Ave Maria Dance Academy Set for 7th Season

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Published on Tuesday, 29 July 2014 21:12

Some changes are in the wind at the Ave Maria Dance Academy as the studio in the town center gets ready for its seventh season. (right, dancers at the academy's National Dance Day event Saturday, July 26) 

"This year we are adding a fourth dance company performance team and for the first time will be bringing a select number of dancers to participate in a dance competition in the spring," said academy director and founder Karen Ledesma.

The academy also has hired a new director the Ave Children's Theater. The academy's popular drama program will be in the hands of Jason Porrata (below left), a Florida State University graduate who has just finished a professional apprenticeship with the Cleveland Play House in Cleveland, OH. He also has worked as a teaching artist for the Coterie Theater in Kansas City, MO, rated by Time Magazine as one of the five best theaters for young audiences.

"Jason has big plans for a complete restructuring of the program and bringing it into its most successful season yet," Mrs. Ledesma said.

More information on the Ave Maria Dance Academy, including its open house Aug. 23, is on the academy website here.