PYD Flatbread Benefit

Thank you for joining us at Flatbread Company for our benefit night! The dance community rallied for our Faltbread benefit night on April 10th, 2018. The pizza was amazing, per usual, and Flatbread Company generously donated a portion of flatbread pizza sales from 5-pm that evening—$3.50 for each large pizza sold, and $1.75 for each…

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Portland Youth Dance senior, Emily McConnell chosen to show work in Maine Moves!

Maine Moves new dance and performance by Maine artists Aretha Aoki + Ryan MacDonald, Rebecca Bass, Kreilkamp Nicoll, and Riley Watts, with Portland Youth Dance rising student choreographer, Emily McConnell. Saturday, April 7, 2018, at 8pm Portland Ballet Studio Theater 517 Forest Ave. Portland, ME 04101 Tickets $10     https://www.eventbrite.com/e/maine-moves-tickets-43638107755 Free refreshments following the show…

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The Exchange

Thanks to all! Thanks you to all who came out for our inspirational dance event, The Exchange! The 6th Annual Exchange took place on Saturday, February 10th, 2018. We kicked off the day with a packed house for Devin Woolridge’s master class. This event has become the place where studio and street dancers meet. Check…

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Be the Movement Sponsors

PYD is grateful to our BTM sponsors. Thank you to the following sponsors, to which our annual benefit would not be possible: Shipyard Brewing Company, Dandelion Catering, Casco Bay Movers, Common Dreams, Landing Real Estate, and Rising Tide Brewing Company, We hope you’ll join us on January 13th, 2018, for our student choreography show &…

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BTM Benefit Recap

Thanks to all involved! Portland Youth Dance held the annual benefit on January 13, 2018 at the Portland Ballet Studio Theater. It was such a wonderful evening! Our PYD company members put on a fantastic student choreography show and we had a giant silent auction which went incredibly well. We are so thankful! Were you…

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Thank you Benchmark!

PYD participates in Four-a-Cause. Representatives of Portland Youth Dance had a fantastic time at Benchmark Residential and Investment Real Estate’s annual holiday party. PYD was selected as one of four charities to be featured during the evening’s festivities. We are incredibly thankful for the exposure and fundraising opportunity. We shared the evening with 3 other fantastic charities: Special…

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