Altoona Dance Theatre Company

"The Altoona Dance Theatre guides young dancers through the world of ballet from mommy and me classes to pre-school levels, then on to professional levels in a positive, nurturing environment. We appreciate the opportunity to share the excitement, challenge and beauty of dance. We are committed to the belief that ballet and other forms of dance improve confidence, concentration, coordination, memorization and discipline. The creativity, grace and love of dance will enhance your child's life forever. The Altoona Dance Theatre provides professional instruction and performance experience for all ages in a caring environment. We want to make your child's dreams a reality."

ADTC (Altoona Dance Theatre Company)

Is our schools Pre-Professional Company. These students are carefully selected through and interview questioner and an audition; where a panel of judges evaluate their technique. These students have made the decision to be serious in their training therefore they can make a career of dance in their future. We ask the dancers accepted to sign a contract showing their dedication, and knowledge that with hours of dance training they can succeed, they also have to keep their academics at there highest.

The Altoona Dance Theatre has, for the past 5 years of business,
has been giving scholarships to at least 5 dancers a year who deserve quality training
and may not be able to afford this sort of program, and to extend current students
options to all dance genres.

There were 50 children and young adults from the area, who attended the Talent Scout Peter Sklars, lecture and interview in Nov. 2008, 8 students were chosen. Dalton Stone, Hunter Osmolinski, Xena Price, Nicole Wilt, Zoe Wilson, Chelsea Zeak, Kaitlyn Kuzio, and Lydia Orr. These 3 dance students were chosen out of the 50 students and they are headed to New York with Peter Skylar. Hunter Osmolinski, Xena Price, and Nicole Wilt (featured in pic)

Beginnings : America's Most Complete Arts Experience for Young People

(this is where they are going)

Beginnings: a seven-day professional resident workshop for children, teenagers and young adults seeking interviews and auditions for commercials, print, television, film and Broadway. A thoroughly holistic environment fostering organic nutritional practices, personal growth, and the profound enhancement of self-worth.

http://www.beginningsworkshop.com/

Peter Sklar hates a scam more than anyone else in the world. Lecturing to young people around the country, Peter Sklar teaches how to spot a scam and what's really needed in order to become a professional performer. Mr. Sklar, Ed. M. Harvard University, is pleased to be making his Broadway producing debut with his new musical,
The Kid Who Played the Palace,
(Director, Bill Martin, Broadway's The Lieutenant: five-time Tony nominee). He is a nationally-known speaker, educator, author, talent scout and producer with three decades of experience discovering and working behind-the-scenes with young performers such as Sara Jessica Parker, (HBO's Sex & The City), Zachery Ty Bryan, (Home Improvement), Reese Witherspoon, (Legally Blonde, Walk the Line), Ashley Bashioum, (The Young and the Restless), Lori Loughlin, (Full House), Mischa Barton, (Fox TV's O.C.), Alex Winter, (Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, Lost Boys), Rick Schroder, (Silver Spoons, NYPD Blue), Ricki Lake, and hundreds of others. His work to date has been the subject of five feature-length articles in The New York Times, along with numerous feature articles in The New York Daily News, New York Post, Dallas Morning News, Chicago Tribune, Atlanta Journal/Constitution, Kansas City Star, as well as on numerous ABC, NBC and CBS local and nation-wide news and entertainment programs including E! True Hollywood Story, Bravo Channel, Donahue, Good Morning America, etc. In 1984, Mr. Sklar founded the famed Beginnings Workshop in upstate New York. Currently, workshops take place in both England and the United States. His publication, Winning Monologues from the Beginnings Workshop, (Samuel French/Baker's Plays), is a standard text in many high school and college theater departments, as well as a resource for numerous talent agencies and casting directors. Mr. Sklar studied concert piano at New York's Juilliard School of Music and was a career musician. He holds a Masters Degree in Education from Harvard University, with a concentration in adolescent development and counseling. His protégés and/or discoveries include thousands of successful young performers, such as:
Peter Sklar hates a scam more than anyone else in the world. Lecturing to young people around the country, Peter Sklar teaches how to spot a scam and what's really needed in order to become a professional performer. Mr. Sklar, Ed. M. Harvard University, is pleased to be making his Broadway producing debut with his new musical,
The Kid Who Played the Palace,
(Director, Bill Martin, Broadway's The Lieutenant: five-time Tony nominee). He is a nationally-known speaker, educator, author, talent scout and producer with three decades of experience discovering and working behind-the-scenes with young performers such as Sara Jessica Parker, (HBO's Sex & The City), Zachery Ty Bryan, (Home Improvement), Reese Witherspoon, (Legally Blonde, Walk the Line), Ashley Bashioum, (The Young and the Restless), Lori Loughlin, (Full House), Mischa Barton, (Fox TV's O.C.), Alex Winter, (Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, Lost Boys), Rick Schroder, (Silver Spoons, NYPD Blue), Ricki Lake, and hundreds of others. His work to date has been the subject of five feature-length articles in The New York Times, along with numerous feature articles in The New York Daily News, New York Post, Dallas Morning News, Chicago Tribune, Atlanta Journal/Constitution, Kansas City Star, as well as on numerous ABC, NBC and CBS local and nation-wide news and entertainment programs including E! True Hollywood Story, Bravo Channel, Donahue, Good Morning America, etc. In 1984, Mr. Sklar founded the famed Beginnings Workshop in upstate New York. Currently, workshops take place in both England and the United States. His publication, Winning Monologues from the Beginnings Workshop, (Samuel French/Baker's Plays), is a standard text in many high school and college theater departments, as well as a resource for numerous talent agencies and casting directors. Mr. Sklar studied concert piano at New York's Juilliard School of Music and was a career musician. He holds a Masters Degree in Education from Harvard University, with a concentration in adolescent development and counseling. His protégés and/or discoveries include thousands of successful young performers.

TU Competition

The ADTC Company also has some relaxation time and enjoyed a Pool Party recently!

Junior and Senior Dance Companies were invited to dance at the State Capitol May 13, 2008

The Altoona Dance Theatre Company (ADTC) Competed at the American Dance Awards Competition, in Coraopolis, PA. The American Dance Awards (ADA) is referred to as "The Ultimate Challenge", because of the intense, technical, and professional judging. The dancers have been training under the instruction of Renee Staines, the Artistic Director.