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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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| JP IS BILLY ELLIOT!
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 is set to begin March 18, 2010 and open April 11 in Chicago 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 2009-2010 registration form here.
This years show "There's Something About America" was performed on Saturday June 20th and Sunday Afternoon June 21st at Skyline College Theater , San Bruno.
Latest announcements:
Our own Peter Chursin in "West Side Story" opened March 19th 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!
JP Viernes wins "Jr Mr Dance of America 2009" in Orlando!!!!!! Another National Title for the Shely Pack Dancers!!!
Congrats to JP and his family!
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, 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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