Pamela Trokanski Dance Theatre  
Made to Move....
Since their first Davis performance in February, 1985, the Pamela Trokanski
Dance Theatre has built a reputation for creative choreography, unique
community outreach programs, and
a wide variety of opportunities for the "non-traditional" dancer, integrating
dance into the community.

What are some of our programs?

The Davis Dance Project, A lecture/ demonstration/ performance on dance
that includes audience participation opportunities and free tickets for children
12 and younger. The 2012 Dance Project will focus on Athleticism & Dance,
and seven aspects of physicality that are shared by dancers and those who
play, say... football, track, and  soccer!

Free dance classes, where community residents can learn dances and
perform with company members in Dance/Flash Mobs! (this program "Taking
it to the Streets, is funded jointly through Pamela and the City of Davis' Arts
Contract Program) If you go to the home page and click on the "Taking it to
the Streets" link, you can see videos and get more information.

Second Wind Dance classes, free to senior citizens 65 and older. Since
1994, the PTDT has given over 8,000 free dance classes to seniors from the
Davis, Woodland, Sacramento community.

Dance/Flash performances performed a minimum of twice a month at
varying Davis locations, as part of the "Taking it to the Streets" program
designed by Pamela, and funded, in part, by the City of Davis Arts Contract
Program.

Free Dance for Parkinson's classes, in partnership with the Mark Morris
Dance Group and the Robert & Margrit Mondavi Center for the Performing
Arts, UC Davis. This program offers weekly dance classes to people with
Parkinson’s Disease and their caregivers.

Full Season Performances of the Pamela Trokanski Dance Theatre, the
PTDT Apprentice Company for young dancers, and the Third Stage, a
multi-generation, contemporary, dance company.

The PTDT is a 501c3, non-profit organization. If you'd like to
support our work you may:
-Come to our concerts! Ticket income helps support these programs!
-Make your check out to Pamela Trokanski Dance Theatre or PTDT
-Give it to the office person at the Dance Workshop
OR
You can mail it in, to PTDT
2720 Del Rio Place, Davis, 95618. Please include your return address and
we'll mail you the receipt for your donation.
Donations come with "Thank You" rewards that range from program
recognition to the naming of the In-House Theatre. For more information,
contact Artistic Director, Pamela Trokanski, at 530-756-3949.

Thank you!
Dancers from the Second Wind dance
class, working on a jazz piece: "One"
choreographed to music from A Chorus
Line. These classes which are free to
senior citizens 65 and older, are taught
by Pamela Trokanski and funded
through the Pamela Trokanski Dance
Theatre. Since this program began in
1994, over 8,000 free dance classes
have been given to seniors in our
community.
Pamela Trokanski Dance
Theatre, with guest dancers
from the community present
dance/flash pubic
performances through the
"Taking It to the Streets"
proram which is funded
jointly by an Arts Contract
from the City o f Davis' Arts
Contract Program and
Pamela Trokanski.
Community residents have
seen us on multiple Second
Fridays, Whole Earth, the
4th of July, the Davis Food
Co-op's Eat Local Festival,
and more!
The Pamela Trokanski Dance Theatre
has given full season performances
since the Spring of 1985. Your dollars
help support the work that made  
Local columnist Bob Dunning write:
GENIUS AMONG US … several weeks
ago I had the distinct pleasure of
attending “The Tao of Isms” ...
normally, dance is not my thing, but
the dialogue that accompanied the
various dance numbers was nothing
short of brilliant … the rest of the world
doesn’t know what it’s missing …  
(Davis Enterprise,March 27, 2011)  

And prompted the Sac Bee Critic to
say:
"Davis choreographer Pamela
Trokanski is perhaps unique among
local dance creators in being able to
marry autobiography, popular culture
and universal concern into works of
surprising seriousness and humor."
--Sacramento Bee Dance Critic Jim
Carnes
Mark Morris Dancer, John Heginbotham,
leading a dance exercise at the October,
2010, class. The Pamela Trokanski
Dance Theatre, in affiliation with the
Mark Morris Dance Group, is pleased to
announce the continuation of Dance for
Parkinson’s, a partnership with the
Robert & Margrit Mondavi Center for the
Performing Arts, UC Davis. This program
offers weekly dance classes to people
with Parkinson’s Disease and their
caregivers. Pamela received training for
the specialized teaching of this
population and is one of the teachers of
this class.