Standing Room Only: Davis Dance for Parkinson’s First Performance

By Dorothy Ross Picture this. A dozen dancers in the Green Room of a large Sacramento conference center, awaiting their first public appearance, perched on the edges of their chairs like nervous schoolgirls. But these dancers weren’t children. They were gray-haired women, and I was one of them. Each of us has had Parkinson’s Disease […]

From the Dancer’s Perspective: Pirouette vs. Platter Turn

A while back in a contemporary technique class, a dancer asked how a person can spot in a platter turn. It’s crucial to spot in a pirouette or a compass turn, but a platter turn has the dancer’s body laid out in a lateral position rather than upright. So how DO you spot in a […]

Fall Usher Training 2013

The usher training for the fall concert, The Illusion of Control, will be held on Saturday, November 9th, at 2:30 p.m. at the Pamela Trokanski Dance Workshop and Performing Arts Center, 2720 Del Rio Place, Davis. Attending this training will be sufficient training for ushering at any of PTDT’s concerts for this season. If you’ve […]