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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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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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