Portland Youth Dance

Scholarship Applications Due July 31 for Classes and August 28 for PYD Sponsorship

Portland Youth Dance strives to provide as many children as possible with the opportunity to explore a variety of dance forms and to train in a professional setting. Each year we provide several dancers between the ages of 8 and 18, with a free weekly class from September to June, culminating in a year-end performance through…

Order PYD Spring Show DVD

DVDs of the PYD Spring Show (4-29-2018) will be available at the end of May. Order your DVD directly through our videographer for $35 each. Orders include free online streaming in high definition by invitation. The videographer will deliver the DVDs to the Casco Bay Movers dance studio (CBM) upon completion. Check in with CBM…

A Year in the Making – Portland Youth Dance Concert 2018

The PYD Spring Show was a tremendous success! Portland Youth Dance Companies and Crew presented their annual concert of works by professional and student choreographers on Sunday, April 29th at the Winslow Homer Center for the Arts located within Scarborough High School. The show was a hit thanks to our passionate young dancers and supportive parents.

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…

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…

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…