ODP Update:

The Omaha Dance project will stage its next production January 8 – 9, 2011, at the Omaha Community Playhouse. [audition information]

The planned program includes Fokine’s Les Sylphides, staged by former American Ballet Theater dancer Sara Mau, and new contemporary ballet and modern dance works by choreographers Deborah Carr, Danielle Laurion, and Mary Waugh-Taylor.

The Omaha Dance Project (ODP) is the Academy’s community performance program. Open to dancers throughout the community, its goal is to provide non-professionals with the chance to experience a professional-style performing experience.

Participants in ODP learn about the responsibilities and rewards of dance performance by auditioning for roles in the production, making a formal commitment to participate, following a precise rehearsal schedule, and following through to the final dress rehearsals and public performances.

ODP was developed to serve as an important level in our teaching program for students. It gives students the necessary outlet to develop skills that can not be learned  from any other source than professional performing opportunities. We collaborate with local and regional dance choreographers to bring their works to life through our dancers.