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Aurora Dance Arts offers a variety of performance opportunities for students, such as: the annual Spring Dance Recital, various Fall Dance Productions (i.e. - "The Nutcracker Ballet," "Alice in Wonderland" or the "Wizard of Oz") & the two Aurora Dance Hearts performing groups. Participation in Fall Dance Productions & the Aurora Dance Hearts Performing Groups is by audition only. Please keep an eye out for e-mails from the director & updates to this section of the website whenever auditions for additional performance opportunities are announced! 

For more information contact the Aurora Dance Arts office: 
Phone: 303.326.8308
E-mail: [email protected]

Dance office hours: 
Monday - Thursday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Friday - 12-3 p.m. 
(Please Note - The Dance Office has limited staffing. The Dance Office voicemail is checked daily and we will generally try to return your call with 24 hours, during the office hours listed. If you call outside of Friday office hours, your call will be returned the following Monday.)

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CONGRATULATIONS TO THE OPENING AND CLOSING CASTS OF SPRING DANCE RECITALS 2024 

Aurora Dance Arts is excited to announce the finalized cast lists for the 2024 Casts of the Opening and Closing Ensembles of the 2024 Spring Dance Recitals. 

Please click all the buttons below that include the Cast List and Rehearsal Schedules along with additional notes and expectations. Please make sure to check both Cast Lists, as some dancers have been cast in more than one piece. Please make sure to double-check the Rehearsal Schedule to make sure that you can commit to all aspects of this performance opportunity.

Thank you to everyone who auditioned! We are very proud of everyone's efforts.
 
Please remember that we are on a tight schedule to create these workds, so it is preferable that dancers do not miss any rehearsals. However, if necessary, dancers are allowed 2 excused absences ONLY within the entire rehearsal period. No absences allowed for Dress Rehearsals nor Performances.

Please remember that both for the aesthetics of the show & for dancers’ health & safety, it is imperative that dancers who are involved in this show are training consistently. Attending rehearsals & not attending dance technique classes is not acceptable. Aurora Dance Arts students are allowed 2 excused absences only within the entire rehearsal period in any given technique class. And again, not missing class at all is most preferable.

After careful consideration of everything stated above, please accept or decline your part in the show by Wednesday, February 14 by calling the Dance Office at 303.326.8308 or e-mailing [email protected]. Please note that if you e-mail us to accept your role, you are also agreeing to the absence conditions stated above, and you understand that if a dancer fails to meet these conditions, the director/choreographers reserve the right to remove any dancer from any section of the show & re-cast as necessary.

When e-mailing, please state the dancer’s name, which role/s they are accepting/declining & please detail any preexisting rehearsals conflicts that you are already aware of (i.e. an already planned vacation, school conflict). Please note, excused absences include only: required school conflicts, preexisting events/trips, family events or unexpected illness and/or quarantine due to Covid-19 exposure. 

Please also note that costuming is still being decided for both the Opening and Closing. Extra costuming fees may apply for dancers involved in these ensembles. If you are required to pay a fee for your dancer's costume, that costume item will be there's to keep. If you are not required to pay a costume fee, then Aurora Dance Arts will allow your child to borrow their costume items for the dress rehearsals and performances, and then you will be required to return all costume items back to ADA at the conclusion of the Recital. More information about specific costume details to be provided via e-mail in March.

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CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2024 CAMEO SELECTIONS

Aurora Dance Arts is proud to announce the student choreography Cameos that have been selected for the 2024 Spring Dance Recitals! 

The following people have been chosen to present their Cameo in either of the "Five Decades of Dance" Beg- Adv Recitals on Friday, June 7, or Saturday, June 8 in the evening, or in the “Five Decades of Dance” Pre Recital on Saturday, June 8, in the afternoon.

*Please note that after the audition process, due to casting and recital needs, your Cameo submission may have need of being placed in an alternate Recital than what you submitted for. For example, you may have submitted your Cameo for the Beg-Adv Recital, but there may have been need to cast it in the Pre Recital instead or vice versa. So please make sure to check both Cast Lists in the buttons below for the Pre and Beg-Adv Recitals.

*You will need to alert the Dance Office as soon as possible if you think that you cannot commit to the Recital in which you have been cast. Otherwise, it will be assumed that you are accepting your casting. 

The Dance Office will be in contact with you about the details of your Cameo in Recital, your place in the show order, and you will be assigned an Aurora Dance Arts instructor to work with on choreographic feedback/suggestions, cleaning your piece, and allowing you some studio time to rehearse.

Thank you to everyone that auditioned! We know that it takes a lot of courage to submit a choreographic piece for adjudication. We are very proud of everyone, even though we cannot accept all Cameos. Congratulations to those who have been cast. We think that these Cameos will be a wonderful enhancement to the Pre and Beg-Adv Recitals and will serve to help inspire many of the younger dancers to keep dancing with our program!

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WELCOME OUR 2023-2024 AURORA DANCE HEARTS!!!

We are proud to announce the members of the Aurora Dance Hearts Performing Groups for the 2023-24 Season.

The Aurora Dance Hearts are special group of dancers who serve as ambassadors for the program at various events throughout the year. Generally, these groups perform anywhere from 10-15 extra times per year! 

Participation in these groups was decided by audition & the process is selective. Dancers must commit to a challenging schedule of extra classes/rehearsals & appearances, and though it is demanding, it is also, so...much...fun!!! 

Please click the button link below for the members of the group for the 2023-24 Season.

Please make sure to assess your commitment to the Aurora Dance Hearts very seriously. Thank you to everyone that auditioned. We are very proud of all of you!

All Students involved in the Aurora Dance Hearts are required to take their assigned Sunday Aurora Dance Hearts class time based on which group they are in. This does include a minimal, monthly class tuition fee of $20 per dancer. Dancers in Group B are also highly encouraged to take Ms. Minda’s Sunday Intro to Choreography class

All students involved in Aurora Dance Hearts are also required to take at a minimum: one ballet & one tap class per week in the ADA Continuous Children’s Dance Program. Other styles that are highly encouraged are: jazz and/or contemporary, dance conditioning, hip hop, additional ballet or pointe classes.

More information about participation in these groups, division of casting (there will definitely be some extended casting divisions amongst dancers in Group A), performances, etc., will be given when Aurora Dance Hearts classes/rehearsals start in September. 

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