Performance Opportunities
Our 2026-27 performance season is coming!
SPRING SHOWCASE
Downtown Dance offers students several performance opportunities each year. Children's classes present an end of term demonstration for friends and family during class time on the last day of Fall and Winter terms. All students (age 3-adult) are encouraged to participate in the Spring Showcase each June at the Corvallis High School Theatre.
Our Spring term culminates in this performance at the CHS Theater in June. Students are not required to participate, but classes will focus more on this process in spring than previous terms. There are many benefits to being part of the showcase and we strongly encourage participation. It not only serves as an educational tool, but as a way to explore dance as a performance art…and it is fun!
While preparations for the show do not begin until Winter term, it is our intention that students participate in classes for the full year, with an opportunity for in class performances in fall and winter to prepare for the final performance at the end of spring term. The fall and winter terms offer a foundation of technique, while the spring term focuses primarily on the performance. Students not enrolled in a class by winter term may not be able to join during spring term.
Spring Showcase Timeline (2027)
- February- commitment form and initial costume fee due, classes begin work on showcase material
- March- Costumes ordered
- April- classes increase time spent on showcase material
- May- final costume fee due, classes continue preparations for the show
- SHOWCASE 2027: June 11th @ 6:30pm & 12th @ 4pm at CHS Theater
REPERTORY GROUPS -
We have several Repertory Groups that are open to students enrolled in at least one class each term. These performance groups are by audition and they perform in various local dance performances. Our season will kick off at the Majestic Theatre in "Making Spirits Bright: A Winter Dance Concert", December 5th & 6th, 2026. Other performance opportunities may include "Terpsichore" on April 3rd, 2027 at the Majestic and our Spring Showcase June 11 & 12, 2027 at CHS.
Upcoming AUDITIONS:
>Contemporary Repertory Group (age 12+) - SATURDAY, Sept. 26th, 9:30-11:00 am
>LEAP (age 7.5-12) - SATURDAY, Sept. 26th, 11:30 am -1:00 pm (age 7.5-9 ends at 12:20pm)
*******Below is the estimated 2026/27 season information.********
(Schedule is subject to change.)
Contact us for more info!
Leap
Little Dancers’ Education And Performance Group
This group offers an extra performance opportunity for our younger dancers and meets only in fall term. Dancers will perform a holiday piece at the Majestic Theater in December.
**New in 2026: we will have two groups, one for age 7.5+ and one for age 10+. The older group may also perfrom in April and/or June.
Age: 7 1/2 -12 yrs
Cost: $145
Audition Fee: $10
Costume Fee: TBD
2026 AUDITIONS: Saturday, 9/26, 11:30am- 1:00 pm
Note: Age 7- 9 audition ends at 12:20pm, Age 10+ ends at 1:00pm
Proposed Rehearsal & Performance Schedule:
>Age 7.5+:
*Fridays 2:40-3:30 pm (10/2,10/16,11/13,11/20) *Saturdays (10/24 & 11/7) *Tues. 10/13 4:30-5:30pm (possible- TBD) *Wed.10/28 4:15-5:15pm *Mon. 11/23 3:30-4:30- exact time TBD
>Age 10+:
*Saturdays - 10/3, 10/17, *10/24, 11/7, 11/14 *Monday afternoons- 10/5, *10/19, 11/2, 11/23 *Wed. 10/28 5:30-6:30 pm *Tues. 10/13- possible rehearsal- TBD
(NOTE: Schedule will adjust based on studio and dancer availability- TBD)
Making Spirits Bright - dance concert- Majestic Theater, Dec. 5th & 6th
*Tech rehearsal- one evening, week of 11/30-12/3
*Dress rehearsal- 12/4 6:00-8:30 pm
*Shows: Dec. 5th @ 3 & 7 pm and Dec. 6th @ 3 pm
Youth Repertory Group
D3 HIP-HOP CREW
Choreographer and Director: Katherine Sanders
Age: 11+
Cost: $150- rehearsal term, $60-continuing terms
Audition: $10
Costume Fee: TBD
2025/26 AUDITIONS:
Saturday, Sept. 19th, 10:30-11:50 am
*Proposed Fall Rehearsal & Performance Schedule (final rehearsal schedule based on dancer availability):
- Fridays, 6:10-7:15 p.m.
- 9/25, 10/2, 10/23, 11/6, 11/20
- Saturday mornings- exact time TBD
- 10/17 (11:30-1:00) & 11/14 (11:00-12:00)
Wednesday, 10/28, 6:30-7:45pm - TBD
Tuesday (late afternoon/early evening): 11/24, possibly 10/13 -TBD
Possible extra rehearsal: Mon. 10/19 6:45-7:45pm
*MAKING SPIRITS BRIGHT -dance concert- Majestic Theater, Dec. 5th & 6th
*Tech rehearsal- one evening, week of 11/30-12/3
*Dress rehearsal- 12/4 6:00-8:30 pm
*Shows: Dec. 5th 3:00 & 7:00 pm and Dec. 6th, 3:00 pm
***D3 is a year long commitment. Other shows include: Terpsichore- April 3rd, 2027 and Spring Showcase June 11 & 12, 2027. Winter and spring rehearsal schedule TBA.***
Youth Repertory Group
CONTEMPORARY REPERTORY GROUP
Choreographer: Cheliss Thayer and Katherine Sanders
Director: Katherine Sanders
Placement by audition. There will be two performance groups, one led by Katherine will begin in September and perform in December. Another, led by Cheliss, will begin in September and perform in December, April and June. There will be another group created for Winter and spring term- TBD.
Age: 12+
Cost: $150- rehearsal session, $60-65 -continuing sessions
Audition: $10
Costume Fee: TBD
2026/27 AUDITIONS:
Saturday, September 26th, 9:30-11:00 am
Proposed Rehearsal & Performance Schedule:
- Katherine's Winter/Holiday CRG:
- >Tuesdays: 10/6 6:30-7:40pm 10/13-11/17 7:50-9:00pm 11/24 -time TBD
- >Friday, 10/9, 6:10-7:15 pm
- >Saturday, 11/7 &/or 11/14, 12:00-1:15pm -TBD
- Cheliss' Year long CRG:
- >Sundays, 5:45-7:30 pm: 9/27, 10/11, 10/25, 11/8*, 11/22* (*ends at 7:45pm)
- >Thursday, 10/29 4:30-6:30 pm
- **Final schedule is TBD, based on choregrapher and dancer availability.
- *SHOW WEEK rehearsals- 11/30-12/4
SHOWS:
Making Spirits Bright, Majestic Theater, Dec. 5th & 6th, 2026
Terpsichore, Majestic Theater- April 3rd, 2027
Spring Showcase 2027, CHS theater, June 11th and 12th
Adult Repertory Group
*This group is not available at this time.
***For more information regarding this group contact Katherine at 541-829-0070***