Performance to feature dancers from throughout Alpine district

  October 18, 2016, 12:26 pm

By Wendy Visser Lojik

An evening of dance celebrating dancers from schools throughout Alpine School District will be held on Thursday, Oct. 27, at 7:30 p.m. in the Westlake High School Auditorium, 99 N. 200 West, Saratoga Springs.

The event, titled "Alpine District Dances," will feature performances by dancers from American Fork High School, Frontier Middle School, Lone Peak High School, Mountain View High School, Pleasant Grove High School, Skyridge High School, Timberline Middle School, Timpanogos High School, Vista Heights Middle School and Westlake High School.

Presale tickets for the event can be purchased from any Dance Company member for $5. Tickets at the door will be $5 for students and $7 for adults; children 3 and under are free. All proceeds from the event will go toward supporting each school's dance program.

"This night will be a chance for our community to celebrate all of the dancers, educators and dance enthusiasts within the Alpine School District," said Director Chelsea Budge. "We are grateful to live in an area blessed with many talented dance teachers, choreographers and dance practitioners. The evening will showcase the technique and artistry of each school's Dance Company."

Alpine School District is unique in that it offers full dance programs at the junior high/middle school level as well as the high school level. Makenna Hague from Timberline Middle School said, "Each program director in Alpine School District strives to offer dance students the opportunity to foster and develop creativity in a nurturing and challenging educational environment. Through study in the Alpine School District dance programs, students receive an education that is rich in diversity of techniques, choreographic processes and meaning-making."

Hague further explained, "I believe that the value of performing arts is the voice of the human soul. Through the exploration of dance, students receive an education that is both holistic and overall enriching to all areas of life."

Alpine District dance teachers are devoted to challenging each student to surpass and master their individual aspirations in the world of dance. Alpine District dancers want to acknowledge support from Alpine School District, the parents and the community.