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STUDIO FOR THE LIVING ARTS DANCE COMPLEX The Fall Course Schedule is available online and we are currently accepting registrations for our 23rd season of dance which begins September 15.

1 STUDIO FOR THE LIVING ARTS DANCE COMPLEX The Fall Course Schedule is available online and we are currently accepting registrations for our 23rd season of dance which begins September 15. Please visit our website for more information about our programs and schedule of classes. *Returning accounts please log in with the same address you used last year to register. You can then edit your address if you need to. The studio offers a fresh and innovative dance program expanding the standard dance curriculum. Our professional faculty and high energy atmosphere provides complete and personalized dance training to both the recreational dancer as well as the serious student who trains intensively. We have many new class times available! AUGUST DANCE NEWSLETTER future payments. If you prefer to mail your payment, visit our website and select the Register Online link. Set up your account and then mail your payment to: Studio for the Living Arts Dance Complex 21 Portland Rd., Suite 2, Gray, ME Reminder: your space in class is not confirmed/held until payment is received. Once payment has been received we will process registration if the class still has openings and we will send an confirmation. We also will contact you if your class choice is full. You may also register in person during office hours or visit us at Open House: Our dance complex brings many class offerings: Tap, Jazz, Contemporary, Ballet, Pointe, Lyrical, Hip Hop, Musical Theater, Creative Movement, Acro, Tumbling, Leaps-Turns- Flexibility Class. Course descriptions are available online in our Student Handbook link. We also offer adult Zumba fitness and Adult dance classes. PLEASE NOTE: Popular time slots and classes fill quickly so please make your selections as early as possible. We will update our website as classes become full. We will maintain a wait list for any classes that become full. This season we have added additional faculty and course offerings for children, teens and adults! Check out our schedule and let us know if we can help with any questions for placement. You may register and pay online. Visit our website and select the Register Online link. You may pay with a credit card online using our secure program. You may make a one time credit card payment or store your card on your account for

2 The fun and professional experience of attending Studio for the Living Arts Dance Complex begins with our state-of-the-art 6000 sq. ft. facility providing optimum conditions for dance training : WE ARE HOSTING A COURTNEY ORTIZ MASTERCLASS HERE AT THE COMPLEX. SIGN UP ONLINE AUGUST 11 th Jazz and Contemporary class. 5-6pm Intermediate level age :30pm Inter Adv/Adv. teens $25 per class - 3 studios with suspended wood floors and Marley - Mirrors and Full Practice Barres - Professional Sound Systems - We keep dancewear, tights, dance shoes, and logowear in stock for purchase. - Free Wifi and Spacious Student Lounge - Central Air-Conditioning - 3 Restrooms - Changing Room - Student Lockers FACULTY Elizabeth Avantaggio Vanessa Beyland Susan Cloutier Beth Gaudet Tina Rae Kelly Cheryl Greeley-Leach Victoria Perreault Michelle Melvin-Perry Jess Peterson Amanda Preble Stefanie Robinson Kate Smedal Pam Collins-Stahle Courtney Ortiz, a native of Baltimore, MD. Her professional career has allowed her to travel the world to places such as Los Angeles, Canada, Mexico, Spain, Australia, and Germany. Some of her credits include: numerous music videos and industrials, LIVE! with Regis and Kelly, The Rachael Ray Show, Broadway on Broadway in Times Square, The New York Musical Theatre Festival, and more. She has been a 'SYTYCD' Vegas Finalist multiple times and has made it down to the Top 50 Female Dancers in Season 9. She has also been an adjudicator around the country for dance competitions and was a featured judge on Lifetime's television series "Dance Moms" with Abby Lee Miller. Courtney teacher master classes around the country and is on faculty with numerous dance conventions teaching alongside SYTYCD All-stars. Courtney was also the Assistant Dance Captain/Jet Girl on the International Tour of 'West Side Story' performing in Europe and Asia.

STUDIO NY CITY CHARTER BUS TRIP COLUMBUS DAY WEEKEND October 10,11,12 WE ARE OFF TO NEW YORK AGAIN FOR THEATER, DANCE CLASSES AT THE FAMOUS BROADWAY DANCE CENTER, SIGHTSEEING, AND SHOPPING!

3 STUDIO NY CITY CHARTER BUS TRIP COLUMBUS DAY WEEKEND October 10,11,12 WE ARE OFF TO NEW YORK AGAIN FOR THEATER, DANCE CLASSES AT THE FAMOUS BROADWAY DANCE CENTER, SIGHTSEEING, AND SHOPPING! REGISTER ONLINE. Cost for round trip bus fare and 2 nights lodging: $365 per person The faculty at Studio for the Living Arts in Gray, and Center Stage Performing Arts in Raymond, invites local dance studios, parents, and friends,to join them for a weekend excursion to NYC! Transportation will be provided by a chartered Custom Coach 57-passenger bus. Lodging will be at the Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel, 811 7th Ave 53rd St. located in Times Square. A parent must accompany their child, or with parental permission, the student may be chaperoned by another attending adult. DANCE CLASS OPTIONS: NY City is the dance capital of the world!!!!!!! BROADWAY DANCE CENTER: Classes at the studio are offered to students age 13+ from their weekly schedule of classes. This will be a motivating and inspirational experience for any dance student who would like to expand their dance training. (taking dance classes is optional). Cost is $18 per class and you can take as few or as many as you desire over the weekend. Just before the trip we send out their schedule info. they offer over 350 classes a week! We are registered as a group and we can pre-reserve a space in class if desired. More info. coming. For our younger dancers, Broadway Dance Center creates a private group class for our studios and they have one of their (amazing) faculty members teach the class, genre of our choice. ( Cost is usually $20 student) We will also be offering a Rockette Master Tap Class while we are in the city. On our last studio trip we really enjoyed the Rockette dancer/teacher and class so we will again offer that to 2 levels: Levels 2+3 master class and a level 4+5 master class. More info to come for cost. Estimating $20. THEATER: The theater district is within walking distance from our hotel and there are many shows to choose from. If you d like to see a show you can purchase discount tickets at TKTS which is located in Times Sq. that sells last minute available tickets to select Broadway shows for 25 or 50 percent off the original price, or buy ahead of time online at etc. We plan to send a survey out to see if there is interest in buying group tickets. SIGHTSEEING AND SHOPPING: Our Times Square hotel is conveniently located within walking distance to the Broadway Dance Center and most major attractions. Central Park (just up the street), Times Square, American Girl Place, Empire State Building, MOma Metropolitan Museum of Art, Statue of Liberty, Visit Ground Zero, Rockefeller Center, Tour NBC Studios, and go shopping!! VISIT SAMPLE ITNERARY FRIDAY BUS PICK UP AT STUDIO FOR THE LIVING ARTS, GRAY, 7:00AM BUS ARRIVES AT HOTEL IN NYC APROX. 1:30-2PM SPEND AFTERNOON/EVENING SHOPPING AND SIGHTSEEING EVENING DANCE CLASSES FOR AGE 13+ AT BROADWAY DANCE CENTER (optional) SATURDAY We usually take 2 morning dance classes but it s optional: CLASS 1 - TAKE MORNING DANCE CLASS AT BROADWAY DANCE CENTER FOR AGES 13+) CLASS 1 - TAKE MORNING MASTER CLASS /BROADWAY DANCE for dancers under age 13. CLASS 2- EITHER TAKE ANOTHER CLASS AT BROADWAY DANCE FROM THE SHCEDULE OR FOR TAPPERS: ROCKETTE DANCE CLASS FOR THE REST OF THE DAY: SIGHTSEEING, SHOPPING, TOURING SATURDAY EVENING: OPTIONAL GROUP DINNER AT JOHN S PIZZA THEN THEATER (OR MORE SHOPPING/SIGHTSEEING) SUNDAY OPTIONAL AM DANCE CLASS OFFERED AT BROADWAY DANCE CENTER (optional) WALK DOWN TO NBC STUDIO TO APPEAR ON THE TODAY SHOW (optional) BUS PICKS US UP AT HOTEL 1-2PM ARRIVE HOME APROX 6:30 7PM

4 Our dance complex offers a limited amount of lockers for rent. Cost $ $85 ( Sept.-Sept.). Locker Agreements are available online on our website. Locker rentals will be on a first come first serve basis. Payment is required for locker reservation. Lockers are reserved a 12 month period of time beginning each September. Fees are not prorated or refundable. Join us for : Thursday, November 6, 2014, Merrill Auditorium,7:30pm Dancers may leave all of their dance shoes and dancewear attire in lockers so they do not have to bring them back and forth each week to class. Locker compartment size that is 12 wide, 23" high and 18" deep. Combination locks provided. Please review the Student Handbook Online on our website. Proper dance attire must be worn at all classes for the purpose of seeing bodylines and proper placement. The studio carries leotards, dance shorts/skirts, shoes, tights and all SLADC logo wear. For our dance students attending the Gray/New Gloucester school district, some buses do drop dancers off at the Gray Plaza on Route 100 at the studio after school. FMI: Please inquire at the bus garage to find out if this is available for your dancer. We have purchased group tickets to see Savion Glover at Merrill Auditorium and have a few seats left. Tony Award-winning tap dancer and choreographer (Bring in Da Noise, Bring in Da Funk) Savion Glover returns to scorch the Merrill stage in his first Portland appearance in over a decade. His new production, STePz, is an exuberant celebration of tap dance that pays homage to tap masters, while cementing Glover s own place in history. You can purchase your ticket on your account wtith the studio: Log on and select Venue Savion Glover. Adults $48 student $23. Our group seats are EXCELLENT! Terrace Ground floor sections 2&3. The Venue class selection is listed under our summer session of classes. me with any questions at studiofortheliviingarts@yahoo.com ACCEPTING PRIVATE AUDITIONS FOR PULSE DANCE COMPANY We have an extensive stock of dance shoes, dancewear, and logowear. We can fit your dancer at Open House Next week. Stop by and get ready for FALL!

NUTCRACKER BALLET INTENSIVE August 25, 26,27,28 4-6:30pm Tuition $75 with Elizabeth Avantaggio and Kate Smedal INTENSIVE DETAILS : The Nutcracker Ballet Intensive is designed for any ballet dancer

5 NUTCRACKER BALLET INTENSIVE August 25, 26,27,28 4-6:30pm Tuition $75 with Elizabeth Avantaggio and Kate Smedal INTENSIVE DETAILS : The Nutcracker Ballet Intensive is designed for any ballet dancer who wishes to take part in the studio s December 2014 Nutcracker performance. The Nutcracker is a professional production of Studio for the Living Arts Dance Complex for students. Nutcracker participation is open to ballet dancers from any school. Our annual Nutcracker performance will feature variations from the full length version of the Nutcracker, Acts I and II and we typically cast 150 performers. The Nutcracker Intensive curriculum will include daily technique class, nutcracker choreography and Nutcracker repertoire overview. Enrollment in the Intensive is required for all performers in order to learn the choreography. Day one: ballet technique class, Nutcracker repertoire overview, and casting roles are assigned by the Artistic Directors: Elizabeth Avantaggio, Katrina Smedal. Roles will be posted that evening. PLEASE NOTE: Following the Intensive, future rehearsals for the Nutcracker are NOT held during regular weekly class times at Studio for the Living Arts Dance Complex. All rehearsals are held over 8 Saturdays scheduled throughout Sept - December. Please consult the Nutcracker schedule on our website. Dancers should be able to make 6 of the 8. Dancers only need to attend the rehearsal portion for their role, aprox. 1.5 hr rehearsal time estimate. The Nutcracker performance is being held December Windham Performing Arts Center, 2pm and 7pm performances. Dancers in the Nutcracker learn more than just ballet and an appreciation of the Arts. Our Nutcracker Youth Program gives local dancers the opportunity to perform in a professional production and the aspiring dancer will be given the opportunity to: experience a structured audition process for the casting of roles receive one-on-one direction from our artistic staff perform onstage in a professional ballet work together with dancers of all ages and build lasting friendships with the entire cast For more information, please visit our website for the Nutcracker Handout : I am really looking forward to beginning our 23rd season of dance. One thing I can guarantee for sure: It s going to be another busy, fun, educational, creative, exciting and amazing new dance season. Classes begin September 15 th. LETS DANCE!!! Susan

21 Portland Rd.,Suite 2, Gray STUDIO FOR THE LIVING ARTS DANCE COMPLEX

21 Portland Rd.,Suite 2, Gray 207.657.3006 www.studioforthelivingarts.com STUDIO FOR THE LIVING ARTS DANCE COMPLEX 5 WEEK SUMMER SCHEDULE OF CLASSES BEGIN JULY 7, 2014 Monday Monday Monday Studio #3 Tuesday