Reminders

Christmas Showcase Friday, December 7, at the studio!

Dancers need to be at the studio as soon as you can after 5pm.

We perform at 6pm and 7pm.

We still need mothers to help supervise the dressing room.

➤PreBallet, Balet I, Ballet II: wear your class color leotards, pink tights & shoes, and a class color or pink dance skirt if you have one.

➤Ballet III and Ballet IV will be borrowing skirts. Wear your classwear.

➤PrePointe: wear a black leotard, pink tights & shoes, and black ballet skirt.

➤Ballet V and Intermediate Pointe: wear your white dresses (from Snow White) with the arm scarf drape attached.

➤Intermediate Modern: wear black tank leo, black legging, black ballet skirt. The red top is $10 and won't be given out til Friday warmup.

➽➧If you are in Ballet III, IV, V, Int Pointe, PrePointe, or Int Modern and are dancing with us at the Capitol on Saturday, December 8, you will wear the same thing. Be at the Capitol bldg by 2:30pm. We dance at 3pm.

Christmas Break is coming up!

Break starts Friday, December 21. Classes resume Thursday, January 3.

Visit the calendar page by clicking on the calendar tab above.


IMPORTANT!
January and February! Cinderella is March 2!

- If you have committed to a main role, named role, or understudy a role, you will need to attend Saturday rehearsals in January!

- Everyone needs to attend the Monday night run-throughs in February! Dress Rehearsal on March 1. Performances on March 2.


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HD Dance Newsletter, Winter Edition 2018

Hosanna Dance Newsletter

Winter Edition 2018 ∙ 119 N Deadwood St ∙ Ft Pierre ∙ Artistic Director, Sunny Hannum ∙ Vol

Thanks & Blessings To You All!

We have been working hard to prepare a collection of Christmas dances for a December in-house performance for parents as well as preparing for Cecchetti examinations on October 26. Ms, Sunny, Josh, and Sarah attended the Fall Northern Plains Cecchetti workshop over the weekend of October 26 and 27 with two students, Becca Brusven and Jessica Saunders. We learned a lot but still found time to play and shop and take lots of photos. Josh and Sarah had three students with them at the Dance Network of South Dakota Convention in Rapid City the weekend of October 19th for wonderful classes from the Manhattan Dance Project. Students attending this workshop were Becca Brusven, Jessica Saunders, and Rae McVey. Josh and Sarah were named to the board of Dance Network of South Dakota at the annual meeting in Rapid City. Other good news for Hosanna Dance is that Ms. Sunny is in remission and has been taken off immunotherapy treatments. She is getting her strength back as the side effects gradually go away. She thanks her Lord and God who is her strength and the lifter of her head.


We will have been in our new studio space for one year by the end of November. It has been a year that has brought a lot of challenges -- hard work on studio renovations for two summers, Ms. Sunny's battle with cancer, our first in-house performance, and a commitment to take workship dance back out into the community.

We taught line dance at the summer farmers' market in Fort Pierre and presented worship dances at the Awaken the Dawn SD 50 hour prayer and tent worship in Steamboat Park in September. We had 10 dancers who performed God of All my Days and Your Great Name November 2nd for a Concert at Drifters Event Center.

For the first time in several years, Hosanna Dance is offering a Pas De Deux class on Monday nights from 8:15-9:15pm. This class is for Intermediate Pointe only and guys who are interested in partnering. We still need more guys, teenage or adult. There is no charge for them. All soloists cast in Cinderella are required to take this class. Also on Monday nights, a beginning modern class for ages 9-12 from 5:30-6:30.
We Encourage All Our Students to Prepare for Cecchetti Examinations This is such an excellent way for students to become technically proficient and thoroughly learn the terminology of ballet. There is something about preparing for an exam that makes students work harder and helps them as dancers. And bonus, you get a certificate as a memory of all the hard work, study, and effort.
If you or your student are interested in getting started with Cecchetti student examinations let us know. Ballet III and up are eligible to start working on Grade 1. Examinations take a lot of preparation, study, and commitment. (Normally 1-2 years is spent studying per grade. More as you progress through the grades.) Our studio is affiliated with the Cecchetti Council of America. All teachers  are professional examined by the CCA to hold certificates in the Cecchetti Method grades.
A Cecchetti Grade IV class is being taught on Thursday nights from 5:30-7:00 pm. A Cecchetti Grade III class is being taught on Mondays from 6:30-8:00pm. Even if you are not interested in doing exams, attending these classes is an excellent way for ballet IV/V to get another ballet class in and work hard on perfecting technique and getting more one on one corrections. Ms Sunny, Josh, and Sarah attend all the Cecchetti intensives at Dance Gallery in Sioux Falls. Dates to remember (also see the calendar for dates and times)

Attendance is extremely important. Make sure you add all classes and all dates to your calendar.

Thanksgiving Break

Break Begins: Wednesday, November 21 Classes Resume: Monday, November 26 

🎄Christmas: Don't forget we are having a Christmas performance, all classes, for parents on Friday, December 7 at 6pm and 7pm.

-We will be taking some of those Christmas dances to the Capitol on December 8 from 3-4: Ballet III, IV & V, Modern, Int Pointe, and Pre & Beg Pointe.
- Make sure you have a good pair of pink tights and your class leotards. Some classes will need to wear a black ballet skirt with their black leotard. Check with your instructor for details.

Christmas Holiday
Break Begins: Friday, December 21
Classes Resume: Thursday, January 3
January Saturday Rehearsals
for Upper levels in Cinderella
10am-2pm. speak with your instructor for more information


Saturdays in January - main/titled roles and understudies, pas de deux classes Monday Nights in February - ALL classes except adult ballet
Cinderella run-throughs at the studio from 5:30-8pm

Friday, March 1 - ALL classes except adult ballet
Cinderella Dress Rehearsal at Riggs Theatre

Morning, Saturday, March 2 - ALL classes except adult ballet
Pictures - for ALL students even if not purchasing photos
TBA
Afternoon & Evening, Saturday, March 2 - ALL classes except adult ballet
Cinderella Performances at Riggs Theatre

Spring Recital
June 1

Cinderella - Preliminary Cinderella Cast
Cinderella: Olivia Chase, Understudy Becca Brusven
Stepsisters: Jessica Hays & Ashlynn Geuther, Understudy Savannah Shrake
Fairy God Mother: Kat Bruns, Understudy Gracie Zeeb
Step Mother: Jessica Saunders, Understudy Savannah Shrake
Dance Master: Josh Easter
Prince: Ethan Hill, Ethan Denning
***Understudies will be given a chance for extra dance pieces and will be given the role they are understudying if the person cast has poor attendance at rehearsals and classes Preliminary Dance Groups
Big Bluebirds: Pre Pointe & Beginning Pointe
Little Blue Birds: Ballet II
Summer/Butterflies: PreBallet & Soloist
Clock Dwarves: Ballet I
Harem/Oranges: Ballet III Coachmen/Grasshoppers: Ballet IV or Guys Ballroom couples: Pas de Deux Winter & Cinderella's Attendants: Ballet V Fall: Intermediate Pointe
Cobblers: Beginning Modern

Rejoice in the Lord always. Again, I will say, rejoice! -- Philippians 4:4

Reminders

Ballet V and Int/Adv Modern will be dancing November 2nd at the Christian concert at the Drifters Bar & Grille Event Center. Dancers should show up at 6:30 to be ready to dance around 7pm.

-- The concert starts at 6. 
-- Ballet V & Int/Adv Modern if you are coming just to dance be there at 6:30.
-- Ballet V wear white dresses
-- Modern all black and barefoot

Also, we are having a Christmas performance for parents on Friday evening, December 7.

-- We will be taking some of those Christmas dances to the Capitol on December 8 from 3-4.

Classes dancing at the Capitol: Ballet IV & V, Modern, Both Pointe Classes and Ballet III.

Other reminders:

🎄Christmas: Don't forget we are having a Christmas performance, all classes, for parents on Friday, December 7.

-We will be taking some of those Christmas dances to the Capitol on December 8 from 3-4: Ballet III, IV & V, Modern, Int Pointe, and Pre & Beg Pointe.

👉   Breaks:

Nov 21 - 25 Thanksgiving Break 🍁🍂
Break Begins: Wednesday, November 21
Classes Resume: Monday, November 26
(No classes Thursday, November 22)

Dec 21 - Jan 1 Christmas Holiday 🍬🎄🎁❄️
Break Begins: Friday, December 21
Classes Resume: Thursday, January 3
(No classes Dec 24, 25, 27, 31 or Jan 1)

Fall workshops for dancer's growth

2018 Fall weekend workshops

Cecchetti Ballet Weekend  https://www.dancegallerysd.com/workshops-intensives

October weekend ballet workshop in Sioux Falls. Open to dancers in Ballet III age 9+ and up.
Workshop: October 27-28, 2018
There is a scholarship audition class on Sunday for a scholarship to the CCA Summer School in Holland, MI.

This is for all dancers wanting to become a better dancer. This is a weekend dance workshop. You do not need to be working toward Cecchetti examinations to attend.
✨❤️✨

Dance Network Weekend  https://dancenetworksd.org/dnsd-2017 (yes the link has 2017 but it is for 2018)

Dance Network workshop 

(for ages 7+) will be in Rapid City this year, Oct 19-21

. It is the weekend before the Cecchetti Workshop in Sioux Falls. 

 
Instructors from the Manhattan Dance Project.
Early bird registration ends October 1.

Please let us know if you plan on going. There is a "sign-up" sheet at the studio so we know how many dancers from our studio are going. We can also get an idea of who might need a ride or will be cost sharing a hotel room.

Thanks!

Calendar Item

Parents and Dancers in BALLET V class and Int/Adv MODERN class:
Please check your calendars and let us know if you are/aren't available the evening of Friday, September 28. We will be dancing during Awaken the Dawn South Dakota.
Please let us know at your next class or message us. Thanks!

More about the event we are dancing at:
www.facebook.com/events/215669715752434/


Save the date -- November 2 we have another opportunity to dance at a worship event.

   Ms. Sunny's Ballet V class

   Ms. Sarah's Modern dance class

We will also be putting on a small Christmas show in-house. Stay tuned.

HD Dance Newsletter, Fall Edition 2018

Hosanna Dance Newsletter

Fall Edition 2018 ∙ 119 N Deadwood St ∙ Ft Pierre ∙ Artistic Director, Sunny Hannum ∙ Vol 1

Let's Celebrate the 2018 Dance Year!

Yes, that's right. You've heard of fiscal years and calendar years but we dance studios celebrate dance years.

We will have been at our new studio location nine months when classes start up in September and have seen a lot of progress in those nine months and some "firsts."

We had our first ever in-house performance Friday and Saturday, May 19 and 20. We had our first ever worship dance performance titled, "Rejoice Always!" on those dates.We held our first musical theater and Cecchetti dance camps this summer in June and July. Kids attending enjoyed the themes and activities and mini performances.We had our first ever audition on August 18 for our upcoming production of Cinderella to be held late winter 2019.

Sandwiched in between summer classes, Ms. Sunny, Ms. Sarah, and Mr. Josh attended two weeklong Cecchetti Intensives, one in June in Sioux Falls, and the other one in July in Holland, MI, where students and teacher's come from all over the world to study.

Becca Brusven attended the June summer intensive in Sioux Falls with her teachers. Besides Cecchetti ballet classes there were classes in contemporary, modern, conditioning, and dancer's health.

Hosanna Dance gave line dancing instruction at a Fort Pierre's Farmer's Market in July and in August during the Tuesday Farmer's Market nights, we hosted tours of the dance studio and took class registrations.
Also in August, Hosanna Dance began a painting project of the walls of the public spaces at the studio. Painting had been put on hold last year with the move at the end of November. You will see freshly painted walls in the lounge, reception,, bathroom, coat room, and boys dressing room by the time classes begin.
New mirrors were added to the small studio walls in August and we have two new portable barres that were acquired in July.

Ms. Sunny is working hard on completing her Teacher's Intermediate Grade VI Cecchetti exam in October. She will then be certified to train teachers in the Cecchetti Method. We encourage all our students to prepare for Cecchetti exams! This is such an excellent way for students to become technically proficient and learn the terminology of ballet and perfect their technique. There is something about preparing for an exam that makes students work harder and helps them progress as dancers.

Ms. Sunny, Mr. Josh, and Ms. Sarah will be attending the Cecchetti Northern Plains Liasion Workshop, October 26-28, at Dance Gallery in Sioux Falls. You do not have to be working towards exams to attend. This workshop is only open to those in Ballet III, IV, and V. If you are working on preparing for an exam (or thinking about starting) you are strongly encouraged to attend this workshop. Parents are invited to register their students for this weekend workshop by going to www.dancegallerysd.com/workshops-intensives once online registration is live. We usually get a couple of rooms at Home2 Suites and split the cost. Tuition for the workshop is very reasonable.
The 2018 Dance Network of SD convention will be the weekend of October 19-21 in Rapid City. Instructors will be from the Manhattan Dance Project.

A Cecchetti Grade IV class is being offered on Thursday nights from 5:30-7:00 pm. A Cecchetti Grade I or Grade III class will be taught on Mondays from 6:30-8:00 depending on registration. Also on Monday nights, a beginning modern class for ages 9-12 from 5:30-6:30 will be taught and a Pas de Deux class from 8:15-9:15. You must be in intermediate pointe to take pas de deux.


Dates to remember (also see the calendar for dates and times)

Attendance is extremely important. Make sure you add all classes and all dates to your calendar.

Thanksgiving Break Break Begins: Wednesday, November 21 Classes Resume: Monday, November 26

Christmas Holiday
Break Begins: Friday, December 21
Classes Resume: Thursday, January 3

Monday Nights in February - ALL classes except adult ballet
Cinderella run-throughs at the studio

Friday, March 1 - ALL classes except adult ballet
Cinderella Dress Rehearsal at Riggs Theatre

Morning, Saturday, March 2 - ALL classes except adult ballet
Pictures - for ALL students even if not purchasing photos

Afternoon & Evening, Saturday, March 2 - ALL classes except adult ballet
Cinderella Performances at Riggs Theatre

Spring Recital
June 1

But those who wait on the Lord Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint. --- Isaiah 40:31 NKJV

2018-2019 Dance Year!

Classes start Tuesday, September 4!

Open House & 2018/2019 Dance Year!

Join us for our Open House!

Do you have any questions regarding classes for the coming year? Is it your first time registering for classes? Stop in and get your questions answered!

We'll also have our teaching staff present for you to meet as well as give you a tour of the studio for our new families.


2018/2019 Dance Year -- We begin classes Tuesday, September 4, 2018

The 2018/2019 class year starts the day after Labor Day and runs through the end of May, finishing off with a final showcase the first weekend of June. Our big storybook production this year will be Cinderella and will be late winter/early spring in March.

Check out the class schedule online. We are the ballet focused studio for the area. However, there are opportunities for our dancers to learn other styles of dance like tap and modern/contemporary.

Cinderella Auditions

Dancers have to be registered for the 2018/2019 season AND at least have their first month of classes paid for before they can audition for Cinderella.

All children and youth ballet classes will have dances in Cinderella. There is no audition for group dances. Auditions are for the serious older dancers for main roles.

Auditions for our older dancers wanting to try out for leads in Cinderella
             August 18 from 2-4 pm
             Please attend ballet classes so that you can find your ballet muscles and work on your technique

We will have Ballet classes on Saturdays leading up to the Cinderella auditions so dancers can get back in dancing shape and perform at their best.
           July 28th, and August 4th,11th, and 18th from 10:00am - Noon.

Our studio is affiliated with the Cecchetti Council of America. Teachers are professional examined by the CCA in order to hold certificates in the Cecchetti Method grades.

Summer Dance workshops

Register by May 31

In-house showcase

End of year performance - important dates

Calendar link

Monday, May 14, 2018
Dress Rehearsal, Rejoice Always!
Hosanna Dance in-house
5:30-7:00 pm (make sure you are here at least 10 minutes early so we can start on time)

- Girls will use Studio 2 (smaller studio) as their dressing room/staging area.
- Guys, their usual dressing room.


Friday, May 18, 2018
Spring Showcase -- Rejoice Always!
at Hosanna Dance, 119 N Deadwood St, Fort Pierre, SD
Studio 1
7:00 pm. Doors open 6:30

*Dancers be at the studio at 5:30 pm to find your spot in the dressing/staging area followed by the dancers warm-up at 6pm.  Bring a book or activity to keep occupied after warm-up & notes. Doors open at 6:30 and kids will have to stay in their spot in the dressing/staging area and not wander the building.
- Girls will use Studio 2 (smaller studio) as their dressing room/staging area.
- Guys, their usual dressing room.

Saturday, May 19, 2018
Class pictures
Hosanna Dance in-house
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
All dancers need to be here at 10.

Saturday, May 19, 2018
Spring Showcase -- Rejoice Always!
at Hosanna Dance, 119 N Deadwood St, Fort Pierre, SD
Studio 1
3:00 pm. Doors open 2:30

*Dancers be at the studio at 1:45 pm.

HD Dance Newsletter, New Year Edition 2018

Hosanna Dance Newsletter

New Year Edition 2018 ∙ 119 N Deadwood St ∙ Ft Pierre ∙ Artistic Director, Sunny Hannum ∙ Vol 1

A Happy Belated New Year!

Here we are already a month into the New Year and we haven’t brought you up to date on our spring plans. We are doing our spring performances in the studio on our in-house stage. This is another exciting new experience for us and one of the reasons we relocated to the new space.

As some of you know, we have struggled every spring finding a date early enough for our missions bound students and when Riggs Theater is available - a near impossibility. This fact definitely affected our casting for Esther last spring.

We have some work to do on the stage area to prepare the surface and need to add some lighting but will gear our performance to be simpler than the lavish one we do for our dance theater performances at Riggs Theater.

We plan to do a performance entirely of worship dances. This performance has been on our bucket list for a while and should fit perfectly on our studio stage. The bonus will be having worship dances available for any church or concert that want us over the summer.

We have not yet picked our next winter show but it will once again be a dance theater performance at Riggs Theater. We are currently researching possibilities including Cinderella. We were very pleased with the response to our “Greatest Gift of All” performances in January. They were very well received with bigger audiences than in the past in spite of a cold weekend.

Todd Thompson graced us with his beautiful photography during dress rehearsal and we will be preparing a display of his photos soon. Our faithful videographer came out of retirement to give us very good video of the matinee performance. A showing was held for Ballet IV and V on January 20th at the Hilmoe’s home and refreshments were served.

We offer Cecchetti syllabus classes for those interested in progressing as a dancer and who take more than one ballet class a week. We have a Grade IV class going and would like to have a Grade I class for those that would like to get started with Cecchetti examinations or would like to work on perfecting their technique. So please sign up! Ask Gracie Zeeb and Becca Brusven about how Cecchetti has helped them become better dancers!

We encourage all our students to try Cecchetti examinations!
This is such an excellent way for students to become technically proficient and learn the theory and terminology of ballet. There is something about preparing for an exam that makes students work harder and helps them progress as dancers.

Ms Sunny, Josh, and Sarah will be attending the Cecchetti Intensive June 17-21 at Dance Gallery in Sioux Falls. Parents, we will let you know when registration opens. When information and brochure are available they can be found by going online to www.dancegallerysd.com/workshops.
We usually rent a couple rooms at Home 2 Suites and split the cost. Tuition to the workshop is very reasonable.

We have added a few new classes since the show. A Cecchetti Grade IV class is being offered Monday nights at 5:30 pm. On Tuesday night is a Variations class at 5:30pm. Adult Ballet is being offered Thursday night at 7pm and Adult/Youth Line Dance at 7pm Friday night. On Saturday at 10 am a Strength & Conditioning class. In order to attend the Friday or Saturday classes please contact us in advance to register.

Rejoice in the Lord always. Again, I will say, rejoice!  — Phil 4:4

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