Reflections Contest Winners!!!  1st Place Middle School Dance:  Sophia Katsibas and Natalie Benton, 8th grade Their work will move on to the state competition! Congratulations dancers!

The Slowinski Scholarship is now open for applications. Please find the link here: 2019_Slowenski_ Scholarship  Deadline is March 21st. Cecilia “Cissy” Slowinski was the founder of the SOA Dance Department, who lost her battle to cancer in 2010. Ms. Slowinski was an original arts faculty member of the Charleston County School of the Arts, teaching…

High school students are invited to Summer Dance Intensive this July 22-26 at Coker College. This week long program features classes in ballet, modern, improvisation, somatics, and repertory taught by Coker faculty. Please find a link to their brochure with additional information. Students may register for the intensive here. summerdanceintesive_2019_web

1– Attend Annex dance concert Feb 3rd 2-4 pm City Gallery at Riley Waterfront Park its free Write a 2 page critique DUE Feb 12th 5 points OR 2– Record your self (for a promo SOA dance department video) and answer the following question (s) 2 points per question DUE FEB 8th a- why did…

We’re looking for SOA Dance graduates to answer some questions and share about your experience here! Please pass this quick surveyon to any grads you know: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScroZqF5Zpmpdsmuf7fFb8eTfe8FZHwYu1PyCMv6cGmBnMcSw/viewform?usp=pp_url If you can’t get to the form through this link, questions can be emailed to art.soadance@gmail.com. There is also a link on our downloads page to a Word…

Dancing with the Teachers was an absolute blast!!! Congrats to Mr. Southwick and the Ballorinas for their win! Our appreciation to our fan-fave winner Mrs. Bourgeois and dancers Mrs. Reid, Mrs. Bednarzyck, Mrs. Moschella…you guys were AWESOME! Look for those mirror balls around the school. A huge shoutout to everyone who made it work: our…

Martha Graham Dance company is coming to the Gaillard on January 22nd. Master classes and discounted tickets at these links: Martha Graham Master Class: https://gaillardcenter.org/outreach/master-classes/master-classes/ Martha Graham performance ticket discount code for students, parents and teachers: EVE25 https://gaillardcenter.org/event/martha-graham-dance-company/?instance_id=828

Signup Genius is now available for “Dancing with the Teachers: click here. Please remember this is a department-wide fundraiser that will go to help ALL dancers. It is important to have everyone’s support: in participating, in volunteering, in promoting, and in showing up at the event itself. Let’s show SOA the pride the dance department…

College of Charleston has shared information regarding their Scholarship Day on January 19th. They are planning a whole day of fun and information for students and parents, along with our acting auditions and design/tech interviews.There are also opportunities to send in video submissions, if you can’t make that. See pdf below: scholarship-2019-20

Join us for Pre-University Summer Arts Program July 6-20 for an intensive, residential 2-week training experience with Winthrop University Professors, this summer in Rock Hill, SC. With 16 interest options to choose from, students will earn three university credits and gain valuable experience in dance, theatre, music, design and studio arts, training with our faculty…

Since we are no longer offering videos for sale, we are allowing parents to videotape and take photos (NO FLASH) at the performance to share for inclusion on the website and in the departmental program, which also serves as a yearbook of the past year’s events. Email any you’d like to share–performance or backstage–to art.soadance@gmail.com….