Polaris Welcomes 2012/13 Jr. Company

POLARIS JUNIOR COMPANY AUDITION

Saturday, May 18th 2013
Time: 1-2:00pm
Polaris Contemporary Dance Center

Polaris is seeking male and female dancers to perform with its 2013/14 Junior Company. This pre-professional company will launch again in conjunction with our September 2013 Fall Term. Company members will be required to attend a weekly company class as well as weekly rehearsals in preparation for an annual performance. (Performance dates and weekly class and rehearsal schedule to be announced)

Polaris Dance Theatre’s Artistic Director Robert Guitron and Rehearsal Director M’Liss Stephenson will give the Polaris Junior Company audition. We are looking for dancers age 13 and over who have experience in a variety of dance disciplines including ballet, contemporary, aerial and jazz and who are considering a career in dance. The Polaris Junior Company will offer young dancers a chance to experience the demands of rehearsing and performing in a professional environment while continuing to strengthen their technique.

Please bring resume & head shot. Email to reserve your space: mliss@polarisdance.org
Polaris Contemporary Dance Center 1501 SW Taylor @ 16th.

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STUDENT & JUNIOR COMPANY SUMMER CONCERT
June 1st | 12PM AND 3PM
Polaris Studio Theatre – 1501 SW Taylor @ 16th

Polaris Contemporary Dance Center is thrilled to announce its second Summer Concert. The program is as diverse as the curriculum we offer. Our Spring Session students will demonstrate contemporary, ballet and aerial technique. Our Junior Company will perform two original work by School Director M’Liss Stephenson. Join us as we celebrate the accomplishments of our talented young dancers.  Click HERE to buy tickets

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Update from Jr. Company Director, M’liss Stephenson: Since we have started, the students have been learning a Polaris repertoire piece called Legions. It’s a piece the company has performed numerous times, and one we will continue to use down the road.  The Jr. Company students have been doing such a wonderful job tackling this piece. I have not made any adaptations to the original choreography which is a great testament to the students hunger for the movement.

Once we have completed that piece the students will then be broken up into some smaller pieces. It’s amazing to have so many Jr. Company members, and they definitely make for a big group piece!:) We are also finalizing the Jr. Company full evening performance, witch will take place in early June.

I feel very fortunate to be working with this group of kids, and I would like to take this moment to thank the parents of  Jr. Company. With out there support the Jr. Company would not exist, or be at the caliber that it is. It’s truly a pleasure to be working with the parents of Jr. Company, as we help the kids develop into the strong and wonderful dancers they are, and will become.

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