DANCE STUDENTS RAKE IN AWARDS.Byline: Sandra Terrell Staff Writer Students from the Agoura Hills Dance and Performing Arts Center A performing arts center, often abbreviated PAC, is a multi-use performance space that can be adapted for use by various types of the performing arts, including dance, music and theatre. danced their way to success recently, bringing home several first-place awards following the Czar Productions Competition. The tap and ballet students competed against 28 other studios at the competition held at the Doubletree Hotel in Ontario, Calif. The center took first place in nearly all age and dance categories and won several top choreographer cho·re·o·graph v. cho·re·o·graphed, cho·re·o·graph·ing, cho·re·o·graphs v.tr. 1. To create the choreography of: choreograph a ballet. 2. awards. The highest award of the day, the Top Jr. Production Number - which brought a $150 award and a trophy - was given to an ensemble of students for their tap production ``Mash Boogie.'' In the 8- to 10-year-old division, a tap trio, performing a number to ``Sunny Side of the Street,'' happily accepted first-place honors. In the 11- to 13-year-old category, six dance groups received first place accolades. They include: A junior ballet group performing ``Braveheart;'' a ballet solo performance by Christian Denice for ``Romeo;'' a solo tap number performed by Kylie Noun 1. kylie - an Australian boomerang; one side flat and the other convex kiley boomerang, throw stick, throwing stick - a curved piece of wood; when properly thrown will return to thrower Nelson for ``Boogie Woogie;'' two group tap numbers, to ``Bluestime'' and ``Baby Come Back;'' a tap trio performing ``Yama, Yama Pretty Mama.'' In the 14- to 16-year-old age division, first-place awards went to: the senior ballet trio dancing to ``Rush''; the all-boys open group who sprang to action with ``Everybody Get Up''; a jazz duet number to ``Thieves in the Temple.'' A second-place award went to Chad Elkins for his tap solo performance to ``Jammin.'' Top choreography choreography Art of creating and arranging dances. The word is derived from the Greek for “dance” and “write,” reflecting its early meaning as a written record of dances. awards went to Deirdre Irvine for her supervision of dances to ``Braveheart,'' ``Rush'' and ``Romeo.'' Betsy Melber received the top choreographer awards for ``Mash Boogie,'' ``Yama, Yama Pretty Mama,'' ``Baby Come Back,'' ``Sunny Side of the Street,'' ``Bluestime'' and ``Boogie Woogie.'' Danielle Wynn won a top choreography award for ``Thieves in the Temple'' and another top choreography award was given to Dennon Rawles for ``Everybody Get Up.'' The Agoura Hills Dance & Performing Arts Center offers instruction in tap, jazz, ballet, hip-hop, swing for adults and teens, yoga yoga (yō`gə) [Skt.,=union], general term for spiritual disciplines in Hinduism, Buddhism, and throughout S Asia that are directed toward attaining higher consciousness and liberation from ignorance, suffering, and rebirth. , physio physio Noun 1. short for physiotherapy 2. pl physios short for physiotherapist dynamics and creative pre-dance. The studio caters to toddlers through seniors, beginners to professionals. The center is located at 5015 Cornell Road, Agoura. For more information, call: (818) 991-8883. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTOCzar Productions Competition winners include, front row, from left: Christian Denice, Shane Haggerty, Dean Hendricks, Elizabeth Ayral, Courtney Denice, Kimberly Klein. Middle row: Kylie Nelson, Danny Rishoff, Caitlin Obringer, Travis Maggini, Scott Anderson Scott Anderson is the name of:
or kohen (Hebrew: “priest”) Jewish priest descended from Zadok (a descendant of Aaron), priest at the First Temple of Jerusalem. The biblical priesthood was hereditary and male. , Roy Sherman, Alison Haggerty, Chad Elkins, Danielle Wynn, Deirdre Irvine, Betsy Melber, Chuck Melber, Jessica Aaronson, Danielle Michaelson, Marcello Sanna-Pickett, Kenny Reyes, Scott Gunn. |
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