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Dance Residency Series 2010-2011
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Donlavy Dance Residencies

Residencies can be one, two, or multiple weeks and will be specifically tailored to a school's needs.

One-Year Residency Program

Donlavy Dance Company provides a comprehensive in-school dance program that embraces children, educators, and parents in select partner schools in the Greater Los Angeles area.

Basic Structure

Select partner schools will express interest in our program  Our history has shown that we  enroll the entire 4th or 5th grade-at some schools as many as 300 dancers. The program runs for the length of the school year. Each class in the participating grade has dance once per week during the school day. These children learn dance along with language arts and math, underscoring the DDC’s belief that the arts are vital to a child's development. Dance Residency classes, are taught by two or three professional teaching artists: a teacher/choreographer, an assistant teacher, and a musician, introduce students to the basics of dance while challenging them creatively and intellectually. We will also work with classroom teachers and other arts specialists in each school to integrate the arts into everyday classroom learning.

Residency Performances

Donlavy Dance Residencies emphasizes regular in-school performances throughout the year.  Students have a chance to display their growing skills in both mid-year and final performances for the entire school. They may also participate in  Advance Programs given additionally with no charge to school, child or parent usually as an afterschool course offered once a week.

Advanced Program (Included if contracted before Sept 30^th)

Advanced Programs expose children to the arts at the highest level. They demand extraordinary commitment and exemplary performance from every dancer.  The Advanced Program includes the SWAT Team; (Sam’s Wonderful Advanced Team) and are hand selected based on the students willingness, achievement & talent.  The final or End of the Year Performance is presented as an evening for parents, friends and members of the community where the dancers showcase what they have learned. The professionally produced End of the Year Performance is presented at the end of the school year and includes all students and all Advanced Program dancers.

History

Donlavy Dance Residency Series is a model of the 2002 Cal State Los Angeles Dance Residency which culminated with 400 kids, 13 classes and 4 schools, both private & public under the direction of Samuel Donlavy. Samuel is a graduate and former site teacher with the National Dance Institute.  In 1998 the Donlavy Dance Camp was founded in the Silverlake/Los Feliz Community with a one-of-a-kind arts and academic program. Recommended as “LAUSD’s afterschool place to be;” a Dance Center opened its doors expanding its vision to include summer, spring & winter programs remaining open 52 weeks of the year.   Mr. Donlavy other qualifications include selection as the  2008 City of Los Angeles Artist in Residence to teach adults Dance, much like the residency; this time to groups of people with developmental disabilities or AUTISM.  Past schools and institutions working with Mr. Donlavy include UCLA and LAAAE as well as Franklin, Ivanhoe, LILA Woodland Hills and LILA Los Feliz Elementary Schools.