2014-2015 Auditions

Auditions for the upcoming season are quickly approaching. Typically, auditions are thought of as an important time for a dance company to decide who will dance in the next season, but PTDT wants dancers to also get to know the company. We’ve thought of a few questions you might have about auditions and have answered […]

Dance Composition 2014

Some of the dancers of the Pamela Trokanski Dance Theatre will present their own choreographic works at the Pamela Trokanski Dance Workshop’s 2014 Student Repertory Concert. The pieces range from quirky up-beat character pieces to dark and broody to thought-provoking and elegant. The dancers honed their choreography skills in this summer’s Dance Composition class, an […]

From the Dancer’s Perspective: Dog Slides

PTDT dancers do a lift that we call a Dog Slide – named because one dancer is in the Downward Dog yoga position allowing another dancer to slide down her back. It requires significant upper body strength for both dancers. The dancer who is the base (the dancer doing the lifting) has to support her […]