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reated in 1974, The Jefferson
D ancers, directed by Ju la n e
Stites, is the performing arm of
nationally known dance department
at Jefferson High School in Portland,
Oregon. It is a multi-ethnic company
of 20 dancers, ages 13-19. The com­
pany comprises the school’s most ad­
vanced dance students who have come
to the P erform ing A rts center at
Jefferson for dance training.
T h e co m p an y r e p e rto ire in ­
cludes over seventy works of Tap,
Ballet, Jazz E thnic and M usical
T h e a tre d an c es. T en to tw enty
works are active for any season, in­
cluding internationally renowned
and award winning works.
Dancers for this young company
are auditioned in the spring and
those selected make a commitment
to perform with the group for one
school year. T h eir daily schedule
consists of academic classes in which
they must m aintain strong grade-
point averages, plus dance technique
classes and a daily two h o u r re­
hearsal totaling almost 5 hours of
dance. Their training is intended to
be broad as well as deep and unlike
most professional dance companies.
T h e Je fferso n D ancers p erfo rm
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works in all dance styles.
T he com pany perform s exten­
sively throughout the Northwest for
the
com munity and school assemblies.
In 1991 they toured the form er So­
viet Union, perform ing to apprecia­
tive audiences in L en in g rad and
Moscow.
In 1998 The Jefferson Dancers
were awarded the right, by video au­
dition, to perform at the gala at The
N ational High School Festival in
Miami, Florida. Over 1000 students
from all over the world attended.
This was a unique opportunity for
Seniors to audition for over 50 col­
leges offering dance scholarships.
Half of our Seniors that auditioned
were offered scholarships. We also
won 1" place in Student Choreog­
raphy Award.
M ore recently, they re tu rn e d
from a tour in Canada. The touring
season culminates each spring in a
series of 6 perform ances of two al­
ternating shows at the Performing
A rts C e n te r in P o rtlan d . T h ese
shows are designed to dem onstrate
the diversity of their training in a
variety of dance styles.
The Jefferson Dancers are a non­
profit organization.
Program A
May 6 & 8
May 8
Program B
May 7
May 9
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highly
specialized
preprofessional training program, edu­
cates students about the depth of com­
mitment necessary to technically train
their bodies and mentally prepare
themselves for a performing arts career.
This 25 year old endangered spe­
cies survived being cut from Portland
Public Schools last spring only because
of parent and community efforts and
by the grace of PG E-Enron Foundation.
A rtistic D irector Ju la n e Stites
promises something for everyone; the
classics of Swan Lake and Don
Quixote, the passion of the Tango, the
joy of Musical Theatre and the rhyth­
mic taps of choreographers Lane
Alexander and Barbara Duffy.
The repertoire of 12 works, repre­
senting choreographers throughout
the US and Australia, is divided into
two alternating evenings.
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