Thank you to those who completed our summer survey. After reviewing the results, we are excited to offer dance programs this summer. Class sizes will be restricted to allow for social distancing
Check out our intensive/ camp and teen adult class pages to see more details and to get registered for summer.
Camps & Intensives:
Summer Fun Dance Camp – Ages 8-12
Summer Intensive 1 – By Placement or Invitation only
Summer Intensive 2 – Closed
Summer Intensive 3 – By Placement or Invitation only
Summer Intensive 4 – By Placement or Invitation only
Teen/Adult Classes:
Ballet Mondays at 6:00 – 7:30 p.m.
Classic Jazz/Musical Theater Tuesdays at 6:00 – 7:30 p.m.
Hip Hop Tuesday at 7:30 – 8:30pm
Tap Wednesdays at 7-8 p.m.
Contemporary/Lyrical Thursdays at 6:00 – 7:30 p.m.
Congratulations!
These students were selected by teachers to receive a 2019-2020 award of excellence in dance, based on the combined following criteria: number of absences, display of a positive attitude, progress throughout the year and work ethic in all areas of class.
BALLET: Sierra Berkenfeld, Sydney Broadfield, Carli Cleveland, Tori Gilbert, Tara Girson, Chase Goodridge, Alisha Jeudy, Megan Mulford, Julia Silveria, and Francesca Wisniew.
JAZZ: Sierra Berkenfeld, Sophia Caputo, Alyssa Dicembrino, Tara Girson, Mariana Irene, Janneva Jean-Gilles, Alena Murphy, Olivia Price, Samantha Penfield, Amber Roeder, and Brooke Sullinger.
TAP: Kirara Benoit, Sarah Gil, Sanaa Haynes, Amber Roeder, Emma Warren, and Victor Wisniew.
MODERN: Sydney Broadfield, Sophia Chou, Dajia Correa, Janneva Jean-Gilles, Allyson Steinberg, and Francesca Wisniew.
HIP HOP: Alyssa Dicembrino, Xia Ferency, Amya Irwin, Anaelle Joseph, Katy Krivos-Duane, Laila Pinnock, and Tristyn Thomas.
LYRICAL/CONTEMPORARY: Tori Gilbert
Elementary Division
~ Sara Park
Middle School Division
~ Kassidy Krivos~Duane
~ Bianca Vasilescu
High School Division
~ Gabrielle Kiminyo
Students were selected by teachers using the combined following criteria for each of their classes:
• number of absences
• display of a positive attitude
• progress throughout the year
• work ethic in all areas of class
Our office hours for the week of June 7th through the 13th will be:
Sunday: Closed
Monday and Wednesday: 12:45 – 5:45 p.m.
Tuesday and Thursday: 1:15 – 6:45 p.m.
Friday: 2:15 – 5:45 p.m.
Saturday: Closed
Dear Parents and students of Southern Dance Theatre,
It has been a pleasure to join forces with you in dancing our way through the ever-changing challenges of COVID-19. I appreciate so very much the kindness and understanding you have shown me, the office staff and teachers. I hope that everyone sees the great value and comfort that online classes have given the dancers. It has kept some level of consistency for them in doing something they love and that is normal to them while supplying physical movement and enhancing their morale. With that said, after much prayer, contemplation and re-working of solutions I come to all of you today with my plan for moving forward. It seems each day presents another myriad of new concerns and guidelines from the government, CDC and health experts. It has kept me literally on my toes and my brain in constant overdrive.
The following will address Classes, Recital and Summer Session
CLASSES – I do not foresee being able to conduct classes at SDT in person in May. I do not believe that we could safely conduct classes and maintain the CDC guidelines for social distancing and am certain that the government will not allow gatherings of more than 50 people in their first phase of opening businesses. On any given day we have 45 plus students between our 3 studios, plus teachers, office staff and parents dropping off and picking up students. The changing of classes alone would be quite a logistical task. While we would all like to hurry into getting back some normalcy, safety and wellbeing of everyone is still top priority.
Southern Dance will continue to honor our class contracts through June 6th via our current zoom online classes. This will also cover the week we lost in March due to closing for COVID-19. May and June tuition installments will continue to be discounted at 15%.
RECITAL – Due to Governor DeSantis’s announcement of the Florida Schools being closed, leases for theaters in Palm Beach County are not being permitted. I have spent the past three weeks exhausting all possible theaters from Boca Raton to Palm Beach. There were ten local theaters I investigated. Of those ten, eight answered with a definite no, one was too small with limited seating and without a sufficient holding area for dancers, and the last one never responded back to me. With that said, many teachers will continue with recital choreography so students can have the opportunity to perform their dance(s) for their family at home in their costume(s). This will occur during the last week of classes (June 1-6).
On a great note, the faculty and I have decided that we will put our Disney recital, “Making the Magic Happen”, on stage next year. We will have another year to plan and make it spectacular.
COSTUMES – Are the property of the students and provisions will be made for pick up in May when we are given the okay from officials to open to the public (see the update on this below) . As stated on your costume order form the costume(s) payment(s) are non-refundable. The costume companies make our costume orders on a “custom order” basis and will not accept returns.
SUMMER SESSION – Intensives, Summer dance Camps, evening Open Classes and our Tune up classes are still scheduled to run as planned. More information will be forthcoming once we have been given directives by the Governor.
I am heartbroken that some of this may be disappointing. Despite my best efforts, circumstances, out of my control, keep me from being able to do all that I had hoped for. I hope that you understand and know that myself and SDT’s staff is committed to serving you the best way we know how with a level of excellence given our limitations at this time.
With gratitude to all of you,
Penni A. Greenly
Director of Southern Dance Theatre
