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So much is happening this Spring! We're still celebrating our 40th anniversary

What's next? The Spring concert Pressing Restart, performed by the Pamela Trokanksi Dance Theatre, the PTDT Apprentice Company, The Third Stage, and Light Ballet Company. Save the dates: Saturday, May 3 at 7:00 pm and Sunday, May 4 at 2:00 pm

Spring II classes run April 28 - June 14

Want to see what we're offering this spring? Just click on the appropriate link above to find our class offerings. If you are new to us, no worries! It's never too late to start :) The office will have you take a single class to have the teacher determine where you best fit in our syllabus. Remember, we want you to train safely, building strong alignment and technical skills as you go. Just contact the office at 530-756-3949 or email us at office@trokanski.com, and we can answer all your questions.

The Big Day of Giving is coming!

As many of you know, the Dance Workshop (a for-profit business), is the home of the Pamela Trokanski Dance Theatre, a 501(c)3, non-profit. The Dance Theatre's work in the community includes Dance In Concert, Dance In Wellness, Dance In Education, and Dance that Builds Community. In addition to presenting 40 years of concert premieres, the Dance Theatre provides Free classes to people living with Parkinson's Disease and their caregivers, Free classes for adults 65 and older, many of whom are living on fixed incomes, and Free tickets for children 12 and younger to come to the Annual Davis Dance Project. PTDT also produces concerts that bring community togehter whether it is collaborations between musicians, poets, choreographers, and visual artists to creat new works in concert, or bringing together different dance companies to explore universal concepts in the art of dance.

They also began a scholarship program last year, to help provide dance training to underserved members of our community.

This year their goal is 40K for 40 years...Growing Community Through Dance, and there are lots of ways that you can help!

You can think of PTDT on the Big Day of Giving (or in advance) and you can donate on-line or write a check at the Dance Workshop.

You can also get a great meal at Dos Coyotes on Tuesday, April 29, between 4:00- 8:30 pm, with an eat-in meal (sorry, they don't count online orders, take-out out or phone-in orders) but you do need to show the coupon below. Either print it yourelf if you can or stop by the Dance Workshop and pick up a paper copy from the front desk.

We Thank you for your support!

We're also getting ready for the 40th Annual Student Concert!

Another date to save: Saturday, June 7, when we present the 40th Annual Student Concert at the Brunelle Hall on DSHS campus.

Here's a pic from last year's finale.

And still celebrating 40 years for both the Dance Workshop & the DanceTheatre!

Tim Gaffaney recently interviewed Pamela on his show In The Studio on Davis Media Access. To See the interview click on the link and find out more! https://dctv.davismedia.org/content/studio-four-decades-dance

The Pamela Trokanski Dance Theatre would like to remind our community that we offer free classes for people with Parkinson's Disease through our Dance For Parkinson's program. Our spring Session will run from April 1 to June 3 in Davis and April 2 to June 4 in Sacramento.

Dance for Parkinson's is available in Davis and Sacramento both in person and on Zoom. Contact Robin Carlson for information. rcarlson404@yahoo.com

Safety protocol updates:

While we no longer require masks, we will have a zero-tolerance policy for colds, coughs, and sniffles for everyone on site.

If you have allergies you should continue to wear a mask as you can't be sure if it's just allergies or it's allergies and you're beginning to come down with something.

Importantly, if you or your child has a cold or other illness, it is important that you still stay home. Remember the old days, before the pandemic? We still asked people to stay home if they were sick. It might be just a "little cold" for your child but no one else wants it. What is the saying? Germs are the one thing we don't want to share.

Thank you for helping us keep ALL of our dancers healthy!

Please remember that it is important that you have saved space by confirming with the office if you are planning to take a class at the studio. If you are a registered tuition student, we are already saving a place for you so you don't need to call in every week. If you are using a dance card or want to do a paid single, then calling the office at 530-756-349 is the easiest way to make sure there's a space for you in class. It's

important to give the office at least 3 hours notice before coming to the studio.

We are also welcoming new Pilates teacher, Gayle Kyhos, dancer, physical therapist, and certified Pilates matwork instructor through the Australian Physiotherapy and Pilates Institute.

She will begin by adding a Pilates mat class on Tuesday mornings that follows the Cardio class taught by Pamela. That class will begin on Tuesday, April 22nd and can be done as a "drop-in" as long as you give the office advance notice. (Since it's a Tuesday morning class, please let us know by Monday evening. The office staff really appreciates this!)

Also, if you are interested in having a class on Wednesday mornings, please let the office know.

To find out more about Gayle, go to our faculty page.