Dancers
from the San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts will be
performing under the direction of internationally-known choreographers
and in front of an international audience in March at the prestigious
National High School Dance Festival.
Scheduled for March 9-11
at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, 25 dancers from SCPA
have been selected to perform two dances:
- Excerpts from the Disinherited
will be choreographed by Tony Award winner and SCPA friend Donald
McKayle. McKayle returns to SCPA this year to teach students his
politically revealing dance, House of Tears, which will be performed
April 19-28 at SCPA.
- Echoes of Ailey,
choreographed by Christopher Huggins, a former dancer with the Alvin
Ailey American Dance Theatre and the Aterbaletto of Reggio Emilia in
Italy.
The four-day festival will welcome 1,500 students in grades 9-12 from around the world representing their high school. The festival also offers a full day of scholarship auditions, as well as more than 200 master classes including ballet, modern, jazz, tap, hip hop, musical theater and salsa.
For more information on SCPA, contact Mitzi Lizarraga, principal, at (619) 470-0555.
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