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Time goes fast!

We're now into our 41st Season of Dance!

If you would like to see what we've been doing for the last 4 decades, just go to the 40 Years of Dance tab, and you can take a peek at the work we've created over 40 years.

We just finished premiering our new work: Verify You Are Human (after that prompt that often comes up when one is logging onto some websites), although one could also argue for Reality Check (as we continue to explore the idea of what is real in an ever-evolving landscape of technology, politics, and human nature). It was a hit with audiences, several of whom wrote or spoke to dancers days after the concert, talking about how strongly the piece resonated with them. Pamela's thanks goes out to all of the dancers, including the five new members, who made the work possible.

And now we're getting ready for Something for the Holidays, a joint concert with all of the companies, as well as dancers from the Dance Workshop. This approximately 50-minute concert includes contemporary work by the companies, a K-pop piece, ballet selections from The Nutcracker, and more. It's our way of creating a bubble of fun for the community, with all tickets priced at $5.

While we usually focus on the Big Day of Giving, we will note that Tuesday, December 2nd is

Giving Tuesday and, if you feel so inclined, know that your generous support helps fund:

And, as always, thank you to all who so generously helped support the PTDT on the Big Day of Giving!

Your generosity helped us raise over $15,500 to help support our work in the community and we are deeply grateful!

We believe in dance and multiple art forms as tools for physical and mental well-being, academic enrichment, and to support a thriving and connected community.

Your support helps us maintain and grow our programs which, in addition to premiering new works in concert for 40 years, (now 41!) include our Dance For Parkinson's program which provides free movement classes for people living with Parkinson's Disease and their caregivers, our Second Wind Dance program which provide free classes for adults 65 and older, our week-long summer camp for school-age children 6 - 12 that uses movement and visual arts for academic enrichment in reading and writing, the Annual Davis Dance Project that produces collaborative community performances with free tickets for children 12 and younger, and our Dance in Public Places program with free classes for the community to learn dances and perform with the companies in public. Also, last year we began a scholarship program providing opportunities for community members for whom dance training may not fit the family budget. This year (2025 - 2026) we are pleased to offer scholarships to 4 different dancers!

To find out more about us on the Giving Edge: https://www.bigdayofgiving.org/organization/PTDT

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It's Volunteer Appreciation Time!

The Board of Directors of the Dance Theatre would like to thank Elaine Melia-Silver for over a decade of volunteer work in our Dance for Parkinson's program in Sacramento. We're also grateful to Yolo Community Foundation for this annual event that allows us to make this special honor.

It's Donor Appreciation Time!

The Pamela Trokanski Dance Theatre would like to acknowledge Louise Kellogg, Distinguished Professor in the Earth and Planetary Sciences Department, UC Davis, and her husband Douglas Neuhauser, retired Information Systems Manager in the Berkeley Seismological Laboratory, UC Berkeley, for their generous and continued support that has lasted decades. Louise sat on the PTDT board of directors for almost two decades, volunteering her time, energy and wisdom in support of our mission. Together they also generously supported the PTDT as donors.

We would like to especially thank Doug for his continued incredibly generous support, after Louise’s passing, naming the theater in honor of her memory. Together they have contributed, and continue to contribute, to the continued success of our work in the community. We are especially grateful for the support that has evolved into the Neuhauser & Kellogg Dance Scholarship Fund.