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ABOUT Us |
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Our CLASSES | Welcome to the nationally recognized SHELY PACK DANCERS and their award winning program! The Shely Pack Dancers is an established program facilitated by the Half Moon Bay Department of Parks and Recreation in Half Moon Bay, California.
"Dancer Talk" a radio show format available only here at Shely Pack Dancers! This "Radio" program features an interview with our own Grand Dame "Shely Pack-Manning". Future interviews will feature various dancers and performers such as regional and national Dance Masters title holders. Stay tuned....... For a complete calendar of the upcoming year, please download the newsletter at the bottom of this page!
Visit the City of Half Moon Bay Parks & Recreation web site:
Watch Shely and the Shely Pack Dancers in the documentary "Why Dance?". This highly recommended feature also includes Artistic Director (Ballet San Jose) Dennis Nahat and dancers Peter Chursin and Ashley Canterna. "Why Dance?" screened at the London International Dancefilm Festival" on December 2, 2007.
"Why Dance?" is now available at: Amazon.com, Borders.com,Target.com, Barnes&Noble.com, BestBuy.com, Powells.com, and more!
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Over but not forgotten! Our Dance Recital at Skyline College June 23rd & 24th 2010!
Pre-order DVD of Crystal Magic here:
Lexi WINS Beach Blanket Babylon's Scholarship for the Arts and $10,000!!!!
Lexi Viernes was one of three finalists dancing at BEACH BLANKET BABYLON June 7th, 2010 at Club Fugazi in San Francisco. The top prize for the dance category is a $10,000 scholarship. The evening was full of supporters and celebrities alike. They received a record number of submissions this year so this was no small feat. Don Bleau was perfect as the MC and Da Mayor Willie Brown kicked off the show. Many were many celebrity judges and many celebrities in the audience including Michael Tilson Thomas (sitting next to Shely), George Schultz(former Secretary of Labor, Secretary of the Treasury, and Secretary of State), his wife Charlette Swig, and many others. Our last winner was Peter Chursin in 2003.
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More casting has been announced for the Chicago run of Billy Elliot the Musical, to play at Ford Center for the Performing Arts Oriental Theatre in Chicago. John Peter (J.P.) Viernes will join previously announced stars Tommy Batchelor, Giuseppe Bausilio and Cesar Corrales — who will alternate in the title role. The production opened in April 2010 prior to a multi-city tour.
MORE NEWS: Peter Chursin joins "Complexions"! 
Peter has ended his run with the Broadway revival of West Side Story and has joined the Complexions Contemporary Ballet in NYC. Complexions Contemporary Ballet is a contemporary ballet company founded in 1994 by Artistic Directors Dwight Rhoden and Desmond Richardson based in New York City comprising about twenty classical and contemporary dancers. Complexions performs worldwide, provides dance education, and was America's first fully multicultural ballet company. Complexions has received numerous awards including the New York Times “Critics Choice” Award in 1995. It has appeared throughout the US, including the Joyce Theater, Lincoln Center, the Brooklyn Academy of Music's Majestic Theater, the Mahalia Jackson Performance Arts Center in New Orleans, the Paramount Theatre in Seattle, the Music Center in Los Angeles, and the Bolshoi Theater. Dwight Rhoden has created over 60 ballets for Complexions, as well as numerous other companies, including Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater; the Arizona Ballet; the Aspen Santa Fe Ballet Company; the Dance Theater of Harlem; Dayton Contemporary Dance Company; the Joffrey Ballet; and New York City Ballet among others Desmond Richardson uses a wide range of dance forms including classical, modern, and contemporary, having previously been with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Ballet Frankfurt and as a guest artist with several world-renowned companies including the Swedish Opera Ballet, The Washington Ballet, Teatro at La Scala, and the San Francisco Ballet.
Lexi Viernes wins "Miss Dance of California 2010"!!!
Download the new 2010-2011 registration form here.
Latest announcements:
Our own Peter Chursin in "West Side Story" opened March 19th, 2009 on BROADWAY !!!
Peter with Arthur Laurents, director and author of the original West Side Story Kristen Oei was cast in the upcoming Broadway show "Spiderman, the Musical" opening in 2010!
Read what the experts say: “ Choreographer Shely Pack turns stage-struck kids into award-winning professionals. The Shely Pack Dancers are the Bay Area‘s brightest young stars and the very best in dreams come true” Sean Martinfield, critic, San Francisco Sentinel, San Francisco, CA …“Don’t miss the opportunity to see these exciting young dancers in action!“ Kristine Elliot, former dancer with American Ballet Theatre, Stuttgart Ballet ..."The Shely Pack dancers have always been a wonderful asset to DMA. Both Title and PAC winners have gone on to exciting professional careers with Shely's training." Mimi Costa-White, Past DMA National President
Jackie Clark wins "Teen Miss Dance of California 2008" and JP Viernes wins "Junior Mr. Dance of California 2008"
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