WHAT A YEAR!!!!

At the Joan Harris Centre, we pride ourselves on having the most advanced and accelerated dance program in Northeastern Pennsylvania. This past year not only exemplifies this practice, but also can be considered one of the most successful seasons in the school’s illustrious history. All the students, parents and staff of the Centre should be proud of what they accomplished. Our dancers not only performed in five full–school recitals during this past year, but also showcased their talents in a host of other venues including over twenty local theatrical and musical productions. Due to space constraints we were not able to list everything that we have been up to these past months, however, below is a sampling of some of the projects, productions and performances that made up the 2007-2008 season.

YEAR IN REVIEW 2007-2008

Performed Three Productions Of The Very Well Received “Songs Of The Silver Screen” At The F. M. Kirby Centre.

• We Held A Meet The Artists Day At The Conservatory.
• The Studio Held Its Summer Dance Intensives.
• Miss Elisabeth Was Hired By the Moscow Ballet Of Russia For Their Regional Production Of The Nutcracker.
• The Studio Held The Summer Theater Workshop Back Stage Pass.
• Miss Elisabeth Was Hired By College Misericordia To Conduct Its Summer Dance Camp.
• Miss Elisabeth Was Hired By The Deutsch Institute For Their Adaptive Community Recreation Program.
• We Merged The Two Campuses Of The Joan Harris Centre Into One Massive Facility In Luzerne.
• The Musical, Through The Looking Glass Was Staged By The Studio To Conclude Its Annual Summer Theatre Workshop At The Little Theater Of Wilkes-Barre.
• All The Students Of The Centre Appeared In Shows At Knoebels Amusement Park.
• Over 40 Of Our Dancers Auditioned And Were Cast In The Great Russian Nutcracker.
• The Little Theater Of Wilkes-Barre Hired Mr. Sean To Choreograph West Side Story.
• Mr. Sean Returned As An Adjunct Professor At Wilkes University To Teach A Series Of Accredited Tap Courses For Their Performing Arts Program.
• The Studio Hosted A Series Of Master Ballet Classes Taught Professional Danseur From Moscow Russia.
• The Joan Harris Dancers Were Featured Performers At The Dallas Harvest Festival.
• Racheal Sromovski And Heather Bednarski Were Hired To Appear At The F.M. Kirby Centre As Back Up Dancers For Weird Al Yankovich.
• The Joan Harris Dancers Performed At The Luzerne Fall Festival.
• The Studio Produced Three Performances Of The Haunted Harvest as part of our 26th Annual Halloween Spooktacular Featuring The Children’s Set, Topsy Turvy Land.
• Miss Heidi Was Employed To Choreograph How To Succeed In BusinessFor The Scranton High School.
• Our Dancers Performed In A Series Of Liturgical Works At Saint Mary’s Church Of The Immaculate Conception In Wilkes-Barre.
• The Studio Produced Three Productions of our 26th Annual Holiday Extravaganza Featuring The Spoof of the Nutcracker; The Hard Nut.
• Over 50 Students From The Centre Performed With The Moscow Ballet At The F.M. Kirby Centre.
• The Conservatory Held A Holiday Vocal Recital For Kim Crofchick’s Studio Of Vocal Arts.
• The Studio Hosted A Master Class In Ballet Conducted By Dr Kenton Harris from Miami Florida
• And A Former Principle With the Ballet de Internationalle.
• Miss Jennifer Initiated The Wildly Popular Dancing With Mommy Program.
• Students Kristen Justice And Alyssa Degosky Were Nominated For The Best And The Brightest Awards For The Arts.
• The Conservatory Choir Sang The National Anthem At A Penguins Game At The Area.
• The Studio Hosted A Free Ballroom Workshop For All Our Parents
• The Professional Magician, Tony The Great, Performed The Show, The Magic Inside You, At The Conservatory.
• Miss Heidi Choreographed The Sound of Music for Crestwood High School.
• Mr. Sean Was Contracted By Kings College To Teach A Credited Dance Class For The Theater Department.
• Mr. Sean Was Hired To Choreograph The Smell Of The Grease Paint For Wilkes University.
• Kelly’s Fitness Center Had Master Classes In Salsa Aerobics At Our Studio.
• Students Sarah Zulkoski And Katelyn Reinert Were Chosen As Finalist For The Pennsylvania Governor’s School For The Arts.
  
• The Conservatory Held A Self Defense Seminar For Our Students.
• Dragons’ Tale Karate Moved Into The Conservatory.
  
• Noted Regional Artist Georgiana Clay Bart Used Our Ballerinas As The Subjects For Several Sketches.
  
• The Centre Staged Three Performances Of The Comic Ballet Coppelia
  
• The Joan Harris Dancers Were Featured Performers At The Fine Arts Fiesta. .
  
• A Craft Fair Was Held At The Conservatory.
  The School Produced Three Performances Of Dancing Through The Decades At The F.M. Kirby Center Featuring All Our Students.
  
• Staff From The School Were Hired To Choreograph 10 Different Musicals For Local Community Theaters And High Schools.
  
• Students Of The Centre Appeared In Over Twenty Theatrical Productions Around The Region.
  
• The School Conducted A Full Year Of Intensive Dance Classes.
• And Most Importantly, HAD ONE FANTASTIC TIME!!!