the fine art of physical combat in a theatrical setting; learn the proper technique & safety to perform a hand to hand combat scene on stage using the Society of American Fight Director's strict guidelines. Students will have fun learning how to safely recreate stage & movie action scenes & create some of their own. This will be a new class offered weekly by Michael Sheldon (Alma College Heritage Center tech director!)
email or call 463-2983 to enroll.

zumba

Zumba classes will continue throughout the summer:
Zumba Mondays and Wednesdays
Tuesdays		 9:00-10:00 a.m.
6:30-7:30 p.m.
Zumba Gold Mondays 3:30-4:30 p.m.
  For beginners of any age and physical ability.
Good for seniors - you can even sit and participate!
Drop-in $6/class; APA punch cards 5 for $25 or 10 for $40

email or call 463-2983 to enroll.

we're on facebook! Find Us On Facebook
APA has a fan page! We encourage you to join to keep in touch with other APA dancers, parents and instructors; get unofficial information gathered from emails and updates from Kathy; notifications of APA closings and reminders.

congrats to Abby!!

Abby Church, APA alum (2003 MPHS, danced & graduated with Kristen Bennett, APA faculty!) opens with the Broadway show "Billy Elliot" in Chicago! If you planned to see "Billy Elliot", try to see it in Chicago before Sept '10!

Abby will be joining us for Summer DanceFest July 13-15. For more information and to download registration forms, check out our Workshops!


studio news...
:: Our tap teacher friend, Barbara Ryan Phillips, has been chosen as 2009 Texas Tap Legend by the Dance Council of North Texas. Barbara is a fabulous tapper, teacher, and advocate! Congratulations to Barbara!
:: Ericka Goss, previously with the Grand Rapids Ballet, was accepted as an apprentice with the Atlanta Ballet Company, and has been cast in their fall production of "Pinocchio". Ericka taught the ballet workshops for APA's SummerFest 2009.
:: Kristen and Judi both received certifications for Zumba,
and Kristen's classes grow with each class!

calling all alums!

With APA now in it's 16th year, we're continuing to gather material for where are they now? which features current information on past APA alumni. We hope it will be a way for you to keep in touch with one another and with APA. If you would like to participate, please download the information form and either email it back, or mail it to:
Academy of Performing Arts
P.O. Box 263
Alma, MI 48801

We love hearing from you!


 

Ballet Dancer

 

Abby Church, APA Alum