The Rochester Dance Company was formed to expand the opportunities for dance students in the Rochester, Minnesota area, providing its members the chance to perform in professional quality productions, as well as participate in a serious training program.
Rochester Dance Company just got done with Ballet Boot Camp, which is a 5 day Nutcracker+ intensive for our company members.
The preparations for our Nutcracker performances in December start here! Our 80+ dancers spent the week learning their roles, choreography, and were fitted for their costumes. They also have company photos and headshots taken that will be part of the beautiful Nutcracker program.
On top of this prep for our shows in December, they did a lot of FUN team building activities and presentations to help them become more confident and stronger dancers. They had Social Emotional Learning, Nutrition, Social Dance, and Yoga classes.
If this didn’t sound like it’s filled their days up, there were many crafts and activities planned and done by dancers this week. They created bag tags/charms, dog toys (to be donated to Paws and Claws), painted Kindness Rocks and our annual Tie Dye of our Bootcamp T-Shirts!
We also had a friendly contest as part of a Food Drive to help support the Food Pantry for the Rochester Alternative Learning Center students and their families. Over 1200 items were donated by dancers! THANK YOU DANCERS!
To celebrate the hard work and fun of the week, it ends with a POOL PARTY! We had a very productive and successful week and this really gets us all so excited for the season ahead – CUE THE MUSIC! Above you will find a few pictures of all the fun that was had!
SEE YOU IN DECEMBER FOR THE SHOW!
