(Pittsburgh,
PA--December 18, 2015) High Tech’s Dance Department,
headed by veteran instructor Trista DeFilippis, has been chosen to perform at the 27th Annual National High School Dance Festival,
announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech.
The National High School Dance Festival, held Thursday, March 3rd, through
Sunday, March 6th, at
Point Park University, will welcome over 1,200 high school students from across
the United States, Canada, and abroad.
DeFilippis will
serve as a guest faculty member, teaching a master class at the National High School Dance Festival.
Because the Festival caps the number of students who may attend, DeFilippis
plans to take fifteen High Tech senior and junior dancers with her.
“A few
months ago, I submitted the quartet ‘The Path Less Traveled,’" states DeFilippis,
“that [the department] performed in our Winter Showcase concert, and it was
chosen.”
Along with exciting opening and closing ceremonies, the Festival features
six Adjudicated Concerts (two evening Gala concerts, two late afternoon
Showcase concerts, and two midday Informal concerts). The first Showcase
Concert features student choreography, whereby a festival committee awards the
Outstanding Student Choreography Award.
The
National High School Dance Festival also offers a full day of scholarship auditions
and over 100 Master Classes in subject areas, including ballet, modern, jazz,
tap, hip hop, musical theater, world dance, Pilates, massage, stretch, injury prevention,
and nutrition. Commercial Exhibitors and
Special Interest Workshops should entice faculty members and students alike.
