Performances
Special Holiday Performance
​Each December, at the end of the fall semester, dancers at CPDW perform at the State Theatre, with classes presenting new choreography created by CPDW faculty and learned in regular class time.
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Last year's theme "My Favorite Things," explored things we love and cherish. Selections included a variety of ages and dance styles celebrating things like Cookies, Flowers, Dreams, and Parties.
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This year (2024) our theme is "Snow Day," a tribute to all the mischief and merrymaking we get up to on a snow day. Dances include outdoor activities such as Snowball Fights and Skating, Icicles and Snow Angels in a Blizzard, as well as things that happen indoors, like Sibling Rivalry, Playing Video Games, a Movie Marathon,, and Zoom Meetings. And then there are those unpleasant things like a Flight Delay and Getting Lost in a Blizzard. Sunday, December 15th, 7:00 pm.
Student Choreographers Showcase
​Each spring semester students at CPDW have the opportunity to ​show their own choreography at the Student Choreographers Showcase. Dancers of any age and level, in any style they choose, will work with a faculty mentor to create a performance piece, with lighting, sound, and costumes. Dancers may choose to work as soloists or in small groups. Whatever the concept, we want to bring it to light!
Presented in the CPDW studio, this concert allows students to have a taste of the many considerations a choreographer faces. Each piece is presented in class for a feedback session from the dancer's peers, and faculty mentors encourage the dancers to challenge themselves.
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Spring School Performance
​At the close of the spring semester students take the stage at the State Theatre for a final opportunity to showcase their artistic growth. Each class performs an original dance created by the CPDW faculty with an emphasis on expression and the art and craft of dance.
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The spring 2035 theme was "Myths & Legends." Dances featured Big Foot and Gargoyles, Jack Frost and the Boogeyman, to dances inspired by Greek Mythology like Pandora's Box, Hephaestus, the Blacksmith, Arachne, and Echo & Narcissus.
Who knows what the 2025 School Performance will be about? The theme announcement is coming soon!