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Performance Directors

Florin Adrian Ciobanu, is the Director of Progressions ENSEMBLE, a ballet and contemporary ballet performance company. His highly respected professional career with the Romanian Opera Ballet, the Hungarian Opera Ballet and the Sarasota Ballet, (please click on link above for his full biography), gives him the experience needed to truly teach our students the technical skills and the artistry needed to be a dancer in today's world.

Rachel Green is the Director for the Push Performance Company. She is also the director for our senior competition team, Progressions ELITE. Rachel brings to PPA a new and exciting energy and enthusiasm for dance. She has an excellent rapport with our younger dancers but is also proficient in teaching strong technique and artistry that will help ready her dancers for a future in dance. PUSH practices each week and performs at a variety of in-house and community events including our studio's Christmas Event.

Margie Kreutz is the Director for our Hip Hop Crews including level I/II, Intermediate or Teen, and the Advanced Hip Hop Crews. She has an extensive hip hop background which she uses to enthrall her students. Her style hails directly from Los Angeles. Margie is a complete dancer - with skills in ballet, contemporary, as well as Hip Hop. Her dance background means that she can do it all! Her strong technical training shows in her hip hop style that is both enjoyable to dance to and for audiences to watch. Her crews perform at a variety of in-house and community events including our studio's Christmas Event.

Performance

Performance ~ The final product from all the training as a dancer is the performance. Performance groups at PPA give students additional opportunities to show their artistry and develop their stage presence. Students also learn the processes that go on behind the scenes and how to work together to achieve a great performance. PPA highly recommends students to participate in one of the many Performance Groups to develop the most from their training.

PPA's Perfromance Companies

Push Performance Company – The Push Company will be Level 2 and Level 3 students who are interested in performing in the studio and community. These dancers will work on choreography for one hour per week and will perform at one in-house, one community and a Christmas event. These dancers will be nurtured, just like the younger performance companies, and will be taught to love and respect dance as an art form; all while making friends and having fun within their Company. Push dancers will be required to take one jazz, one tap and one ballet class each week.

PPA Ensemble – Level IV and V students. By invitation/audition. These dancers will work on technique and artistry while learning various pieces of choreography that they will perform at several events throughout the year. These dancers will practice for 3 to 4.5 hours per week and will be required to to take three ballet and one jazz class each week. These dancers will be groomed for excellence by their directors and will be expected to have a high level of dedication to dance. Many of these dancers want a career in dance and the directors will help them discover ways to make this happen. Senior Performance Ensemble will attend NYCDA (New York City Dance Alliance), a dance convention and YAGP (Youth America Grand Prix) a competition. Events are decided by the director. Competition and Costume Fees are extra.

Several performances are scheduled thoughout the year and each Ensemble dancer will have several opportunities to perform. Placement of each dancer is entirely at the discretion of the Director. Hip Hopper

HIP HOP Crews (Intermediate and Teen) - Hip Hop I/II Crew, Intermediate and Teen Hip Hop Crew are two groups for dancers that love hip hop and want to dance for an audience. The dancers, while many being new to hip hop, will be taught hip hop styles and technique in a fun and exciting atmosphere -- all while learning to the art form and performing for an audience.

Adv HIP HOP Crew – By invitation/audition. The Hip Hop Crews are for students who want to perform in the studio and community. This crew is for the older and more advanced hip hop student. They will learn more intricate pieces of choreography and will enjoy performing them at several different performance opportunities throughout the year, including one in-house performance, one community event and the PPA Christmas Show. Events are decided by the Director. Dancers are required to take Advanced Hip Hop.

(See Class Descriptions for more information).